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Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit

WOMEN'S TRANSPORTATION SEMINAR

WOMEN'S TRANSPORTATION SEMINAR (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $5,637 to it, the largest being NORTH AMERICAN TRANSIT ALLIANCE INC ($5,637). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$3.2M
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$6k
Net assets
$357k
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 0%
01What it does

What Women's Transportation Seminar does

Mission

Attract, sustain, connect and advance women's careers to strengthen the transportation industry.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Professional development - wts fosters professional development and career advancement in the transportation industry by engagement and communications, career center access, and by providing industry innovation seminars, leadership training, roundtable discussions, and an annual conference that provides comprehensive educational and career-focused insight and guidance. Wts newsletter's feature valuable critical and timely, multi-sector transportation information. Wts international selects groups of qualified participants each year for personal training and interaction with leading industry professionals. Challenging their analytical and creative skills, program leaders mentor participants in tackling case studies and exercises dealing with complex transportation issues of ...continued on schedule ocontinued from page 2... People, policy, and politics. Wts provides continuing education opportunities through national education options, as well as supports chapter offerings. Wts international chapters offer professionals the opportunity to become more engaged with leadership opportunities and governance. Committee involvement to assist in educational program development, association…

  2. Networking and mentoring - the wts has over 70 chapters that provide connection and collaboration among local as well as international professionals. Both wts international and all chapters offer monthly programs and networking opportunities that facilitate member interaction with distinguished, thought-provoking speakers. The programs are an intimate opportunity to engage transportation leaders and other members in discussions about the most vital transportation issues of the day. In addition, wts offers a mentoring program to all members, developed to benefit both the mentor as well as the mentee. Mentees gain the knowledge and wisdom of the women pioneers who blazed the path before them. These programs are facilitated through access to a membership directory, ...continued on schedule ocontinued from page 2... Transportal--an online collaboration tool, and the knowledge center--a repository of documents, videos, transcripts, and other resources that offer career and transportation industry content.

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense.

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($2.2M) Expenses 100 ($1.8M) Net assets 100 ($591k)2018 Revenue 104 ($2.3M) Expenses 94 ($1.7M) Net assets 199 ($1.2M)2019 Revenue 114 ($2.5M) Expenses 118 ($2.1M) Net assets 290 ($1.7M)2020 Revenue 62 ($1.3M) Expenses 76 ($1.3M) Net assets 301 ($1.8M)2021 Revenue 83 ($1.8M) Expenses 97 ($1.7M) Net assets 321 ($1.9M)2022 Revenue 111 ($2.4M) Expenses 167 ($2.9M) Net assets 212 ($1.3M)2023 Revenue 142 ($3.1M) Expenses 197 ($3.4M) Net assets 164 ($971k)2024 Revenue 145 ($3.2M) Expenses 219 ($3.8M) Net assets 60 ($357k)
'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24
Revenue (145)Expenses (219)Net assets (60)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $1.2M to $1.8M (+56%).

$1.2M
$1.8M
$2.3M
$2.4M
$2.5M
$2.7M
$2.6M
$2.1M
'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24
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 7% · 2023 1% · 2024 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

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

$436k
’17
$612k
’18
$421k
’19
$17k
’20
$116k
’21
−$501k
’22
−$342k
’23
−$656k
’24
1.0
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.

Chief executive

Wendy Scott

Interim CEO

Board chair

Bridgette Beato

Chair

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.

'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24
Listed1112121515211721
Joined·+7+0+6+0+7+3+7
No longer listed·6030173
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2022 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $3k → $3k.

Funder
'22
'23
total
funders
1
1

From the IRS filings of WOMEN'S TRANSPORTATION SEMINAR’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.

Where its funders are

WOMEN'S TRANSPORTATION SEMINAR draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 1 state in all.

MD

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

’22
’23
Washington, D.C. out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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

Organizations like WOMEN'S TRANSPORTATION SEMINAR

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

05Profile & governance

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

Governance

11
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • Women's Transportation Seminar Foundation · exempt

Screen this organization

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Questions and answers

Who funds WOMEN'S TRANSPORTATION SEMINAR?
WOMEN'S TRANSPORTATION SEMINAR (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $5,637 to it, the largest being NORTH AMERICAN TRANSIT ALLIANCE INC ($5,637). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does WOMEN'S TRANSPORTATION SEMINAR have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $5,637 in grants to WOMEN'S TRANSPORTATION SEMINAR, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of WOMEN'S TRANSPORTATION SEMINAR?
NORTH AMERICAN TRANSIT ALLIANCE INC is the largest funder on record, with $5,637 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like WOMEN'S TRANSPORTATION SEMINAR 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 1 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