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Nonprofit · EIN 52-2023392

WOMENS BUSINESS ENTERPRISE NATIONAL COUNCIL

Tax-exempt · WASHINGTON, DC 20036

Financials

$16.3M$16.5M2023$16.9M$18M2024
Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end
Financials of WOMENS BUSINESS ENTERPRISE NATIONAL COUNCIL by year, from its e-filed returns
Year endedFormRevenueExpensesNet incomeTotal assetsLiabilitiesNet assets
December 31, 2024990$16,908,078$18,033,855-$1,125,777$12,829,876$5,258,686$7,571,190
December 31, 2023990$16,341,799$16,462,476-$120,677$15,923,974$7,227,007$8,696,967
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants
$2,585,106
Program service revenue
$14,319,414
Investment income
$3,558
Other revenue
$0

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid
$2,998,290
Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
$1,469,954
Other salaries and wages
$3,908,572
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
$6,883,002
Professional fundraising fees
$0
Legal fees
$82,393
Accounting fees
$47,911
Occupancy
$167,370
Travel
$414,603
Depreciation
$36,942
Program services (functional)
$15,567,419
Management and general (functional)
$2,318,123
Fundraising (functional)
$148,313

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year
$15,923,974
Total assets, end of year
$12,829,876
Total liabilities, end of year
$5,258,686
Net assets, end of year
$7,571,190
Land, buildings and equipment
$49,870
Net assets without donor restrictions
$4,697,676
Net assets with donor restrictions
$2,873,514
Gross receipts
$16,908,078
Employees
49
Volunteers
67
Year formed
1997
State of legal domicile
DC

From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.

Officers, directors and key employees

As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024, highest compensation first.

NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
PAMELA PRINCE-EASONPRESIDENT & CEO
Trustee or director, Officer
40$486,205$37,679
JILL SASSOCHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
Officer
40$309,175$65,469
LAURA TAYLORSR VP, STRAT FIN SVCS & WBE ENG
Key employee
40$290,000$48,607
CHARLES J HENDRIXVP, MEMBER ENGAGEMENT
Key employee
40$195,000$37,819
MIA DELANOSR VP, STRATEGIC INITIATIVES
Highest-paid employee
40$189,400$15,680
VAUGHN FARRISVP, BUSINESS DEV & ENGAGEMENT
Highest-paid employee
40$168,200$32,511
LAKESHA WHITESR VP, CERTIFICATION
Highest-paid employee
40$170,000$23,000
LINDSEY ALLVP, STRATEGIC PROGRAMS
Highest-paid employee
40$157,000$34,466
PAT BIRMINGHAMINFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LEAD
Highest-paid employee
24$165,955$0
NEDRA DICKSONBOARD CHAIR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
CHERYL HARRISDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
CARLA PRESTONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
JALAYNA BOLDENDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
BETH CRIMMINSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
KIMBERLY THORNTONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
61 more people on this return
NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
HEATHER RAPPDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
CLINT GRIMESDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
STEPHANIE BEVERIDGEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
AJAMU JOHNSONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
TAMRA PALOWSKIDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
ROBERT MCINTOSHDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
DOUGLAS FISHERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
THERESA HARRISONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
REGINOLD HUMPHREYDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
SIOFRA HARNETTDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
CLAY ATKINSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
JENNIFER CURLEYDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
WILLIAM KAPFER PHDDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
MICHELE VAN TREECKDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
JENNIE FRIEDMANDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
SHANNON SCHEUERTEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
STEFANI MCLEANDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
DIANA PONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
BIANCA ORTEGADIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
KIMBERLY PROFFITTDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
RACHEL THOMASDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
SIRSIJ PESHINDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
DONNA MULCAHYDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
ANDREA DESAULNIERSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
SHARON BLACKDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
BRANDI RAUCHDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
BRAD POMERLEAUDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
FERNANDO HERNANDEZDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
CLAUDIA SPLICHALDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
ANDRIA ANDERSONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
SUZI CABODIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
SOPHIA SHOATEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
SANDRA NIELSENDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
GABE CASTRODIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
BARBARA KUBICKIDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
CATHY KOCHDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
PHALA MIREDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
LIZ WALSHDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
NANCY ALLENDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
BLISS COULTERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
PATRICIA MASSEYDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
APRIL DAYDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
MICHELLE RICHARDSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
GABY MORSE KINGDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
SANDRA EBERHARDDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
JANICE GREENE PHDDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
ANN RAMAKUMARANDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
KANCHANA RAMANDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
HANNAH KAINDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
TINA MACONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
CAREN SCHWEITZERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
DEE C MARSHALLDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
SHARON REYNOLDSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
RASHMI CHARTURVEDIDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
PEGGY DEL FABBRODIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
PANMELA WILLIAMSONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
EMILIA DIMENCODIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
FARRYN MELTONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
TARA CLANCYDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
JANICE BRYANT-HOWROYDDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
DEBRA JENNINGS-JOHNSONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 83 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
PAMELA PRINCE-EASONPRESIDENT & CEO
Trustee or director, Officer
40$454,039$74,211
JILL SASSOCHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
Officer
40$298,378$72,516
LAURA TAYLORSR VP, STRATEGIC FINANCIAL SERVICES & WBE ENGAGEME
Key employee
40$285,000$42,493
PATRICIA BIRMINGHAMINFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LEAD
Highest-paid employee
24$231,242$2,855
CHARLES HENDRIX JRVP, MEMBER ENGAGEMENT
Highest-paid employee
40$195,000$30,205
MIA DELANOSR VP, STRATEGIC INITIATIVES
Highest-paid employee
40$179,640$23,156
ADAM VAUGHN FARRISVP, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT & ENGAGEMENT
Highest-paid employee
40$161,800$24,169
LAKESHA WHITESENIOR VP, CERTIFICATION
Highest-paid employee
40$160,000$8,833
NEDRA DICKSONBOARD CHAIR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
LISA BLAKEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
CHERYL HARRISDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
CARLA PRESTONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
JALAYNA BOLDENDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
BETH CRIMMINSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
CHRIS POULOSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
KIMBERLY THORNTONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
CLINT GRIMESDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
STEPHANIE BEVERIDGEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
AJAMU JOHNSONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
TAMRA PAWLOSKIDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
CHARLENE WIEGREFEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
DOUG FISHERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
THERESA HARRISONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
SUE SPENCEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
JACKLYN WATTDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
REGGIE HUMPHREYDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
SIOFRA HARNETTDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
JENNIFER TURNERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
JACKIE STURMDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
JENNIFER CURLEYDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
WILLIAM KAPFER PHDDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
MICHELE VAN TREECKDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
JENNIE FRIEDMANDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
RYAN VERBECKENDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
STEFANI MCLEANDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
DIANA PONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
LIZ DUENSINGDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
BIANCA ORTEGADIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
KIMBERLY PROFFITTDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
KAREN MILLERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
MARY MCEVOYDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
SIRSIJ PESHINDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
JO HAIGHTDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
ANDREA DESAULNIERSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
SHARON BLACKDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
BRANDI RAUCHDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
BRAD POMERLEAUDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
FERNANDO HERNANDEZDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
CLAUDIA SPLICHALDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
CHRIS GARRAMONEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
SUZI CABODIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
KRIS OSWOLDDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
SANDRA NIELSENDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
PHIL SEIDLERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
DENISE MALLOYDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
BARBARA KUBICKIDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
PAMELA WILLIAMSON PHDDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
PHALA MIREDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
LIZ WALSHDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
NANCY ALLENDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
BLISS COULTERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
ROZ LEWISDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
APRIL DAYDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
MICHELLE RICHARDSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
GABY MORSE KINGDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
SANDRA EBERHARDDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
JANICE GREENE PHDDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
ANN RAMAKUMARANDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
KANCHANA RAMANDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
HANNAH KAINDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
LIANNE LAMIDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
CAREN SCHWEITZERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
PATRICIA RODRIGUEZ-CHRISTIANDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
SHARON REYNOLDSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
RASHMI CHARTURVEDIDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
PEGGY DEL FABBRODIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
PATTI MASSEYDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
SHARON SAVOCA-MAHINDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
FARRYN MELTONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
CHERYL STEVENSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
JANICE BRYANT-HOWROYDDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
DEBRA JENNINGS-JOHNSONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
JORGE ROMERODIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)
1120 CONNECTICUT AVE NW STE 200, WASHINGTON, DC 20036-3916
In care of
% SUSAN PHILLIPS BARI
Principal officer (990 for 2024)
JILL SASSO, 1120 CONNECTICUT AVENUE NW 200, WASHINGTON, DC 20036
Signed the 990
JILL SASSO, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
Phone
(202) 872-5515
Return prepared by
COUNCILOR BUCHANAN & MITCHELL PC

Mission

WBENC'S MISSION IS TO FUEL ECONOMIC GROWTH GLOBALLY BY IDENTIFYING, CERTIFYING, AND FACILITATING THE DEVELOPMENT OF WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESSES.

