WOMENS AUDIO MISSION
Mission Statement
Women’s Audio Mission (WAM), is a San Francisco/Oakland-based nonprofit that uses music and media to attract 2,000+ chronically underserved SF Bay Area girls/women and gender non-conforming (GNC) individuals a year (96% low income/91% of color) to creative technology/STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) studies that inspire them to amplify their voices and address the gender gap in the tech sector. WAM provides free training, dedicated mentors, education and career counseling, in the only professional recording studios in the world built and run entirely by women. WAM helps women/girls use technology to amplify their voices and creativity, inspiring them to become innovators and to be able to take advantage of the growing economic opportunities in the technology sectors that are especially important in Oakland and the greater SF Bay Area. WAM was founded in 2003 and addresses 2 critical and related issues: 1. An alarming 70% decline in women/girls enrolling in college STEM programs since 2000 (2016 UCLA study). 2. Less than 5% of the people creating and shaping all of the sounds, messages and media in our lives are women (2018 USC Annenberg Study).
Financial Overview — FY 2025
Compared with Peers
FY 2025| Ratio | This org | Peer median | Position (P10 → P90) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Program expense ratio
Program expenses / total expenses
· higher is better
|
90.6% | 85.3% |
P10P90
|
Above median |
|
Admin expense ratio
Management and general / total expenses
· lower is better
|
3.9% | 13.1% |
P10P90
|
Top quarter |
|
Fundraising expense ratio
Fundraising expenses / total expenses
· lower is better
|
5.4% | 0.0% |
P10P90
|
Bottom quarter |
|
Operating reserve
Months of expenses covered by net assets
· higher is better
|
49.0 mo | 11.7 mo |
P10P90
|
Top quarter |
|
Liabilities to assets
Total liabilities / total assets
· lower is better
|
5.0% | 13.2% |
P10P90
|
Above median |
|
Revenue concentration
Share of revenue from the largest source
· lower is better
|
82.3% | 91.8% |
P10P90
|
Above median |
|
Revenue growth
Year over year revenue growth
|
-19.9% | 4.3% |
P10P90
|
|
|
Expense growth
Year over year expense growth
|
22.2% | 6.3% |
P10P90
|
|
|
Surplus margin
Surplus as a share of revenue
|
0.4% | 3.1% |
P10P90
|
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets | Program % | Staff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1.9M | $1.9M | $7.6M | 90.6% | 18 |
| 2024 | $2.3M | $1.5M | $7.7M | 83.1% | 20 |
| 2023 | $2.3M | $1.6M | $6.9M | 79.8% | 19 |
| 2022 | $2.7M | $1.4M | $6.1M | 81.6% | 22 |
| 2021 | $2.9M | $1.2M | N/A | — | 21 |
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