California · Nonprofit
Western Regional Minority Supplier Development Council
Western Regional Minority Supplier Development Council (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $523,702 to it, the largest being THE ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION ($445,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.3M
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $524k
- Net assets
- $1.2M
What Western Regional Minority Supplier Development Council does
Mission
To promote increased procurement and business opportunities for small and emerging businesses, and to develop mutually beneficial business relationships between public and private sectors.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Other program services include outreach, small & emerging business input committe (sbic), training and technical assistance.
$528,341 spent40% of program spendingEvents: wrmsdc hosts a variety of events for our corporate members and small & emerging business enterprises. These events provide an excellent forum for businesses to meet, network and connect with other small & emerging businesses and corporations, as well as receive valuable training & development to grow/scale their businesses, while building the skills and capabilities needed to meet the needs of our corporate members.
$356,236 spent$21,541 earned by the program27% of program spendingNmsdc certification: review process used to determine if a business is eligible for the national certification, one that is utilized to provide corporate buyers with the assurance they seek in identifying u.s. Qualified businesses from the national office.
$270,622 spent$684,550 earned by the program21% of program spendingAnnual business opportunity expo: the expo provides a dynamic forum for small & emerging businesses to network, learn, and market their capabilites to our corporate members. The corporate members host category/industry specific breakout rooms to provide overviews on business opportunities, engagement and address questions from mbes. Additionally, all participants have access to hear from industry experts on best practices within the market as well as exposure to development training and participate in strategic pre-screened one on one matchmaking sessions which makes for an outstanding business opportunity event.
$156,618 spent12% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,311,817.
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 2023 to 2024, from $2.3M to $1.5M (−33%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 1% · 2018 0% · 2019 0% · 2020 0% · 2021 6% · 2022 0% · 2023 1% · 2024 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
70% of Western Regional Minority Supplier Development Council’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (61% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 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
Donna Ruff
President & CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $236k → $288k.
2 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 12% 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 Regional Minority Supplier Development Council’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
Western Regional Minority Supplier Development Council leans on a few funders — its largest provides 85% of grant income and the top three 97%; 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: 2022 95% · 2023 76% — 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
Western Regional Minority Supplier Development Council draws 96% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $62k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
Western Regional Minority Supplier Development Council's funding base is broadening — from 3 funders to 4 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,203 community improvement nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like Western Regional Minority Supplier Development Council
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
44% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Western Regional Minority Supplier Development Council: 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 Regional Minority Supplier Development Council?
- Western Regional Minority Supplier Development Council (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $523,702 to it, the largest being THE ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION ($445,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Western Regional Minority Supplier Development Council have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $523,702 in grants to Western Regional Minority Supplier Development Council, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Western Regional Minority Supplier Development Council?
- THE ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $445,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Western Regional Minority Supplier Development Council 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 5 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