WILD Network

What WILD Network does

WILD Network is a global leadership development community for women in the international development, humanitarian aid, and social change sectors, operating as a fiscally sponsored project of Community Initiatives, a San Francisco-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Founded in 2019 and built on the foundation of the Global Leaders Coaching Program launched in 2001, the organization serves 25,000 members across 100+ countries, ranging from emerging professionals to C-suite executives and board members. Its core offerings are the annual Leadership for Social Impact Forums (held both online and in-person in Washington DC), the award-winning Global Leaders Coaching Program (450 graduates across 70 countries cumulatively), the Online Learning Hub, the MentorMatch mentoring platform, and the Manager Essentials program delivered through the WILD Institute to organizations seeking in-house leadership development.

Name

WILD Network

Legal name

WILD Network

Website

https://thewildnetwork.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

WILD Network is a global leadership development community for women in social impact sectors, serving 25,000 members across 100+ countries through annual forums, a coaching program, online learning, mentoring, and organizational training.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Washington, District of Columbia

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Leadership for Social Impact Forum Tickets: The organization generates revenue through ticket sales for its annual Leadership for Social Impact Forums. Regular ticket price is USD $595, with the ticket including five months of leadership development (three pre-forum masterclasses, two-day online forum, MentorMatch platform access, on-demand session replays, and post-forum workshop).
2. WILD Membership: Premium membership tier offering six 1-on-1 sessions with certified leadership coaches to accelerate member growth. Limited memberships available, representing an upsell opportunity from standard forum tickets.
3. WILD Institute Corporate Training: Customizable in-house leadership courses and programs delivered through the WILD Institute to organizations seeking to develop leaders at every level and build cultures of impactful leadership. Organizations bring WILD programs in-house for team development.
4. Individual Coaching Services: One-on-one coaching sessions and team coaching services delivered through the award-winning Global Leaders Coaching Program, enabling workers to access their own resourcefulness, creativity, and resilience.
5. Donations and Grants: As a fiscally sponsored project of Community Initiatives (501(c)(3) nonprofit), WILD Network receives tax-deductible donations that support fellowship programs and operational activities. Donations are made to Community Initiatives with WILD Network designated as beneficiary.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

WILD Network provides leadership development, career development, mentoring, and professional community programs for women and other leaders in the development, humanitarian aid, and social change sectors. Its offerings include annual in-person and online Forums, individual and team leadership coaching, customizable in-house organizational programs, and supporting online learning and mentoring resources.

Product overview

The WILD Network is a leadership development and community platform for women in social impact sectors. The portfolio centers on three core offerings: the annual Leadership for Social Impact Forums (available in-person and online), the award-winning Global Leaders Coaching Program, and the Online Learning Hub. Supporting these are the Manager Essentials program (delivered in-house to organizations), Leadership Coaching services (individual and team), and the WILD Fellowship. The WILD Institute provides in-house customizable leadership courses for organizations. The MentorMatch platform enables mentoring relationships within the community. All offerings are designed specifically for the development, humanitarian aid, and social change sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• WILD Institute: Services division offering leadership coaching and the Manager Essentials program for developing leaders at every level
• Global Leaders Coaching Program
• Manager Essentials
• Leadership for Social Impact Forum
• WILD Fellowship
• Learning Hub
• WILD Leadership Forum
• MentorMatch

Products and services

• Leadership for Social Impact Forums Annual online and in-person forums that convene leaders from the development, humanitarian aid, and social change sectors for networking, leadership development, and knowledge sharing. The 2026 Forum includes live online programming in 25 time zones.
• Global Leaders Coaching Program (Leadership Coaching) Individual 1:1 coaching sessions and team coaching services designed to help leaders access resourcefulness, improve collaboration, clarify purpose, and achieve strategic focus.
• WILD Institute In-House Leadership Programs Customizable in-house leadership courses and programs delivered to organizations to develop leaders at every level and build cultures of impactful leadership.
• Manager Essentials A leadership development program for new and experienced people managers, featuring a DiSC assessment, core modules on delegation, feedback, and coaching, and workshops on difficult conversations, psychological safety, cross-cultural leadership, and energy management.

Quantifiable outcome

• 92% of Global Leaders Coaching Program clients have increased progress towards impact goals (research by Ethical Coach and University of Houston)
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers23 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Community InitiativescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWILD Network is a fiscally sponsored project of Community Initiatives, a San Francisco-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit that has supported social change initiatives for nearly 30 years. Community Initiatives provides the legal and financial infrastructure that allows WILD to operate, receive grants, and accept donations, while WILD focuses on convening and developing purpose-driven leaders. This is the core organizational relationship enabling WILD's operations.
• WhovacoreTechnology or IntegrationWhova serves as the event management and registration platform for WILD's Leadership for Social Impact Forums. The platform handles ticket sales, speaker management, networking facilitation, and virtual event hosting for both in-person and online forum components.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Catalyst: Nonprofit focused on advancing women in the workplace through research, events, and member company programs. Highly comparable as a membership- and research-driven organization serving women leaders across sectors.
• Devex: Media and community platform for the global development sector. Comparable as a membership/information platform specifically serving international development professionals, the same audience WILD's Forums convene.
• CHIEF: Private membership network of senior women executives. Comparable as a peer-network and leadership development community for women, although focused on the C-suite across industries rather than social impact specifically.
• Lean In: Global women's leadership community offering Circles, education, and stories. Directly comparable as a membership-style network supporting women leaders, though broader across industries rather than specialized in social impact.
• Ellevate Network: Professional women's network offering mentoring, events, and learning resources. Directly comparable as a membership community serving women professionals with development programming.

Emerging players

• WomenLift Health: Nonprofit advancing women leaders in global health through cohort programs and convenings. Highly comparable operating model (cohort-based leadership development for women in a specific sector), with a narrower health vertical.

Others

• International Coaching Federation (ICF): Global professional body for coaching, setting standards and credentialing coaches. Comparable ecosystem player providing governance and credibility infrastructure for the coaching profession that WILD's coaching program depends on.
• Ashoka: Global network supporting leading social entrepreneurs. Comparable as a fellow/community-driven nonprofit serving social-impact leaders, with overlapping target audience (social entrepreneurs in WILD's community are also Ashoka fellows).

Broad incumbents

• Vistage: Peer advisory and executive coaching organization for SME CEOs and leaders. Comparable business model — paid peer-group membership with executive coaching and leadership development add-ons — but serves general business leaders, not the social-impact vertical.
• YPO (Young Presidents' Organization): Global peer network of chief executives offering forums, learning, and mentoring. Comparable as a membership-based executive peer network with events and learning, though far larger, broader, and CEO-only.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/thewildnetwork

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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