Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF THE UNITED STATES
LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF THE UNITED STATES (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $689,591 to it, the largest being SIXTEEN THIRTY FUND ($500,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 73% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $8.4M
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $690k
- Net assets
- $4.8M
What League of Women Voters of the United States does
Mission
Lwvus, a nonpartisan organization, encourages the informed and active participation of citizens in government, works to increase the understanding of major public policy issues, and influences public policy through education and advocacy.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Communications: expenditures are used to maintain the league's website, prepare and disseminate materials and publications, which promote civic awareness and responsibility, and which address selected issues.schedule o provides additional detailed description of the league's communications program achievements.
$2,298,887 spent50% of program spendingAdvocacy: expenditures are used to promote civic responsibility through informed participation of citizens in government and action on selected issues.schedule o provides additional detailed description of the league's advocacy achievements.
$1,140,660 spentof which $40,000 as grants25% of program spendingMembership: expenditures are used to assist state and local leagues with member recruitment and various programs.schedule o provides additional detailed description of the league's membership program achievements.
$586,270 spent13% of program spendingMission impact: the mission impact function includes activities that are devoted to informing the public about voter registration and the importance of voting and providing candidate information.
$367,567 spent8% of program spendingExternal affairs: the external affairs function includes facilitating partnerships and thought leadership opportunities to expand the reach of league of women voters and increase its recognition.
$92,129 spent2% of program spendingCouncil and convention: the council and convention function includes activities related to meetings and other events, such as the biannual council meeting.
$71,906 spent$4,695 earned by the program2% of program spendingOutcome and evaluation: the outcome and evaluation function is collecting and analyzing data to measure our impact.
$50,940 spentof which $2,000 as grants1% of program spending
The 7 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,608,359.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $6.9M to $10M (+47%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2018 and FY2019, and between the FY2020 and FY2021 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $8k → $151k.
1 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 73% 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 LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF THE UNITED STATES’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 THE UNITED STATES leans on a few funders — its largest provides 73% of grant income and the top three 97%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
99% 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 THE UNITED STATES.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 92% · 2020 100% · 2022 99% · 2023 99% — 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.
How long its funders stay
17% of LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF THE UNITED STATES's funders are still giving 1 year after their first grant; 11% 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
73% of LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF THE UNITED STATES's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $190k that is directly attributable, 98% of it comes from Washington, D.C. funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $500k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.
Organizations like LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF THE UNITED STATES
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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
53% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 51 states
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- League of Women Voters Education Fund · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF THE UNITED STATES?
- LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF THE UNITED STATES (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $689,591 to it, the largest being SIXTEEN THIRTY FUND ($500,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 73% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF THE UNITED STATES have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $689,591 in grants to LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF THE UNITED STATES?
- SIXTEEN THIRTY FUND is the largest funder on record, with $500,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF THE UNITED STATES find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. 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 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing