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INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S COFFEE ALLIANCE

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S COFFEE ALLIANCE (Illinois) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $203,488 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($131,178). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 83% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$232k
Funders on record
8
Grants received
$203k
Net assets
$276k
4/8 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 19%
01What it does

What International Women's Coffee Alliance does

Mission

To empower women in the international coffee community to achieve meaningful and sustainable lives; and to encourage and recognize the participation of women in all aspects of the coffee industry.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. Iwca provides leadership training, chapter development, technical training, and networks for women in the coffee industry around the world.

    $177,991 spentof which $32,083 as grants
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $177,991.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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.

100 = 20182018 Revenue 100 ($123k) Expenses 100 ($54k) Net assets 100 ($159k)2019 Revenue 197 ($242k) Expenses 264 ($142k) Net assets 163 ($259k)2020 Revenue 190 ($233k) Expenses 444 ($238k) Net assets 160 ($254k)2021 Revenue 79 ($97k) Expenses 261 ($140k) Net assets 133 ($212k)2022 Revenue 158 ($194k) Expenses 413 ($221k) Net assets 116 ($185k)2023 Revenue 188 ($230k) Expenses 375 ($201k) Net assets 135 ($215k)2024 Revenue 212 ($261k) Expenses 397 ($212k) Net assets 165 ($263k)2025 Revenue 189 ($232k) Expenses 409 ($219k) Net assets 174 ($276k)
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Revenue (189)Expenses (409)Net assets (174)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $159k to $273k (+71%).

$159k
$273k
$254k
$212k
$195k
$220k
$266k
$276k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

82% of INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S COFFEE ALLIANCE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 24,946 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$69k
’18
$100k
’19
−$5k
’20
−$43k
’21
−$27k
’22
$30k
’23
$48k
’24
$13k
’25
13
months of
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

Blanca Castro

Executive director

Board chair

Sharon Riechers

Board president

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.

2019202020212022202320242025
Listed77108101113
Joined·+1+3+0+4+2+4
No longer listed·102212
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $22k → $32k.

5 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 83% 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 INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S COFFEE ALLIANCE’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

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S COFFEE ALLIANCE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 64% of grant income and the top three 88%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

83% 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 INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S COFFEE ALLIANCE.

64%
largest funder
88%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 76% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 97% · 2021 98% · 2022 54% · 2023 95% — growing more concentrated.

“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.

How long its funders stay

50% of INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S COFFEE ALLIANCE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

83% of INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S COFFEE ALLIANCE's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $34k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Illinois, across 3 states.

WA
MO
NC

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’20
’22
’23
Illinois out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $169k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S COFFEE ALLIANCE is better cushioned than half of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin6% · below the median
Months of reserve12.6mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)10% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Organizations like INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S COFFEE ALLIANCE

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In Illinois

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

81% of spending goes to programs.

Program 81%Management 10%Fundraising 9%

Governance

12
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

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 11 states

NH
MN
IL
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CA
KY
SC
GA

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Questions and answers

Who funds INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S COFFEE ALLIANCE?
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S COFFEE ALLIANCE (Illinois) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $203,488 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($131,178). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 83% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S COFFEE ALLIANCE have?
IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $203,488 in grants to INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S COFFEE ALLIANCE, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S COFFEE ALLIANCE?
NETWORK FOR GOOD is the largest funder on record, with $131,178 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S COFFEE ALLIANCE find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2018–2025), and the filings of 8 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