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Fair Work Center

We are workers, united across different industries to improve our working conditions and our lives.

$223k
Granted FY2024still arriving
5
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$63k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Human Services$695kCivil Rights$390kEmployment$344kPhilanthropy$248kCrime & Legal$185kEducation$137kReligion$60kHealth$30kOther$0
02FY2024 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k2 grants · $48k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $175k
$50,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$3.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Al Noor Islamic Center$62,500
Somali Community Services$62,500
Grassroots Power Project$50,000
Northwest Immigrant Rights Project$34,772
Colectiva Legal del Pueblo$12,944
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $789k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%SUPPORT FOR EARLY LEARN & FAMILIES: $12k → 9%CENTRO LATINO: $12k → 9%KITSAP IMMIGRANT ASSISTANCE CENTER: $12k → 10%PACIFIC COUNTY IMMIGRANT: $12k → 14%SW YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICES: $12k → 9%Queer Power Alliance: $64k → 9%ERITREAN ASSOC IN GREATER SEATTLE: $12k → 9%LATINO COMMUNITY FUND: $133k → 9%TEENAGERS PLUS: $12k → 9%LGBTQ ALLYSHIP: $82k → 9%LGBTQ ALLYSHIP: $69k → 9%Somali Community Services: $63k → 9%SOMALI COMMUNITY SERVICES: $61k → 9%LGBTQ Allyship: $59k → 9%SOMALI COMMUNITY SERVICES: $55k → 9%Somali Community Services: $45k → 9%Somali Community Services: $44k → 9%SOMALI FAMILY SAFETY TASK FORCE: $30k → 9%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

55%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2M · 6 repeat orgs$976k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +47% since the first grant, against +44% for those funded once.

6 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
37

Total granted

$1.2M
$891k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+47%
+44%

Still filing today

83%
81%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $85k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationArts & CultureHealthCivil RightsFood & NutritionOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • QP
    Queer Power Alliance
    4× · 2020–2023 · $274k · revenue +173% · 30% of their budget
  • SC
    SOMALI COMMUNITY SERVICES OF SEATTLE
    5× · 2020–2024 · $268k · revenue +44%
  • PI
    PARTNER IN EMPLOYMENT
    2× · 2020–2021 · $239k · revenue +148%

Funded once

  • LC
    Latino Community Fund of Washington State
    one grant, 2020 · $133k · revenue -14%
  • CE
    Civic Education Fund
    one grant, 2021 · $97k · revenue -95%
  • 2P
    21 PROGRESS FUND
    one grant, 2020 · $40k · revenue 0%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Washington Ethnic Studies Now

Washington Ethnic Studies Now WAESN is a multigenerational majority POC-led nonprofit advancing Ethnic Studies and racial justice in Washington. We center people of color build youth-centered leadership and learning and organize…

Education
2
Central Washington Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

We increase access to economic opportunities for business owners, entrepreneurs, and individuals in Central Washington by connecting and providing them with resources, representation, and opportunities to build community.

Community Improvement
3
We Are Comunidad

Comunidad seeks to build community, cultural pride, and economic opportunities for the Latino community on Vashon Island and its neighboring communities.

Human Services
4
Pueblo Unido Pdx

Connect immigrants to legal, social, and interpretation services.

Human Services
5
Washington Community Alliance

Washington Community Alliance WCA is a statewide network of over 70 organizations working to advance multiracial social democracy by coordinating values aligned civic engagement

Civil Rights
6
Washington Indian Civil Rights Commission

Washington Indian Civil Rights Commission is led by and for Indigenous people, and envisions a just society in which we are treated with honor, fairness and respect. Our mission is to uphold our individual civil rights through education…

Human Services
7
Comunidades Sin Fronteras Washington

To provide services needed in the community

Community Improvement
8
Pacific Islander Community Association of Wa

The Pacific Islander Community Association of WA PICA-WA serves as a cultural home, centers community power and advocates to further the wellness of Pacific Islander communities in Washington State.

Civil Rights
9
Jewish Coalition for Immigrant Justice Northwest

The jewish coalition builds a jewish voice in the pacific northwest advancing immigrant justice and domestic policy, following the leadership of impacted community.

Human Services
10
Advocates for Immigrants in Detention Northwest

Advocates for Immigrants in Detention Northwest (AIDNW) supports immigrants while in detention and upon release from the Northwest ICE Processing Center (NWIPC) in Tacoma, WA. AIDNW provides vital services to help immigrants reconnect with…

Human Services
11
Progreso - Latino Progress Alliance

Progreso's mission is to ensure that latino communities are fairly represented in washington states social, economic and political systems to improve the quality of life for all washingtonians. we believe that community-based support,…

Human Services
12
Movimiento Afrolatino Seattle

MAS activates and strengthens communities through art, raising awareness of the history and cultural contributions of Black Latinos for social change and racial equity.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Northwest Immigrant Rights Project; the most unlike its peers is Somali Family Safety Task Force Somali Family Safety Task Force. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

