Association for Women in Sports Media
A community for women working in sports media that turns belonging into a pipeline, placing students in internships at outlets like ESPN, funding scholarships, and honoring the pioneers who opened the locker room
Financial profile
Association for Women in Sports Media · EIN 20-3855354 · 501(c)(3)
| Fiscal year | Total revenue | Contributions | Program services | Total expenses | Net assets | Year end |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $48,589 | $48,589 | $0 | $117,242 | $15,257 | Dec 2023 |
| FY2022 | $70,321 | $70,321 | $0 | $167,360 | $83,910 | Dec 2022 |
| FY2021 | $38,683 | $38,683 | $0 | $64,320 | $180,947 | Dec 2021 |
| FY2020 | $10,705 | $10,013 | $692 | $37,891 | $206,584 | Dec 2020 |
| FY2019 | $267,872 | $231,067 | $36,805 | $112,817 | $233,770 | Dec 2019 |
| FY2018 | $136,928 | $196,455 | $78,715 | Dec 2018 |
Figures exactly as reported. A blank cell was blank on the form. The fiscal year links to the filing.
Peer societies
Five societies Association for Women in Sports Media is read alongside.
USBWA
United States Basketball Writers Association
The professional guild of America's college basketball writers, protecting press access and members'…
2 companies named
IWSMF
International Women's Media Foundation
A champion of press freedom that equips women and nonbinary journalists to keep reporting through danger…
21 companies named
NLGJA
National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association
A professional community of LGBTQ media workers holding journalism to fair and accurate coverage while…
18 companies named
AAJA
Asian American Journalists Association
A professional home and advocacy voice for Asian American and Pacific Islander journalists, working across…
31 companies named
NABJ
National Association of Black Journalists
The advocacy community of Black journalists that fights for equity in newsrooms while honoring the pioneers…
49 companies named
Who backs AWISM
Every company Association for Women in Sports Media names publicly as a supporter, exactly as published. Companies also named by other associations on Sociogene come first.
| Company | Support as published | Also named by |
|---|---|---|
| The Athletic | Meeting sponsor | AAJA NLGJA |
| the Los Angeles Times | Meeting sponsor | AAJA |
| MLB.com | Meeting sponsor | Only Association for Women in Sports Media, so far |
Sources: 1 published list, read September 2026
2026 AWSM Convention sponsors. Read September 27, 2026. Convention sponsors named in the recap text; a university co-host, a foundation and individual donors left out.
Who backs Association for Women in Sports Media's peers, but not Association for Women in Sports Media
Companies named publicly by at least one of Association for Women in Sports Media's five peer societies, and not found in Association for Women in Sports Media's reviewed public records.
The outside view
A community for women working in sports media that turns belonging into a pipeline, placing students in internships at outlets like ESPN, funding scholarships, and honoring the pioneers who opened the locker room
- Consensus
- Build
- Inward
- Volunteer
Their shape
The Village
Where everyone is known by name.
The Village is built on belonging, where everyone knows everyone and relationships are the point. Its gift is loyalty and warmth, its challenge is scaling beyond the intimacy that makes it work.
Also reads toward The Movement and The Guild.
Strengths
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