What is the Women’s Sports Foundation?
The Women’s Sports Foundation is an educational 501(c)(3)
nonprofit organization founded in 1974 by Billie Jean King.
What is the Foundation’s mission?
To advance the lives of girls and women through sports and
physical activity.
Facts about the Women’s Sports Foundation:
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In the past 34 years, the Foundation has awarded more
than $50 million in educational and cash grants to advance
participation, research and leadership in sports and
physical activity for girls.
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The Foundation’s advocacy efforts have directly affected
the amount of scholarship dollars supporting educational
opportunities for female student-athletes in the United
States. In 1972, women received only $100,000 but now
The Women’s Sports Foundation is the leading authority on the participation of
women and girls in sports.
receive $617 million a year.
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The Foundation’s support of national laws prohibiting sex
discrimination has resulted in an increase in high school
2003: Partnering with a coalition of more than 100
girls’ varsity sports participation from 1 in 27 in 1972 to
organizations, the Women’s Sports Foundation helps lead
2 in 5 girls in 2006.
a year-long, seven-city, grassroots campaign to oppose the
Timeline/significant contributions to
women’s sports
1975: At a time when few opportunities existed for women to
compete in college athletics, the Women’s Sports Foundation
publishes the first College Athletic Scholarship Guide for
administration’s attempts to curtail Title IX. Without these
efforts, high school participation opportunities for women
might have fallen by 163,000, college rates by 43,000 and as
much as $103,000,000 might have been lost in college athletic
scholarships annually.
Women. Today, more than 150,000 women are competing in
2004: The Women’s Sports Foundation launches the
sports at NCAA member institutions, making up more than
GoGirlGo! National Campaign and pledges to get one million
40 percent of the participants in intercollegiate athletics and
sedentary girls active and to keep one million girls who are
receiving about 43 percent of the scholarship dollars.
active motivated.
1984: The first Travel and Training Fund grants are awarded. To
2008: The Billie Jean King International Women’s Sports Hall
date, athletes have received more than $1,200,000 from Travel
of Fame opens on May 7 in the Sports Museum of America
and Training grants to continue their dreams of competing at
in downtown Manhattan. More than one million visitors are
the highest level.
expected to visit annually. In June, The Center hosts the first
1987: The inaugural National Girls and Women in Sports Day
(NGWSD) celebration is held in Washington, D.C. The Women’s
Sports Foundation is one of six coalition members.
1988: The Women’s Sports Foundation publishes Moms, Dads,
Daughters and Sports, a benchmark, intergenerational study of
the female sports experience.
induction ceremony for the International Women’s Sports Hall
of Fame in its new home.
Who are the Foundation’s leadership?
IThe Board of Trustees and Founder’s Circle includes corporate
What are the sources of financial support for
the Foundation?
executives, Olympic champions, sports industry executives,
For the past decade the Women’s Sports Foundation has spent
Hollywood celebrities and research experts.
on average more than 80 cents of every dollar on programming
Several Board members and the Foundation’s former Chief
Executive Officer are ranked among the top 100 most
influential people in sports. Staff and Board leadership reflect
support for girls and women in sports and physical activity and
less than 20 cents on fundraising and administration costs, well
below the general guidelines for nonprofit organizations.
the Foundation’s commitment to diversity and integrity.
What are funds used for?
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Too many girls, especially those who are economically
The Foundation has a $10 million operating budget with funds
disadvantaged, are inactive and, as a result, at greater
raised each year from individuals, corporations, foundations
risk for obesity, heart disease, osteoporosis and other
and the federal government. The Foundation’s endowed and
serious diseases.
restricted funds total $4 million.
Females have 1.3 million fewer high school and 56,110
Why give to the Foundation?
fewer college sports participation opportunities than
The Foundation is meeting a critical need. The request for a
males and receive $148 million less in athletic scholarship
gift is an invitation to join in an entrepreneurial social change
funds each year.
venture, an opportunity to invest in the health, empowerment
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and success of women through sports. When we expand
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Women’s sports compose only eight percent of print and
participation and leadership opportunities for girls and
television sports media coverage (just exceeding horses,
women in sport, these experiences pay dividends in the form
dogs and fishing).
of a stronger, healthier society. Join the Women’s Sports
Women represent 43 percent of coaches of collegiate
women’s sports, only 2-3 percent of coaches of men’s
Foundation and help more girls get off the sidelines and into
sports and good health!
sports and 21 percent of athletic directors.
Is the Foundation a trade association?
No. However, the Foundation is considered the voice of
women’s sports—an umbrella organization serving and
speaking for women in all sports, all ages and all skill levels. The
Foundation is a clearinghouse for all research and information
on women’s sports and physical activity and is quoted regularly
in the New York Times, CNN and USA Today; generating 1.5
billion media impressions annually on women’s sports and
health issues.
Women’s Sports Foundation
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The Sports Museum of America
and the Billie Jean King International
Women’s Sports Center
Facility Overview
The 2,600-square-foot Billie Jean King International Women’s
Sports Center (Billie Jean King Center) opened in May
2008 to critical and public acclaim in the Sports Museum of
America — the nation’s first and only interactive, multi-media,
all-sports museum experience. Located at 26 Broadway
in lower Manhattan in the tourist corridor between the
Statue of Liberty and the World Trade Center Memorial, this
one-of-a kind museum is expected to have more than 600,000
visitors annually.
The Billie Jean King Center is designed to educate, entertain
and inspire. In addition to honoring and celebrating champion
female athletes, the message of the Billie Jean King Center is
that sports can help girls and women develop new skills that
can lead to a healthier, happier and more productive life.
Inspiration, Breaking Barriers and Expanding Horizons —
“Finally, female sports legends and champion athletes will have a home. And
the people who support, love and are inspired by these superwomen will be
welcomed and treasured guests.”
— Billie Jean King, Women’s Sports Foundation Founder
major themes of the Billie Jean King Center — take visitors
on a journey through nine distinct galleries that follow the
development and lifecycle of an athlete.
Leadership donors have the opportunity of participating in a
lasting legacy within the Billie Jean King Center by sponsoring
one of 12 naming opportunities — a gallery, a simulated sport
experience and/or recognition on the major donor wall.
Naming opportunities range from $500,000 to $3 million.
Donor Wall recognition begins at $50,000. Leadership Gifts
will help ensure a permanent home for women in sports
history, off-set the costs of traveling exhibits, finance ongoing
educational programming for underserved girls and women,
and provide research to educate the public and affect policy
decisions on women in sports.
