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WOMENS BUSINESS ENTERPRISE CENTER EAST

EIN 23-2810092 PHILADELPHIA, PA

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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.

  • 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

  • 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

  • MEMBERSHIPS: WBEC-EAST PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CORPORATIONS AND GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES TO SHOW THEIR SUPPORT FOR SMALL BUSINESSES.

    Revenue $172,400

  • 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.

  • George Ehrgott

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Nancy Gunza

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Cecilia Isaacs-Blundin

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Cynthia Funaro Towers Esq

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Vernice Lewis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Liv Carter

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Allen Riddick

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Dale Buddine

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Elizabeth 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

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $1,971,463
    Expenses
    $1,894,284
    Contributions
    $808,365
    Grants paid
    $15,000
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $2,036,583
    Expenses
    $1,917,495
    Contributions
    $798,023
    Grants paid
    $26,000
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $990,318
    Expenses
    $874,685
    Contributions
    $454,715
    Grants paid
    $13,000
  • 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

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,729,053
    Expenses
    $1,673,892
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,501,444
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,895,575
    Expenses
    $1,704,298
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,524,781
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,527,842
    Expenses
    $1,395,892
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,337,051
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,381,372
    Expenses
    $1,359,392
    Assets (EOY)
    $874,946
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,300,672
    Expenses
    $1,631,071
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,179,651
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,285,414
    Expenses
    $1,300,465
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,206,713
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,229,295
    Expenses
    $1,197,791
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,227,129
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,426,496
    Expenses
    $1,199,671
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,205,469
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $1,004,022
    Assets (EOY)
    $974,569
  • 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

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.