Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
WOMEN'S BUSINESS ENTERPRISE NATIONAL COUNCIL
WOMEN'S BUSINESS ENTERPRISE NATIONAL COUNCIL (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,067,751 to it, the largest being TIDES FOUNDATION ($500,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 64% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $17M
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $1.1M
- Net assets
- $7.6M
What Women's Business Enterprise National Council does
Mission
Wbenc's mission is to fuel economic growth globally by identifying, certifying, and facilitating the development of women-owned businesses.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Events: events is comprised of two annual, in-person conferences. The national conference, wbenc's signature event, is the largest conference of its kind for women business owners, welcoming thousands of women entrepreneurs and corporate executives ready to make connections and do business. The 2024 conference was held in denver, co and included approximately 4,800 attendees. The november event is a smaller, invite-only conference. It includes three days of customized programming, meaningful connections, and a live presentation of the wbencpitch competition final round. In 2024, the november event was held in washington, dc. And included approximately 500 attendees.
$6,253,641 spentof which $10,500 as grants$6,872,807 earned by the program40% of program spendingCertification: the foundation of wbenc's mission is to provide women-owned business certification services to women's business enterprises (wbes). Certification audits vet whether wbes meet the standards of being at least 51% owned, operated, and controlled by a woman or women. In addition to the performance of certification services, wbenc provides educational and networking opportunities to certified wbes.
$3,815,239 spentof which $2,774,856 as grants$78,287 earned by the program25% of program spendingEngagement outreach: encompasses wbenc's targeted outreach programs that aim to engage specific populations of entrepreneurs. The programs included here are women of color, collegiate accelerator, and futuregen.
$1,485,828 spentof which $121,914 as grants10% of program spendingFinancial center of excellence: the wbenc arm that aims to address financial matters relevant to women business owners. The financial center of excellence uses the lift framework (learn, interconnect, fuel, thrive) to guide its programming. Lift in the community, for example, is one of the program offerings housed here.
$1,094,994 spent7% of program spendingMembership: wbenc's corporate membership base consists of large companies that seek to diversify their supply chains through inclusion of certified businesses. Corporate members receive access to wbenc's database of 21,000+ certified businesses and they may use this database to search for potential suppliers. In addition, wbenc facilitates networking opportunities to connect corporate members to certified wbes and provides educational opportunities aimed at assisting corporate members with the development and growth of their supplier initiatives.
$893,659 spent$7,321,022 earned by the program6% of program spendingExecutive education: encompasses wbenc's business education programs and wbenc's executive education scholarship funds. Wbenc's business education programs include the wbenc-tuck executive education, wethrive, weignite, and energy executive programs. Wbenc's executive education scholarship funds include the dorothy b. Brothers scholarship fund and the cheryl w. Snead scholarship fund. The purpose of these programs and funds is to provide access to business education for certified businesses to aid them in better managing their businesses.
$824,364 spent$47,298 earned by the program5% of program spendingOther programs: include recognition programs, industry-specific programming, certification grant programs funded by specific donors, and other programs that are still developing. The recognition programs include top corporations awards and wbe stars awards. The programs that are still developing include nextgen, women + pride, and wbencpitch.
$1,199,694 spentof which $91,020 as grants8% of program spending
The 7 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $15,567,419.
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 2021 to 2022, from $11M to $15M (+34%).
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: 2021 5% · 2022 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
15% of WOMEN'S BUSINESS ENTERPRISE NATIONAL COUNCIL’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (96% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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
Pamela Prince-Eason
President & CEO
Board chair
Nedra Dickson
Board chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 7 funders, grant income rose $20k → $74k.
5 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 64% 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'S BUSINESS ENTERPRISE NATIONAL 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
WOMEN'S BUSINESS ENTERPRISE NATIONAL COUNCIL leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 75%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
78% 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'S BUSINESS ENTERPRISE NATIONAL COUNCIL.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 93% · 2021 93% · 2022 41% · 2023 34% — 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.
How long its funders stay
50% of WOMEN'S BUSINESS ENTERPRISE NATIONAL COUNCIL's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 38% give in more than one year at all.
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
64% of WOMEN'S BUSINESS ENTERPRISE NATIONAL COUNCIL'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. Of the $386k that is directly attributable, 62% of it comes from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 6 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $682k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
WOMEN'S BUSINESS ENTERPRISE NATIONAL COUNCIL is better cushioned than half of the 152 civil rights nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 152 civil rights nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Organizations like WOMEN'S BUSINESS ENTERPRISE NATIONAL 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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
87%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds WOMEN'S BUSINESS ENTERPRISE NATIONAL COUNCIL?
- WOMEN'S BUSINESS ENTERPRISE NATIONAL COUNCIL (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,067,751 to it, the largest being TIDES FOUNDATION ($500,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 64% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does WOMEN'S BUSINESS ENTERPRISE NATIONAL COUNCIL have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $1,067,751 in grants to WOMEN'S BUSINESS ENTERPRISE NATIONAL COUNCIL, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WOMEN'S BUSINESS ENTERPRISE NATIONAL COUNCIL?
- TIDES FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $500,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WOMEN'S BUSINESS ENTERPRISE NATIONAL COUNCIL find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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 13 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