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Womens Sports Foundation

We are a powerful voice and catalyst for ensuring all girls and women have equal access to physical activity and sports and the benefits they provide.

$1.0M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
66
Itemized grants FY2024
53
Organizations funded FY2023
60%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$765k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$50,000
Organizations funded a year
13 to 109
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
26
Total assets, FY2024
$18M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 60% of the organizations Womens Sports Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 54% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 46% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $283k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Recreation & SportsYouth DevelopmentEducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving65$755k68%
FY202353$525k60%
FY202282$795k84%
FY2021109$1.6M72%
FY202048$597k67%
FY201924$511k63%
FY201813$223k100%
FY201720$171kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Recreation & Sports$3.3MEducation$1.1MYouth Development$421kHealth$175kHuman Services$71kArts & Culture$64kCommunity Improvement$46kPhilanthropy$28kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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MN
IL
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MI
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PA
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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 304 grantees
All grantees of Womens Sports Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Usta Foundation Incorporated$315,09622%
Professional Womens Hockey Players Association$105,000129%
Figure Skating in Harlem Inc$97,00051%
Blackfeet Nation Boxing Club$90,0001n/a
Youth Golf of Nwa Inc Dba First Tee - Northwest Arkansas$80,00026%
Algonquin Sports for Kids$80,00049%
Racquet Up Detroit$80,00041%
Glow Young Men's Christian Association Inc$80,00041%
The Midnight Golf Program$80,00041%
Bestself Behavioral Health Inc$80,00040%
Girls on the Run of Buffalo Inc$80,00046%
Ann Arbor Young Men's Christian Association$80,00040%
Trustees of Clark University$69,48440%
Tennis Central$65,000416%
Athlete Ally Inc$50,00012%
Junior Tennis Foundation Inc$50,000112%
Zina Garrison Academy$50,0003n/a
Wendy Hilliard Foundation$39,00026%
College of St Scholastica Inc$35,00020%
Trustees of Tufts College$35,00020%
Challenged Athletes Inc$35,00020%
D'Youville University$35,00020%
The Trustees of Grinnell College$34,92420%
Fordham University$34,79620%
Pomona College$34,59920%
The Trustees of the Smith College$34,52020%
Central College$33,53120%
Wellesley College$33,39620%
North Carolina Central University$32,5352n/a
Mississippi Valley State University$32,5002n/a
Sloane Stephens Foundation Inc$30,0001n/a
Lacer Afterschool Programs$30,00040%
Girls in the Game Nfp$29,37741%
Biltmore Preparatory Academy$29,2001n/a
Ed Snider Youth Hockey & Education$27,00030%
Woodcraft Rangers$27,00030%
Beyond Soccer Inc$27,00027%
Starfinder Foundation$25,00031%
Trackgirlz$24,000312%
Run4fun Inc$24,00035%
Philadelphia Youth Basketball Inc$24,00031%
Inspirational Triathlon Racing International Corp$24,00032%
Tga Sports Foundation$24,000125%
Playworks Education Energized$24,00030%
St Labre Indian School$24,0003n/a
Hispanic Coalition of Greater Waterbury$21,00031%
Inner City Education Foundation$21,00030%
Angel City Alliance$20,80012%
The Sportsmen's Tennis & Enrichment Center Inc$20,00011%
St Anthony Park Booster Club$20,0002n/a
United States of America Rugby Football Union Ltd$20,00020%
Surfearnegra$20,000225%
Fencing in the Park Inc$20,00022%
Boys & Girls Club of Benton Co Inc$19,00011%
Regents of the University of Michigan$17,5001n/a
Carroll College$17,50010%
Eastern Mennonite University$17,50010%
Life University Inc$17,50010%
Longwood University$17,5001n/a
Moravian University$17,50010%
Monmouth University Inc$17,50010%
Villanova University$17,50010%
Metropolitan State University of Denver$17,5001n/a
University of North Florida$17,5001n/a
Regents of the University of California at Berkeley$17,5001n/a
Saint Anselm College$17,50010%
Williams College$17,50010%
Bryn Mawr College$17,50010%
Csusb Philanthropic Foundation$17,50010%
