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The Washington STEM Center

Washington stem (wa stem) is a statewide, education nonprofit leveraging stem for social change, removing barriers to credential attainment, and creating pathways to long-term economic security for systemically underserved students. Founded on the principles of equity, partnership, and sustainability, washington stem seeks smart,…

$1.3M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
38
Grants FY2024
23
Organizations funded FY2023
35%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$31,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$62,000
Organizations funded a year
16 to 24
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
1
Total assets, FY2024
$9.3M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 35% of the organizations The Washington STEM Center funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $158k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationYouth DevelopmentCommunity ImprovementHealthOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving14$1.3M14%
FY202323$1.9M35%
FY202216$1.8M6%
FY202118$1.5M6%
FY202024$1.6M25%
FY201916$1.3M19%
FY201820$777k10%
FY201718$1.2Mn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$7.7MEmployment$2.1MScience & Tech$842kCommunity Improvement$415kHealth$315kPhilanthropy$33kArts & Culture$10k

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Educational Service District 105$1,354,6638n/a
Wenatchee Valley College$1,112,2328n/a
South Kitsap School District$1,073,5008n/a
Foundation for Tacoma Students$917,47189%
Educ Svc Distr 113 Vision for El Wc$914,4318n/a
Spokane Regional Chamber of Commerce$856,04683%
Economic Alliance Snohomish County$842,96087%
Washington State STEM Education Fdtn$770,080838%
Educational Service District 112$659,7037n/a
Northwest Educational Service District 189$588,4207n/a
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All grantees of The Washington STEM Center by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Educational Service District 105$1,354,6638n/a
Wenatchee Valley College$1,112,2328n/a
South Kitsap School District$1,073,5008n/a
Foundation for Tacoma Students$917,47189%
Educ Svc Distr 113 Vision for El Wc$914,4318n/a
Spokane Regional Chamber of Commerce$856,04683%
Economic Alliance Snohomish County$842,96087%
Washington State STEM Education Fdtn$770,080838%
Educational Service District 112$659,7037n/a
Northwest Educational Service District 189$588,4207n/a
Southwest Washington Workforce Development Council$534,26653%
Sedro-Woolley STEM Network$369,5004n/a
Institute for Systems Biology$335,29670%
Northeast Washington Esd 101$234,7567n/a
Zeno$135,00044%
Educ Svc Distr 123$105,2036n/a
Esd #114$95,4556n/a
Seattle Public Schools$48,0001n/a
Washington State University$47,8791n/a
University of Washington$40,8723n/a
Hip of Spokane County Dba Community Minded Enterprises$39,95410%
First Five Fundamentals$38,60021%
Franklin Pierce School District No 402$33,5003n/a
Richland School District 400$30,0001n/a
Elma School District No 68$30,0001n/a
Pacific Education Institute$28,60022%
North Central Educational Service District$26,5002n/a
Rvc Seattle$20,00010%
Brightspark Early Learning Services$20,00010%
Young Women Empowered$20,00021%
Washington Multicultural Services Link$20,00017%
Shoreline Public Schools$17,9991n/a
Skagit County Public Hosital District #304$17,5001n/a
Childstrive$17,50010%
Sno-Isle Libraries$10,0501n/a
Praxis Institute for Early Childhood Education$10,0001n/a
Tacoma Public Schools$10,0001n/a
Life Science Washington$8,00010%
City of Tacoma$7,0001n/a
King County Library System$5,6641n/a
Valley Cities Counseling and Consultation$5,40010%

Where it is load-bearing

The Washington STEM Center supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 17 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFoundation for Tacoma Students: $917,471 over 8y, 9.3% of budgetSpokane Regional Chamber of Commerce: $856,046 over 8y, 2.7% of budgetEconomic Alliance Snohomish County: $842,960 over 8y, 6.7% of budgetWashington State STEM Education Fdtn: $770,080 over 8y, 38% of budgetSouthwest Washington Workforce Development Council: $534,266 over 5y, 2.7% of budgetInstitute for Systems Biology: $335,296 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetZeno: $135,000 over 4y, 3.9% of budgetHip of Spokane County Dba Community Minded Enterprises: $39,954 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFirst Five Fundamentals: $38,600 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetPacific Education Institute: $28,600 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetRvc Seattle: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBrightspark Early Learning Services: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYoung Women Empowered: $20,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetWashington Multicultural Services Link: $20,000 over 1y, 6.9% of budgetChildstrive: $17,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLife Science Washington: $8,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetValley Cities Counseling and Consultation: $5,400 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 17.

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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 FoundationSchool's Out Washingt…Gates FoundationThrive WashingtonKaiser Foundation Hea…Greater Tacoma Commun…Foundation for Tacoma…The Norcliffe Foundat…Discuren FoundationM J Murdock Charitabl…InvestedBuilding Changes
Seattle FoundationWA29× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Seattle Foundation · School's Out Washington · Gates Foundation · Thrive Washington · Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington · Greater Tacoma Community Foundation · Foundation for Tacoma Students · The Norcliffe Foundation · Discuren Foundation · M J Murdock Charitable Trust · Invested · Building Changes

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.

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About The Washington STEM Center

How much does The Washington STEM Center give?
The Washington STEM Center reported 38 grants totaling $1,307,854 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 24 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The Washington STEM Center fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (67%), Employment (18%), Science & Tech (7%).
Who are The Washington STEM Center's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Educational Service District 105 ($1.4M), Wenatchee Valley College ($1.1M), South Kitsap School District ($1.1M).
Does The Washington STEM Center fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 35% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Washington STEM Center?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Seattle Foundation, School's Out Washington, Gates Foundation.
Where is The Washington STEM Center based?
The Washington STEM Center is based in WA.

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 42 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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