Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
WOMEN FOR WOMEN INTERNATIONAL
WOMEN FOR WOMEN INTERNATIONAL (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 427 organizations whose IRS filings report $32,496,294 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($6,079,935). 238 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 54% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $31M
- Funders on record
- 427
- Grants received
- $32M
- Net assets
- $17M
What Women for Women International does
Mission
In countries affected by conflict and war, Women for Women International (women for women) supports the most marginalized women to earn and save money, improve health and well-being, influence decisions in their home and community, and connect to networks support. By utilizing skills, knowledge, and resources, women are then able to create sustainable change for themselves, their families, and community.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Training and related programs our core work is centered on our holistic, rights-based program to address the needs of marginalized women in conflict-affected countries around the world. Our year-long bundled investment in women includes informational training; skill-building in numeracy, business skills, and a chosen vocational skill; resource provision in the form of a monthly cash stipend, asset transfers for vocational activities, savings channel provision, and referrals to health and legal services; and connections to local women's networks and global supporters, as well as connections to other women, by creating a safe and comfortable space where women learn, share, and support one another to initiate change in their lives.this bundled approach supports the most marginalized women in making progress in four key areas of social and economic empowerment: earning and saving; health and wellness; rights and decision-making; and social networks and safety nets. Women learn numeracy and basic business skills they can use to start self-managed businesses. We provide hands-on professional and vocational training in one of five income-generating sectors: agriculture, livestock, food…
$21,396,529 spentof which $3,654,934 as grants94% of program spendingMedia, communications, and outreach the media, communications, and outreach program cultivates relationships with allied organizations, partners, and media outlets to raise awareness about the critical development needs of marginalized women survivors of war and conflict, and to draw attention to their resilience and the important progress and impact of our training programs.the program employs outreach strategies to increase awareness and educate audiences about key issues, including the critical role social empowerment plays in advancing women's economic and political empowerment around the globe. The program's public education and outreach efforts seek to build support and awareness for this work through a variety of strategic activities, including supporting executive communications, initiating social media engagement campaigns, publishing monthly digital newsletters, and convening special events and meetings.in addition, the program produces materials and publishes reports that provide updates and in-depth analysis on opportunities and strategies for increasing positive outcomes for women. These publications include annual reports, country briefs, and issue papers, as well as…
$1,370,872 spent6% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $22,767,401.
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 2020 to 2021, from $22M to $28M (+30%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2018 1% · 2019 2% · 2020 3% · 2021 2% · 2022 7% · 2023 2% · 2024 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of WOMEN FOR WOMEN INTERNATIONAL’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (96% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 8 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 94 funders to 143 funders, grant income rose $1.6M → $3.3M.
61 of 427 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 54% 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 WOMEN FOR WOMEN INTERNATIONAL’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 427 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
WOMEN FOR WOMEN INTERNATIONAL has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 19% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
65% 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 WOMEN FOR WOMEN INTERNATIONAL.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 34% · 2018 29% · 2019 35% · 2020 29% · 2021 35% · 2022 34% · 2023 20% — 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
35% of WOMEN FOR WOMEN INTERNATIONAL'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
54% of WOMEN FOR WOMEN INTERNATIONAL'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 $15M that is directly attributable, 98% of it comes from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 38 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $18M arriving through sponsors registered in 28 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.
Against its field
WOMEN FOR WOMEN INTERNATIONAL runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 363 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 363 international nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding WOMEN FOR WOMEN INTERNATIONAL receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.3M on record.
- Agency for International Development$1.3M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like WOMEN FOR WOMEN INTERNATIONAL
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
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
84%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 51 states
Part of a family of 4 related entities
- Wfwi Empowerment Center LLC · disregarded
- Women for Women UK · exempt
- Women for Women International de Ggmbh · exempt
- Wfwi Afghanistan Microfinance · corp_trust
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Questions and answers
- Who funds WOMEN FOR WOMEN INTERNATIONAL?
- WOMEN FOR WOMEN INTERNATIONAL (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 427 organizations whose IRS filings report $32,496,294 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($6,079,935). 238 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 54% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does WOMEN FOR WOMEN INTERNATIONAL have?
- IRS filings report 427 organizations giving $32,496,294 in grants to WOMEN FOR WOMEN INTERNATIONAL, 238 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WOMEN FOR WOMEN INTERNATIONAL?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $6,079,935 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WOMEN FOR WOMEN INTERNATIONAL 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.
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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 427 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