Women’s sports has grown tremendously since Title IX was signed into law in 1972, but the number of women in leadership roles has declined. As men obtained expanding opportunities available to lead in women’s sports, there was a correlated movement of women out of leadership roles. This corresponding exodus is complex and has no clearly defined rationale. Grassroots organizations have been identified by some women’s sports leaders as the avenue to begin reversing the trend of declining numbers of women in sport leadership. This study identified and examined Volunteer, Non-Profit Women’s Sports Groups in the United States to assess whether they are involved in the training of women for leadership roles. Demographic information on the leader’s personal characteristics and the group’s characteristics were collected by a survey. As part of the group’s characteristics, program concerns were ranked and the number of leaders the group trained were identified. Eighty-three Volunteer, Non-Profit Women’s Sports Groups were identified, and the leaders were 93% Caucasian, females with a mean age of 45.6 years. All but one had completed an undergraduate college degree, and the majority of leaders had been in their positions for five or more years. Seventy-three percent of the groups had been in existence for ten years or less. Almost sixty-four percent of the groups had fifteen or fewer female members, while almost 50% of the groups had at least one male member. Ninety percent of the groups had budgets below $27,500. Fifty-one percent of the groups’ primary and secondary focus is on awards(offering opportunities to honor people). Other important program initiatives included Sports Skills, and Seminars on Women’s Sports. Many groups had a single program focus, while other groups had multi-program initiatives. Of the forty-one groups responding to the survey, only five groups indicated that training women sport leaders was a program priority at any level, while eight groups actually trained women sport leaders. Marginalized grassroots women’s sports organizations may not be the place for the initiation of the increase in women sport leaders. The resources seem too limited and the program focus too narrow. National women sport leaders may need to look for other opportunities and groups to train future women sport leaders.Keyword(s): administration/mgmt, gender issues, leadership development