California · Nonprofit
WATERMARK
WATERMARK (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $15,000 to it, the largest being CHAMBERS FAMILY FOUNDATION ($15,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2020
- $738k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $15k
- Net assets
- $0
What Watermark does
Mission
Our mission is to increase the representation of women in leadership roles by empowering them to make their mark in and for their companies, their careers and their communities.
As stated on its FY2020 Form 990.
Program
Watermark offers education and community to:1) increase women's capacity to lead more strategically and effectively by offering critical tools, skills, knowledge, and meaningful connections;2) create a collaborative environment that leads to new business opportunities, best practices gleaned from experience, and solutions to business challenges;3) support corporate initiatives to attract and retain more senior women leaders;4) connect an authoritative network of senior executives, successful entrepreneurs and women thought-leaders;5) become more effective leaders through forums, workshops, educational events, and networks;6) offering a variety of programs that support women's development from emerging leaders through senior executives. Within corporate management and on corporate boards.
The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.
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.
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 $972k to $0 (−100%).
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. 2 of the last 4 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.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2019 and FY2020 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of WATERMARK’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
100% of WATERMARK's grant income comes from California funders.
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.
Organizations like WATERMARK
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
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Watermark Institute · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for WATERMARK: 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 WATERMARK?
- WATERMARK (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $15,000 to it, the largest being CHAMBERS FAMILY FOUNDATION ($15,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WATERMARK have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $15,000 in grants to WATERMARK.
- Who is the largest funder of WATERMARK?
- CHAMBERS FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $15,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WATERMARK 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.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2020 (financials across 2017–2020), 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