990 for the year ended December 31, 2024

Program accomplishments

  • EVENTS: EVENTS IS COMPRISED OF TWO ANNUAL, IN-PERSON CONFERENCES. THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE, WBENC'S SIGNATURE EVENT, IS THE LARGEST CONFERENCE OF ITS KIND FOR WOMEN BUSINESS OWNERS, WELCOMING THOUSANDS OF WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS AND CORPORATE EXECUTIVES READY TO MAKE CONNECTIONS AND DO BUSINESS. THE 2024 CONFERENCE WAS HELD IN DENVER, CO AND INCLUDED APPROXIMATELY 4,800 ATTENDEES. THE NOVEMBER EVENT IS A SMALLER, INVITE-ONLY CONFERENCE. IT INCLUDES THREE DAYS OF CUSTOMIZED PROGRAMMING, MEANINGFUL CONNECTIONS, AND A LIVE PRESENTATION OF THE WBENCPITCH COMPETITION FINAL ROUND. IN 2024, THE NOVEMBER EVENT WAS HELD IN WASHINGTON, DC. AND INCLUDED APPROXIMATELY 500 ATTENDEES.
    Expenses $6,253,641 · grants $10,500 · revenue $6,872,807
  • CERTIFICATION: THE FOUNDATION OF WBENC'S MISSION IS TO PROVIDE WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS CERTIFICATION SERVICES TO WOMEN'S BUSINESS ENTERPRISES (WBES). CERTIFICATION AUDITS VET WHETHER WBES MEET THE STANDARDS OF BEING AT LEAST 51% OWNED, OPERATED, AND CONTROLLED BY A WOMAN OR WOMEN. IN ADDITION TO THE PERFORMANCE OF CERTIFICATION SERVICES, WBENC PROVIDES EDUCATIONAL AND NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES TO CERTIFIED WBES.
    Expenses $3,815,239 · grants $2,774,856 · revenue $78,287
  • ENGAGEMENT OUTREACH: ENCOMPASSES WBENC'S TARGETED OUTREACH PROGRAMS THAT AIM TO ENGAGE SPECIFIC POPULATIONS OF ENTREPRENEURS. THE PROGRAMS INCLUDED HERE ARE WOMEN OF COLOR, COLLEGIATE ACCELERATOR, AND FUTUREGEN.
    Expenses $1,485,828 · grants $121,914
  • FINANCIAL CENTER OF EXCELLENCE: THE WBENC ARM THAT AIMS TO ADDRESS FINANCIAL MATTERS RELEVANT TO WOMEN BUSINESS OWNERS. THE FINANCIAL CENTER OF EXCELLENCE USES THE LIFT FRAMEWORK (LEARN, INTERCONNECT, FUEL, THRIVE) TO GUIDE ITS PROGRAMMING. LIFT IN THE COMMUNITY, FOR EXAMPLE, IS ONE OF THE PROGRAM OFFERINGS HOUSED HERE.
    Expenses $1,094,994
  • MEMBERSHIP: WBENC'S CORPORATE MEMBERSHIP BASE CONSISTS OF LARGE COMPANIES THAT SEEK TO DIVERSIFY THEIR SUPPLY CHAINS THROUGH INCLUSION OF CERTIFIED BUSINESSES. CORPORATE MEMBERS RECEIVE ACCESS TO WBENC'S DATABASE OF 21,000+ CERTIFIED BUSINESSES AND THEY MAY USE THIS DATABASE TO SEARCH FOR POTENTIAL SUPPLIERS. IN ADDITION, WBENC FACILITATES NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES TO CONNECT CORPORATE MEMBERS TO CERTIFIED WBES AND PROVIDES EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AIMED AT ASSISTING CORPORATE MEMBERS WITH THE DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH OF THEIR SUPPLIER INITIATIVES.
    Expenses $893,659 · revenue $7,321,022
  • EXECUTIVE EDUCATION: ENCOMPASSES WBENC'S BUSINESS EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND WBENC'S EXECUTIVE EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS. WBENC'S BUSINESS EDUCATION PROGRAMS INCLUDE THE WBENC-TUCK EXECUTIVE EDUCATION, WETHRIVE, WEIGNITE, AND ENERGY EXECUTIVE PROGRAMS. WBENC'S EXECUTIVE EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS INCLUDE THE DOROTHY B. BROTHERS SCHOLARSHIP FUND AND THE CHERYL W. SNEAD SCHOLARSHIP FUND. THE PURPOSE OF THESE PROGRAMS AND FUNDS IS TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO BUSINESS EDUCATION FOR CERTIFIED BUSINESSES TO AID THEM IN BETTER MANAGING THEIR BUSINESSES.
    Expenses $824,364 · revenue $47,298
  • OTHER PROGRAMS: INCLUDE RECOGNITION PROGRAMS, INDUSTRY-SPECIFIC PROGRAMMING, CERTIFICATION GRANT PROGRAMS FUNDED BY SPECIFIC DONORS, AND OTHER PROGRAMS THAT ARE STILL DEVELOPING. THE RECOGNITION PROGRAMS INCLUDE TOP CORPORATIONS AWARDS AND WBE STARS AWARDS. THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE STILL DEVELOPING INCLUDE NEXTGEN, WOMEN + PRIDE, AND WBENCPITCH.
    Expenses $1,199,694 · grants $91,020

