Illinois · Nonprofit
BLACK WOMEN LAWYERS ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP FUND
BLACK WOMEN LAWYERS ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP FUND (Illinois) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $20,000 to it, the largest being DAVEY COMPANY FOUNDATION ($14,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $62k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $20k
- Net assets
- $21k
What Black Women Lawyers Association Scholarship Fund does
Mission
To solicit and raise money to support the activities and purposes of the scholarship fund
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Received a contribution from the bwla of greater chicago to fund the bwla scholarship program, through which the organization awarded over $25,000 in law school scholarships to deserving students during the bar year.
$84,250 spentof which $84,250 as grants90% of program spendingThe sips for scholarships fundraiser is the bwla scholarship fund incs premier annual event. This elegant evening of dining, dancing, and recognition celebrates the accomplishments of black women in law while strengthening community connections. Through ticket sales and sponsorships, the gala generates essential funds that support scholarships, member programming, and bwlas broader mission of professional development and advocacy.
$8,078 spent$11,457 earned by the program9% of program spendingAll other bwla scholarship fund inc programs and services
$1,604 spent$50,492 earned by the program2% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $93,932.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 2019 to 2020, from $3k to $41k (+1202%).
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.
100% of BLACK WOMEN LAWYERS ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP FUND’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (77% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 7 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.
Board chair
Jasmine Fannell
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $8k → $6k.
Left out of every figure on this page: $101k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Black Women Lawyers Association of Greater Chicago). These are real filings, and they are not money BLACK WOMEN LAWYERS ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP FUND raised.
From the IRS filings of BLACK WOMEN LAWYERS ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP FUND’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
BLACK WOMEN LAWYERS ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP FUND leans on a few funders — its largest provides 70% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2022 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
BLACK WOMEN LAWYERS ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP FUND draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Illinois, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
Against its field
BLACK WOMEN LAWYERS ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP FUND has grown faster than half of the 6,328 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,328 community improvement nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like BLACK WOMEN LAWYERS ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP FUND
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 Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
99% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
50%
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
- Bwla of Greater Chicago Inc · exempt
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BLACK WOMEN LAWYERS ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP FUND?
- BLACK WOMEN LAWYERS ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP FUND (Illinois) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $20,000 to it, the largest being DAVEY COMPANY FOUNDATION ($14,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BLACK WOMEN LAWYERS ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP FUND have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $20,000 in grants to BLACK WOMEN LAWYERS ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP FUND, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BLACK WOMEN LAWYERS ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP FUND?
- DAVEY COMPANY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $14,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BLACK WOMEN LAWYERS ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP FUND find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2019–2025), 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