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Women's Business Development Center

EIN 36-3488628Community Development Illinois Mid-sized

Historical collection: May 2019 · Rating details mostly from 2017. Source & context

The mission

What this organization describes

Empowering women towards entrepreneurship and economic self-sufficiency

The Women's Business Development Center (WBDC) is the oldest, largest, most comprehensive, and successful women's business assistance center in the United States. We're nationally and internationally recognized for our responsive, innovative, and effective programs and advocacy efforts. We deliver business services and financial assistance to empower women towards entrepreneurship and economic self-sufficiency. Since our founding in 1986, we've grown from a two-person operation to a national leader in women's economic development with a budget of $2.2 million. Over the years, we've assisted more than 55,000 women in the greater Chicago area, helped establish 14 additional women's business assistance centers in six states in the U.S., and continue to be credited for programs and policies that impact women's economic development across the nation and globally.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

94.13Overall score
out of 100

95.56Financial score
out of 100

93.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$4,207,539

Total expenses · USD$4,138,715

Program expenses

$3,509,630.32 recorded amount

84.8%

Fundraising expenses

$285,571.34 recorded amount

6.9%

Administrative expenses

$339,374.63 recorded amount

8.2%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.09 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Emilia DiMenco
Recorded compensation: $131,919.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 3.18%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Women's Business Development Center
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	93.0
`category` Category	Community Development
`description` Mission & description	The Women's Business Development Center (WBDC) is the oldest, largest, most comprehensive, and successful women's business assistance center in the United States. We're nationally and internationally recognized for our responsive, innovative, and effective programs and advocacy efforts. We deliver business services and financial assistance to empower women towards entrepreneurship and economic self-sufficiency. Since our founding in 1986, we've grown from a two-person operation to a national leader in women's economic development with a budget of $2.2 million. Over the years, we've assisted more than 55,000 women in the greater Chicago area, helped establish 14 additional women's business assistance centers in six states in the U.S., and continue to be credited for programs and policies that impact women's economic development across the nation and globally.
`ein` EIN	36-3488628
`tot_exp` Total expenses	4138715.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.08199999999999999
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.09
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.069
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.848
`fscore` Financial score	95.56
`leader` Recorded leader	Emilia DiMenco
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	131919.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0318
`motto` Tagline	Empowering women towards entrepreneurship and economic self-sufficiency
`name` Charity name	Women's Business Development Center
`tot_rev` Total revenue	4207539.0
`score` Overall score	94.13
`state` State code	IL
`subcategory` Subcategory	Housing and Neighborhood Development
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	3509630.32
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	285571.335
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	339374.62999999995

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 36-3488628
Source category: Community Development
Source subcategory: Housing and Neighborhood Development
Recorded location: Illinois (IL)
Expense-based size: Mid-sized
$3.5M–$13.5M in total expenses · source label: mid

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Source: Charity Navigator Scores Expenses Dataset, version 1, attributed to katyjqian on Kaggle. Collection: May 2019; rating details mostly from 2017. Read attribution, scope, and reuse notes.