Women in Cleantech and Sustainability
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 383912901
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2017–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2015
- Location
- San Francisco, CA, USA
- Phone
- 4088069626
- Rating
- 73
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Chambers of Commerce & Business Leagues
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $124,363
- Expenses
- $153,124
- Assets
- $132,299
- Liabilities
- $300
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
People named in this filing
- SARA EVE FUENTES (CHAIRWOMAN)
- LISA ANN PINKERTON (FOUNDER AND VICE CHAIRWOMAN)
- JULIE BUSCH (VOLUNTEER COMMITTEE CHAIRWOMAN)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Women in cleantech and sustainability wcs fosters an influential network of professionals to further the roles of women in growing the green economy and making a positive impact on the environment.
What it reported doing in 2025
Program event - throughout the reporting year, our programs included 21 virtual events program, professional development workshops, and international individual members. Corporate memberships are designed to engage organizations in the cleantech, energy, and sustainability sectors, providing access to exclusive events, sponsorship opportunities, and industry collaborations. Individual memberships focus on professional development and networking, granting access to a variety of resources, events, and community activities. Membership fees contributed to funding key operational programs, including virtual events, professional workshops, and international networking initiatives.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 94% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 53
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 31
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 57%; rating input score 57
- Program expense ratio: 46.3%; rating input score 46
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -23.1%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.86; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 20.4% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 10.1% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 6.9% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 57% of revenue deployed · 46.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $71K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 8 filing years from 2017 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 57/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 46/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 6/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 54/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 44/100.