Ms. Foundation

For information on this organization, see Ms. Foundation for Women 

At-A-Glance

Issue Areas: Multi-Issue Advocacy
Location: Brooklyn, NY View on map
Tax ID: 23-7252609
Most Recent Filing: 2025
Budget (2025): Assets: $129,254,649 Revenue: $30,607,417 Expenses: $18,024,510

For information on this organization, see Ms. Foundation for Women 

Financial Statistics

Total Assets

Total Revenue

Total Expenses

YearTotal AssetsTotal RevenueTotal ExpensesFiling
2025 $129,254,649 $30,607,417 $18,024,510 View
2023 $72,020,796 $12,224,028 $15,205,918 View
2022 $62,619,698 $14,324,349 $12,409,698 View
2021 $69,143,480 $25,679,441 $11,227,181 View
2020 $48,461,151 $4,155,759 $8,821,764
2019 $49,919,377 $14,458,701 $8,202,093 View

Prior year filings: 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012

Revenue Detail

Expenses Detail

Employee Compensation

  • Number of Employees: 28

Highest Earning Employees

EmployeeTitleTotal Compensation
Teresa YoungerPRESIDENT/CEO$326,801
Ruth McFarlaneDEPUTY CEO$287,117
Ellen LuiCHIEF PROGRAMS OFFICER$255,537
Anna Marlene MartinezSR. DIRECTOR OF FINANCE & ADMIN$181,999
Shawnda ChapmanDIRECTOR OF GIRLS FUND INITIATIVE$172,668
Bri BarnettDIRECTOR OF INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERSHIPS$152,049
Calondra McArthurDIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS$145,718
Samantha FranklinSR. PROGRAM OFFICER$143,133

Grant Activity

All-time grants received statistics from Candid dataset:

  • Total Grant Value: $130,467,904
  • Number of Grants: 950
  • Number of Funders: 250

Selection of highest value grants received from the last seven years:

AmountYearFunderSubject
$13,104,1002021 Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFor grant recipient's exempt purposes
$10,000,0002020 MacKenzie ScottMackenzie Scott made an unrestricted donation of $10 million to MS. Foundation for Women. This grant is part of the $4,158,500,000 in gifts Scott made to 384 organizations across all 50 states, Puerto Rico, and Washington D.C. In response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and economic crisis.
$4,000,0002024 Pivotal Philanthropies FoundationTO PROVIDE GENERAL SUPPORT
$3,000,0002020 StartSmall LLCFunds will be used to promote racial equity by supporting women and girls of color-led organizations in the wake of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Guided by a gender and racial lens, MS. Foundation for Women resources grassroots movements that center women and girls of color, advance feminism in philanthropy and advocate for policies that improve women's lives across the country.
$2,000,0002024 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation81482 SUPPORTING AND GROWING A STRONGER, MORE EFFECTIVE U.S. MOVEMENT TO ADVANCE BIRTH JUSTICE, 2024-2026
$2,000,0002024 Silicon Valley Community Foundation
$1,280,0002020 Novo FoundationPROJECT SUPPORT: GIRLS' FUND
$1,153,3332021 TIDES FOUNDATIONHEALTHY INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES
$1,000,8852024 The Susan Thompson Buffett FoundationGENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
$1,000,0002021 Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Inc.GENERAL
$1,000,0002020 Aditi Foundation C/o South Dakota Trust Company LLC TteGENERAL FUNDING
$999,2202023 The Susan Thompson Buffett FoundationGENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
$750,0002020 Novo FoundationGENERAL SUPPORT
$614,9422023 Gates FoundationTo develop and disseminate research on the funding and experiences of organizations by and for women and girls of color
$600,0002022 The Ford FoundationGeneral support for grant making, advocacy and strategic communications focused on the health, safety and economic equality of women and LGBTQ people
$530,6252023 Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFor grant recipient's exempt purposes
$512,0002023 TIDES FOUNDATIONHEALTHY INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES
$500,0002023 The Ford FoundationGeneral support for grant making, advocacy and strategic communications focused on the health, safety and economic equality of women and LGBTQ people
$500,0002021 Aditi Foundation C/o South Dakota Trust Company LLC TteGENERAL FUNDING
$400,0002025 The Ford FoundationGeneral support for grant making, advocacy and strategic communications focused on the health, safety and economic equality of women and LGBTQ people
$400,0002023 Aditi Foundation C/o South Dakota Trust Company LLC TteGENERAL FUNDING
$400,0002022 Aditi Foundation C/o South Dakota Trust Company LLC TteGENERAL FUNDING
$375,0002021 Greater Houston Community FoundationPUBLIC BENEFIT
$350,0002024 The Chicago Community TrustGeneral support for programs, operations and other charitable purposes
$350,0002023 National Philanthropic TrustPUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT

All-time grants given statistics from Candid dataset:

  • Total Grant Value: $39,529,998
  • Number of Grants: 1,420
  • Number of Recipients: 624

Selection of highest value grants given from the last seven years:

AmountYearFunderSubject
$250,0002021 Southern Opportunity and Resilience Fund LLCA PARTNERSHIP OF CDFIS TO ADDRESS THE CAPITAL NEEDS OF HISTORICALLY DISENFRANCHISED COMMUNITIES BLACK, LATINX AND FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS IN THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST U.S.
$175,0002021 National Asian Pacific American Womens ForumGENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
$145,0002022 Transgender Advocates Knowledgeable EmpoweringGENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
$130,0002023 Women with a VisionGENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
$130,0002021 Mississippi Coalition on Black Civic ParticipationGENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
$125,0002022 NEO PhilanthropyGENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
$125,0002022 Orleans Public Education NetworkGENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
$125,0002022 Palmetto AIDS Life Support ServicesGENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
$120,0002023 Yellowhammer FundGENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
$115,0002022 Dr Shalon Maternal Action Project IncGENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
$110,0002023 The Freedom Center for Social JusticeGENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
$110,0002022 Center for Participatory Change, Inc.GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
$110,0002021 Girls for Gender Equity Inc – GGEGENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
$105,0002023 Dr Shalon Maternal Action Project IncGENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
$100,0002023 Black Liberated Arts CenterGENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
$100,0002023 Centro Unido Latino AmericanoGENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
$100,0002023 Este PoderGENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
$100,0002023 Sisterlove, Inc.GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
$100,0002023 Southern Birth Justice NetworkGENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
$100,0002023 The Afiya CenterGENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
$100,0002023 The TransLatin@ CoalitionGENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
$100,0002023 Trans Women of Color Healing ProjectGENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
$100,0002022 Alabama Coalition for Immigrant JusticeGENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
$100,0002022 Beauty MarksGENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
$100,0002022 Children's Defense FundGENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT

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