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IFWHENHOW

IFWHENHOW (California) receives grants from 114 organizations whose IRS filings report $61,219,962 to it, the largest being THE SUSAN THOMPSON BUFFETT FOUNDATION ($26,798,825). 43 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$11M
Funders on record
114
Grants received
$61M
Net assets
$25M
43/114 repeat fundersgrants exceed reported revenue in one year
01What it does

What Ifwhenhow does

Mission

If/When/How transforms the law and policy landscape through advocacy, support, and organizing so all people have the power to determine if, when, and how to define, create, and sustain familiesContinued on Schedule O

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Legal & Policy: Operated the Repro Legal Helpline; litigated cases involving criminalization of pregnancy outcomes in state and federal courts; supported proactive policies and fought oppressive policies at the state and local level; conducted research into the criminalization of pregnancy outcomes; and provided technical assistance and public education.

    $6,310,682 spentof which $43,825 as grants$18,722 earned by the program
    71% of program spending
  2. Repro Legal Defense Fund: Supported people who are criminalized for their pregnancy outcomes mount strong legal defenses by covering pretrial release and criminal defense costs.

    $1,851,885 spent
    21% of program spending
  3. Movement: Built a network of lawyers, law students, and advocates ready to provide legal and practical support across the U.S.

    $745,399 spentof which $612,400 as grants
    8% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $8,907,966.

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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($1.3M) Expenses 100 ($1.5M) Net assets 100 ($900k)2018 Revenue 244 ($3.1M) Expenses 88 ($1.3M) Net assets 297 ($2.7M)2019 Revenue 37 ($472k) Expenses 160 ($2.4M) Net assets 83 ($746k)2020 Revenue 1 ($15k) Expenses 42 ($626k) Net assets 15 ($135k)2021 Revenue 690 ($8.8M) Expenses 357 ($5.4M) Net assets 1234 ($11M)2022 Revenue 1511 ($19M) Expenses 493 ($7.4M) Net assets 2545 ($23M)2023 Revenue 1075 ($14M) Expenses 775 ($12M) Net assets 2767 ($25M)2024 Revenue 881 ($11M) Expenses 742 ($11M) Net assets 2787 ($25M)
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Revenue (881)Expenses (742)Net assets (2787)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $11M to $23M (+108%).

$936k
$2.7M
$750k
$139k
$11M
$23M
$25M
$26M
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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

96% of IFWHENHOW’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (96% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 156 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$234k
’17
$1.8M
’18
−$1.9M
’19
−$611k
’20
$3.4M
’21
$12M
’22
$2.0M
’23
$34k
’24
24
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.

Chief executive

Denise Tomasini-Joshi

Co-exec. Dir.

Board chair

Parker Dockray

Board chair

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

2017201820192021202220232024
Listed129813111113
Joined·+4+0·+2+2+3
No longer listed·71·421
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 49 funders, grant income rose $777k → $12M.

26 of 114 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 31% 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 IFWHENHOW’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 114 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

IFWHENHOW leans on a few funders — its largest provides 44% of grant income and the top three 64%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

34% 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 IFWHENHOW.

44%
largest funder
64%
top three
~4
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 55% · 2018 31% · 2019 100% · 2020 70% · 2021 40% · 2022 36% · 2023 36% — 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

56% of IFWHENHOW's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 38% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y

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

IFWHENHOW draws 90% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 27 states in all.

ME
WA
MN
IL
WI
NY
MA
OR
NV
WY
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
NE
KY
VA
MD
DE
AZ
NM
NC
DC
GA
TX
FL

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

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’18
’20
’21
’22
’23
California out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $19M arriving through sponsors registered in 15 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

IFWHENHOW holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 152 civil rights nonprofits its size.

Operating margin0% · below the median
Months of reserve23.5mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)36% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 152 civil rights nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024

Organizations like IFWHENHOW

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

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

80% of spending goes to programs.

Program 80%Management 11%Fundraising 9%

Governance

4
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

59%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CA

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for IFWHENHOW: 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 IFWHENHOW?
IFWHENHOW (California) receives grants from 114 organizations whose IRS filings report $61,219,962 to it, the largest being THE SUSAN THOMPSON BUFFETT FOUNDATION ($26,798,825). 43 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does IFWHENHOW have?
IRS filings report 114 organizations giving $61,219,962 in grants to IFWHENHOW, 43 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of IFWHENHOW?
THE SUSAN THOMPSON BUFFETT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $26,798,825 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like IFWHENHOW 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 114 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