Comparison · 14 material differences
C200 vs The Conference Board Councils
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Verified September 2026
Professional association
Verified September 2026 C200
Women who are founders or majority owners of substantial companies, or C-suite executives with profit-and-loss responsibility
Peer advisory
The Conference Board Councils
Senior functional executives and C-suite officers at large organisations, joining as individuals in a role-specific peer group
What the records say
- Role or title: C200: Titles such as CEO, COO, Founder, General Manager or Operating President, with significant P&L responsibility; public-company candidates must be within two reporting levels of the CEO; The Conference Board Councils: A senior role matching the specific council: councils are organised by function and level, from CEO and CFO to chief of staff and functional heads.
- Minimum company revenue: C200: Entrepreneur route: at least US$20 million in annual revenues; The Conference Board Councils: No published minimum company revenue.
- Minimum ownership stake: C200: Entrepreneur route requires founder, co-founder or controlling/majority ownership; The Conference Board Councils: No published minimum ownership stake.
- Gender: C200: Women; The Conference Board Councils: No published gender.
- Annual dues: C200: Not publicly disclosed. C200's membership page publishes criteria but no dues figure. Its Form 990 for the 2018 tax year, the most recent available through ProPublica's Nonprofit Explorer at the time of checking, reported about $1.63 million of programme service revenue on total revenue of about $2.53 million.; The Conference Board Councils: Not publicly disclosed. The Conference Board states that "Seats are available for individuals through an annual fee" but publishes no amount, and directs enquiries to a membership inquiry form..
Side by side
| C200 | The Conference Board Councils | |
|---|---|---|
| Profile | ||
| Type | Professional association | Peer advisory |
| Founded | 1982 (Formed in 1982 when 200 women leaders, recruited under founding organizer Susan Davis, gathered to raise funds for another women's business organization and stayed together as a national network.) | 1916 (The founding year is that of the parent organisation, The Conference Board, established in 1916. The date the Council programme itself began is not publicly disclosed.) |
| Headquarters | Chicago, United States | New York, United States |
| Geographic footprint | United States, organised into regions (Northwest, Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Mid-South, Southwest) plus an International region | Councils are grouped by region: North America (including a set of Canada councils), Europe and Asia. The Conference Board has offices in New York, Toronto, Brussels, Singapore, Hong Kong and Beijing. |
| Members | 400as of September 2026 | Council membership is not counted separately. The Conference Board reports more than 5,000 members in its global community, over 2,000 member companies including the majority of the Fortune 500, and more than 20,000 executives participating in its programmes each year. |
| Chapters | 6 | 150 |
| Primary audience | Women who are founders or majority owners of substantial companies, or C-suite executives with profit-and-loss responsibility | Senior functional executives and C-suite officers at large organisations, joining as individuals in a role-specific peer group |
| Typical member | Members are women holding titles such as CEO, COO, Founder, General Manager and Operating President, with significant profit-and-loss responsibility. They fall into two groups: entrepreneurs who founded or control companies with at least US$20 million in annual revenue, and corporate executives who run business units generating at least US$250 million in a public company or lead a private company generating at least US$75 million. | Each council is a group of roughly forty executives holding comparable senior roles across different industries. Councils exist for chief executives, CFOs, chief human resources officers, chief legal officers, chief operating officers, chief strategy officers, chief communications officers, chiefs of staff and many functional specialisms, including separate councils graded by company size such as a CFO Council for the Fortune 250. |
| Qualification | ||
| Role or title | Titles such as CEO, COO, Founder, General Manager or Operating President, with significant P&L responsibility; public-company candidates must be within two reporting levels of the CEOA letter of attestation confirming P&L responsibility is required from new applicants.verified September 2026 · source ↗ | A senior role matching the specific council: councils are organised by function and level, from CEO and CFO to chief of staff and functional headsSome councils apply further filters, such as a CFO Council restricted to the Fortune 250 and separate divisional-CFO and Canada councils.verified September 2026 · source ↗ |
| Minimum company revenue | Entrepreneur route: at least US$20 million in annual revenues"Candidates must be the Founder/Co-Founder or a controlling/majority owner of the company, generating at least $20 million in annual revenues."verified September 2026 · source ↗ | No published minimum company revenue |
| Minimum ownership stake | Entrepreneur route requires founder, co-founder or controlling/majority ownershipNo specific ownership percentage is published beyond "controlling/majority".verified September 2026 · source ↗ | No published minimum ownership stake |
| Gender | WomenC200's stated mission is to advance "current and future women entrepreneurs and corporate, profit-center leaders"; membership is a community of women.verified September 2026 · source ↗ | No published gender |
| Invitation required | No | Yes |
| Sponsor required | Not documented | Sometimes |
| Application process | Prospective members review the published criteria and register interest through the site, which invites candidates to "let us know if you're interested in starting an application". New applicants must supply a letter of attestation confirming their profit-and-loss responsibility. A membership committee, chaired by a board member, oversees admissions. | Prospective members apply for a specific council seat through The Conference Board's site, or are referred by an existing member through a referral programme. Candidates are vetted for fit against the council's role profile and the cap on seats. Council membership is one of four published membership types alongside Executive, C-Suite and Leadership Team memberships, which attach to a company rather than an individual. |
| Selectivity | Not publicly disclosed. C200 publishes numeric eligibility thresholds but no acceptance rate or applicant volume. | Not publicly disclosed. Council size is capped at around forty and members are vetted, but no acceptance rate is published. |
| Cost | ||
| Annual dues | Not publicly disclosed. C200's membership page publishes criteria but no dues figure. Its Form 990 for the 2018 tax year, the most recent available through ProPublica's Nonprofit Explorer at the time of checking, reported about $1.63 million of programme service revenue on total revenue of about $2.53 million.verified September 2026 · source ↗ | Not publicly disclosed. The Conference Board states that "Seats are available for individuals through an annual fee" but publishes no amount, and directs enquiries to a membership inquiry form.verified September 2026 · source ↗ |
| Initiation fee | Not publicly disclosedverified September 2026 | Not publicly disclosedverified September 2026 |
| Membership term | Not publicly disclosed | Annual fee per council seat; term length is not otherwise publicly disclosed |
| Structure | ||
| Meeting frequency | Members-only events and content through the year, plus Council meetings | Councils meet regularly in person, supplemented by an online peer community; The Conference Board also runs 20+ events a year and 100+ webcasts |
| Peer forums | Councils: confidential member-to-member advisory groups for discussion, problem-solving and sharing | Function-specific councils of roughly forty senior executives, self-governed on agenda, vendor-free, meeting under the Chatham House Rule |
| Confidentiality | Councils are described as confidential member-to-member advisory groups; no written policy is published | All council meetings are held under the Chatham House Rule and group size is limited; a confidential online peer community runs alongside |
| Time commitment | Not documented | Not documented |
| Organized as | Event-focused, Forum-based | Forum-based, Event-focused, Virtual |
| Confidential peer forums | Yes | Yes |
| Local chapters | Partial | No |
| Virtual membership | Not documented | Partial |
| Online community | Yes | Yes |
| Member directory | Yes | Partial |
| Events | Yes | Yes |
| Programming | ||
| Educational programming | Yes | Yes |
| Leadership development | Yes | Yes |
| Retreats | Not documented | No |
| Travel | No | No |
| Family programming | No | No |
| Spouse and partner programming | No | No |
| Next-generation programming | Yes | No |
| Investment discussions | No | Partial |
| Investment opportunities | No | No |
| Philanthropic component | Yes | Partial |
| Networking emphasis | High | High |
| Social emphasis | Medium | Low |
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