Washington, D.C. · Public charity
International Women's Media Foundation
The iwmf unleashes the potential of women journalists as champions of press freedom to transform the global news media.
- $1.4M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 10
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 86%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $761k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $614,442
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 15
- FY2021 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $5.9M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 86% of the organizations International Women's Media Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 96% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 4% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $157k 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 | 10 | $761k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $165k | 86% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $367k | 87% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $829k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 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, FY2021 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Too Young to Wed Inc | $660,000 | 2 | 24% |
| A Culture of Safety Alliance Inc | $614,442 | 1 | 77% |
| URL Media Holdings Inc | $215,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Democracy Fund Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Arizona Local Post | $57,600 | 1 | 15% |
| Spotify USA Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Topol Inc | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Verified News Network | $29,309 | 1 | n/a |
| Luz Collective Inc | $28,763 | 1 | n/a |
| Amnesty International of the USA Inc | $24,000 | 2 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Too Young to Wed Inc | $660,000 | 2 | 24% |
| A Culture of Safety Alliance Inc | $614,442 | 1 | 77% |
| URL Media Holdings Inc | $215,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Democracy Fund Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Arizona Local Post | $57,600 | 1 | 15% |
| Spotify USA Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Topol Inc | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Verified News Network | $29,309 | 1 | n/a |
| Luz Collective Inc | $28,763 | 1 | n/a |
| Amnesty International of the USA Inc | $24,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Graham Digital Holding LLC | $22,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting | $20,000 | 1 | 5% |
| The Center for Documentary Studies | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Texas Tribune Inc | $17,125 | 2 | 0% |
| Spero Worldwide | $15,440 | 1 | n/a |
| The 19th News | $14,771 | 1 | 0% |
| Univision Communications Inc | $13,190 | 1 | n/a |
| Lukas Inc | $13,000 | 1 | n/a |
| New Tech Innovation LLC | $11,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Osdm LLC | $11,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Online Sos | $11,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Feminist Frequency | $11,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Kvea Channel 52 Telemundo | $10,242 | 1 | n/a |
| Media Innovation Collaboratory Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| New Mexico In Depth Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Create Genius Media LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Home Collective | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pen American Center Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The African Middle Eastern Leadership Project | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Green Tide Rising | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Narrative Arts | $8,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Tapahe Inventive Design | $7,645 | 1 | n/a |
| Uplift Afghanistan Fund | $7,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Miami Travel World LLC | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of North Texas Foundation Inc | $6,250 | 1 | 0% |
| Cathexis Press LLC | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
International Women's Media Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 16 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: Local Independent Online News Publishers Inc · Institute for Nonprofit News · The Miami Foundation Inc · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare International Women's Media Foundation with peer funders
About International Women's Media Foundation
- How much does International Women's Media Foundation give?
- International Women's Media Foundation reported 10 itemized grants totaling $760,993, out of $1,436,724 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 15 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
- What does International Women's Media Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (47%), Public Safety & Disaster (25%), Philanthropy (12%).
- Who are International Women's Media Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2024: Too Young to Wed Inc ($660k), A Culture of Safety Alliance Inc ($614k), URL Media Holdings Inc ($215k).
- Does International Women's Media Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 86% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as International Women's Media Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Local Independent Online News Publishers Inc, Institute for Nonprofit News, The Miami Foundation Inc.
- Where is International Women's Media Foundation based?
- International Women's Media Foundation is based in DC.
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