Galleries
You are an Athlete
This is the introductory and premier space of the exhibit, where
the athlete’s journey begins, within herself — her own mind,
body and soul. An audio visual presentation area captures
visitors’ attention and helps them formulate the questions
“What makes an athlete?” and “What does becoming an athlete
make of you?” while the mirrored display walls allow visitors to
Family
Family members often provide a foundation of encouragement
for the beginning athlete and the support needed to nurture
developing athleticism. Images, quotes and stories focus on
female athletes and their relationships with various family
members (parents, grandparents, siblings, spouses and
children) and highlight both the challenges and the benefits of
those relationships.
Coach
From the neighborhood fields to the Olympic Training Center,
coaches play an important role in furthering the development
of young athletes. This area focuses on the coach’s role as
inspiration to the athletes he or she works with, barrier breakers
(for example, women coaching men’s sports or coaches who
broke racial or ethnic barriers to success) and leaders in the
effort to expand opportunities for female athletes.
Team
Playing on a team offers new paths along which to develop as
an athlete and as a person. This section explores different kinds
of “teams” and what they mean to female athletes.
see themselves as part of the mind/body/soul experience of
Athlete
being an athlete.
Here visitors encounter stories of female athletes of all ages,
races and backgrounds — stories that invite them to re-envision
themselves as athletes.
Billie Jean King
Events at the Center
This area highlights Billie Jean King’s accomplishments as
The Foundation will hold various private and public events
athlete, coach and advocate for women’s sports and features
within the Billie Jean King Center, including third-party event
photographs and memorabilia from her career.
requests as well as Women’s Sports Foundation signature
International Women’s Sports Hall of Fame
The Hall of Fame exhibit features information
and video on the inductees, accessed through
an interactive database, as well as a timeline
of women’s sports with 80 events/milestones,
events. The Foundation is developing a signature event series
that will take place in the Center, giving the public, as well
as members, an intimate experience with champion female
athletes and various leaders in the sports industry. This event
series is scheduled to launch in 2009.
including 15 events that help place the
women’s sports milestones in context of world and U.S. history.
Community
Visitors learn about women who have contributed to the
advancement of women’s sports through their roles as
broadcasters, journalists, team owners and advocates, or
whose professional or personal accomplishments, while not
immediately related to their participation in sports, were built
on their own experience in athletics.
Additional Naming Opportunities
In addition to one of nine galleries, supporters have the
opportunity to support one of three interactive simulated
sport experiences as well as other highly visible and important
sections, including the Women’s Sports Foundation’s Call to
Action area.
Donor Wall
Leadership gifts for the Billie Jean King Center are recognized
on our Donor Wall, located to the right of the entrance. Four
levels of recognition are distinguished by size and color. All
leadership donors will also receive a recognition plaque to
display in their office or home.
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Key Public Policy Projects
Championing the Rights of Girls and Women to
Participate and be Treated Equally In Sport
Equal Play Campaign
Do the cheerleaders at your school only cheer for the boys’
games? Do the girls’ teams play at 4 p.m. on Friday nights while
the boys’ teams always play at 7 p.m.? Did an alumnus just
renovate the school baseball facility while the softball facility is
in desperate need of repair?
Most importantly, do you know that answering yes to these
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questions might mean your school is out of compliance with
Title IX? If you answered no to that question, you are not alone.
Despite the law being in existence for more than 36 years,
many parents, athletes and coaches remain uninformed about
the many ways that Title IX requires equal play.
The Women’s Sports Foundation is launching a new grassroots
education and advocacy campaign, “Equal Play,” to educate
students, parents and coaches about Title IX. The campaign
will begin by targeting three communities — Los Angeles,
Philadelphia and Seattle — where the Foundation will hire
“I wanted to compete on the same track at the same time as my team members.
But because of my disability, the school forced me to paticipate alone. But I
found an advocate in the Women’s Sports Foundation. They worked with my
family and the Maryland Disability Law Center to ensure that I was allowed to
compete alongside my teammates.”
— Tatyana McFadden, Paralympic medalist
a Public Policy Officer to work on the ground to provide
education and technical assistance to empower individuals to
improve compliance in their local school systems.
This project requires $400,000 annually to support new local
Public Policy Officers, Foundation staff, the development
and distribution of educational curriculum, and a targeted
communications plan to publicize the campaign.
Despite significant progress, opportunities for girls and women
to participate in high school sports are falling far short of
gender equality—1.3 million participation opportunities short.
No data is available for individual high schools other than
participation numbers by gender, provided by the National
Federation of State High School Athletic Associations. A
High School Data Collection Act
50-state report is compiled annually and issued by the
The Equity in Athletics Disclosure (EADA) Act, a data collection
Women’s Sports Foundation.
law currently in place for colleges, allows anyone to go online
(http://ope.ed.gov/athletics/index.asp) to look up any college
and university in the country and find out how it is doing in
the treatment of male and female athletes. We need the same
mechanism for high schools!
Athletic Equity for Students with Disabilities
Currently, opportunities for physical education and athletics
for students with disabilities are virtually non-existent.
Individuals with disabilities are almost three times as likely to
be sedentary as individuals without disabilities. Neither the
The High School Accountability Act in the House and the High
National Federation of State High School Associations nor the
School Sports Information Collection Act in the Senate would
NCAA officially sanctions any intercollegiate or interscholastic
replicate the Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act and mandate
program, event or competition for individuals with disabilities.
that all high schools annually provide the government and the
general public with data on sports participation and financial
expenditures to better enable a determination whether high
schools are in compliance with Title IX.
Unlike what exists under Title IX, there is not clear policy
guidance under the Rehabilitation Act for what schools’
obligations are to provide physical education and athletic
opportunities for individuals with disabilities. To address
Annual funding of $50,000 covers Women’s Sports
this issue, this May, after efforts by the Women’s Sports
Foundation staff, travel and meeting expenses, data collection,
Foundation, a landmark piece of legislation in Maryland was
publications, public relations and administration costs
passed: The Fitness and Athletic Equity for Students with
associated with Congressional hearings, press events, etc.
Disabilities Act. This Act is a landmark piece of legislation
that, for the first time, specifies the actions school systems
Toll-free Advocacy Hotline
must take to include students with disabilities in physical
Has your school just dropped the women’s gymnastics team?
education and athletic programs. The bill requires that schools
Has your daughter been sexually harassed by her high school
ensure that students with disabilities have equal opportunities
track coach? Does the softball team you coach not have an
to participate in physical education and athletic programs,
on-campus playing facility?
develop policies and procedures to promote and protect the
inclusion of students with disabilities, and provide annual
reporting to the Maryland State Department of Education
These examples represent just some of the cases that come
into the Women’s Sports Foundation Advocacy Hotline each
detailing their compliance with these requirements.
month. In addition to working to maintain a strong Title IX
However, while we have won an important match in Maryland,
opportunities for girls and women to participate in sports and
the set is not yet complete. The lack of opportunities for
physical activity, the Women’s Sports Foundation responds
students with disabilities in school physical activity programs
to hundreds of calls and e-mails asking for help with specific
is not isolated to Maryland. To fully eradicate this issue and
gender equity, Title IX, the Amateur Sports Act, and coaching
ensure that individuals with disabilities see the same growth
and employment situations at the local level. The Foundation
in participation as female athletes did under Title IX, the
provides these callers with the resources and tools to address
Foundation will continue working diligently to ensure that
these inequities in their schools and programs.
other states and the federal government follow Maryland’s lead
and adopt the Fitness and Athletics Equity for Students with
Disabilities Act.
and a comprehensive public policy agenda that increases
Funding of $40,000 annually will allow for the staffing of
this hotline and the development of education materials and
resources to distribute to callers.
Annual funding of $50,000 covers Women’s Sports
Foundation staff, travel and meeting expenses, data collection,
publications, public relations and administration costs
associated with advancing federal and state legislation for
individuals with disabilities.
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Research
Program and Leadership Opportunities
The Women’s Sports Foundation has been a national leader in
conducting and executing public service research projects on
the impact of participation in sports and physical activity on
girls and women. In the past year, research leadership has been
earmarked as a Foundation priority. As a result, we have begun
executing a comprehensive agenda of signature research
projects (see reports in progress, below). This research will
anchor the Foundation’s public messaging and public policy
initiatives and generate millions of media impressions to help
begin public discourse on topics of vital importance to the
health and well-being of girls and women nationwide.
Impact
Our research:
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Fills a critical information void and serves as a launching
pad for Foundation initiatives.
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Acts as a catalyst to increase public support and increase
girls’ physical activity participation
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Raises the profile of the Women’s Sports Foundation as a
resource for expertise and information.
The Challenges Being Addressed
Currently, no other data accurately tracks the number of girls
participating in sports and physical activity.
Through research efforts, the Women’s Sports Foundation aims to educate the
public and foster growing support for girls’ and women’s participation in sports
and physical activity.
costs include research staff, Women’s Sports Foundation
staff, data collection, publications, public relations and
administration costs.
For more information about our research Initiative, contact
Marjorie A. Snyder, Ph.D., Chief Program and Planning Officer.
Latest Research
Go Out and Play: Youth Sports in America
There is no centralized repository of data or research that
Women’s Sports Foundation proprietary biennial report on the
systematically collects information on the sports and physical
participation of girls and boys in sports and physical activities
activity participation rates of girls or boys.
Who’s Playing College Sports? Money, Race and Gender
Reports in Progress Include:
The second part of our study on the trends in intercollegiate
Expanding the Boundaries of Sport Media Research: An
participation and the factors that influence these trends
Exploration of Consumer Responses to Representations of
Women’s Sports
A critical analysis of advertising using female athletes. Future
studies will include an analysis of comparative print and
electronic media coverage in men’s and women’s sports and
track the presence of females in sports journalism and media
decision-making positions.
Pay Equity Report
Comparative analysis of salaries and purses of professional
male and female athletes, coaches and administrators
Signature research studies require resources of $250,000 and
more to deliver quality empirical data to the public. Associated
Published Reports
All reports listed below are continually available
through the Information Referral Service and
www.WomensSportsFoundation.org unless otherwise noted.
Who’s Playing College Sports? Trends in Participation (2007)
Women in the 2006 Olympic and Paralympic Winter
Games: An Analysis of Participation, Leadership and Media
Coverage (2006)
Women’s Sports Foundation Report: The Status of Health and
Physical Activity in Chicago Hispanic Girls (2005) Available in
English or Spanish
Women’s Sports Foundation Report: The Status of Female
Youth Health and Physical Activity in the Chicago Metropolitan
Area (2005)
Women’s Sports Foundation Report: The Status of Female
Youth Health and Physical Activity in the Atlanta Metropolitan
Area (2004)
Her Life Depends on It: Sport, Physical Activity and the Health
and Well-Being of American Girls (2004) Full report available
via Web only
Women’s Sports Foundation Report: Title IX and Race in
Intercollegiate Sport (2003)
Women’s Sports Foundation Report: Health Risks and the Teen
Athlete (2000)
Women’s Sports Foundation Report: Addressing the Needs of
Professional and Amateur Athletes (1999)
Sport and Teen Pregnancy Report (1998)
The Women’s Sports Foundation Gender Equity Report
Card (1997)
Out of the Picture: Gender Bias & Children’s Perceptions of
the Proposed Pictograms for the 1996 Olympic Games (1995)
Available via Web only
Miller Lite Report on Sports & Fitness in the Lives of Working
Women. (1993) Available via Web only
Women’s Sports Foundation Report: Minorities in Sports (1989)
Available via Web only
Wilson Report: Moms, Dads, Daughters and Sports (1988)
Available via Web only
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GoGirlGo!
Changing the Way Girls Think About Themselves
Goals of the GoGirlGo! Program
The Women’s Sports Foundation seeks to create change by
increasing the level of physical activity and leadership skills of
girls by accomplishing the following:
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Establish GoGirlGo! communities in the top-20 USA
markets. Our goal? To reach 43 percent of the U.S.
population via those four communities
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Expand opportunities for underserved girls, both
nationally and in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago and San Antonio
through the distribution of grants and by working in
concert with 1,200 girl-serving organizations
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Establish programs to increase gender and racial diversity
in sport participation and leadership by partnering with
organizations such as the Tavis Smiley Road to Health Tour
GoGirlGo! gets more girls active, particularly in underserved communities, and
builds physically and emotionally healthy lives.
and by launching the Healthier Lives for Hispanic Girls
Campaign sponsored by Gatorade
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Shape the public perception of the benefits of sports and
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models talk to girls about inactivity and other risky
media organizations such as Clear Channel, Time Warner
health behaviors
Cable, Univision and San Antonio Express-News
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as well as photos and/or memorabilia (tickets,
and national sports organization policy that increases
certificates, letters, etc.)
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and persuading elected officials
ways to help
1. Free National Health Information Award-Winning
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Education Program
Pre- and post-program surveys of participants show
positive attitude changes on all and significant changes in
attitude on nine of 29 health-risk behaviors.
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that work with girls, consist of:
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A special curriculum developed for coaches and other
adult leaders
The Ambassador program, which encourages
active high school girls to get their sedentary
More than 2,500 organizations have delivered the program
Educational program kits, delivered free to organizations
Spanish and English language materials
The GoGirlGo! Educational Program also includes:
girlfriends moving
to almost one million girls.
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Parents’ Guides to inform adults on the importance
of getting the girls in their lives physically active and
GoGirlGo! Program Elements
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GoGirls! Scrapbooks, meant to include journaling
Drive the adoption of federal, state and local government
sports and physical activity opportunities by educating
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GoGirls! Guides to Life in which champion athlete role
physical activity for girls and women by partnering with
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GoGirlWorld.org, a comprehensive, interactive,
dedicated girls’ activity Web site supporting and
motivating participation
2. GoGirlGo! Cash Grants — $500,000 to $1 million annually
Funding supports physical activity programs for girls through
direct cash grants.
3. National Education and Activism Campaign
In order to educate and activate the public, the Foundation
has created:
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National Research Summary, “Her Life Depends On It,”
the most comprehensive compilation of research to date
about the impact of physical activity on the physical,
psychological and cultural health of girls
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Grassroots event series
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GoGirlGo.com, where adults can pledge to get a
girl moving
4. GoGirlGo! Network
This online community provides leaders of community
organizations with:
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The opportunity for to share best practices
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Free technical assistance to increase capacity of
community organizations, in fundraising, recruiting and
retaining girls, and identifying community resources
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GoGirlGo! Curriculum
We already know the beneficial effects physical activity can
have on girls. It can enhance their lives physically, emotionally
and socially. The Women’s Sports Foundation’s GoGirlGo!
curriculum focuses on reducing and preventing health-risk
behaviors by combining physical activity with education. In
2004 and again in 2006, the GoGirlGo! curriculum received a
National Health Information Gold Award. The Women’s Sports
Foundation offers this award-winning curriculum FREE for
coaches, teachers and youth program staff.
The GoGirlGo! curriculum gives girls life skills.
What they get is information and skills that they
can use forever.
— excerpt from GoGirlGo! Group Leader evaluation
The material is divided into two age groups—preteens (girls
ages 8-12) and teens (girls ages 13-18). The material for the
younger girls focuses on helping them understand the social
GoGIrlGo! materials for the preteen age group come in curriculum kits serving
12 girls each. Kits include 12 copies each of the GoGirls! Guide to Life, GoGirls!
Scrapbook and Parents’ Guide as well as one copy of the Leaders’ Guide.
pressures they face and teaches them how to make healthy
choices for their body and mind, while the teen material helps
girls deal wity more mature challenges and teaches them
leadership skills. Topics like body image, self-esteem, smoking
and drugs are candidly approached via the voices and true
personal stories of champion female athletes:
It’s not just that moment that you get bullied, but
how that fear affects your whole day. Confidence
is like a muscle. If you want to be strong, you’ve
got to work on building your confidence muscle
every day.
— Diana Taurasi, Olympic gold medalist, WNBA national
champion, three-time WNBA All-Star, three-time NCAA
champion, 2004 WNBA Rookie of the Year, 2008 U.S. Olympic
basketball team member, on bullying
No matter what, don’t compare yourself to other
girls. It just doesn’t make sense. We are each built
differently. What’s important is being happy with
yourself and finding out what your body is really
good at doing. Maybe it’s cheerleading, or maybe
it’s track or karate. For me, it’s throwing, and I’ve
built my life on it.
— Seilala Sua, seven-time NCAA champion and 14-time AllAmerican, the winningest athlete in NCAA track & field history,
on body image
When your family is split up or has any problems,
it’s really hard. But you’ve got to realize that
they’re the ones having problems; it has nothing to
do with you.
— Elissa Steamer, two-time X Games gold medalist, three-time
World Cup champion, world championship gold medalist in
skateboarding, on family issues
Materials included in the GoGirlGo! kit are: a GoGirls! Guide
to Life, a GoGirls! Scrapbook, a Parents’ Guide and an
instructional guide for adult leaders. Along with the issuebased champion athlete stories, additional educational material
includes discussion questions, cartoons, activities and journal
ideas. Leaders are encouraged to tailor the experience to their
students’ age groups and specific needs by selecting the topics
and sessions they feel are most appriopriate.
To order, view sample materials, watch video of the curriculum
in action or get information on material available in Spanish,
visit us online at www.WomensSportsFoundation.org.
A list of topics for the currently available curriculum appears on
the reverse. Additional chapters appear online.
Questions? Reach our information service at 800.227.3988 or
[email protected].
Preteen Topics and Sessions
Ambassador Program
Elissa Steamer, Holding on at Home (Family Issues)
In addition to the educational portion of the teen program,
Sanya Richards, Emotion Commotion (Self-esteem/Emotions)
the GoGirlGo! Ambassador Program encourages girls to
Diana Taurasi, Beating Bullies (Bullying)
be leaders in their schools and communities by getting
Nia Abdallah, Fueling Up (Nutrition)
inactive girls involved in physical activity. Girls ages 13-18
Seilala Sua, The Skinny Struggle (Body Image)
can visit the Ambassador Headquarters and sign up at
Julie Foudy, Kicking Butts (Smoking)
www.GoGirlWorld.org/Ambassador. Official Ambassadors
Jeanette Lee, Accept ‘n’ Respect (Diversity and
promise to get at least one other girl active in the next year. As
Accepting Difference)
Aimee Mullins, Alcohol and Drugs (Alcohol and Drugs)
Additional optional Web chapters:
Ambassadors, girls are also eligible to apply for a $2,500 grant
through the GoGirlGo! Ambassador Team Awards championed
by Gatorade.
Dominique Dawes, Using the Snooze (Sleep deprivation)
*Gretchen Bleiler, Earth Day, Every Day (Environment)
Jessica Mendoza, Hookin’ Up (Sex/dating)
Uni, The Anger Inside (Anger) (Uni is one of the
cartoon GoGirls!)
Rosa, Harassment (Rosa is one of the cartoon GoGirls!)
Teen Topics and Sessions
Jeanette Lee, Accept ‘n’ Respect (Diversity and
Accepting Difference)
Dara Torres, The Skinny Struggle (Body Image)
Julie Foudy, Kicking Butts (Smoking)
Benishe Roberts, Hooking Up (Sex/Dating)
Tina George, Wrestling with Depression (Sadness/Depression)
Pam Fernandes, Stand Up (Civic Duty)
Barrett Christy, Doing Drugs (Drugs)
Kathy Collins, Beating Abuse (Abuse)
Sanya Richards, Emotion Commotion (Self-Esteem)
Aimee Mullins, Alcohol and Partying (Alcohol/Partying)
Lisa Ervin-Baudo, Self-Harm (Self-Harm/Self-Injury)
Elissa Steamer, Holding on at Home (Family Issues)
Dominique Dawes, Using the Snooze (Sleep Deprivation)
*Tania Satchwell, Know Your Dough (Financial Literacy)
* New topic additions! The GoGirlGo! curriculum has expanded
to include Environmental Awareness and Financial Literacy as
we evolve to meet the needs of the girls we serve.
