California · Nonprofit
WOMENS EMPOWERMENT INTERNATIONAL
WOMENS EMPOWERMENT INTERNATIONAL (California) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $323,065 to it, the largest being THE SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION ($93,064). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 97% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $412k
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $323k
- Net assets
- $181k
What Womens Empowerment International does
Mission
Womens Empowerment funds econcomic empowerment programs including small business loans, training, education, and other vital poverty alleviation strategies for women experiencing poverty. More on Schedule O.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Nyaka Expenses 22.5 of total program expenses including Grants of 51,000 Revenue Grants to Nyaka provided funds for loans for grandmothers experiencing poverty who are each raising and supporting grandchildren in conditions of dire poverty. During 2025, the program successfully transitioned 2,400 grandmothers from subsistence-level support toward sustainable entrepreneurship by increasing capital access and providing essential business training. In 2025, Nyaka grew the program to 23,376 grandmothers organized into 261 groups. Nyaka conducted 258 training sessions, reaching 17,086 participants. These sessions equipped grandmothers with essential knowledge, financial literacy, and skills, contributing to their wellbeing and that of their families.
$68,330 spentof which $51,000 as grants23% of program spendingInternational Rescue Committee in San Diego Expenses 18.9 of total program expenses including Grants of 43,000 Revenue 0 Business services and entrepreneurship training were provided for women in refugee, immigrant, and low-income communities in San Diego through grants to the International Rescue Committee in San Diego and their WE STAR Programs. In 2025 the business programs enrolled 128 new women clients and provided training sessions and technical assistance to 112 women. 42 new women-owned businesses were started 55 businesses showed an increase in sales. An estimated 183 jobs were created or sustained from these activities.
$55,437 spentof which $43,000 as grants19% of program spendingVia International Expenses 15.4 of total program expenses including Grants of 35,000 Revenue Grants to Via International provided funding for microloans and educational programs for women who are in or at risk of entering the sex trade industry in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, and for women who have recently immigrated or been deported to the area. The program provides resources to increase economic and social empowerment for women disproportionately burdened by poverty, lacking education and access to employment, poor health outcomes, violence, and other human rights violations. WE funds in 2025 were used to support staff that are operating the microloan program and supporting new groups of women. Two existing indigenous women groups continued to operate successfully, maintaining their 26 clients. Two other groups of 21 women from the deported mothers community are supported in their development of leadership and small sales initiatives. Lastly, 13 women in the ESTIMA loan group continued to gain experience and expand their businesses.
$45,123 spentof which $35,000 as grants15% of program spendingProgram Service Expenses 33,520, Grants and allocations 26,000, Revenue 0 Adelante Foundation Expenses 11.5 of total program expenses including Grants of 26,000 Revenue 0 Grants to the Adelante Foundation provided small business loans and business training to women experiencing poverty in Honduras to start or strengthen their businesses. In 2025, funds to Adelante supported 4,954 loans. WEs funds also supported Adelantes efforts to add 1,247 new women clients to its portfolio. A portion of the funds were used for educational programs and expansion of services to other parts of the country. In 2025, Adelante also expanded into Olancho region, one of the most underserved and isolated regions in Honduras. Program Service Expenses 16,762, Grants and allocations 13,000, Revenue 0 Multicolores Expenses 5.7 of total program expenses including Grants of 13,000 Revenue 0 This grant supports a program with Multicolores in Guatemala to elevate the skills and income potential of 48 Maya women from nine rural communities who have traditional textile art and embroidery skills so that they can produce high-end home decor items. The program focuses on creative and economic development, mental…
$123,768 spentof which $98,000 as grants42% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $292,658.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2022 to 2023, from $224k to $155k (−31%).
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 5% · 2021 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
105% of WOMENS EMPOWERMENT INTERNATIONAL’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 6 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
Sarah Adams
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $11k → $59k.
7 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 97% 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 WOMENS EMPOWERMENT INTERNATIONAL’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
WOMENS EMPOWERMENT INTERNATIONAL leans on a few funders — its largest provides 29% of grant income and the top three 69%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
98% 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 WOMENS EMPOWERMENT INTERNATIONAL.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 90% · 2018 46% · 2019 53% · 2020 50% · 2021 53% · 2022 28% · 2023 44% — 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
67% of WOMENS EMPOWERMENT INTERNATIONAL's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% 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
97% of WOMENS EMPOWERMENT INTERNATIONAL'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 $11k that is directly attributable, 71% of it comes from funders outside California, across 4 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $312k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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
WOMENS EMPOWERMENT INTERNATIONAL runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 2,468 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,468 international nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like WOMENS EMPOWERMENT INTERNATIONAL
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 California
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
99%
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 WOMENS EMPOWERMENT INTERNATIONAL: 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 WOMENS EMPOWERMENT INTERNATIONAL?
- WOMENS EMPOWERMENT INTERNATIONAL (California) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $323,065 to it, the largest being THE SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION ($93,064). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 97% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does WOMENS EMPOWERMENT INTERNATIONAL have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $323,065 in grants to WOMENS EMPOWERMENT INTERNATIONAL, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WOMENS EMPOWERMENT INTERNATIONAL?
- THE SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $93,064 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WOMENS EMPOWERMENT INTERNATIONAL find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2020–2025), and the filings of 12 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