Colorado · Nonprofit
WOMENS GLOBAL EMPOWERMENT FUND
WOMENS GLOBAL EMPOWERMENT FUND (Colorado) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $973,778 to it, the largest being KATHRYN B MCQUADE FOUNDATION ($547,500). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $222k
- Funders on record
- 20
- Grants received
- $974k
- Net assets
- $2k
What Womens Global Empowerment Fund does
Mission
The mission of Women's Global Empowerment Fund is to empower women through economic, social and political programs; creating opportunities while addressing inequality, strengthening families and communities. Our strategy is to provide women with the framework necessary to create viable opportunities for themselves and their families. Through grassroots strategies, marginalized women are given the tools necessary to alleviate poverty thus facilitating sustainable development and empowerment. Our goal is to work for social justice, increased human security and women's empowerment.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
As of December 2024, our Credit Plus program has given over 43,562 microcredit loans, 2,800 + new loans in 2024, (298 borrowing groups), basic business training and opportunities to participants in development programs. We made our first loan in October, 2007 and since April, 2008, have experienced rapid growth. We continue to add funds to our loan portfolio, creating and building capacity in our programs. Our reputation in the community is positive; we have a good, solid, fair program, resulting in new groups applying weekly. Several indicators highlight the success of this program and where we are at this point in time. One, we have had no defaults; two, groups continue to expand and grow their businesses, many women are hiring assistants and employees from their villages; three, we have created a complete and vibrant local food economy by supporting women farmers; also, Gulu Women's Resource Centre (GWRC) and Leadership Development continued in 2024, providing support and resources for women and girls experiencing gender based violence, forced marriage and other challenges. Program Highlights: * Peer Counseling ongoing training and support - 198 women leaders * Access to…
$216,540 spentof which $36,766 as grants100% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $216,540.
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 2023 to 2024, from $33k to $17k (−47%).
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.
100% of WOMENS GLOBAL EMPOWERMENT FUND’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 5 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.
Board chair
Michael Powl
Board Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $22k → $134k.
10 of 20 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 33% 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 GLOBAL EMPOWERMENT FUND’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 GLOBAL EMPOWERMENT FUND leans on a few funders — its largest provides 56% of grant income and the top three 68%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
33% 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 GLOBAL EMPOWERMENT FUND.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 93% · 2018 61% · 2019 74% · 2020 52% · 2021 50% · 2022 70% · 2023 56% — 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
31% of WOMENS GLOBAL EMPOWERMENT FUND's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 65% 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
WOMENS GLOBAL EMPOWERMENT FUND draws 97% of its grant income from funders outside Colorado, across 7 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $318k arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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 GLOBAL EMPOWERMENT FUND's funding base is broadening — from 2 funders to 8 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,524 international nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like WOMENS GLOBAL EMPOWERMENT FUND
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 Colorado
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
56%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds WOMENS GLOBAL EMPOWERMENT FUND?
- WOMENS GLOBAL EMPOWERMENT FUND (Colorado) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $973,778 to it, the largest being KATHRYN B MCQUADE FOUNDATION ($547,500). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WOMENS GLOBAL EMPOWERMENT FUND have?
- IRS filings report 20 organizations giving $973,778 in grants to WOMENS GLOBAL EMPOWERMENT FUND, 13 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WOMENS GLOBAL EMPOWERMENT FUND?
- KATHRYN B MCQUADE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $547,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WOMENS GLOBAL EMPOWERMENT FUND find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Colorado. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 20 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