- Revenue 2025
- $1,971,463
- Expenses 2025
- $1,894,284
Program services were 80.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- Z99
- Classification
- 1000
- Street
- 123 S BROAD ST STE 500
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 · 2025
Mission
WBEC-EAST IS DEDICATED TO THE ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT OF ENTREPRENEURS BY PROVIDING WORLD-CLASS ENTREPRENEURIAL TRAINING AND EDUCATION, AND THE TOOLS AND NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES TO DEVELOP AND GROW SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSES. FORMED IN 1995, WBEC-EAST HAS FOSTERED AND DEVELOPED HUNDREDS OF BUSINESSES BY OFFERING A COMPREHENSIVE MENU OF ENTREPRENEURIAL EDUCATION, TRAINING, ACCESS TO CAPITAL AND CERTIFICATION. IN THE PAST YEAR ALONE WBEC-EAST HAS PROVIDED 250+ EDUCATIONAL AND NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES TO 3000+ SMALL BUSINESS START-UPS AND OWNERS. WBEC-EAST SERVES A BROAD SPECTRUM OF ENTREPRENEURS FROM ALL BACKGROUNDS INCLUDING ASPIRING MICRO-ENTREPRENEURS TO OWNERS OF MULTI-GENERATION ESTABLISHED FAMILY-OWNED COMPANIES.
Activities or mission (Part I)
TO FOSTER THE DEVELOPMENT AND RETENTION OF SUCCESSFUL SMALL AND WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESSES. ALSO, TO FACILITATE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CORPORATIONS, GOVERNMENTS AND ENTREPRENEURIAL-OWNED BUSINESSES TO PROVIDE GROWTH AND SUSTAINABILITY.
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BUSINESS TRAINING: WBEC-EAST PROVIDES START UP, EMERGING AND ESTABLISHED ENTREPRENEURS' VIRTUAL EDUCATION AND IN-PERSON TRAINING WORKSHOPS. THESE EDUCATION AND TRAINING WORKSHOPS INCLUDE: MARKET RESEARCH, FINANCIAL ANALYSIS, BUSINESS PLANNING, BUSINESS COACHING ETC.
Expenses $360,568 · Grants $15,000 · Revenue $34,680
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CERTIFICATION: WBEC-EAST THROUGH ITS PARTNERSHIP WITH THE WOMEN'S BUSINESS ENTERPRISE NATIONAL COUNCIL ("WBENC") PROVIDES CERTIFICATIONS TO WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESSES. THESE CERTIFICATIONS ARE USED AS A MARKETING TOOL FOR EXPANDING A COMPANY'S VISIBILITY FOR SOURCING SOLUTIONS AND INTENTIONAL PROCUREMENT.
Expenses $1,166,076 · Revenue $992,400
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MEMBERSHIPS: WBEC-EAST PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CORPORATIONS AND GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES TO SHOW THEIR SUPPORT FOR SMALL BUSINESSES.
Revenue $172,400
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SCHOLARSHIPS: WBEC-EAST SOLICITS FUNDS THAT ARE DEDICATED TO INTERNAL SCHOLARSHIP AND GRANTS. SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANTS ARE ISSUED TO OFFSET FEES TO ATTEND VARIOUS ENTREPRENEURIAL TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR INDIVIDUALS STARTING OR GROWING THEIR BUSINESS. RECIPIENTS OF THESE FUNDS ARE ADVISED OF THE BENEFACTOR.
Revenue $26,300
As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Officers and directors · 2025
As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.
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George EhrgottGEORGE EHRGOTT
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Nancy GunzaNANCY GUNZA
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Cecilia Isaacs-BlundinCECILIA ISAACS-BLUNDIN
CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Cynthia Funaro Towers EsqCYNTHIA FUNARO TOWERS ESQ
VICE CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Vernice LewisVERNICE LEWIS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Liv CarterLIV CARTER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Allen RiddickALLEN RIDDICK
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Dale BuddineDALE BUDDINE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Elizabeth WalshELIZABETH WALSH
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $241,431
- From this org
- $204,737
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $36,694
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $204,737
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $6,301
- Nontaxable benefits
- $30,393
- Filer's total
- $241,431
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
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2025
- Revenue
- $1,971,463
- Expenses
- $1,894,284
- Contributions
- $808,365
- Grants paid
- $15,000
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2024
- Revenue
- $2,036,583
- Expenses
- $1,917,495
- Contributions
- $798,023
- Grants paid
- $26,000
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2023
- Revenue
- $990,318
- Expenses
- $874,685
- Contributions
- $454,715
- Grants paid
- $13,000
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2022
- Revenue
- $1,768,887
- Expenses
- $1,744,254
- Contributions
- $771,449
- 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
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2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,729,053
- Expenses
- $1,673,892
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,501,444
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,895,575
- Expenses
- $1,704,298
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,524,781
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,527,842
- Expenses
- $1,395,892
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,337,051
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2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,381,372
- Expenses
- $1,359,392
- Assets (EOY)
- $874,946
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2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,300,672
- Expenses
- $1,631,071
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,179,651
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2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,285,414
- Expenses
- $1,300,465
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,206,713
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2014 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,229,295
- Expenses
- $1,197,791
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,227,129
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2013 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,426,496
- Expenses
- $1,199,671
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,205,469
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2012 · 990
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- $1,004,022
- Assets (EOY)
- $974,569
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2011 · 990
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- $985,381
- Assets (EOY)
- $911,682
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. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.
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
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2023 TO SUBSIDIZE WBENC CERTIFICATION WORK.
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2024 TO SUBSIDIZE WBENC CERTIFICATION WORK.
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2022 TO SUBSIDIZE WBENC CERTIFICATION WORK.
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 11 November 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 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.