California · Nonprofit
BLACK WOMEN FOR WELLNESS
BLACK WOMEN FOR WELLNESS (California) receives grants from 122 organizations whose IRS filings report $19,307,063 to it, the largest being THE SUSAN THOMPSON BUFFETT FOUNDATION ($2,508,568). 60 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $6.0M
- Funders on record
- 122
- Grants received
- $19M
- Net assets
- $11M
What Black Women for Wellness does
Mission
Black Women for Wellness is a women centered grassroots community based org on a mission to enhance the health and well being of african american and black women and girls.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
In 2024 bww continued to host and participate in an assortment of in person and virtual events and gatherings to promote and participate in supporting the upliftment of the lives, voices, experiences, health status and wellbeing of black women and girls. Bww staff engaged and worked with community members and volunteers, community health professionals, health care practitioners, cbos and civic leaders to create awareness, build power and advocate for systems change. Through these efforts, more than 100,000 people were reached through events, programming, and community outreach and engagement. We have consistently engaged with more than 290,000 followers on social media and 272,000 views on the bww website. Our civic engagement team which covered 85+ community events and the team included, community health outreach workers, canvassers, text and phone bankers focused on engaging community members throughout the year, sharing information to promote voter education and participation to increase the electoral and political power of black women during and between elections, providing educational information and registration resources to residents about caleitc tax credit, educating…
$2,488,099 spentof which $800 as grants$25,870 earned by the program79% of program spendingFood insecurity continued to increase exponentially during 2024 and the bww kitchen divas food distribution program was offered to the community, giving fresh fruit and produce 2x per month throughout the year to approximately 150 families. The umbrella program sisters in motion, houses our kitchen divas cooking demo program, body matters and movement, book clubs, healing circles, stop the hate, wellness labs and wellness guide distribution lives, engaged approximately 9,500 community members via in person and virtual(zoom) programs, newsletters and social media engagements. Bww staff, volunteers, members, chefs and farmers are all engaged with program implementation to promote physical and mental wellness, nutrition education, cultural preservation and community connection
$500,137 spent16% of program spendingThe sisters @ eight program held 12 community forums and 4 seasonal equinox and solstice gatherings for members and volunteers with a total attendance of 600+. These forums took place in person at a local community center and gathering spaces accessible to community members. Bww staff members hosted and facilitated panel discussions about racial justice issues, civil rights, international women's day, black maternal health, the supreme court decisions, primary elections, voter guides, election results and next steps, centering the wellness and joy of black mothers and maternal figures, honoring black men, the lifestyle of plastics, breast health awareness and mental health.
$157,720 spent5% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,145,956.
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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
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 $5.4M to $9.4M (+74%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 10% · 2020 6% · 2022 3% · 2023 1% · 2024 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of BLACK WOMEN FOR WELLNESS’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (51% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
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.
Chief executive
Janette Robinson Flint
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 14 funders to 56 funders, grant income rose $648k → $4.4M.
21 of 122 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 17% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of BLACK WOMEN FOR WELLNESS’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 122 funders by total. 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
BLACK WOMEN FOR WELLNESS has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 13% of grant income, and it takes 11 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 11 funders to its left
53% 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 BLACK WOMEN FOR WELLNESS.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 31% · 2018 37% · 2019 25% · 2020 21% · 2021 11% · 2022 16% · 2023 9% — diversifying over time.
“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.
How long its funders stay
43% of BLACK WOMEN FOR WELLNESS's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 49% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
70% of BLACK WOMEN FOR WELLNESS's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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.
Against its field
BLACK WOMEN FOR WELLNESS runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 8,126 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 8,126 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like BLACK WOMEN FOR WELLNESS
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
80%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Black Women for Wellness Action Project · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BLACK WOMEN FOR WELLNESS: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BLACK WOMEN FOR WELLNESS?
- BLACK WOMEN FOR WELLNESS (California) receives grants from 122 organizations whose IRS filings report $19,307,063 to it, the largest being THE SUSAN THOMPSON BUFFETT FOUNDATION ($2,508,568). 60 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BLACK WOMEN FOR WELLNESS have?
- IRS filings report 122 organizations giving $19,307,063 in grants to BLACK WOMEN FOR WELLNESS, 60 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BLACK WOMEN FOR WELLNESS?
- THE SUSAN THOMPSON BUFFETT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,508,568 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BLACK WOMEN FOR WELLNESS find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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 122 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing