Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
WOMEN'S ORDINATION CONFERENCE
WOMEN'S ORDINATION CONFERENCE (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $111,007 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($82,600). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 79% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $245k
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $111k
- Net assets
- $359k
What Women's Ordination Conference does
Mission
Our mission is to advocate and pray for womens ordination as deacons, priests, and bishops into an inclusive and accountable roman catholic church.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Educational outreach: woc regularly publishes and shares advocacy and educational resources for activists and members to enable local organizing and community building among our grassroots networks. Toolkits, media training and messaging, blog posts, and social media tools are widely dispersed. This year we hosted a virtual retreat, and offered several townhall listening sessions for our members. Our newsletter, new women new church, is published twice a year. Each issue is distributed to more our members, donors, and subscribers. The newsletter contains information relevant to the issue of women's ordination into an inclusive and accountable catholic church. It informs readers about resources available to them and regional events across the country in which they can participate and support. We also host regular virtual educational and awareness building events, including this year, a multi-series listening sessions. We also host parallel events at the united nations during the commission on the status of women meetings each march.
$89,317 spent45% of program spendingThree ministries: the projects of woc's three ministries are the central focus of the organization. The ministry of irritation works to raise awareness about women's ordination with public advocacy, such as prayerful demonstrations at major catholics events, letter and petition deliveries, and using the media and social media to amplify our message. We held several gatherings in october 2024, bringing together international advocates for action, theological conversation, art exhibitions, and networking. We also spearheaded a "strike" campaign for catholic women, leveraging our grassroots to take part in collective action around the world. The ministry of walking with women called continues to build and coordinate the national network of support. We continue to offer a scholarship to support students studying to be ordained ministers at catholic institutions, this year four women were awarded. The ministry of prophetic obedience provides ongoing support at ordinations for women called to serve as priests and bishops.
$99,439 spentof which $11,005 as grants50% of program spendingPrograms and coalitions: in collaboration with other catholic reform organizations, woc is able to amplify our mission for women's equality through projects, events and partnerships. Woc is a longtime and active member of the forum, "catholic organizations for renewal," which brings together a diverse group of organizations and volunteers to educate, share resources, and collaborate on projects when appropriate. Woc is also an active member of women-church convergence, supporting their annual meeting and activities, as well as publishing frequent statements on social justice issues with a feminist lens. Lastly, woc is a founding organization and leader in the international "women's ordination worldwide" (wow), a network of 16 countries working for women's ordination. Wow holds annual gatherings and prayerful witnesses and creates prayer and organizing resources. This year we hosted virtual conversations, in person witnesses, and coordinated media calls as we monitor the situation in the church.
$10,035 spent5% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $198,791.
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 2020 to 2021, from $275k to $422k (+53%).
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.
91% of WOMEN'S ORDINATION CONFERENCE’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 5 funders, grant income fell $53k → $4k.
3 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 79% 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 ORDINATION CONFERENCE’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 ORDINATION CONFERENCE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 74% of grant income and the top three 86%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
79% 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 ORDINATION CONFERENCE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 99% · 2018 95% · 2019 50% · 2020 85% · 2021 53% · 2022 26% · 2023 65% — 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
25% of WOMEN'S ORDINATION CONFERENCE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 69% 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
79% of WOMEN'S ORDINATION CONFERENCE'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 $24k that is directly attributable, 100% 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. $88k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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 ORDINATION CONFERENCE is better cushioned than half of the 7,334 religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,334 religion nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like WOMEN'S ORDINATION CONFERENCE
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
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
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 ORDINATION CONFERENCE?
- WOMEN'S ORDINATION CONFERENCE (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $111,007 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($82,600). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 79% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does WOMEN'S ORDINATION CONFERENCE have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $111,007 in grants to WOMEN'S ORDINATION CONFERENCE, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WOMEN'S ORDINATION CONFERENCE?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $82,600 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WOMEN'S ORDINATION CONFERENCE 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.
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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 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