What it must file and when

IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

Tax yearYear endedDueIRS public records
2025December 31, 2025May 15, 2026Not on file
2024December 31, 2024May 15, 2025990 on file
2023December 31, 2023May 15, 2024990 on file

IRS record

EIN
52-2023392
Tax-exempt status
501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
Foundation status
Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
Donations deductible (Pub 78)
Public charity, 50% deduction limit
Exempt since
1999
Accounting year ends
December
Files
Form 990 or 990-EZ
Assets (IRS master file)
$12,829,876
Income (IRS master file)
$16,908,078

Filing history

FormYear endedRevenueExpensesAssetsReturn
990December 2024$16,908,078$18,033,855$12,829,876XML
990December 2023$16,341,799$16,462,476$15,923,974XML
990December 2022$15,077,464$13,391,884$15,131,749IRS
990December 2021–––IRS
990December 2020–––IRS
990December 2018–––IRS
990December 2017–––IRS

990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 52-2023392).

Questions about WOMENS BUSINESS ENTERPRISE NATIONAL COUNCIL

What is the EIN of WOMENS BUSINESS ENTERPRISE NATIONAL COUNCIL?
The employer identification number (EIN) of WOMENS BUSINESS ENTERPRISE NATIONAL COUNCIL is 52-2023392.
Is WOMENS BUSINESS ENTERPRISE NATIONAL COUNCIL tax-exempt?
Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1999.
Are donations to WOMENS BUSINESS ENTERPRISE NATIONAL COUNCIL tax-deductible?
Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
Which annual return does WOMENS BUSINESS ENTERPRISE NATIONAL COUNCIL file?
Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
When is the next return of WOMENS BUSINESS ENTERPRISE NATIONAL COUNCIL due?
The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending December 31, 2025) is due May 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
When did WOMENS BUSINESS ENTERPRISE NATIONAL COUNCIL last file with the IRS?
The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2024.
Who is the principal officer of WOMENS BUSINESS ENTERPRISE NATIONAL COUNCIL?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names JILL SASSO.
Who are the officers and directors of WOMENS BUSINESS ENTERPRISE NATIONAL COUNCIL?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 76 people; 9 received compensation from the organization, the highest $486,205 (PAMELA PRINCE-EASON, PRESIDENT & CEO).
How much revenue does WOMENS BUSINESS ENTERPRISE NATIONAL COUNCIL have?
On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $16,908,078, expenses of $18,033,855 and total assets of $12,829,876 at year end.

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