California · Nonprofit
WOMEN IN GAMES INTERNATIONAL
WOMEN IN GAMES INTERNATIONAL (California) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $716,481 to it, the largest being PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND ($571,556). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 98% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2022
- $702k
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $716k
- Net assets
- $418k
What Women in Games International does
Mission
Women in Games International cultivates resources to advance economic equality and diversity in the global games industry.
As stated on its FY2022 Form 990.
Program
Get in the game: wigi's get in the game program enables women, nonbinary, and femme-identifying professionals who otherwise couldn't afford it the opportunity to attend leading gaming industry conferences with a focus on impactful networking with industry professionals. Program covers all costs associated with travel and lodging as well as a full-access conference ticket, expert lead coaching, ongoing mentorship, and access to networking opportunities.
$1,662,208 spentof which $5,600 as grants$310,570 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2022 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,662,208.
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. 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 2021 to 2022, from $1.5M to $553k (−64%).
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.
55% of WOMEN IN GAMES INTERNATIONAL’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (54% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 2 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
Joanna Kraut
Chief executive officer
Board chair
Careen Yapp
Board chair
As listed on its FY2022 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $8k → $47k.
4 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 98% 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 IN GAMES INTERNATIONAL’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
WOMEN IN GAMES INTERNATIONAL leans on a few funders — its largest provides 80% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 IN GAMES INTERNATIONAL.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 99% · 2021 98% · 2022 64% · 2023 54% — 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 WOMEN IN GAMES INTERNATIONAL's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 38% 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
98% of WOMEN IN GAMES 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 $15k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside California, across 4 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $701k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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 IN GAMES INTERNATIONAL's revenue fell 58% between 2021 and 2022.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,116 employment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2022
Organizations like WOMEN IN GAMES 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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
94% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for WOMEN IN GAMES INTERNATIONAL: 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 WOMEN IN GAMES INTERNATIONAL?
- WOMEN IN GAMES INTERNATIONAL (California) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $716,481 to it, the largest being PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND ($571,556). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 98% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does WOMEN IN GAMES INTERNATIONAL have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $716,481 in grants to WOMEN IN GAMES INTERNATIONAL, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WOMEN IN GAMES INTERNATIONAL?
- PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND is the largest funder on record, with $571,556 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WOMEN IN GAMES INTERNATIONAL 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.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2022 (financials across 2021–2022), and the filings of 8 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