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WE Power Food Inc

WE Power Food Inc (North Carolina) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $177,145 to it, the largest being NC IDEA ($177,145). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$61k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$177k
Net assets
$62k
1/1 repeat fundersgrants exceed reported revenue in one year
01What it does

What WE Power Food Inc does

Mission

WE Power Food is designed for women, led by women to empower and support women food producers through strong networks and the sharing of resources.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. Gift Boxes: We develop targeted resources and supports to benefit women in food businesses by fostering change in the business environment to create a more equitable space where they can succeed and flourish. Proceeds from the gift boxes are used to fund a mentoring scholarship.

    $492 spent
    6% of program spending
  2. Women Entrepreneur Program: WE Power Food supports the success of women food entrepreneursby providing education, mentorship, and access to shared commercial kitchen resources. Throughtraining programs, peer learning, and technical assistance, WE Power Food helps participants launch,

    $7,499 spent
    94% of program spending
  3. Program Info Cont.: grow, and sustain viable food businesses.The organization also fosters community and economic opportunity by connecting membersto industry networks, market opportunities, and business development resources.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $7,991.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 = 20212021 Revenue 100 ($5k) Expenses 100 ($2k) Net assets 100 ($3k)2022 Revenue 936 ($50k) Expenses 1861 ($44k) Net assets 327 ($10k)2023 Revenue 1907 ($103k) Expenses 2977 ($70k) Net assets 1415 ($43k)2024 Revenue 33 ($2k) Expenses 1427 ($33k) Net assets 379 ($12k)2025 Revenue 1132 ($61k) Expenses 443 ($10k) Net assets 2040 ($62k)
20212022202320242025
Revenue (1132)Expenses (443)Net assets (2040)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 2024 to 2025, from $12k to $62k (+429%).

$3k
$11k
$43k
$12k
$62k
20212022202320242025
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.

2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

97% of WE Power Food Inc’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (95% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 8,549 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

$3k
’21
$7k
’22
$33k
’23
−$32k
’24
$51k
’25

Leadership and staff

Board chair

Ariana Nester

Board Chair

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2022 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $24k → $123k.

Funder
'22
'23
'25*
total
$177k
funders
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of WE Power Food 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

100% of WE Power Food Inc's grant income comes from North Carolina funders.

NC

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

’22
’23
North Carolina out of state home

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

WE Power Food Inc runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 4,748 philanthropy nonprofits its size.

Operating margin83% · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)83% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,748 philanthropy nonprofits under $100k, FY2025

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In North Carolina

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Public support

100%

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

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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for WE Power Food Inc: 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 WE Power Food Inc?
WE Power Food Inc (North Carolina) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $177,145 to it, the largest being NC IDEA ($177,145). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does WE Power Food Inc have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $177,145 in grants to WE Power Food Inc, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of WE Power Food Inc?
NC IDEA is the largest funder on record, with $177,145 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like WE Power Food Inc find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in North Carolina. 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 2021–2025), 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