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Building Leaders
Increasing the Number of Women in the
Sports Industry
I have tears in my eyes knowing that today is the
last official day that I will be a Women’s Sports
Foundation. This is a fantastic organization, and I
am so grateful for having the opportunity to work
hands on with this grassroots initiative, GoGirlGo!,
which has touched so many areas of my life. To
name a few: I will make sure that my daughter
and son are active in sports and activity; I have
learned people skills that I never knew existed;
being exposed to self-confident and self-sufficient
women — I have set goals for myself to be better
personally and professionally. I learned this all in
a six-month period; who knew six months could
change two generations! As I say good-bye, I
would like to thank you again, wish you well and
encourage everyone to find a way to stay involved
with the Women’s Sports Foundation and the
GoGirlGo! movement.
— Elizabeth L. Serrano-Garcia
Educational Program
Each year the Women’s Sports Foundation provides
opportunities for 28 undergraduate and graduate students to
Women’s Sports Foundation interns come from all over the world to gain skills
and experience to succeed in the sports industry. Interns have gone on to work
in all levels of sports and business.
Objectives
The Foundation’s internship program has multiple objectives:
1.
the sports industry in general and, more specifically, to
fulfill the requirements of their degrees or develop professional
issues, opportunities and programming related to women’s
skills through an internship at the Women’s Sports Foundation.
sports and physical activity;
The senior staff of the Foundation are individually committed
to advancing women currently in the sports industry,
To provide passionate students with a broad exposure to
2.
mentoring no less than 20 individuals a year and advancing the
To provide a professional work experience to college
students interested in pursuing sport-related careers;
candidacy of such women for new employment opportunities
and promotion.
3.
To provide interns with access to valuable future employer
contacts and assistance in determining personal career
The Foundation has a high success rate for placement in the
goals; and
sports industry for those interns seeking employment (as
opposed to returning to college). Over the past 25 years of the
4.
To provide the Foundation, an internationally recognized
internship program, more than 500 students from 300-plus
501(c)(3) educational nonprofit organization, with talented,
universities have been afforded the internship experience
ambitious and knowledgeable individuals to assist in
and gone on to sports industry positions. Former interns are
the implementation of our advocacy, communications,
making contributions at the WNBA, NFL, NHL, NCAA, ESPN,
development, education and grant programs.
colleges and universities, in fields from education and law to
marketing and public relations.
The Challenges Being Addressed
Women and especially women of color are significantly
underrepresented in the sports industry. The higher the status
and salary of the positions, the less likely it is that women are
fairly represented.
Requirements
The Facts
Interns apply and are judged on their academic credentials and
COLLEGE*
previous work experience, must commit to the Foundation for
Athletic Directors
a minimum of six months and a maximum of one year, and are
Head Coaches – Women’s Teams expected to work from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Internships are available
Head Coaches – Men’s Teams in two sessions (January–June and June–December).
Full-Time Athletic Trainers Responsibilities
Female
21.3%
42.8%
2.0-3.0%
27.3%
Sports Information Directors
11.3%
Half of the intern’s day is spent in the Foundation’s Information
COMMERCIAL SPORTS INDUSTRY**
Referral Service answering the toll-free infoline, responding to
“Big 4” leagues information requests and referring people to other sources for
Other leagues/teams information. The purpose of this experience is to expose each
Sports marketing agencies intern to the breadth of the sports industry and the cross-
Broadcast/media disciplinary nature of sports. The other half of the intern’s
Stadium/arena/track 17.5%
day is spent working in a sport career area of the student’s
Corporations/manufacturers 21.7%
choice, which corresponds to the Foundation’s program areas:
advocacy, athlete marketing and promotions, communications,
development, education, events, marketing, online media and
program management.
SPORTS INDUSTRY**
Female
10.8%
17.1%
28.3%
8.3%
Persons of Color
“Big 4” leagues 7.6%
Other leagues/teams 6.6%
Sports marketing agencies 6.6%
Demonstrated Success
Broadcast/media 4.2%
Over the past 25 years of the internship program, more
College 9.3%
than 500 students from over 300 universities have been
Stadium/arena/track 5.3%
afforded the internship experience and gone on to sports
Corporations/manufacturers 17.4%
industry positions. The Foundation has often served as a
training ground for its own staff as more than 30 of our
staff throughout the years started as Women’s Sports
* Acosta and Carpenter, 2008
**Sports Business Journal, 2002
Foundation interns.
Donor/Sponsor Benefits
Named internships recognize the name of the donor and/
or an honored champion female athlete. We currently have
the James Atkin Advocacy Internship and the David Foster
Marketing Internship. Internship availability is advertised
through the distribution of the Foundation’s grant info sheet
and on the Foundation’s Web site.
Process
The Foundation works with the donor to identify prospective
athletes who might be honored and their particular areas of
interest and handles all communications with the athlete to
gain approval of the named fund.
Annual operating costs for the internship program are
$170,000, which includes average stipends of $1,000/month,
professional development and recruitment. A minimum
contribution of $10,000 per year for three years is required to
establish a named program for a three-year term or a one-time
minimum endowment contribution of $50,000 is required to
establish a named internship in perpetuity.
Women’s Sports Foundation
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It Takes A Team!
Education Campaign For Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual
and Transgender Issues in Sports
With a generous start-up challenge grant initiated by tennis
great Martina Navratilova and the leadership of It Takes A
Team! (ITAT) Director Dr. Pat Griffin, the Women’s Sports
Foundation is taking a major role in combating homophobia in
women’s and men’s sport with the goals of:
•
Eliminating discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual,
transgender (LGBT) people in sport, with an emphasis on
youth, high school and college sports
•
Eliminating homophobia in sport that discourages anyone,
regardless of sexual orientation, from participating
•
Developing and disseminating educational resources
promoting equality and respect for LGBT people in sport
for use by athletic administrators, coaches, athletes
and parents
•
“The bottom line for those who deliver this educational program is the creation
of educational environments in which respect is the dominant value.”
— Billie Jean King
Helping coaches and athletic administrators with their
legal and ethical responsibilities to create an athletic
climate that is safe and respectful for all
•
•
six years through Web site inquiries, complimentary
Assisting schools in developing policies to address the
distribution and at ITAT conference presentations
needs of transgender athletes while also addressing issues
of competitive fairness for all athletes
•
Becoming the premier source of education about LGBT
issues in sport for athletic administrators, coaches, athletes
and parents in youth sports programs and high school and
college athletics
Program Successes
•
Program Effectiveness
Completed preliminary evaluation of attitudes about lesbian
and gay teammates and coaches among 300 student-athletes
in 23 different sports at nine schools before and after viewing
and discussing the ITAT video, with the following results:
•
survey items.
kit and Web site (www.ItTakesaTeam.org), video, action
•
•
Before watching the ITAT video, 300 student-athletes
information and resource lists of tools for dealing with
had a mean score of 26.22 (max = 49 negative, min =
LGBT issues in sport; It Takes A Team! poster; and safe
10 positive); after the students watched the video, the
zone stickers that present spaces as safe for LGBT people
mean dropped to 24.58, which represents a statistically
significant positive attitude change toward lesbian and gay
Developed collaborative relationships with 16 national
athletes and coaches in sport.
sports, education and advocacy organizations who
endorse ITAT goals, such as Outsports.com, the National
Challenges Remain
Center for Lesbian Rights, and the Gay Lesbian Straight
•
Education Network
•
A positive shift toward more acceptance of lesbian and
gay teammates and coaches from pre to post test in all 10
Developed an up-to-date and comprehensive education
guides for coaches, athletes, administrators and parents;
Distributed more than 1,000 ITAT kits over the last
Developed a monthly ITAT e-newsletter and developed an
audience of 2,180 key athletic personnel and school and
community-based organizations
Negative recruiting based on homophobia in women’s
college sports is a major obstacle to fair and equitable
athletic participation for all women athletes and
stigmatizes lesbian coaches and athletes.
•
•
Anti-gay and anti-female name-calling in boys’ and men’s
Funding Request
athletics are commonly accepted taunts from coaches to
•
distributed over two years and cover the cost of staffing,
demean opponents.
promoting the Web site, visits to 50 colleges and high
schools across the country, training at 30 conferences for
Lesbian, gay and bisexual athletes and coaches are
coaches, administrators, counselors and more to educate
reluctant to be open about their sexual orientation out of
and promote respect for all.
fear of discrimination.
•
Young girls are discouraged from participation in athletics
because of negative stereotypes of lesbians in sport.
•
•
Funding of $200,000 will allow for 3,000 kits to be
motivate greater effort by athletes and from athletes to
•
It Takes A Team! Educational Curriculum for LGBT Issues
in Sport (donor-directed funds) has its own staff and
operating budget of $125,000, which allows distribution
Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender high school and
of a curriculum and DVDs to educational institutions and
college athletes are coming out earlier and with greater
others seeking to address diversity issues in athletics.
expectations of fair treatment in athletics.
Gifts towards this work will expand the reach to leaders in
Our goal is to reach seven million student-athletes and
sports institutions.
52,000 coaches through direct programming conducted
by 26 national sport or LGBT organizations, 50 state sport
organizations, 130 school districts and programs at 183
state, regional and national conventions.
•
Affect widespread dissemination of ITAT education
resources to youth sport programs, high schools
and colleges
Women’s Sports Foundation
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The International Women’s Sports
Hall of Fame at the Billie Jean King
International Women’s Sports Center
Founded in 1980, the International Women’s Sports Hall of
Fame honors history-making female athletes and coaches.
In June 2008, the Women’s Sports Foundation held its inaugural Hall of Fame induction ceremony in the hall’s new home,
the Billie Jean King International Women’s Sports Center, a
wing of the Sports Museum of America — the nation’s first and
only interactive, multi-media, all-sports museum experience.
International athletes are selected based on personal achievements, breakthroughs, innovative style and ongoing commitment to the development of women’s sports.
The Women’s Sports Foundation, owner and operator of the
International Women’s Sports Hall of Fame, is proud to display
Bud Greenspan’s videos, photos and storylines of all these
The Hall of Fame recognizes the athletic achievements of those who have
competed at least 25 years prior to the present year in the Pioneer category.
Athletes whose accomplishments came within the past 25 years are inducted
into the Contemporary category. In 1990, the Coach category was added and
honors both active and retired coaches.
incredible women within the Billie Jean King International
Women’s Sports Center.
P = Pioneer
C = Contemporary
H = Coach
1980
Patty Berg*, Golf (P)
Amelia Earhart*, Aviation (P)
Gertrude Ederle*, Swimming (P)
Althea Gibson*, Tennis, Golf (P)
Janet Guthrie, Auto Racing (C)
Billie Jean King, Tennis (C)
Wilma Rudolph*, Track & Field (C)
Eleanor Holm Whalen*, Swimming (P)
Mildred “Babe” Didrikson Zaharias*, Track & Field, Golf (P)
1981
Chris Evert, Tennis (C)
Peggy Fleming Jenkins, Figure Skating (C)
Sheila Young Ochowicz, Speedskating (C)
Wyomia Tyus, Track & Field (C)
Glenna Collett Vare*, Golf (P)
Mickey Wright, Golf (C)
1982
Francina Blankers-Koen*, Track & Field (P)
Sonja Henie*, Figure Skating (P)
Olga Korbut, Gymnastics (C)
Carol Mann, Golf (C)
Annemarie Moser-Proell, Skiing (C)
1983
Tenley Albright, Figure Skating (P)
Donna de Varona, Swimming (C)
Col. Micki King, Diving (C)
Andrea Mead Lawrence, Skiing (P)
Helen Stephens*, Track & Field (P)
1984
Marion Ladewig, Bowling (P)
Suzanne Lenglen*, Tennis (P)
Pat McCormick, Diving (P)
Martina Navratilova, Tennis (C)
Eleanora Sears*, Polo, Golf, Squash (P)
Kathy Whitworth, Golf (C)
1985
Ann Curtis Cuneo, Swimming (P)
Dawn Fraser, Swimming (C)
Larissa Latynina, Gymnastics (P)
Ann Meyers-Drysdale, Basketball (C)
1986
Tracy Caulkins-Stockwell, Swimming (C)
Margaret Court, Tennis (C)
Charlotte Dod*, Tennis, Archery, Golf (P)
Flo Hyman*, Volleyball (C)
Betsy Rawls, Golf (P)
Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman*, Tennis (P)
1987
JoAnne Carner, Golf (C)
Maureen Connolly*, Tennis (P)
Marie Marvignt*, Aviation, Mountaineering (P)
Madeline Manning Mims, Track & Field (C)
Louise Suggs, Golf (P)
Ludmilla Tourischeva, Gymnastics (C)
Debbie Meyer Weber, Swimming (C)
1988
Margaret Murdock, Shooting (C)
Irina Rodnina, Figure Skating (C)
Aileen Riggin Soule*, Diving, Swimming (P)
Willye White*, Track & Field (C)
1989
1999
Theresa Weld Blanchard*, Figure Skating (P)
Evonne Goolagong Cawley, Tennis (C)
Joan Joyce, Softball (C)
IIona Schacherer-Elek*, Fencing (P)
Tina Sloan Green, Lacrosse (H)
Sandra Haynie, Golf (C)
Betty Jameson, Golf (P)
Joan Benoit Samuelson, Marathon Running (C)
1990
2000
Nadia Comaneci, Gymnastics (C)
Willa McGuire Cook, Water Skiing (P)
Nell Jackson*, Track & Field (H)
Connie Carpenter Phinney, Cycling (C)
Pat Head Summitt, Basketball (H)
Shirley Babashoff, Swimming (C)
Chris Carver, Synchronized Swimming (H)
Marjorie Jackson-Nelson, Track & Field (P)
Tracie Ruiz-Conforto, Synchronized Swimming (C)
1991
Constance Applebee*, Field Hockey (H)
Vera Caslavska, Gymnastics (C)
Christl Cranz*, Alpine Skiing (P)
Alice Coachman Davis, Track & Field (P)
Muriel Grossfield, Gymnastics (H)
Cheryl Miller, Basketball (C)
1992
Ludmila Belousova-Protopopova, Figure Skating (C)
Bessie Coleman*, Aviation (P)
Carol Heiss Jenkins, Figure Skating (P)
Irena Kirszenstein Szewinska, Track & Field (C)
Margaret Wade*, Basketball (H)
1993
Sharron Backus, Softball (H)
Kornelia Ender, Swimming (C)
Mary T. Meagher, Swimming (C)
Kit Klein Outland*, Speedskating (P)
Mary Lou Retton, Gymnastics (C)
Toni Stone*, Baseball (P)
1994
Chi Cheng, Track & Field (C)
Liz Hartel, Equestrian (P)
Rena “Rusty” Kanokogi, Judo (H)
1995
Jody Conradt, Basketball (H)
Judy Devlin Hashman, Badminton (P)
Betty Hicks, Golf (P)
Barbara Jacket, Track & Field (H)
Annichen Kringstad, Orienteering (C)
Grete Waitz, Marathon Running (C)
1996
Florence Chadwick*, Swimming (P)
Dianne Holum, Speedskating (H)
Lydia Skoblikova, Speedskating (C)
Mae Faggs Starr*, Track & Field (P)
1997
2001
Bonnie Blair, Speedskating (C)
Janet Evans, Swimming (C)
Mabel Fairbanks*, Figure Skating (H)
Agnes Keleti-Biro, Gymnastics (P)
2002
Valerie Brisco, Track & Field (C)
Betty Cuthbert, Track & Field (P)
Nikki Tomlinson Franke, Fencing (H)
Jayne Torvill, Ice Dancing (C)
2003
Min Gao, Diving (C)
Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Track & Field (C)
Heather McKay, Squash, Racquetball (P)
Linda Vollstedt, Golf (H)
2004
Maria Esther Bueno, Tennis (P)
Nancy Hogshead-Makar, Swimming (C)
Beverly Kearney, Track & Field (H)
2005
Lusia Harris Stewart, Basketball (P)
Katarina Witt, Figure Skating (C)
Marjorie Wright, Softball (H)
2006
Nawal El Moutawakel, Track & Field (C)
Shane Gould, Swimming (P)
Diana Nyad, Swimming (P)
C. Vivian Stringer, Basketball (H)
2008
Hassiba Boulmerka, Track & Field (C)
Sue Enquist, Softball (H)
Hisako “Chako” Higuchi, Golf (P)
Shannon Miller, Gymnastics (C)
*deceased
Evelyn Ashford, Track & Field (C)
Diana Golden Brosnihan*, Skiing (C)
Gail Emery, Synchronized Swimming (H)
Barbara Ann Scott-King, Figure Skating (P)
1998
Shirley Strickland de la Hunty*, Track & Field (P)
Margaret Osborne DuPont, Tennis (P)
Florence Griffith Joyner*, Track & Field (C)
Dorothy Hamill, Figure Skating (C)
Tara VanDerveer, Basketball (H)
Women’s Sports Foundation
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2007 Financial Information
and Highlights
According to the Women’s Funding Network, the Women’s
Balance Sheet
2007
2006
$1,186,391
$929,127
9,111,644
992,243
Sports Foundation is one of the world’s top five fastestgrowing women’s funds. On nearly all the national charitable
Assets
giving watchdog sites, the Women’s Sports Foundation has
Cash and Cash Equivalents
earned a top-ranked place.
Accounts Receivable
By spring of 2008 the Women’s Sports Foundation has seen
the opening of the Sports Museum of America, which houses
the Billie Jean King International Women’s Sports Center, the
first of its kind in the world, as well as the appointment of
Prepaid Expenses and Other Assets
139,828
97,845
3,557,693
3,344,970
623,132
307,239
$14,618,688
$5,671,494
$890,119
$596,817
Investments
Property and Equipment
Total Assets
former National Hockey League and Ladies Professional Golf
Association executive, Karen Durkin, as the fourth CEO in the
Liabilities and Net Assets
organization’s 34 years.
Accounts Payable
Other Liabilities
In the interim, we wanted to share with our long-time
732,526
52,850
12,996,043
5,021,827
$14,618,688
$5,671,494
Net Assets
supporters and new friends our audited financial data, plus
highlights of the organization’s fiscal and operational health
Total Liabilities and Net Assets
and position.
Continued on back
Total Support and Revenues
Contributions and
Grants $13,507,511
Events
$2,482,275
Investment Income
$431,368
Other
$44,939
Funding Sources
Total Expenses
79%
Non-Event Contributions
and Grants
15%
New York and
West Coast Events
(individual and
corporate gifts)
Research
$655,233
6%
Other
(interest, gifts in kind,
speaker service, etc.)
Participation
$2,023,814
Advocacy
$1,335,225
Leadership
$588,857
0
Education
$2,205,814
500000
Fundraising
$892,819
Management/General
$790,115
1000000
1500000
2000000
2500000
A complete 2007 audited financial statement is available at the offices of the Women’s Sports Foundation, Eisenhower Park, 1899 Hempstead Turnpike, Suite 400,
East Meadow, NY 11554. The statement can be seen upon request between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. Photocopies are also available upon written
request. Please call the Development Office at 516.542.4700.
The operating budget has grown in the past four years from
The following represents current allocation of expenses for a
$5.6 million to $10.4 million. This growth reflects increases
dollar raised in 2007:
in resources donated by individuals and the establishment
of a signature Los Angeles event starting in 2006 — The
Billies awards gala — and has enabled us to greatly expand
our GoGirlGo! program, research and public policy work. (A
full annual report on 2007 programmatic activities will be
forthcoming later this year.)
In 2007 revenues increased 189% over 2006 ($16.5 million vs.
$5.7 million), including more than $10.8 million in major gifts.
In 2007, the organization grew its base of seven individual
Program Services:
Supporting Services:
24 cents– Participation 11 cents– Fundraising
25 cents– Education 9 cents – Management/General
16 cents – Advocacy
8 cents – Research
7 cents – Leadership
80 cents 20 cents
donors (who gave more than $250,000 in overall amount —
pledged and outright) to 17 individual donors at this level.
An otherwise quiet phase of a major gifts campaign yielded
$10 million in pledged gifts in three months. With these gifts,
the Foundation’s endowment increased $1.3 million, from
$3.3 million to $4.6 million.
Contributing to the organization’s capacity to serve more girls
and women were the realization of several operational goals:
investments in a Web site re-design, re-branding of the logo
and messaging, and expansion and repair of the organization’s
Long Island offices.
The Women’s Sports Foundation spends 11% of costs on
fundraising and 80% of costs on programming, well below the
Better Business Bureau’s Wise Giving Alliance’s recommended
standards of 35% and 65%, respectively. The Women’s
Sports Foundation’s history is one of fiscal responsibility and
efficiency. Over the past decade, the Foundation has spent on
average more than 80 cents of every dollar on programming
support for girls and women in sports and physical activity and
less than 20 cents on fundraising and administration costs.
Women’s Sports Foundation
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Leadership
(as of 12/31/07)
Our Board of Trustees and Founder’s Circle members are
Trustees
passionate, committed and highly skilled; 100 percent are
Laila Ali
personally invested in the Foundation’s work. We meet
World champion, Boxing; celebrity host and correspondent
regularly and take our fiduciary responsibilities seriously.
Cynthia C. Alston
We provide vision, strategic thinking and resources and are
Former CMO, Gatorade/Propel
proud of an outstanding staff that exhibits excellence in the
Dane Andreeff
execution of all programs.
Founder/Managing Partner, Andreeff Equity Advisors, LLC
Sheryl Crow
Officers
Billie Jean King, Founder and Honorary Chair
Named by Life Magazine as one of the “100 Most Important
Americans of the 20th Century”
Ilana Kloss, Chair of the Board
Chief Executive Director, World TeamTennis
Stephanie Tolleson, Chair-elect
Former Sr. Corporate Vice President, International
Management Group
Aimee Mullins, President
World record holder, Paralympian, Track & Field
Jessica Mendoza, President-elect
Olympic gold medalist, Pan American Games gold
medalist, Softball
Sandra Vivas, Treasurer
President and Chief Executive Officer, Beyond Boundaries, Inc./
Athletic Link.com
Kelley Cornish, Vice President—Development
Partner, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Robert Hope, Vice President—Marketing/Communications
President, Hope-Beckham, Inc.
Nona M. Lee, Vice President—Diversity
President, Phoenix Women’s Sports Association; Vice President
and General Counsel, Arizona Diamondbacks
Madeline Weinstein, Vice President—Governance
Management Consultant, Senior Advisor, Katzenbach Partners
Susan D. Wellington, Vice President—Strategic Planning
Former President, U.S. Beverages
Grammy Award-winning singer/song writer
Dominique Dawes
Three-time Olympic medalist, Gymnastics
Christine Driessen
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, ESPN, Inc.
Ross Greenburg
President, HBO Sports
Holly Hunter
Academy Award-winning actress
Sharon Love
Chief Executive Officer, The Promotion Network, Inc. (T.P.N.)
Susan Morrison
Former Advertising Executive
Benita Fitzgerald Mosley
President and Chief Executive Officer, Women in Cable &
Telecommunications, Olympic gold medalist, Track & Field
Lissa Muscatine
Writer/Politcal Consultant
Kathryn Olson
Chief Marketing Officer, Shutterfly
Kenneth Shropshire
Professor, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Curtis Symonds
Chief Executive Officer, Hoops Magic Sports Academy
Management Group
Pamela Wheeler
Director of Operations, Women’s National Basketball
Players Association
Stephen H. Whisnant
Office of Development, United States Institute of Peace
David R. Foster, Honorary Trustee
Former President and CEO, Colgate-Palmolive
Donna de Varona, Chair—Government Relations
Planned Giving Committee
First president of the Foundation, two-time Olympic gold
Millie Barnes
medalist, Swimming
Donna Dubbelde
Judi Garman
Lillian Greene-Chamberlain, Ph.D., D.C. Government Liaison
Pat Lamb
First national champion in the 800m, three-time national
Lee Morrison
champion, Pan American Games champion, Track & Field
Carole Mushier
Marcia Saneholtz
Richard W. Kazmaier, Jr., Chair—Dad’s Club
President, Kazmaier Associates, Inc.
Senior Staff
Tuti Scott
Rusty Kanokogi, Chair—Hall of Fame Alumnae Association
Co-Chief Executive Officer
World pioneer of women’s judo, International Women’s Sports
Chief External Relations Officer
Hall of Fame member
Marjorie Snyder, Ph.D.
Nancy Hogshead-Makar, Legal Advisor
Co-Chief Executive Officer
Three-time Olympic gold medalist, inductee into six Halls of
Chief Program and Planning Officer
Fame, including the International Swimming Hall of Fame
Founder’s Circle
Jennifer L. Eddy
Senior Director of Programs and Events
Eva Auchincloss
Geena Davis
Barry M. Giaquinto
Anita DeFrantz
Chief Financial and Operations Officer
Chris Evert
M. Blair Hull
Yolanda L. Jackson
Deborah Slaner Larkin
Senior Director of Athlete Marketing and Promotions
Patrick J. McGrath
Martina Navratilova
Maureen McFadden
Kathy Smith
Chief Marketing and Communications Officer
Launny Steffens
Please note: Donna Lopiano, Ph.D., served as Chief Executive
Officer until August 1, 2007.
Women’s Sports Foundation
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