Texas · Nonprofit
SOCIETY OF WOMEN ENGINEERS Houston Area
SOCIETY OF WOMEN ENGINEERS Houston Area (Texas) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,184 to it, the largest being SHELL USA COMPANY FOUNDATION ($5,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $127k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $5k
- Net assets
- $270k
What SOCIETY OF WOMEN ENGINEERS Houston Area does
Mission
Empower women to achieve their full potential in careers as engineers and leaders; expand the image of the engineering and technology professions as a positive force in improving the quality of life, and demonstrate the value of diversity and inclusion. This includes providing opportunities for professional development, networking, and recognition. Introduce K-12 girls to STEM and encourage their interest in STEM fields.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Paid out $38,500 in scholarships to 29 college students studying in ABET accredited programs ($1,000-$3,000 per scholarship); selected from 84 applicants. Expense of $4,844 on scholarship banquet to announce and honor scholarship awardees.
$4,844 spentof which $38,500 as grants12% of program spending8 events with >265 unique attendees through the year, including 4 professional development seminars, 3 networking events, & our International Women's Day event for members to gain career skills and grow their professional networks.
$12,483 spent32% of program spendingK-12 STEM outreach events, particularly tailored to get girls interested in STEM. Includes $8,747 for our signature all day event, Introduce a Girl to Engineering, targeted at middle school girls (~90 children, ~10 adults for Parent and Educator sessions, ~40 volunteers). $2,755 for other K-12 outreach activities including 4 Girl Scout badge workshops for elementary school girls (100 children total, 53 unique volunteers), and a series of 8 monthly SWENext sessions each at 2 locations for middle and high school girls (~35 children attending 1 or more sessions, 52 unique volunteers).
$11,503 spent29% of program spendingVenue and food deposits for a gala to be held in Aug 2025 (next FY) to celebrate and support the installation of the Society's new president, and network with 127 members from around the world.
$10,179 spent26% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $39,009.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $236k to $270k (+15%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $37 → $1k.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 4% 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 SOCIETY OF WOMEN ENGINEERS Houston Area’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
SOCIETY OF WOMEN ENGINEERS Houston Area leans on a few funders — its largest provides 96% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 99% · 2023 96% — 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
100% of SOCIETY OF WOMEN ENGINEERS Houston Area's grant income comes from Texas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $184 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.
Organizations like SOCIETY OF WOMEN ENGINEERS Houston Area
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 Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
86%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SOCIETY OF WOMEN ENGINEERS Houston Area?
- SOCIETY OF WOMEN ENGINEERS Houston Area (Texas) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,184 to it, the largest being SHELL USA COMPANY FOUNDATION ($5,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SOCIETY OF WOMEN ENGINEERS Houston Area have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $5,184 in grants to SOCIETY OF WOMEN ENGINEERS Houston Area, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SOCIETY OF WOMEN ENGINEERS Houston Area?
- SHELL USA COMPANY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $5,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SOCIETY OF WOMEN ENGINEERS Houston Area find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. 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 2023–2025), and the filings of 2 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