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REPRESENTWOMEN INC

REPRESENTWOMEN INC (Maryland) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,670,656 to it, the largest being PIVOTAL PHILANTHROPIES FOUNDATION ($2,000,000). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$2.1M
Funders on record
21
Grants received
$4.7M
Net assets
$2.0M
11/21 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 72%
01What it does

What Representwomen Inc does

Mission

To strengthen our democracy by advancing reforms that break down barriers to ensure more women can run, win, serve, and lead.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. We researched the barriers women face as candidates and as elected officials and work with partners to address the barriers. We released our signature gender parity index report, held our annual democracy solutions summit, and participated in numerous events and panels.

    $1,114,849 spentof which $24,301 as grants
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,114,849.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20192019 Revenue 100 ($454k) Expenses 100 ($177k) Net assets 100 ($297k)2020 Revenue 175 ($795k) Expenses 362 ($641k) Net assets 152 ($451k)2021 Revenue 44 ($201k) Expenses 237 ($421k) Net assets 78 ($232k)2022 Revenue 180 ($817k) Expenses 364 ($644k) Net assets 136 ($405k)2023 Revenue 486 ($2.2M) Expenses 596 ($1.1M) Net assets 523 ($1.6M)2024 Revenue 452 ($2.1M) Expenses 883 ($1.6M) Net assets 686 ($2.0M)
201920202021202220232024
Revenue (452)Expenses (883)Net assets (686)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 2022 to 2023, from $417k to $1.6M (+277%).

$298k
$451k
$233k
$417k
$1.6M
$2.1M
201920202021202220232024
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.

2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

99% of REPRESENTWOMEN INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (97% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 1,024 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

$277k
’19
$154k
’20
−$219k
’21
$173k
’22
$1.1M
’23
$485k
’24
12
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

Cynthia Terrell

Executive director

Board chair

Michelle Whittaker

Chair

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

201920202021202220232024
Listed131313121110
Joined·+0+0+0+0+1
No longer listed·00112
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 10 funders, grant income rose $85k → $1.1M.

3 of 21 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 8% 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 REPRESENTWOMEN INC’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

REPRESENTWOMEN INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 43% of grant income and the top three 65%; half comes from just 2 funders.

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

31% 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 REPRESENTWOMEN INC.

43%
largest funder
65%
top three
~5
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 94% · 2020 68% · 2021 48% · 2022 53% · 2023 44% — 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

50% of REPRESENTWOMEN INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 52% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

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

REPRESENTWOMEN INC draws 99% of its grant income from funders outside Maryland, across 11 states in all.

WA
MN
NY
MA
OH
PA
CA
CO
VA
MD
DC

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

’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Maryland out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $375k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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

REPRESENTWOMEN INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 976 civil rights nonprofits its size.

Operating margin24% · top quartile
Months of reserve11.9mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)35% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 976 civil rights nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

Organizations like REPRESENTWOMEN INC

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 Maryland

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

71% of spending goes to programs.

Program 71%Management 20%Fundraising 9%

Governance

10
board members
90%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

100%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MD

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • FairVote · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds REPRESENTWOMEN INC?
REPRESENTWOMEN INC (Maryland) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,670,656 to it, the largest being PIVOTAL PHILANTHROPIES FOUNDATION ($2,000,000). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does REPRESENTWOMEN INC have?
IRS filings report 21 organizations giving $4,670,656 in grants to REPRESENTWOMEN INC, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of REPRESENTWOMEN INC?
PIVOTAL PHILANTHROPIES FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,000,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like REPRESENTWOMEN INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. 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 2019–2024), and the filings of 21 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