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WOMEN OF COLOR FOUNDATION

WOMEN OF COLOR FOUNDATION (Ohio) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $247,692 to it, the largest being THE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION ($95,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$212k
Funders on record
10
Grants received
$248k
Net assets
$11k
5/10 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 94%
01What it does

What Women of Color Foundation does

Mission

To train, educate and motivate women

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. Annual conference

    $79,396 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $79,396.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($131k) Expenses 100 ($128k) Net assets -8 ($-3028)2018 Revenue 53 ($70k) Expenses 64 ($82k) Net assets -40 ($-15271)2019 Revenue 55 ($73k) Expenses 52 ($67k) Net assets -25 ($-9769)2020 Revenue 45 ($59k) Expenses 54 ($70k) Net assets -54 ($-20648)2021 Revenue 191 ($250k) Expenses 149 ($191k) Net assets 100 ($39k)2022 Revenue 183 ($240k) Expenses 239 ($305k) Net assets -71 ($-27240)2023 Revenue 217 ($285k) Expenses 222 ($284k) Net assets -69 ($-26425)2024 Revenue 162 ($212k) Expenses 149 ($190k) Net assets 29 ($11k)
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Revenue (162)Expenses (149)Net assets (29)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 2020 to 2021, from $31k to $86k (+173%).

$6k
$4k
$9k
$31k
$86k
$73k
$72k
$71k
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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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2021 30% · 2024 25%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

41% of WOMEN OF COLOR FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 24,946 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$3k
’17
−$12k
’18
$6k
’19
−$11k
’20
$59k
’21
−$66k
’22
$815
’23
$22k
’24
2.0
months of
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.

Board chair

Alexandria Johnson Boone

Chairwoman & founder

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

2021202220232024
Listed1232323
Joined··+0+0
No longer listed··00
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $15k → $53k.

2 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 38% 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 WOMEN OF COLOR FOUNDATION’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

WOMEN OF COLOR FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 38% of grant income and the top three 76%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

44% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund WOMEN OF COLOR FOUNDATION.

38%
largest funder
76%
top three
~4
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 50% · 2020 100% · 2021 81% · 2022 48% · 2023 71% — growing more concentrated.

“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.

How long its funders stay

25% of WOMEN OF COLOR FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 50% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

54% of WOMEN OF COLOR FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Ohio funders.

OH
VA

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

’17
’20
’21
’22
’23
Ohio out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $95k 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

WOMEN OF COLOR FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 22,812 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin10% · above the median
Months of reserve2.0mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)7% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Organizations like WOMEN OF COLOR FOUNDATION

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 Ohio

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

42% of spending goes to programs.

Program 42%Management 58%Fundraising 0%

Governance

23
board members
0%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

98%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

OH

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Questions and answers

Who funds WOMEN OF COLOR FOUNDATION?
WOMEN OF COLOR FOUNDATION (Ohio) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $247,692 to it, the largest being THE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION ($95,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does WOMEN OF COLOR FOUNDATION have?
IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $247,692 in grants to WOMEN OF COLOR FOUNDATION, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of WOMEN OF COLOR FOUNDATION?
THE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $95,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like WOMEN OF COLOR FOUNDATION find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. 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 10 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