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Women of the World Endowment Inc

Public charity · Grantmaker Bethesda, MD EIN: 84-4144582 Website

Women of the World Endowment's mission is to promote gender-diverse decision making by informing the ecosystem about the positive impact of investing with a gender focus. Wowe's work focuses on creating sustainable investment systems by engaging women as changemakers.

Women of the World Endowment Inc at a glance

Revenue (2025)
$604
-99.8% vs 2024
Net investment income (2025)
$57
-100.0% vs 2024
Expenses (2025)
$41,950
-98.9% vs 2024
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who Women of the World Endowment Inc funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Grant Size Distribution

5 grants across all recorded years

2<$50K2$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M1$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 2 grants of 5 (40%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

4states

Cities

New YorkCambridgeSan FranciscoStamford

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$1M$2M$3M0 grants2020 0 grants2021 2 grants2022 2 grants2023 1 grant2024 0 grants2025

From 2022 to 2024, annual grant giving ranged from $68K (2022) to $2.5M (2024). In 2024 it made 1 grant totaling $2.5M.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Women's World Banking New York, NYGeneral Purpose Assistance$2,519,023
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025—$604$41,950——$57
2024$368,349$379,486$3,668,526$2,519,0231$364,649
2023$3,866,074$-813,115$1,967,777$104,0002$-1,025,484
2022$6,482,413$1,139,049$1,431,531$68,0002$-321,453
2021$7,396,133$1,158,092$1,063,198——$839,305
2020$6,130,991$5,723,074$416,361——$499,218

About Women of the World Endowment Inc

Based on IRS filings

Women of the World Endowment Inc is a public charity focused on Civil Rights, Social Action & Advocacy, based in Bethesda, MD. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2025. Net investment income was $57.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Women of the World Endowment Inc is led by Marty Nealon, CEO since 2025 (on filings since 2023); none of the 4 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Marty Nealon

    CEO

    Board Member- → CEO, 2025

    On filings since 2023

    40 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Takuro Kimura Interim

    President & Treasurer

    On filings since 2024

    1.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Lili Forouraghi

    Secretary

    On filings since 2020

    4 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ruth Shaber

    Board Member

    President → Board Member, 2023

    On filings since 2020

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (7)
  • Former: Pooja Eppanapally (2022–2024) — Investment Manager
  • Former: Marty Nealon Director Then (2024) — CEO
  • Former: Takuro Kimura (2020–2023) — Interim President & Treasurer
  • Former: Aarti Chandna (2023) — Board Member -
  • Former: Malia Xie (2023) — Investment Manager
  • Former: Patience Marime-Ball (2023) — CEO
  • Former: Patience Ball (2020–2022) — CEO

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Frequently asked questions about Women of the World Endowment Inc

What is Women of the World Endowment Inc?

Women of the World Endowment Inc is a public charity focused on Civil Rights, Social Action & Advocacy, based in Bethesda, MD.

Where does Women of the World Endowment Inc operate?

Women of the World Endowment Inc has awarded grants in California, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York.

What is Women of the World Endowment Inc's EIN?

Women of the World Endowment Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 84-4144582. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(4)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS September 22, 2023)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS August 28, 2024)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS July 25, 2025)
  4. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2025

Live grants for the work Women of the World Endowment Inc funds

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