Colorado · Nonprofit
NATIONAL CENTER FOR WOMEN AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
NATIONAL CENTER FOR WOMEN AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (Colorado) receives grants from 34 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,077,155 to it, the largest being COGNIZANT US FOUNDATION ($1,769,000). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $5.6M
- Funders on record
- 34
- Grants received
- $7.1M
- Net assets
- $12M
What National Center for Women and Information Technology does
Mission
The mission of the National Center for Women and Information Technology is to widen inclusion in the technology ecosystem through innovative programs and research. While other organizations are focused on the broader issues of stem (science, technology, engineering and math), this effort is unique in its exclusive focus on technology and engineering.ncwit's work leverages the efforts of organizations across the country, and connects efforts to increase participation in it along the entire pipeline, from k-12 and higher education through industry, academic careers, affinity groups, and entrepreneurial endeavors. Ncwit encourages its members to undertake institutional change within their organizations, and our work provides them with the tools and support to be change agents.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Ncwit programs- expenses to support aic community, aic awards (h.s., educator, collegiate, impact) aic community events; c4c pd trainings, workshops and events; teach engineering pd & workshops. These programs address the educational pathway challenges and focus on building the capacities of individuals that enable them to fully participate in the technology ecosystem. An individual's skills, knowledge, experience, and attitudes are important in the pursuit of careers in technology. Program outcomes include; students persist in their tech journey; counselors and educators are able to support the technical career pathways for their students; k-12 educators and students have increased access to opportunities to engage with engineering and engineering design thinking.
$2,646,936 spent$303,947 earned by the program44% of program spendingNcwit alliances- expenses to build organizational capacities to support and sustain systemic change. Strengthening organizational capacity involves supporting organizations to create inclusive environments that allow all to maximize their potential. Alliance efforts include workforce alliance collaborations & networks, higher education alliance community and networks, learning circles (lc) cohorts; workshops; k-12 alliance community and networks. Alliance outcomes include; members are able to enact strategies that foster systemic change in their organizations; ncwit programs and resources are leveraged by our members and the broader community; collaborations among members expand participation in the tech ecosystem.
$1,873,190 spent31% of program spendingNcwit outreach and resource development - expenses for outreach and resource distribution to contribute to change in the public sector. Outreach focuses on increasing public awareness of the need for widening inclusion and providing freely available materials that can assist efforts toward systemic change. Outreach mechanisms include ncwit events (I.e. Summit) ncwit resources, including tools for organizational change (I.e. Tech inclusion journey, learning management system (lms), lc materials); social media communications and newsletters. Ncwit's outreach events convene influential leaders and change agents to promote conversations that lead to greater understanding of the importance of inclusion, while ncwit resources equip them with tools for making changes within their sphere of influence, including self-paced learning modules exploring the different ways individuals can make change in their spheres of influence. Outreach outcomes include public awareness of the need and being equipped with the knowledge to actively widen opportunities and participation in the tech ecosystem.
$674,071 spent11% of program spendingThe remaining program expenses cover operational and technical support in support of the above listed major programs and accomplishments and donations to the university of colorado foundation for additional personnel and other university resources key to ncwit's operations.
$791,478 spentof which $3,891,403 as grants13% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,985,675.
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 2018 to 2019, from $16M to $20M (+25%).
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.
90% of NATIONAL CENTER FOR WOMEN AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 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
Lucy Sanders
CEO & co-founder
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 10 funders, grant income rose $168k → $429k.
15 of 34 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 32% 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 NATIONAL CENTER FOR WOMEN AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 34 funders by total. 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
NATIONAL CENTER FOR WOMEN AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 25% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
34% 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 NATIONAL CENTER FOR WOMEN AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 45% · 2018 62% · 2019 47% · 2020 85% · 2021 45% · 2022 42% · 2023 37% — 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.
How long its funders stay
25% of NATIONAL CENTER FOR WOMEN AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 38% give in more than one year at all.
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
NATIONAL CENTER FOR WOMEN AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY draws 96% of its grant income from funders outside Colorado, across 13 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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
NATIONAL CENTER FOR WOMEN AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 1,064 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,064 youth development nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like NATIONAL CENTER FOR WOMEN AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
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 Colorado
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
57%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 49 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for NATIONAL CENTER FOR WOMEN AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: 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 NATIONAL CENTER FOR WOMEN AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY?
- NATIONAL CENTER FOR WOMEN AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (Colorado) receives grants from 34 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,077,155 to it, the largest being COGNIZANT US FOUNDATION ($1,769,000). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NATIONAL CENTER FOR WOMEN AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY have?
- IRS filings report 34 organizations giving $7,077,155 in grants to NATIONAL CENTER FOR WOMEN AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, 13 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NATIONAL CENTER FOR WOMEN AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY?
- COGNIZANT US FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,769,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NATIONAL CENTER FOR WOMEN AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Colorado. 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 34 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