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C200
Women who are founders or majority owners of substantial companies, or C-suite executives with profit-and-loss responsibility
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Founding — 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.
C200 is a US membership association of senior businesswomen, formed in 1982 as the Committee of 200 and now reporting more than 400 members. It is defined by an explicit operating test rather than title alone: candidates must carry profit-and-loss responsibility, and must meet published revenue thresholds that differ for entrepreneurs and corporate executives. Members are asked to supply a letter of attestation confirming that P&L responsibility. Alongside peer activity, the organisation runs an outward-facing programme aimed at women earlier in their careers, including a protege programme, campus outreach and a corporate board forum that helps members pursue for-profit board seats. Members meet in confidential member-to-member advisory groups the organisation calls Councils, and take part in members-only events and content. C200 is organised across six regions, each with a region chair, and is governed by a board drawn from the membership. The organisation is registered in Chicago and operates a 501(c)(6) association alongside a related charitable entity.
How it works
Members join Councils, described as confidential member-to-member advisory groups for discussion and problem-solving. Alongside those, C200 runs members-only events and content, a Corporate Board Forum aimed at securing for-profit board seats, and outward-facing Advancing Women programmes including the Protege Program, the Reachout Program to campuses, and C-Ahead. Six regions with region chairs organise activity geographically.
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.
Membership requirements
Requirements in detail, with history →Requirements are the tests the organization itself publishes — an age ceiling, a company-revenue floor, a net-worth minimum, a role. Where a figure straddles a range, the organization's own assessment decides. Local chapters can apply stricter tests than the published standard.
| Criterion | Published requirement | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Gender | Women | Verified September 2026High confidenceSource ↗ |
| Minimum company revenue | Entrepreneur route: at least US$20 million in annual revenues | Verified September 2026High confidenceSource ↗ |
| Minimum company revenue | Public-company executive route: C-suite executive generating at least US$250 million in annual revenue | Verified September 2026High confidenceSource ↗ |
| Minimum company revenue | Private-company route: CEO of a privately held company generating at least US$75 million in annual revenue | Verified September 2026High confidenceSource ↗ |
| Minimum ownership stake | Entrepreneur route requires founder, co-founder or controlling/majority ownership | Verified September 2026High confidenceSource ↗ |
| 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 CEO | Verified September 2026High confidenceSource ↗ |
Published criteria as verified on the dates shown. Final eligibility and admission decisions belong entirely to C200. See how you compare against these criteria →
Initiation fees are paid once on joining; dues recur. Chapter dues, retreats, travel and events are usually additional and are listed separately when the organization discloses them. Figures are as published or reported on the date shown — not quotations.
| Cost | First year | Three years | Provenance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | Source ↗ | |
| Initiation fee | Not publicly disclosed | ||
Structure and programming
Independent context
C200 is one of the few selective women's business organisations that publishes hard numeric entry tests, which makes it unusually easy to assess against. The tests do the real work: an entrepreneur needs US$20 million in revenue and control of the company, while a corporate executive needs either US$250 million of revenue under management and a seat no more than two levels from the CEO of a public company, or US$75 million as chief executive of a private one. The letter of attestation on P&L responsibility is a genuine filter, and it excludes senior women in staff functions such as legal, HR, marketing and communications however large their employers. What is not published is cost: no dues figure appears anywhere on the site, and the entry point is an expression of interest rather than an open application. Mentoring outward is treated as an obligation of membership, not an optional extra.
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History and changes
Site-wide change log →- milestoneThe Committee of 200 formed; 200 women leaders recruited under founding organizer Susan Davis, including Katharine Graham, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Christie Hefner and Sherry Lansing ↗
- milestoneBoard of Directors unanimously endorses C200's diversity and inclusion pledge ↗
- milestoneMembership reported at over 400; Tara Abraham of Accel, Inc. serves as chair ↗
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Sources
- C200 — home, C200. Accessed 6 September 2026.tier 1
- About — C200, C200. Accessed 6 September 2026.tier 1
- Membership | C200, C200. Accessed 6 September 2026.tier 2
- Committee Of 200 — IRS Form 990 filings (EIN 36-3233816), ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer / Internal Revenue Service. Accessed 6 September 2026.tier 5
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