Maryland · Nonprofit
CWI WORKS INC
CWI WORKS INC (Maryland) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,553,525 to it, the largest being OPERATION ABLE OF GREATER BOSTON INC ($801,519). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $58M
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $1.6M
- Net assets
- $21M
What Cwi Works Inc does
Mission
Cwi works, inc was incorporated in 1962, as a not-for-profit organization. Cwi's primary mission is to connect experienced americans with employers in all 50 states to ensure a vibrant, diverse, and productive workforce. In this regard, cwi involves itself in activities to determine how experienced workers may be assisted, primarily through employment, toward a positive role of worthwhile and valued contribution to society. Cwi's primary source of funding is through agreements with various u.s. Government departments or agencies. The continued funding of these agreements is dependent on national and legislative priorities. Following is a summary of the principal programs administered by cwi.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Senior community service employment program (scsep):this program is funded by the department of labor (dol) under title v of the older americans act. It offers eligible, low-income experienced job seekers age 55 or older opportunities for growth, skill enhancement and economic independence, while at the same time assisting communities in addressing vital needs in areas such as health, education, child care, aging and adult services. At the national level, this program is administered by cwi through 63 subrecipients in 12 states. Approximately, 4,006 and 4,827 enrollees were served during the years ended june 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.for the years ended june 30, 2025 and 2024, cwi served 55 job seekers in minnesota.
$48,174,352 spentof which $35,251,009 as grants82% of program spendingSenior environmental employment program (see):the environmental protection agency (epa) funds this program. The objective for this program is to provide employment opportunities for experienced job seekers age 55 and older who can provide technical and administrative assistance in the area of environmental inspection and regulations. For the years ended june 30, 2025 and 2024, there were approximately 140 and 184 enrollees in the program who worked at various epa regional offices and laboratories in california, connecticut, district of columbia, florida, georgia, kentucky, massachusetts, maryland, michigan, north carolina, new hampshire, new jersey, new york, ohio, oregon, pennsylvania, texas, virginia, washington, and puerto rico.
$7,283,828 spent12% of program spendingAgriculture conservation experienced services (aces):this program is funded by the department of agriculture (usda) under title xii of the food security act and forestry service and authorized under the 2014 farm bill (h.r. 2642). The purpose of the program is to utilize the talents of experienced workers age 55 and older to provide technical assistance in conservation-related programs. For the years ended june 30, 2025 and 2024, aces experienced workers served in usda natural resources conservation service offices in louisiana and puerto rico, with 20 and 19 experienced workers, respectively, as well as in forest service offices across alabama, arizona, california, colorado, florida, iowa, idaho, indiana, maine, michigan, minnesota, montana, north carolina, new hampshire, new mexico, ohio, oregon, pennsylvania, utah, vermont, washington, west virginia, wisconsin, and wyoming, with approximately 94 and 116 experienced workers, respectively.
$1,940,781 spent3% of program spendingExperiences services program (esp) - this program is administered through the national park service and fish and wildlife services (fws), and authorized under the consolidated appropriations acts of 2020, 2021, and 2022, and the fish and wildlife services program is funded under the consolidated appropriations acts of 2021 and 2022. The purpose of these programs is to utilize the talents of experienced workers aged 55 and older to provide technical assistance in conservation-related programs. For the years ended june 30, 2025 and 2024, esp had 21 and 25 experienced workers, respectively, working in the national park service in alaska, california, colorado, the district of columbia, north carolina, ohio, oregon, virginia, and wisconsin, and fws had 7 and 9 experienced workers, respectively, working in the fish and wildlife services in arizona, georgia, kansas, maryland, minnesota, and virginia.
$1,031,312 spent2% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $58,430,273.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $20M to $25M (+26%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 99% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% · 2024 100% · 2025 100%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of CWI WORKS INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Gary Officer
President & CEO
Board chair
Charlotte Mather Taylor
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $64 → $300k.
3 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 7% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of CWI WORKS INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
CWI WORKS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 52% of grant income and the top three 87%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
85% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund CWI WORKS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 68% · 2022 65% · 2023 83% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
CWI WORKS INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Maryland, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $112k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
CWI WORKS INC's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 3 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,297 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding CWI WORKS INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $510.3M on record.
- Department of Labor$418.5M
- Environmental Protection Agency$71.9M
- Department of Agriculture$15.6M
- Department of the Interior$4.3M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like CWI WORKS INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Maryland
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Cwi Labs Inc · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CWI WORKS INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CWI WORKS INC?
- CWI WORKS INC (Maryland) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,553,525 to it, the largest being OPERATION ABLE OF GREATER BOSTON INC ($801,519). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CWI WORKS INC have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $1,553,525 in grants to CWI WORKS INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CWI WORKS INC?
- OPERATION ABLE OF GREATER BOSTON INC is the largest funder on record, with $801,519 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CWI WORKS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 7 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing