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WOMEN LEADERS IN SPORTS

EIN 56-2186122 KANSAS CITY, MO

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Revenue 2024
$3,248,090
Expenses 2024
$3,404,115

Program services were 84.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
N60
Classification
1000
Street
1919 BALTIMORE AVE

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

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.

Activities or mission (Part I)

DEVELOP, CONNECT, AND CHAMPION WOMEN TO ADVANCE AND BE A POWERFUL INFLUENCE IN SPORTS.

  • 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.

    Expenses $1,098,110 · Grants $55,820 · Revenue $736,436

  • THE 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.

    Expenses $1,071,236 · Grants $27,000 · Revenue $703,429

  • WOMEN 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.

    Expenses $691,571 · Grants $250 · Revenue $160,185

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Gloria Nevarez

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jennifer Williams

    PRESIDENT-ELECT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Meg Stevens

    PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Keri Becker

    TREAUSRER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Renee Bostic

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Candace Campbell Jackson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mary Beth Cooper

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lesley Irvine

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nina King

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Candice S Lee

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sara Liebscher

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chrissi Rawak

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Desiree Reed-Francois

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Diana Sabau

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Andrea Williams

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sarah Baumgartner

    DIRECTOR (TERM END 10/1/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Portia Hoeg

    DIRECTOR (TERM END 10/1/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Heather Lyke

    DIRECTOR (TERM END 10/1/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Etienne Thomas

    DIRECTOR (TERM END 10/1/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Patti Phillips

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $445,833
    From this org
    $425,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,833
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $420,000
    Bonus
    $5,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,800
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,033
    Filer's total
    $445,833
  • Christina Turner

    CHIEF OF STAFF/COO

    Total calculated
    $219,834
    From this org
    $201,975
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,859
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $191,975
    Bonus
    $10,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,800
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,059
    Filer's total
    $219,834
  • Kara Hess

    SR DIR OF LEADERSHIP & EVENTS

    Total calculated
    $113,533
    From this org
    $102,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,033
    Hours/week
    40
  • Amanda Rheuport

    SR DIR OF MARKETING

    Total calculated
    $126,300
    From this org
    $121,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,800
    Hours/week
    40

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $3,248,090
    Expenses
    $3,404,115
    Contributions
    $1,494,477
    Grants paid
    $83,070
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $3,090,527
    Expenses
    $3,124,007
    Contributions
    $1,565,624
    Grants paid
    $67,700
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,600,915
    Expenses
    $2,595,491
    Contributions
    $1,177,155
    Grants paid
    $29,900

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,880,548
    Expenses
    $1,638,310
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,348,731
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,835,272
    Expenses
    $1,458,405
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,061,454
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,455,525
    Expenses
    $2,292,761
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,665,930
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,260,275
    Expenses
    $2,250,408
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,457,558
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,012,787
    Expenses
    $2,014,697
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,022,576
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,979,356
    Expenses
    $1,773,930
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,960,779
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,612,330
    Expenses
    $1,634,442
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,755,895
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,470,051
    Expenses
    $1,559,426
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,677,121
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $1,230,093
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,737,711
  • 2011 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $1,295,380
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,641,591

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.