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IWSI AMERICA INC

IWSI AMERICA INC (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $117,346 to it, the largest being SMITH RICHARDSON FOUNDATION INC ($117,346). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$1.2M
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$117k
Net assets
$296k
0/1 repeat funders
01What it does

What Iwsi America Inc does

Mission

Supporting workforce development through consulting services and programs like ready, willing & able, providing training and employment opportunities to individuals with disabilities and those facing barriers to employment.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. Iwsi america supports developing and enhancing education, employment, training, and leadership for the benefit of young people and disadvantaged groups in the united states and australia. During 2024, we delivered programs in the following areas: ready, willing & able, apprenticeship and employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities; clean energy workforce development, consulting to expand apprenticeship programs in the clean energy sector; youth apprenticeship, iwsi america, in cooperation with the urban institute, is seeking to advance the apprenticeship talent development model across the country; career launchpad, this offers personalized job exploration counseling, tailored workplace readiness training and placement assistance.

    $1,101,481 spentof which $66,527 as grants$11,586 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,101,481.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 = 20192019 Revenue 100 ($170k) Expenses 100 ($121k) Net assets 100 ($49k)2020 Revenue 421 ($715k) Expenses 311 ($376k) Net assets 689 ($338k)2021 Revenue 464 ($787k) Expenses 534 ($644k) Net assets 767 ($377k)2022 Revenue 425 ($722k) Expenses 646 ($779k) Net assets 649 ($319k)2023 Revenue 738 ($1.3M) Expenses 883 ($1.1M) Net assets 1030 ($506k)2024 Revenue 706 ($1.2M) Expenses 1165 ($1.4M) Net assets 602 ($296k)
201920202021202220232024
Revenue (706)Expenses (1165)Net assets (602)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 2019 to 2020, from $379k to $720k (+90%).

$379k
$720k
$417k
$334k
$507k
$511k
201920202021202220232024
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.

2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2022 26% · 2023 19% · 2024 36%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

99% of IWSI AMERICA INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (82% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 2,035 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

$49k
’19
$339k
’20
$143k
’21
−$58k
’22
$187k
’23
−$207k
’24
1.5
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

Nicholas Wyman

President & executive director

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

20202021202220232024
Listed33466
Joined·+0+1+2+0
No longer listed·0000
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'24*
total
funders
1

From the IRS filings of IWSI AMERICA 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.

Where its funders are

IWSI AMERICA INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 1 state in all.

NC

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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

IWSI AMERICA INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 1,928 youth development nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−17% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve1.5mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)48% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,928 youth development nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

Government funding IWSI AMERICA INC receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $248k on record.

Federal$248k
grants $248kcontracts $0
Top agencies
  • Department of Agriculture$248k

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 IWSI AMERICA 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 California

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

78% of spending goes to programs.

Program 78%Management 21%Fundraising 1%

Governance

4
board members
75%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

33%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds IWSI AMERICA INC?
IWSI AMERICA INC (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $117,346 to it, the largest being SMITH RICHARDSON FOUNDATION INC ($117,346). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does IWSI AMERICA INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $117,346 in grants to IWSI AMERICA INC.
Who is the largest funder of IWSI AMERICA INC?
SMITH RICHARDSON FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $117,346 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like IWSI AMERICA INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2019–2024), and the filings of 1 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