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WOMEN FOR ECONOMIC AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

EIN 45-4542456 WESTERVILLE, OH

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Revenue 2024
$734,672
Expenses 2024
$769,522

Program services were 97.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
W12
Classification
2000
Street
752 N STATE ST 398

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

WELD DEVELOPS AND ADVANCES WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP TO STRENGTHEN THE ECONOMIC PROSPERITY OF THE COMMUNITIES IT SERVES.

  • WELD HAS DIVERSIFIED ITS MEMBERSHIP FOOTPRINT TO NOW COVER 16 STATES. THE COMBINATION OF ITS IN-PERSON PROGRAMS AND VIRTUAL PROGRAM LINEUP HAS DELIVERED VALUE TO ITS MEMBERS. ITS MEMBER-ONLY PROGRAMS INCLUDE: NEW AND RENEWING MEMBER PROGRAMS, BOARD PROGRAMS AND SPECIALTY PROGRAMS. ITS CORPORATE MEMBER ONLY PROGRAMS INCLUDE THE EXECUTIVE WOMEN'S SERIES AND AFFINITY GROUPS BEST PRACTICES SERIES. CERTAIN MEMBERSHIP CLASSES ARE ABLE TO ATTEND EITHER THE TELL IT LIKE IT IS THURSDAY WEBINAR SERIES PROGRAMS OR E-CHAPTER WEBINAR PROGRAMS FOR FREE. MEMBERS CONTINUE TO RECEIVE DEEP REGISTRATION DISCOUNTS RELATIVE TO NON-MEMBERS.

    Expenses $119,335

  • Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

    Expenses $246,790 · Revenue $139,999

  • WELD HOLDS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS TO TEACH SKILLS USEFUL FOR LEADERS AT VARIOUS STAGES IN THEIR CAREERS. TYPICALLY, THESE ARE A BLEND OF IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL EVENTS. THESE EVENTS INCLUDE THE EMERGING PROFESSIONAL SERIES PROGRAMS TARGETED TO THOSE JUST STARTING OUT IN THEIR CAREERS, THE LEADERSHIP SERIES PROGRAMS TARGETED TO MID-CAREER PROFESSIONALS COVERING A WIDE RANGE OF TOPICS AND AN EXECUTIVE WOMEN'S SERIES FOR SENIOR LEADERS AND C-SUITE EXECUTIVES. WELD CONTINUED TO OFFER SEVERAL PROGRAMS WITH SHRM, CPE AND OH CLE. WELD LAUNCHED A FULL YEAR OF BOARD PROGRAMS/C-SUITE SERIES DESIGNED TO HELP EXECUTIVES OBTAIN THEIR FIRST SEAT ON A NONPROFIT BOARD. THE TOPICS FOCUSED ON PUBLIC COMPANY FINANCIALS, NONPROFIT FINANCIALS, PREPARING FOR THE BOARD INTERVIEW AND OTHER BOARD PREPARATION TOPICS. WELD ALSO CONDUCTED ITS ANNUAL CERTIFICATE PROGRAM ON GOVERNMENT BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS GOVERNANCE SKILLS TRAINING. WELD CONDUCTED SEVERAL NEW MEMBER PROGRAMS ACROSS ITS CHAPTER BASE AND ALSO HOSTED ITS ANNUAL AFFINITY GROUPS BEST PRACTICES SESSION FOR ITS CORPORATE MEMBERS. WELD ALSO CONDUCTED COHORT-BASED LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO PREPARE AND HELP ATTENDEES ACHIEVE THEIR FIRST PROMOTION INTO MANAGEMENT. IN 2024, WELD CONDUCTED 3 COHORTS OF THESE PROGRAMS. WELD ALSO LAUNCHED ONE COHORT OF ITS PATHWAY TO MANAGEMENT PROGRAM FOR WOMEN OF COLOR ATTRACTING MAJOR GRANT SUPPORT AND DELIVERING EXCELLENT ADVANCEMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARTICIPANTS. IN ALL, WELD HAD NEARLY 2,900 WOMEN AND MEN ATTENDED OUR 2024 LEADERSHIP AND MEMBER PROGRAMS AND SIGNATURE EVENTS. OVER 160 WOMEN AND MEN SERVED AS PROGRAM SPEAKERS.

    Expenses $382,964

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Barbara Smoot

    PRESIDENT/CE

    Total calculated
    $165,071
    From this org
    $152,041
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,030
    Hours/week
    75

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $152,041
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $13,030
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $165,071
  • Annette Hazapis

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Colleen Philabaum

    CHAIR-ELECT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lindsay Ford Ellis

    BOARD SECRET

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cathy Norton

    BOARD TREASU

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lillian Morales-Laster

    RELATIONS DI

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michelle Foster

    DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Beth Alloway

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jennifer Bogan

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ellen Cappellanti

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Aparna Dial

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Frances Feehan

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Latessa Gray

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jennifer James

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lynda Kline

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ashley Pack

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nicholas Padovano

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Oana Polanco

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mary Richter

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dana Sadiq

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ralph Smithers Jr

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cynthia Turner

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Netta Whitman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $734,672
    Expenses
    $769,522
    Contributions
    $580,315
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $751,128
    Expenses
    $687,127
    Contributions
    $583,925
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $710,978
    Expenses
    $664,816
    Contributions
    $582,070
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $678,319
    Expenses
    $541,213
    Assets (EOY)
    $526,843
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $380,997
    Expenses
    $430,375
    Assets (EOY)
    $412,552
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $588,853
    Expenses
    $554,390
    Assets (EOY)
    $361,886
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $558,492
    Expenses
    $584,933
    Assets (EOY)
    $354,626
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $504,159
    Expenses
    $518,889
    Assets (EOY)
    $403,942
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $395,199
    Expenses
    $376,498
    Assets (EOY)
    $458,645
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $462,121
    Expenses
    $325,874
    Assets (EOY)
    $323,813
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $375,326
    Expenses
    $298,712
    Assets (EOY)
    $271,361
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $223,548
    Expenses
    $224,826
    Assets (EOY)
    $193,773

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.