Women's Empowerment Coalition (weco)

What Women's Empowerment Coalition (weco) does

Women's Empowerment Coalition (WECO) is a U.S.-registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization (legal name: Women's Empowerment Coalition; EIN 82-2215640; DBA WECO) that connects donors and volunteers to vetted grassroots organizations advancing women's empowerment in five countries: Kenya, Costa Rica, India, Cambodia, and Peru. The organization operates a three-phase program model—Research & Relationship-Building, Partner Collaboration & Volunteer Project, and Continued Support, Measure & Evaluate—and is co-led by Jenny Clark (Co-Founder/Co-CEO; M.A. International Development, 2016) and Rebecca Charles (Co-Founder). Its portfolio comprises country-specific initiatives (Kenya: FGM/child-marriage prevention at Tepesua CBO; Costa Rica: ASIPROFE women coffee cooperative and Boy With a Ball RADI pilot; India: Parijat Academy menstrual-health program and TARA India child protection; Cambodia: Women's Resource Center and Ponheary Ly Foundation; Peru: Awamaki artisan center and Picaflor House) plus a corporate sponsorship program, an international volunteer trip program, and content assets (blog, impact reports).

WECO does not operate a proprietary technology platform, mobile app, or API. Its core "stack" is program coordination, fundraising intermediation, donor relations, and volunteer mobilization. Revenue is generated solely from public donations (one-time, monthly, tribute gifts via the website at suggested amounts of $25, $50, $100, $200, or custom) and corporate/project sponsorship (project sponsorship, employee matching gifts, volunteer trips, giving collectives). No products or services are sold, no services are priced, and no annual revenue, contribution total, employee headcount, or parent organization is disclosed. The organization is independent, with no parent company, subsidiaries, venture capital backers, or funding rounds.

Name

Women's Empowerment Coalition (weco)

Legal name

Women's Empowerment Coalition

Website

https://wecoalition.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Women's Empowerment Coalition (WECO) is a U.S.-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that connects donors and volunteers to vetted grassroots women's empowerment organizations operating across Kenya, Costa Rica, India, Cambodia, and Peru.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

International Development / Women's Empowerment Nonprofit Services

NAICS

Civic and Social Organizations (813410), Human Rights Organizations (813311), Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations (8139)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

International & Local Implementing NGOs (HLAJAKAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Maternal, Newborn, Child & Adolescent Health (MNCAH) Partnerships (HLAJAOAG), Nutrition & Food Security (Global Health) NGOs (HLAJAKAH)

Keywords

• Women's empowerment programs
• Grassroots nonprofit partnerships
• International volunteer programs
• Community development initiatives
• Global gender equality

Headquarters

HQ city

Portland

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Public Donations: WECO is a 501(c)(3) registered nonprofit (EIN 82-2215640). 100% of public donations support on-the-ground projects. The organization accepts one-time, monthly, and tribute donations through its website and by mail.
2. Corporate/Project Sponsorship: Corporate sponsors can engage through project sponsorship, employee matching gifts, international volunteer trips, online fundraisers, and giving collectives. WECO collaborates with sponsors on gender equity projects for long-term community impact in areas such as reproductive health, education, economic empowerment, and food security.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

WECO is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that connects individual donors, corporate sponsors, and international volunteers to vetted grassroots partner organizations running women's empowerment projects in Kenya, Costa Rica, India, Cambodia, and Peru. Its core deliverables are country-level programs (FGM and child marriage prevention in Kenya, coffee-farmer support in Costa Rica, menstrual health and child protection in India, education and childcare in Cambodia, and artisan/agricultural income generation in Peru) plus a corporate sponsorship program and a volunteer-trip engagement track. The organization coordinates project development, planning, implementation, fundraising support, and evaluation with local women's-led partner NGOs.

