Texas · Nonprofit
WOMEN'S FOODSERVICE FORUM
WOMEN'S FOODSERVICE FORUM (Texas) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $112,500 to it, the largest being THE OSI GROUP FOUNDATION ($50,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $8.9M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $113k
- Net assets
- $7.2M
What Women's Foodservice Forum does
Mission
Accelerate the advancement of women leaders in the food industry. We believe in limitless opportunity for all women.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Wff connect - a digital portal for the benefit of members and partner companies: the Women's Foodservice Forum (wff) hosts a password protected portal, wff connect, that enables wff to deliver year-round value to our membership and companies that support our mission. For our 8,000 plus membership, wff connect hosts virtual content delivering professional development, insights from industry executives, and connection to industry peers. For our 71 partner companies, wff connect hosts professional development resources that they can leverage more broadly, along with relationship management materials and metrics on their employee engagement. Recordings of our complimentary virtual events and our paid in-person events are hosted on wff connect for convenient on-demand consumption.
$202,573 earned by the programAnnual leadership conference: Women's Foodservice Forum (wff) is an annual 3-day event that provided high quality professional development, inspiration from world leaders and industry executives, and peer connection for emerging leaders and executives in the food industry. The 2025 event was attended by a total of 2,688 participants, primarily on-site with less than 10% virtual.
$885,612 spent$5,457,487 earned by the program14% of program spendingLeadership development workshops: Women's Foodservice Forum (wff) 2025 leadership development workshops were hosted as a hybrid, two-part series enabling either in-person or virtual attendance. These one-day workshops were held in six markets including dallas, atlanta, orlando, minneapolis, chicago, and la. The live recordings for virtual attendees were done in atlanta and dallas locations. The objective of these workshops is to provide women with professional development, inspiration from industry role models and networking with their industry peers. The virtual offering, plus regional locations, make this offering more convenient to attend and provide easier access to wff content. The total number of paid registrants in 2025 was 897.
$5,380,366 spent$294,498 earned by the program86% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $6,265,978.
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 $7.5M to $9.1M (+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.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 8% · 2021 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
28% of WOMEN'S FOODSERVICE FORUM’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (94% 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.
Chief executive
Therese Gearhart
President and CEO
Board chair
Katherine Jaspon
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $5k → $10k.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 22% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $286k from 2 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest National Restaurant Association). These are real filings, and they are not money WOMEN'S FOODSERVICE FORUM raised.
From the IRS filings of WOMEN'S FOODSERVICE FORUM’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 FOODSERVICE FORUM leans on a few funders — its largest provides 44% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 71% · 2020 56% · 2021 67% · 2022 67% · 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'S FOODSERVICE FORUM draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Texas, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $25k 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'S FOODSERVICE FORUM runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 605 food & nutrition nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 605 food & nutrition nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like WOMEN'S FOODSERVICE FORUM
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 Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
84%
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 WOMEN'S FOODSERVICE FORUM: 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'S FOODSERVICE FORUM?
- WOMEN'S FOODSERVICE FORUM (Texas) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $112,500 to it, the largest being THE OSI GROUP FOUNDATION ($50,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WOMEN'S FOODSERVICE FORUM have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $112,500 in grants to WOMEN'S FOODSERVICE FORUM, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WOMEN'S FOODSERVICE FORUM?
- THE OSI GROUP FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $50,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WOMEN'S FOODSERVICE FORUM find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. 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 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