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LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF CALIFORNIA

LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF CALIFORNIA (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $28,450 to it, the largest being LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS EDUCATION FUND ($15,450). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$563k
Funders on record
3
Grants received
$28k
Net assets
$473k
1/3 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 3%
01What it does

What League of Women Voters of California does

Mission

The League of Women Voters of California is a nonpartisan political organization that encourages informed and active participation in government and influences public policy through advocacy.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Advocacy - the league advocates independently and works in coalition with other advocacy organizations on ballot measures and legislation. For a full report on our legislative advocacy, see bit.ly/bsrlist.

    $107,397 spent
    39% of program spending
  2. Member services - lwvc provides substantial administrative support to developing local leagues, known as members around the state (mas) units, as well as advisory guidance to all local leagues across the state, assisting them in dealing with their challenges and opportunities. Additionally, several toolkits were developed to provide all california local leagues with communication tools and education on important issues in the state. Lwvc supported the local league coaches program and the organization's diversity, inclusion, and equity program.

    $97,982 spent$25,018 earned by the program
    36% of program spending
  3. Mylo my league online (mylo) is an open software tool to make state and local leagues more effective, with content sharing, syndication, accessibility, and responsiveness to mobile devices essential to drive traffic and increase engagement.

    $68,449 spent$63,864 earned by the program
    25% of program spending
  4. Other program services, not described on the e-filed return.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $273,828.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.

100 = 20212021 Revenue 100 ($496k) Expenses 100 ($398k) Net assets 100 ($319k)2022 Revenue 93 ($460k) Expenses 114 ($452k) Net assets 103 ($327k)2023 Revenue 130 ($646k) Expenses 154 ($614k) Net assets 113 ($359k)2024 Revenue 92 ($458k) Expenses 111 ($440k) Net assets 118 ($378k)2025 Revenue 113 ($563k) Expenses 117 ($464k) Net assets 148 ($473k)
20212022202320242025
Revenue (113)Expenses (117)Net assets (148)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $411k to $509k (+24%).

$369k
$377k
$401k
$411k
$509k
20212022202320242025
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.

2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

$99k
’21
$8k
’22
$32k
’23
$19k
’24
$99k
’25
11
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.

20212022202320242025
Listed1215131412
Joined·+6+1+7+1
No longer listed·3363
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $2k → $15k.

From the IRS filings of LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF CALIFORNIA’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

LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF CALIFORNIA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 54% 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

89% 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 LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF CALIFORNIA.

54%
largest funder
100%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2020 100% · 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

LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF CALIFORNIA draws 54% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 2 states in all.

CA
DC

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

’17
’20
’21
’22
California 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 LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF CALIFORNIA

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

59% of spending goes to programs.

Program 59%Management 20%Fundraising 21%

Governance

10
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

CA

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • League of Women Voters of California Education Fund · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF CALIFORNIA?
LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF CALIFORNIA (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $28,450 to it, the largest being LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS EDUCATION FUND ($15,450). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF CALIFORNIA have?
IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $28,450 in grants to LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF CALIFORNIA, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF CALIFORNIA?
LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS EDUCATION FUND is the largest funder on record, with $15,450 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF CALIFORNIA 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 FY2025 (financials across 2021–2025), and the filings of 3 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