Product overview

Women's Empowerment Coalition (WECO) is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that operates as a coalition connecting volunteers and donors to vetted grassroots organizations working for women's empowerment worldwide. Rather than a technology product company, WECO offers a portfolio of international development programs including project coordination in Kenya (FGM prevention, education), India (menstrual health, child protection), Costa Rica (women coffee farmers), Cambodia (gender discrimination, childcare), and Peru (artisan enterprises, agriculture). The organization also facilitates sponsorship programs for corporate and individual donors, and organizes volunteer trips that enable participants to engage directly with grassroots initiatives while promoting responsible tourism.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Grassroots Project Coordination WECO's core service connects donors and volunteers to vetted grassroots organizations working for women's empowerment worldwide, coordinating project development, planning, implementation, and evaluation across multiple countries.
• Kenya Initiative Kenya-based program fighting female genital mutilation (FGM) and child marriage through girls' education, classroom construction, school supplies, a widows' village supported with sewing machines and livestock, and mentorship programming, delivered with partner Tepesua CBO.
• India Initiative India-based program delivering menstrual health and economic empowerment in Guwahati (reusable sanitary pad production and artisan weaving programs with Parijat Academy) and child protection services in Delhi (residential care, counseling, and education with TARA India).
• Costa Rica Coffee Initiative Costa Rica program supporting women coffee farmers through training, resources, market access, and economic growth via the ASIPROFE cooperative in La Legua de Asseri and partnership with Bean Voyage.
• Cambodia Initiative Cambodia program combating gender discrimination through education and childcare — supporting the Women's Resource Center in Siem Reap with the Krousar Sammaki Childcare Center and the Ponheary Ly Foundation with comprehensive primary, secondary, and university education programming in remote areas.
• Peru Initiative Peru program supporting rural Andean women to build businesses and achieve financial independence through an artisan center in Huilloc (weaving, knitting, spinning, sewing with Awamaki) and agricultural and financial training programs in Pinagua (with Picaflor House).
• Costa Rica Pilot (RADI) Costa Rica Pilot program empowering women in San Jose with education, job training, and community leadership support through the RADI program in partnership with community-development organization Boy With a Ball.
• Sponsorship Program Corporate and individual sponsorship offering for women's empowerment projects — encompassing project sponsorship, employee matching gifts, international volunteer trips, online fundraisers, and giving collectives supporting long-term community impact in reproductive health, education, economic empowerment, and food security.
• Volunteer Trips International volunteer trip program that places participants alongside local partners in women's empowerment projects, providing experiential learning and global citizenship opportunities grounded in responsible tourism standards.