Texas Womans University$17,5001n/a
Trustees of the College of the Holy Cross$17,50010%
Oberlin College$17,50010%
Saint Michael's College$17,50010%
The Howard University$17,50010%
St Catherine University$17,50010%
Washington and Lee University$17,50010%
Loyola University Maryland Inc$17,50010%
California Lutheran University$17,50010%
Adelphi University$17,50010%
Adams State University Foundation Inc$17,50010%
Claremont McKenna College$17,50010%
Regents of the University of California at San Diego$17,5001n/a
Board of Regents of the University of California (Merced)$17,5001n/a
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois$17,5001n/a
San Diego State University$17,5001n/a
Memphis Inner City Rugby$17,00011%
Ac Portland$17,00022%
Hudson River Community Sailing Inc$17,00020%
Mo-Energee Youth Foundation$17,000210%
Native Strength Revolution Inc$17,00024%
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Tennessee Vall$17,00020%
Soccer Without Borders$17,00020%
USA Artistic Swimming$16,00021%
Alaska Pacific University$16,00020%
University of Kentucky Research Foundation$15,57620%
BlazeSports America Inc$15,20021%
Open Goal Project$14,00023%
Kidsgym USA Inc$14,00024%
Atlanta Youth Rugby Inc$14,00024%
George Pocock Rowing Foundation$14,00020%
18th Ward$14,00028%
Girls Incorporated of Omaha$14,00020%
Friends of Fort Dupont Ice Arena Inc$14,00021%
Directed Initiatives for Youth Inc Excite All Stars$14,00022%
Jamestown Community Center$14,00020%
The Champion Project Inc$14,00023%
Detroit Police Athletic League Incorporated$14,00020%
Peaceplayers International$14,00020%
South Bronx United Inc$14,00020%
Can Play$14,00021%
Girls on the Run NYC Inc$14,00021%
Kings County Tennis League$14,00022%
Shooting Touch Inc$14,00021%
The Cycle Effect$14,00021%
NY Team Tennis LLC$12,5001n/a
Maccabi USA Inc$12,00020%
Dancing Dreams$12,00014%
Urban Triage Incorporated$10,00010%
Harambee Wellness LLC$10,0001n/a
Open Field$10,00011%
Georgia State Soccer Assn Inc$10,00010%
We Are &Mother dba For All Mothers$10,00013%
Tutifruti Skate Inc$10,000116%
Headstrong Girls Boxing$10,0001n/a
Dmf Youth Inc$10,00014%
Westside Girls Basketball Club$10,0001n/a
Nc Triad Fusion Inc$10,00010%
A Positive Seed Corporation$10,0001n/a
Philadelphia Freedoms$10,0001n/a
Boys and Girls Club of Vista Inc$10,00010%
Abilities Dance Inc$10,00015%
Hip Circle Empowerment Center$10,000115%
Covington Partners Inc$10,00011%
Kids Unlimited of Oregon$10,00010%
Serve the Future Az$10,00018%
P1440org Foundation Inc$10,00011%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Los Angeles$10,00010%
A World Fit for Kids$10,00010%
Serving Up Hope Inc$10,0001n/a
Laru Beya Collective Incorporated$10,00014%
Ball Hockey Boot Camp$10,0001n/a
Heart of Los Angeles Youth Inc$10,00010%
Little Red Racing LLC$10,0001n/a
Girls on the Run Philadelphia$10,00013%
Propel Atl Inc$10,00012%
Live Happii INC$10,0001n/a
Project Koa Yoga$10,0001n/a
Amandla Inc$10,00013%
The Eco-Collective Farm School Inc$10,00011%
USA Climbing$10,00010%
San Francisco United Soccer Club$10,00012%
Friends of Baseball$10,00013%
Taytown Unlimited Inc$10,0001n/a
Runner2runner Foundation$10,0001n/a
Black United Fund of Illinois Inc$10,00010%
California Storm of Sacramento$10,00012%
Girls on the Run of Greater Summit Girls on the Run of Northeast Ohio$10,00012%
The First Tee of Greater Washington DC Langston Golf Course$10,00010%
April Parker Foundation Inc$10,00013%
Vince Jetter Community Center Inc$10,0001n/a
Austin Achieve Public Schools Inc$10,00010%
Equal Access to Training$10,0001n/a
The Center for Health Equity Inc$10,00011%
The Notah Begay III Foundation Inc$10,00011%
City Schools Sports Association Inc$10,00013%
Primelife Enrichment Inc$10,00011%
Innergy Inc$10,0001n/a
Galaxy Basketball Inc$10,0001n/a
Mighty Writers$10,00010%
USA Softball Inc$10,0001n/a
Eunoiafit$10,0001n/a
Girls on the Run of New Orleans$10,00016%
Dardens Enlightment Center$10,0001n/a
USA Team Handball$10,00011%
We Run Brownsville Inc$10,000115%
Georgia Hi-Lo Trail Inc$10,00013%
The Therapeutic Play Foundation Inc$10,00013%
Greater Kansas City Sports Foundation$10,00011%
Sg United Foundation$10,0001n/a
NYC Department of Education$10,0001n/a
Beat the Streets New England Inc$10,00012%
Girls on the Run South Georgia$10,00014%
The Born to Run Foundation Inc$10,00019%
Impact Inc$10,00011%
Chakra Flow University LLC$10,0001n/a
