Washington, D.C. · Public charity
Association of Women's Business Centers
The awbc works to secure economic justice and entrepreneurial opportunities for women by supporting and sustaining a national network of over 100 women's business centers (wbcs).
- $392k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 17
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 30
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 80%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $342k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $47,458
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 30
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 13
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.2M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 80% of the organizations Association of Women's Business Centers funded were first-time grantees, receiving 75% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 25% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $299k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 17 | $342k | 47% |
| FY2023 | 30 | $399k | 80% |
| FY2022 | 27 | $334k | 67% |
| FY2021 | 28 | $304k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $20k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| California State University Fresno Foundation | $62,458 | 2 | 0% |
| Southwestern College Foundation | $57,350 | 3 | 1% |
| California Capital Small Business Financial Development Corporation | $55,308 | 3 | 1% |
| Great Lakes Women's Business Council | $45,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Friends of Puerto Rico | $42,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Greater Houston Women's Foundation | $37,550 | 3 | 14% |
| Black Hills State University Foundation | $35,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Urban League of Louisiana | $35,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Women's Economic Self-Sufficiency Team Corp | $30,300 | 2 | 0% |
| Rockville Economic Development Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 1% |
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Where it is load-bearing
Association of Women's Business Centers supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 51 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Wells Fargo Foundation · Mufg Union Bank Foundation Ag · National Association for Latino Community Asset Builders · AARP Foundation · Opportunity Finance Network · Truist Foundation Inc · BBVA Foundation · Citi Foundation · Cla Foundation · Td Charitable Foundation · The Winston-Salem Foundation · Local Initiatives Support Corporation
How this is measured
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About Association of Women's Business Centers
- How much does Association of Women's Business Centers give?
- Association of Women's Business Centers reported 17 itemized grants totaling $341,660, out of $392,233 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 30 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Association of Women's Business Centers fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Community Improvement (42%), Education (17%), Human Services (10%).
- Who are Association of Women's Business Centers's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: California State University Fresno Foundation ($62k), Southwestern College Foundation ($57k), California Capital Small Business Financial Development Corporation ($55k).
- Does Association of Women's Business Centers fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 80% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Association of Women's Business Centers?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Wells Fargo Foundation, Mufg Union Bank Foundation Ag, National Association for Latino Community Asset Builders.
- Where is Association of Women's Business Centers based?
- Association of Women's Business Centers is based in DC.
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