About one-fourth of the awards are made to women of color annually. From 65 members who adopted the bylaws in January of 1882, AAUW has grown to more than 150,000 members in every state, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam and the Virgin Islands. AAUW includes 1,600 branches. AAUW members are also members of the International Federation of University Women which the Association helped to fund in 1919. IFUW links federations and associations the world over.
Memberships are available as student affiliates and members at large.
Memberships offer links to local branch, state, national and international levels.