39 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 39 of the 45 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
37/39
Grantees still filing
25/39
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Queer Power Alliance: $273,979 · Human ServicesQueer Power AllianceSOMALI COMMUNITY SERVICES OF SEATTLE: $268,124 · Human ServicesSOMALI COMMUNITY SERVICES OF SEATTLELatino Community Fund of Washington State: $133,000 · Human ServicesLatino Community Fund of Washington StateSOMALI FAMILY SAFETY TASK FORCE SOMALI FAMILY SAFETY TASK FORCE: $30,000 · Human Services+7 more: $84,000 · Human Services+7 moreGuideStar USA Inc: $248,439 · OtherGuideStar USA IncNORTHWEST IMMIGRANT RIGHTS PROJECT: $34,772 · OtherNORTHWEST IMMIGRANT RIGHTS P…SOUTHBEND UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $30,000 · OtherSOUTHBEND UNITED METHODIST C…SHALOM UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST RICHLAND: $30,000 · OtherSHALOM UNITED CHURCH OF CHRI…SUNNYSLOPE CHURCH: $30,000 · OtherSUNNYSLOPE CHURCHLATINOS EN SPOKANE: $30,000 · OtherLATINOS EN SPOKANEWAKULIMA USA: $24,000 · Other+10 more: $115,500 · Other+10 morePARTNER IN EMPLOYMENT: $239,441 · EducationPARTNER IN EMPLOYMENTGrassroots Power Project: $50,000 · EducationGrassroots Power Proj…21 PROGRESS FUND: $39,974 · Education21 PROGRESS FUNDCASA LATINA: $30,000 · EducationCASA LATINAEQUITY IN EDUCATION COALITION: $30,000 · EducationEQUITY IN EDUCATION C…+2 more: $25,200 · Education+2 moreCOLECTIVA LEGAL DEL PUEBLO: $149,744 · Civil RightsCOLECTIVA…LATINO CIVIC ALLIANCE: $30,000 · Civil RightsLATINO CI…Civic Education Fund: $97,121 · EmploymentINDIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY SERVICES: $30,000 · Arts & CultureCENTRO CULTURAL MEXICANO: $30,000 · Arts & CultureWest African Community Council: $12,000 · Arts & CultureNORTHWEST KENYAN COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION: $12,000 · Arts & CultureENTRE HERMANOS: $30,000 · HealthCOMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER COALITION: $30,000 · HealthConsejo Counseling & Referral Service: $12,000 · Health
Human Services$789,103Other$542,711Education$414,615Civil Rights$179,744Employment$97,121Arts & Culture$84,000Health$72,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetQueer Power Alliance: $273,979 over 4y, 30% of budgetSOMALI COMMUNITY SERVICES OF SEATTLE: $268,124 over 5y, 13% of budgetPARTNER IN EMPLOYMENT: $239,441 over 2y, 9.9% of budgetCOLECTIVA LEGAL DEL PUEBLO: $149,744 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetLatino Community Fund of Washington State: $133,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetCivic Education Fund: $97,121 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetGrassroots Power Project: $50,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budget21 PROGRESS FUND: $39,974 over 1y, 6.5% of budgetNORTHWEST IMMIGRANT RIGHTS PROJECT: $34,772 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetINDIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY SERVICES: $30,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetLATINOS EN SPOKANE: $30,000 over 1y, 6.4% of budgetENTRE HERMANOS: $30,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetCENTRO CULTURAL MEXICANO: $30,000 over 1y, 7.2% of budgetCASA LATINA: $30,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER COALITION: $30,000 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetLATINO CIVIC ALLIANCE: $30,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetEQUITY IN EDUCATION COALITION: $30,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetSOMALI FAMILY SAFETY TASK FORCE SOMALI FAMILY SAFETY TASK FORCE: $30,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetWAKULIMA USA: $24,000 over 2y, 5.2% of budgetScholar Fund: $13,200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMI CENTRO: $12,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetONEAMERICA: $12,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWashington Community Action Network Education & Research Fund: $12,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetConsejo Counseling & Referral Service: $12,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTEENAGERS PLUS: $12,000 over 1y, 6.7% of budgetINTERCOMMUNITY PEACE AND JUSTICE CENTER: $12,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetSouthwest Youth And Family Services: $12,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetKITSAP IMMIGRANT ASSISTANCE CENTER: $12,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetWest African Community Council: $12,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSELF-SUPPORT FOR EARLY LEARNING & FAMILIES: $12,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPACIFIC COUNTY IMMIGRANT SUPPORT: $12,000 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetERITREAN ASSOCIATION IN GREATER SEATTLE: $12,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetPara Los Ninos de Highline: $12,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetNORTHWEST KENYAN COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION: $12,000 over 1y, 10.0% of budgetFuse Innovation Fund: $12,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetVILLA COMUNITARIA: $12,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetWorking Washington: $7,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Seattle FoundationInatai FoundationPhilanthropy NorthwestUnited Way of King Co…Sheng-Yen Lu Foundati…Colectiva Legal del P…Washington Progress F…School's Out Washingt…Gates FoundationLatino Community Fund…Front and CenteredPuget Sound Energy Fo…
Seattle FoundationWA59.6× affinity34 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Seattle Foundation · Inatai Foundation · Philanthropy Northwest · United Way of King County · Sheng-Yen Lu Foundation · Colectiva Legal del Pueblo · Washington Progress Fund · School's Out Washington · Gates Foundation · Latino Community Fund of Washington State · Front and Centered · Puget Sound Energy Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Fair Work Center funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Fair Work Center. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    16report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–24
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Fair Work Center?

    Find your warmest path to Fair Work Center through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 45 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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