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ALLIANCE FOR WOMEN IN MEDIA INC

ALLIANCE FOR WOMEN IN MEDIA INC (Kentucky) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $25,000 to it, the largest being THE LOREEN ARBUS FOUNDATION ($15,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$191k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$25k
Net assets
$-812845
1/2 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 8%
01What it does

What Alliance for Women in Media Inc does

Mission

The alliance for women in media connects, recognizes, and inspires women across the media industry.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Provide access to an expanding community of experienced, influential and inspiriational women in all forms of media.

    $84,794 spent$41,938 earned by the program
    49% of program spending
  2. The awm holds an annual event entitled "gracies leadership awards" that provides an opportunity to recognize and celebrate the significant impact women have made in the media industry, while also spurring to action and emboldening female leaders in attendance.

    $75,997 spent$111,150 earned by the program
    44% of program spending
  3. Networking/mentoring opportunities: awm connects is a virtual mentoring program offered by awm that connects young/new professionals with senior level executives throughout television, radio and digital media. Awm hosts a breakfast during the national association of broadcasters annual conference that provides networking and education discussion with leaders in the media industry.

    $13,424 spent$33,250 earned by the program
    8% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $174,215.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($148k) Expenses 100 ($179k)2018 Revenue 125 ($185k) Expenses 118 ($211k)2019 Revenue 134 ($198k) Expenses 111 ($198k)2020 Revenue 40 ($59k) Expenses 68 ($122k)2021 Revenue 68 ($101k) Expenses 94 ($169k)2022 Revenue 143 ($212k) Expenses 145 ($260k)2023 Revenue 139 ($205k) Expenses 128 ($230k)2024 Revenue 129 ($191k) Expenses 128 ($229k)
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Revenue (129)Expenses (128)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $173k to $80k (−54%).

$28k
$25k
$25k
$36k
$88k
$173k
$80k
$87k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2021 14%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$31k
’17
−$25k
’18
$384
’19
−$63k
’20
−$68k
’21
−$48k
’22
−$24k
’23
−$38k
’24
3.0
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

Board chair

Katina Arnold

Chair

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

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Listed1616141715141416
Joined·+2+3+5+4+4+3+4
No longer listed·2526532
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2021: the base held at 1 funder, grant income held at $5k.

Funder
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'19
'21
total
funders
1
2
1

From the IRS filings of ALLIANCE FOR WOMEN IN MEDIA INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How concentrated its funding is

ALLIANCE FOR WOMEN IN MEDIA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 60% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

40% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund ALLIANCE FOR WOMEN IN MEDIA INC.

60%
largest funder
100%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 67% · 2021 100% — broadly stable.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

Where its funders are

ALLIANCE FOR WOMEN IN MEDIA INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Kentucky, across 2 states in all.

CA
DC

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’19
’21
Kentucky out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like ALLIANCE FOR WOMEN IN MEDIA INC

Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.

In Kentucky

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

76% of spending goes to programs.

Program 76%Management 24%Fundraising 0%

Governance

15
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

KY

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • Alliance for Women in Media Foundation Inc · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds ALLIANCE FOR WOMEN IN MEDIA INC?
ALLIANCE FOR WOMEN IN MEDIA INC (Kentucky) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $25,000 to it, the largest being THE LOREEN ARBUS FOUNDATION ($15,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does ALLIANCE FOR WOMEN IN MEDIA INC have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $25,000 in grants to ALLIANCE FOR WOMEN IN MEDIA INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of ALLIANCE FOR WOMEN IN MEDIA INC?
THE LOREEN ARBUS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $15,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like ALLIANCE FOR WOMEN IN MEDIA INC find more funders?
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 2 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing