Missouri · Nonprofit
WOMEN LEADERS IN SPORTS
WOMEN LEADERS IN SPORTS (Missouri) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $139,684 to it, the largest being PHOENIX FINAL FOUR LOCAL ORGANIZING COMM ($60,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.2M
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $140k
- Net assets
- $2.9M
What Women Leaders in Sports does
Mission
A privately funded non-profit committed to transforming the landscape of leadership in sports business, we are dedicated to empowering and equipping women to advance and excel throughout their careers.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Women Leaders in Sports offers a wide range of educational programming, professional development seminars, and networking opportunities to all members, at all career levels and in all sectors of sports. Through their work, women leaders champions a comprehensive approach to leadership and career strategy development - one that builds influential networks, maximizes resources, and cultivates a mindset geared for success. Programming is executed through virtual and in-person events, and women leaders has a comprehensive digital platform to provide members with virtual community, communications, resources, and more. Women leaders offers scholarship opportunities to all programming and membership.
$1,098,110 spentof which $55,820 as grants$736,436 earned by the program38% of program spendingThe women leaders national convention is the premier convening of people working and leading in sports. With over 50 hours of programming featuring captivating keynote speakers and dozens of connection opportunities, the event is the annual gathering for members to share and discuss best practices, current issues/trends, and engage in leadership development.
$1,071,236 spentof which $27,000 as grants$703,429 earned by the program37% of program spendingWomen leaders delivers immersive, integrated training to support leaders at every stage of their career working in sports. From skill-building and expanding professional networks to advanced leadership preparation, women leaders experiences position leaders to realize their potential, demonstrate impact and advance to the highest level.
$691,571 spentof which $250 as grants$160,185 earned by the program24% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,860,917.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2019 to 2020, from $2.7M to $3.1M (+15%).
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: 2020 8% · 2021 9% · 2023 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
46% of WOMEN LEADERS IN SPORTS’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (13% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 7 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
Patti Phillips
CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $50k → $15k.
2 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 24% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $2.6M from 3 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest National Collegiate Athletic Association). These are real filings, and they are not money WOMEN LEADERS IN SPORTS raised.
From the IRS filings of WOMEN LEADERS IN SPORTS’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 LEADERS IN SPORTS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 43% of grant income and the top three 84%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
95% 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 LEADERS IN SPORTS.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 62% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 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.
Where its funders are
WOMEN LEADERS IN SPORTS draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Missouri, across 5 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $33k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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 LEADERS IN SPORTS's revenue grew 44% between 2018 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,728 recreation & sports nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like WOMEN LEADERS IN SPORTS
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 Missouri
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
77%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for WOMEN LEADERS IN SPORTS: 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 LEADERS IN SPORTS?
- WOMEN LEADERS IN SPORTS (Missouri) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $139,684 to it, the largest being PHOENIX FINAL FOUR LOCAL ORGANIZING COMM ($60,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WOMEN LEADERS IN SPORTS have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $139,684 in grants to WOMEN LEADERS IN SPORTS, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WOMEN LEADERS IN SPORTS?
- PHOENIX FINAL FOUR LOCAL ORGANIZING COMM is the largest funder on record, with $60,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WOMEN LEADERS IN SPORTS find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Missouri. 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 2018–2024), and the filings of 7 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