Quantifiable outcome

• 4,000+ women and children reached with enhanced access to education
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• SaaltminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 July 2024Saalt donated period underwear for women and students at Tepesua school in Kenya during WECO's June 2024 visit. Partnership provides menstrual health products to support girls' education.
• Tepesua CBOcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2024WECO partnered with Tepesua Community-based Organization in Kenya in March 2024 to support construction of classrooms, provide school supplies, and support the widows' village with sewing machines and livestock. The partnership expanded in 2025 to include a community farm initiative and mentorship program for girls at risk of FGM and child marriage.
• Bean VoyagecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2021Bean Voyage is a feminist nonprofit social enterprise working to eradicate the gender gap in farming communities in Costa Rica. WECO partners with Bean Voyage to support women coffee farmers through educational opportunities, business training, and market resources.
• ASIPROFEcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2021ASIPROFE is a women-led association of 11 coffee producers in Costa Rica's La Legua de Asseri region. WECO assisted in completing a communal micro-mill and provides ongoing business development funding, training, and mentorship support.
• Parijat AcademycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 April 2020Parijat Academy is a nonprofit school in Pamohi, Guwahati, India founded in 2003. Since 2020, WECO has supported their reusable sanitary pad project producing 10,000 pads for 2,000+ women, and launched an income-generating weaving program for local women.
• TARA IndiacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 April 2020TARA India combats child exploitation in Delhi through residential programs serving 70 children and outreach services for 100+ children and families. WECO supports their child protection and empowerment programs providing residential care, counseling, and education services.
• Picaflor HousecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2019Picaflor House is an educational charity in Peru providing after-school services and community outreach near Cusco. WECO partnered to support women in Pinagua through building cuy pens and providing financial training for sustainable businesses.
• AwamakicoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 February 2019Awamaki supports rural Andean women's associations in Peru to launch successful small businesses. WECO funded and worked on building an artisan center for the women's association in Huilloc for weaving, knitting, spinning, and sewing activities.
• Women's Resource Center (WRC)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2018WRC provides critical support services for women in Siem Reap, Cambodia affected by gender-based violence and discrimination. WECO partnered in 2018 to build the Krousar Sammaki Childcare Center enabling WRC to expand services and reach more families.
• Ponheary Ly Foundation (PLF)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2018PLF provides comprehensive education programs supporting students in remote areas of Cambodia with access to primary, secondary, and university schooling. WECO has supported PLF since 2018 with educational programming and emergency relief during COVID-19.
• Boy With a Ball (BWAB)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2017BWAB is a community development organization operating in San Jose, Costa Rica for over 15 years. WECO partnered with BWAB's RADI women's education program providing educational support services to underrepresented women to graduate high school.
• EFACminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEFAC (Education For All Children) is a partner organization that assists Tepesua CBO in providing scholarships for girls to attend secondary school after graduating from Enkiteng Lepa school in Kenya.
• USIU-AfricaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHellen Nkuriaya of Tepesua CBO partnered with United States International University-Africa to ensure girls have access to competitive higher education opportunities.

Scale indicators12 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Pro Mujer: Direct peer: women's empowerment organization combining microfinance, health services, and capacity-building for low-income women in Latin America — direct overlap with WECO's Peru and Costa Rica economic-empowerment projects (Awamaki, ASIPROFE).
• Mama Cash: Direct peer: international women's rights grantmaker funding grassroots, often women-led, organizations globally. Shares WECO's funding-of-vetted-local-partners DNA, though with a grantmaking rather than program-implementation orientation.
• Room to Read: Direct peer: nonprofit focused on girls' education and gender equality in Asia and Africa, partnering with local communities. Closely aligned with WECO's education programs at Ponheary Ly Foundation (Cambodia) and Parijat Academy (India).
• Bean Voyage: Direct peer: feminist social enterprise working with women coffee farmers in Costa Rica — explicitly named as WECO's partner on the ASIPROFE project. Shares target beneficiaries, geography, and economic-empowerment orientation.
• Heifer International: Direct peer: large international development nonprofit working with grassroots partner organizations to alleviate poverty through livestock, agriculture, and women's economic empowerment — same model of amplifying local partners across developing countries.
• Global Fund for Women: Direct peer: feminist foundation that funds grassroots women's rights organizations globally. Closely comparable mission and partner-vetting orientation, though operates primarily as a grantmaker rather than field coordinator.
• Women for Women International: Direct peer: nonprofit operating in multiple developing countries that supports women survivors of war and conflict through training, resources, and economic empowerment. Same donor-sponsored, partner-amplified model as WECO with similar country footprint in Africa and Asia.

Emerging players

• Kiva: Emerging player: nonprofit crowdfunding platform channeling small-dollar donations to low-income borrowers, with a strong women's-empowerment lending vertical. Compares as a digital donor-aggregation and economic-empowerment model that scales in ways WECO currently cannot.
• Girl Rising: Emerging player: nonprofit using storytelling and education programming to advance girls' empowerment in developing countries. Comparable mission focus on education, FGM/child-marriage awareness, and donor-supported field projects.

Broad incumbents

• CARE International: Broad incumbent: established global humanitarian organization with a major women's empowerment and gender equality program portfolio. Overlaps with WECO on community-based women's projects across developing countries, but at vastly larger scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@jennyclark4651
• Facebookfacebook.com/wecoalition
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/women-s-empowerment-coalition-weco-
• Instagraminstagram.com/we_coalition

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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