Hawaii · Nonprofit
WOMEN ORGANIZING FOR CHANGE IN AGRICULTURE & NATURAL RESOURCE MAN
WOMEN ORGANIZING FOR CHANGE IN AGRICULTURE & NATURAL RESOURCE MAN (Hawaii) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $970,011 to it, the largest being GATES FOUNDATION ($949,771). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $625k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $970k
- Net assets
- $548k
What Women Organizing for Change in Agriculture & Natural Resource Man does
Mission
To advance women's empowerment and gender equality to tackle climate change, food insecurity and poverty within enabling environments. WOCAN strengthens capacities of organizations and individuals for gender integration and leadership. It owns and maintains the W+ Standard to measure, quantify, certify and monetize women's empowerment benefits within projects, generating revenue for women's groups and organizations.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
W+ Standard and Technical Assistance: The W+ Advisory Council reviewed and approved three companies as accredited W+ verifiying bodies, based on guidance developed in 2024 for Verifying Bodies. Three meetings were held with the W+ Advisory Council. WOCAN provided technical assistance to projects applying the W+ Standard in Cambodia, Ghana, Costa Rica, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands. Expenses were for consultants' fees and travel to project sites, registration and verification by a third party auditor.
$217,561 spentof which $584,148 as grants$391,555 earned by the program30% of program spendingCapacity Building/Training: WOCAN provided hands-on training in the W+ Standard to 4 people as W+ Apprentices, three of which have now become W+ Experts. Two of these are women from the Asia/Pacific region, in India and New Zealand and one is a man from Mexico. All of the W+ Experts from the US, Mexico, India, Nepal, New Zealand, Madagascar and Cambodia met in Bangkok for a one week skill building session and to build a stronger network for their internal sharing of experiences.
$47,097 spentof which $9,900 as grants$-32,170 earned by the program7% of program spendingResearch: WOCAN prepared the TOR, interviewed 6 firms and selected a consultancy firm (Social Finance International) to conduct a market analysis of the W+ Market and an organizational analysis of WOCAN's capacities, to generate a roadmap for scaling the W+ Standard, as requested by the Gates Foundation. The work was conducted by a consortium that included the Cambridge University Institute for Sustainability Leadership, British Asia Trust and Consulting for Sustainable Solutions (South Africa).
$366,034 spentof which $2,000 as grants$-340,774 earned by the program51% of program spendingOutreach and Marketing: WOCAN held various events to share knowledge about the W+ Standard. The W+ Coordinator and ED held meetings with over 42 organizations interested to apply the W+ Standard. WOCAN organized 2 events at NY Climate Week, and 3 at the COP30 in Brazil. Staff participated in several webinars as speakers on gender and climate. This program includes fees of marketing consultant and Knowledge Management staff to prepare materials, update and maintain 2 websites, and share news with social media and monthly digests, blog posts and podcasts. In addition, this year a communications and marketing team in NYC was hired to develop marketing materials and hire a press consultant that resulted in coverage by CNN and others. The W+ website was re-designed as an e-commerce site to sell W+ credits from selected projects.
$86,891 spentof which $29,990 as grants$-73,290 earned by the program12% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $717,583.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 2021 to 2022, from $206k to $702k (+240%).
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.
57% of WOMEN ORGANIZING FOR CHANGE IN AGRICULTURE & NATURAL RESOURCE MAN’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (94% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 7 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
Jeannette Gurung
Executive Director
Board chair
Tanushree Bagh
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $20k → $50.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 ORGANIZING FOR CHANGE IN AGRICULTURE & NATURAL RESOURCE MAN’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 ORGANIZING FOR CHANGE IN AGRICULTURE & NATURAL RESOURCE MAN leans on a few funders — its largest provides 98% of grant income and the top three 100%; 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: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
WOMEN ORGANIZING FOR CHANGE IN AGRICULTURE & NATURAL RESOURCE MAN draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Hawaii, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $240 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
WOMEN ORGANIZING FOR CHANGE IN AGRICULTURE & NATURAL RESOURCE MAN has grown faster than half of the 1,936 food & nutrition nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,936 food & nutrition nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like WOMEN ORGANIZING FOR CHANGE IN AGRICULTURE & NATURAL RESOURCE MAN
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 Hawaii
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
82%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for WOMEN ORGANIZING FOR CHANGE IN AGRICULTURE & NATURAL RESOURCE MAN: 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 WOMEN ORGANIZING FOR CHANGE IN AGRICULTURE & NATURAL RESOURCE MAN?
- WOMEN ORGANIZING FOR CHANGE IN AGRICULTURE & NATURAL RESOURCE MAN (Hawaii) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $970,011 to it, the largest being GATES FOUNDATION ($949,771). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WOMEN ORGANIZING FOR CHANGE IN AGRICULTURE & NATURAL RESOURCE MAN have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $970,011 in grants to WOMEN ORGANIZING FOR CHANGE IN AGRICULTURE & NATURAL RESOURCE MAN, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WOMEN ORGANIZING FOR CHANGE IN AGRICULTURE & NATURAL RESOURCE MAN?
- GATES FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $949,771 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WOMEN ORGANIZING FOR CHANGE IN AGRICULTURE & NATURAL RESOURCE MAN find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Hawaii. 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 2019–2025), and the filings of 3 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