Virginia · Nonprofit
Independent Women's Voice
Independent Women's Voice (Virginia) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,419,788 to it, the largest being The Concord Fund ($2,850,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.2M
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $3.4M
- Net assets
- $916k
What Independent Women's Voice does
Mission
Engage more individuals in legislative advocacy, educate them about the impact of public policies on their lives and our economy, and build support for policies that empower individuals by giving them greater freedom and autonomy.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
On its FY2025 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
IWV launched Independent Womens Network, a membership community that enables its members to discuss the most important issues affecting their lives, communities and country; meet and form lasting bonds with like-minded women; engage in informed, open and civil debate and dialogue; and work to advance the principles we share to create better communities and a healthier country.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Educate the public about the impact of public policies on American families and the economy, and encourage their engagement and action so that policymakers hear the voices of mainstream women and independents.
$1,573,676 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,573,676.
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 2018 to 2019, from $3.2M to $2.3M (−28%).
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.
89% of Independent Women's Voice’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (97% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 of the last 9 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
Heather Higgins
CEO/Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $90k → $215k.
From the IRS filings of Independent Women's Voice’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
Independent Women's Voice leans on a few funders — its largest provides 83% of grant income and the top three 93%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
97% 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 Independent Women's Voice.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 56% · 2018 100% · 2020 40% · 2021 97% · 2022 100% · 2023 88% — growing more concentrated.
“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
17% of Independent Women's Voice's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% 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
86% of Independent Women's Voice's grant income comes from Virginia funders.
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
Independent Women's Voice's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 479 civil rights nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like Independent Women's Voice
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 Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 27 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Independent Women's Voice: 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 Independent Women's Voice?
- Independent Women's Voice (Virginia) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,419,788 to it, the largest being The Concord Fund ($2,850,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Independent Women's Voice have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $3,419,788 in grants to Independent Women's Voice, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Independent Women's Voice?
- The Concord Fund is the largest funder on record, with $2,850,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Independent Women's Voice find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 9 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