2026-04-04T23:47:16-07:00 2025-12-31 990 2025-01-01 300306056 WOMEN ORGANIZING FOR CHANGE IN AGRICULTURE & NATURAL RESOURCE MAN WOME 8084641703 77-6412 Kepano Place Kailua Kona HI 96740 JEANNETTE GURUNG EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 8084641703 2026-04-03 2025 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z WOCAN Jeannette Gurung 776412 Kepano Place Kailua Kona HI 96740 624518 0 X www.wocan.org X 2004 HI To advance women's empowerment and gender equality to tackle climate change, food insecurity and poverty within enabling environments. WOCAN strengthens capacities of organizations and individuals for gender integration and leadership. It owns and maintains the W+ Standard to measure, quantify, certify and monetize women's empowerment benefits within projects, generating revenue for women's groups and organizations. 3 3 1 0 0 0 502018 353580 51779 270938 2392 0 1026 0 557215 624518 0 0 0 0 153740 246380 0 0 100151 172335 644908 326075 891288 231140 -266770 814454 547684 0 0 814454 547684 To advance women's empowerment and gender equality to tackle climate change, food insecurity and poverty within enabling environments. WOCAN strengthens capacities of organizations and individuals for gender integration and leadership. It owns and maintains the W+ Standard to measure, quantify, certify and monetize women's empowerment benefits within projects, generating revenue for women's groups and organizations. 0 0 217561 584148 391555 W+ Standard and Technical Assistance: The W+ Advisory Council reviewed and approved three companies as accredited W+ verifiying bodies, based on guidance developed in 2024 for Verifying Bodies. Three meetings were held with the W+ Advisory Council. WOCAN provided technical assistance to projects applying the W+ Standard in Cambodia, Ghana, Costa Rica, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands. Expenses were for consultants' fees and travel to project sites, registration and verification by a third party auditor. 47097 9900 -32170 Capacity Building/Training: WOCAN provided hands-on training in the W+ Standard to 4 people as W+ Apprentices, three of which have now become W+ Experts. Two of these are women from the Asia/Pacific region, in India and New Zealand and one is a man from Mexico. All of the W+ Experts from the US, Mexico, India, Nepal, New Zealand, Madagascar and Cambodia met in Bangkok for a one week skill building session and to build a stronger network for their internal sharing of experiences. 366034 2000 -340774 Research: WOCAN prepared the TOR, interviewed 6 firms and selected a consultancy firm (Social Finance International) to conduct a market analysis of the W+ Market and an organizational analysis of WOCAN's capacities, to generate a roadmap for scaling the W+ Standard, as requested by the Gates Foundation. The work was conducted by a consortium that included the Cambridge University Institute for Sustainability Leadership, British Asia Trust and Consulting for Sustainable Solutions (South Africa). 86891 29990 -73290 Outreach and Marketing: WOCAN held various events to share knowledge about the W+ Standard. The W+ Coordinator and ED held meetings with over 42 organizations interested to apply the W+ Standard. WOCAN organized 2 events at NY Climate Week, and 3 at the COP30 in Brazil. Staff participated in several webinars as speakers on gender and climate. This program includes fees of marketing consultant and Knowledge Management staff to prepare materials, update and maintain 2 websites, and share news with social media and monthly digests, blog posts and podcasts. In addition, this year a communications and marketing team in NYC was hired to develop marketing materials and hire a press consultant that resulted in coverage by CNN and others. The W+ website was re-designed as an e-commerce site to sell W+ credits from selected projects. 86891 29990 -73290 717583 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 HI NY X WOCAN 8084641703 77-6412 Kepano Place Kailua Kona HI 96740 Jeannette Gurung Executive Director 40 X X X 103333 0 0 Patricia Kristjanson Treasurer 0.5 0 X 0 0 0 Nisha Singh Member 0.5 0 X 0 0 0 Tanushree Bagh Chair 0.5 0 X 0 0 0 103333 0 0 1 0 0 0 Social Finance Ltd Colechurch House London Bridge Walk London UK SE1 2SX Research for Market Assessmen. Organizational analysis of WOCAN, Concept note and 375000 1 0 343 0 0 0 353237 0 353580 UNDP 813312 94000 94000 0 0 CGAP 541720 49950 49950 0 0 World Resources Institute 813211 86950 86950 0 0 Plant Village+ 813312 40000 40000 0 0 W+ credits 813410 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 270938 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 624518 270938 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 153490 51164 51163 51163 0 0 0 0 60206 60206 0 0 6200 2067 2067 2066 1438 480 480 478 25046 8349 8348 8349 0 0 0 0 14550 14550 0 0 4153 1246 1662 1245 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1449 483 483 483 24792 8264 8264 8264 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 85081 60081 0 25000 0 0 0 0 7103 4000 0 3103 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 734 0 734 0 bank and filing fees 353 0 353 0 Consultants fees 96734 96734 0 0 Consultants' travel expenses 67584 67584 0 0 Market Sizing study 342375 342375 0 0 891288 717583 73554 100151 568454 99659 0 0 246000 448025 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 814454 547684 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 814454 547684 0 0 814454 547684 814454 547684 -266770 0 0 0 0 0 X 0 0 0 X 351511 649540 140472 502018 353580 1997121 351511 649540 140472 502018 353580 1997121 1997121 13602 152787 1054 1026 270938 439407 13602 152787 1054 1026 270938 439407 0 0 365113 802327 141526 503044 624518 2436528 0.81966 0.90703 0.18034 0 X East Asia and the Pacific 0 0 Program Services WOCAN conducted W+ assessments in Indonesia, Solomon Islands and PNG, and in Cambodia. WOCAN conducted a training workshop in Bangkok, Thailand. The ED attended the Green Climate Fund board meeting, and one staff attended the Asia Venture Philanthropy conference in Singapore. 126516 South Asia 0 0 Program Services WOCAN conducted a W+ assessment for the SEWA project 22605 Central America and the Caribbean 0 1 Program Services WOCAN conducted a W+ assessment in Costa Rica. 9130 South America 0 0 Speaking at Seminars or Conferences WOCAN attend the COP30 conference in Brazil 15949 Sub-Saharan Africa 0 0 Program Services WOCAN conducted W+ assessments in Ghana with UNDP, and started to do so with Plant Village in Nigeria and World Resources Institute in Kenya. 27176 0 1 201376 0 0 0 0 0 0 Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 6 WOCAN has over 1500 members in 114 countries who as per the bylaws, vote for WOCAN Board of Directors. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 7a WOCAN members can vote for the Board of Directors members, Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b Members of WOCAN's Board of Directors receive the 990 via email. The 990 is reviewed and formally approved by the Treasurer. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c WOCAN Board members must annually sign a Conflict of Interest statement. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 These documents are available on request.