Naaya Wellness LLC$10,0001n/a
Girlventures$10,00011%
Mile in My Shoes$10,00013%
International Tennis Hall of Fame Incorporated$10,00010%
Intersectional Arts Inc$10,00016%
Dancers Unlimited$10,0001n/a
Compassionate Ministries International Inc$10,0001n/a
Banner Neighborhoods Community Corp$10,00011%
The First Tee of Greater New Orleans$10,00011%
USA Volleyball$10,00010%
Venture Outdoors Inc$10,00011%
Faith Inc$10,00010%
United States Field Hockey Association Inc$10,00010%
He Sapa All Nations Basketball$10,0001n/a
Brooklyn Emerging Leaders Academy$10,00010%
Concrete Queenz Inc$10,00019%
Williams YMCA of Avery County$9,90010%
New Sun Rising$9,10010%
Hana Arts Inc$9,00013%
North Kohala Community Resource Center$9,00011%
Girls on the Run Georgia Inc$8,50011%
Nashville Junior Roller Derby$8,5001n/a
Girls on the Run of the Bay Area Inc$8,00011%
Ragamala Dance$8,00011%
Bikes Not Bombs Inc$8,00010%
Hark-Als Inc$7,50011%
Girls on the Run of Northwest Indiana$7,50012%
Boys & Girls Club of Dumplin Valley$7,50010%
YMCA of the Lowcountry Inc$7,50010%
The Young Men's Christian Association of the Capital Area$7,22410%
New York Scores$7,00011%
Keys Empowers Inc$7,0001n/a
Chicago Youth Boxing Club$7,00012%
Norwalkstamford Grassroots Tennis & Education Inc$7,00010%
Grow Our Game Inc$7,000111%
Team Up Philly$7,00013%
Lost Boyzinc$7,00011%
Georgia Elite Gold Inc$7,0001n/a
Parks and People Inc$7,00010%
Pace Center for Girlsinc$7,00010%
Boys and Girls Club of Greater Memphis$7,00010%
Girls Incorporated of Santa Fe Inc$7,00010%
Girls Youth Basketball$7,0001n/a
Dancing Grounds$7,00012%
City Squash Inc$7,00010%
Baoc Inc$7,0001n/a
Beyond Cheer Athletics Inc$7,0001n/a
African Peoples Education and Defen$7,00010%
Black Girls Tennis Club$7,00015%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Oceanside Inc$7,00010%
Box United$7,0001n/a
Empowering Leadership in Latina Athletes$7,00014%
Chbglobal Corp$7,00018%
New Heights Youth Inc$7,00010%
Girls Rugby Inc$7,00015%
YES Prep Public Schools Inc$7,00010%
Memphis Athletic Ministries Inc$7,00010%
The Rise Up Experience Inc$7,000126%
Girls Leading Girls$7,00011%
Riversport Foundation$7,00010%
Dekalb Aquatics Swim Inc$7,00011%
Education First Athletics Second Coalition$7,0001n/a
Boys & Girls Club of Camden County Inc$7,00010%
Field of Dreams Academy Inc$7,0001n/a
Boys and Girls Club of Greater Milwaukee Inc$7,00010%
Junior Tennis Champions Center Inc$7,00010%
DC Scores$7,00010%
Bridge Lacrosse Dallas Inc$7,0001n/a
Girls Incorporated of Alameda County$7,00010%
First Serve-Nm Inc$7,00010%
Oakland Lacrosse Club$7,00011%
Bay Area Womens Sports Initiative$7,00011%
Netball America$7,00015%
Homegrown Lacrosse$7,00010%
Republic of South Sudan Leaders$7,00014%
Atabey Outdoors$7,00014%
Brooklyn Youth Sports Club Inc$7,00011%
Border Youth Tennis Exchange Inc$7,00012%
Beautiful Beginnings to Lasting Legacies$7,0001n/a
Bronx Lacrosse Inc Co Ota$7,00010%
Youth Run Nola Inc$7,00011%
The Scga Foundation$7,00010%
McKim Community Association Inc$7,00014%
Scorpions Elite$7,0001n/a
Rapid City y M C A$7,00010%
Southwest Leadership Academy$7,00010%
Washington Inner City Lacrosse Foundation$7,00012%
Beat the Streets Chicago$7,00010%
Carroll County Resource Council and Prevention Planning Board Inc$7,000145%
Woodland Boys and Girls Club Inc$7,00011%
She Can Too Sports Foundation$7,0001n/a
Tampa Bay Rattlers Softball and Mentoring Inc$7,0001n/a
Bridgeport Caribe Youth Leaders Inc$7,00011%
America Scores Cleveland$7,00011%
Greater Than a Game Inc$7,0001n/a
Football for the World Foundation USA$7,00014%
USA Water Ski & Wake Sports Inc$7,00010%
Portland Community Squash$7,00010%
Orange County Public Schools$7,0001n/a
Sheriff Pal Program$7,00012%
University of Memphis Foundation$7,00010%
North Country Healthcare Inc$7,00010%
Harlem Lacrosse and Leadership Corporation$7,00010%
Utah Wild Inc$7,0001n/a
Trails for Youth Org$7,00015%
Boys and Girls Club of Gallup$7,00012%
Inter Tribal Sports Inc$7,00012%
Marietta Schools Foundation Inc$7,00010%
Tabu Academy Inc$7,0001n/a
Street Soccer USA Inc$7,00010%
Perimeter Sports Inc$6,8001n/a
Vista Maria$6,78310%
GIRLS ON THE RUN IDAHO INC DBA Girls on the Run Treasure Valley$6,00012%
Westrive Org$6,0001n/a
US Lacrosse Inc$6,00010%
Fairview Foundation$5,64010%
USA Water Polo Inc$5,50010%
Arizona Trail Association$5,50010%
The Collegiate Women Sports Awards$5,0001n/a

Where it is load-bearing

Womens Sports Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUsta Foundation Incorporated: $315,096 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetProfessional Womens Hockey Players Association: $105,000 over 1y, 29% of budgetFigure Skating in Harlem Inc: $97,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetYouth Golf of Nwa Inc Dba First Tee - Northwest Arkansas: $80,000 over 2y, 6.1% of budgetAlgonquin Sports for Kids: $80,000 over 4y, 8.6% of budgetRacquet Up Detroit: $80,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetGlow Young Men's Christian Association Inc: $80,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetThe Midnight Golf Program: $80,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetBestself Behavioral Health Inc: $80,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGirls on the Run of Buffalo Inc: $80,000 over 4y, 6.4% of budgetAnn Arbor Young Men's Christian Association: $80,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetTrustees of Clark University: $69,484 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTennis Central: $65,000 over 4y, 16% of budgetAthlete Ally Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetJunior Tennis Foundation Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetWendy Hilliard Foundation: $39,000 over 2y, 6.5% of budgetCollege of St Scholastica Inc: $35,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTrustees of Tufts College: $35,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChallenged Athletes Inc: $35,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetD'Youville University: $35,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Trustees of Grinnell College: $34,924 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFordham University: $34,796 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPomona College: $34,599 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Trustees of the Smith College: $34,520 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCentral College: $33,531 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWellesley College: $33,396 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLacer Afterschool Programs: $30,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetGirls in the Game Nfp: $29,377 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetEd Snider Youth Hockey & Education: $27,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetWoodcraft Rangers: $27,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBeyond Soccer Inc: $27,000 over 2y, 6.6% of budgetStarfinder Foundation: $25,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetTrackgirlz: $24,000 over 3y, 12% of budgetRun4fun Inc: $24,000 over 3y, 5.0% of budgetPhiladelphia Youth Basketball Inc: $24,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetInspirational Triathlon Racing International Corp: $24,000 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetTga Sports Foundation: $24,000 over 1y, 25% of budgetPlayworks Education Energized: $24,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHispanic Coalition of Greater Waterbury: $21,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetInner City Education Foundation: $21,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAngel City Alliance: $20,800 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetThe Sportsmen's Tennis & Enrichment Center Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetUnited States of America Rugby Football Union Ltd: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSurfearnegra: $20,000 over 2y, 25% of budgetFencing in the Park Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetBoys & Girls Club of Benton Co Inc: $19,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCarroll College: $17,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEastern Mennonite University: $17,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

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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.

Laureus Sport for Good Foundation USANY75.9× affinity37 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Laureus Sport for Good Foundation USA · Good Sports Inc · Dick's Sporting Goods Foundation · Beyond Sport Foundation Inc · Usta Foundation Incorporated · Girls on the Run International Inc · United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee · United States Soccer Foundation Inc · Rite Aid Healthy Futures · National Recreation Foundation Incorporated · Leveling the Playing Field Inc · United States Tennis Association Incorporated

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Womens Sports Foundation

How much does Womens Sports Foundation give?
Womens Sports Foundation reported 66 itemized grants totaling $764,531, out of $1,005,920 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 109 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Womens Sports Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (63%), Education (21%), Youth Development (8%).
Who are Womens Sports Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Usta Foundation Incorporated ($315k), Professional Womens Hockey Players Association ($105k), Figure Skating in Harlem Inc ($97k).
Does Womens Sports Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 60% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Womens Sports Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Laureus Sport for Good Foundation USA, Good Sports Inc, Dick's Sporting Goods Foundation.
Where is Womens Sports Foundation based?
Womens Sports Foundation is based in NY.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 308 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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