California · Nonprofit
WESTERN ASSOCIATION FOR COLLEGE ADMISSION COUNSELING
WESTERN ASSOCIATION FOR COLLEGE ADMISSION COUNSELING (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $5,050 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($5,050). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $911k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $5k
- Net assets
- $1.5M
What Western Association for College Admission Counseling does
Mission
The Western Association for College Admission Counseling supports and advances the work of counseling and enrollment professionals from california and nevada as they help all students realize their full potential, with emphasis on freshman and transfer transitions to higher education and attention to access and equity for all students.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Annual conference:the largest event wacac hosts for our members is our annual conference, held each spring. The conference helps our members unwind, rejuvenate and reconnect and makes the most of professional development opportunities during the three-day event. We have extensive pre-conference workshops.
$304,166 spent$364,785 earned by the program47% of program spendingCollege fairs:a free program to the public since 1972, the college fairs allow students to interact with admission representatives from a wide range of postsecondary institutions to discuss course offerings, admission and financial aid requirements, college life, and other information pertinent to the college selection process. College fairs take place in northern california, southern california and nevada.
$94,894 spent$347,100 earned by the program15% of program spendingMembership:the membership committee seeks committee members who have benefited from many years of wacac membership and are able to share with colleagues as wacac ambassadors. Committee members help by networking and promoting wacac to expand membership. Committee members and volunteers help with wacac tables at various professional development events like our share, learn and connect series, our cafecito program for spanish language students and their families and our admission summer institute. We especially seek to increase access to membership for public high school counselors, non-profit organizations, and community college transfer counselors. A sampling of committee projects includes: - calling and emailing targeted potential members - helping to organize membership professional development seminars - staffing summer institute and other conferences
$241,838 spent$156,516 earned by the program38% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $640,898.
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 2019 to 2020, from $979k to $762k (−22%).
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.
2% of WESTERN ASSOCIATION FOR COLLEGE ADMISSION COUNSELING’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 WESTERN ASSOCIATION FOR COLLEGE ADMISSION COUNSELING’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 WESTERN ASSOCIATION FOR COLLEGE ADMISSION COUNSELING's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $5k 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.
Against its field
WESTERN ASSOCIATION FOR COLLEGE ADMISSION COUNSELING runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 7,175 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,175 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like WESTERN ASSOCIATION FOR COLLEGE ADMISSION COUNSELING
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.
Where the money goes
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for WESTERN ASSOCIATION FOR COLLEGE ADMISSION COUNSELING: 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 WESTERN ASSOCIATION FOR COLLEGE ADMISSION COUNSELING?
- WESTERN ASSOCIATION FOR COLLEGE ADMISSION COUNSELING (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $5,050 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($5,050). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does WESTERN ASSOCIATION FOR COLLEGE ADMISSION COUNSELING have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $5,050 in grants to WESTERN ASSOCIATION FOR COLLEGE ADMISSION COUNSELING.
- Who is the largest funder of WESTERN ASSOCIATION FOR COLLEGE ADMISSION COUNSELING?
- AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $5,050 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WESTERN ASSOCIATION FOR COLLEGE ADMISSION COUNSELING 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), 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