How much does Washington Education Association give?

Washington Education Association reported 8 itemized grants totaling $1,039,500, out of $1,076,183 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 17 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.

What does Washington Education Association fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Public Benefit (39%), Civil Rights (35%), Education (7%).

Who are Washington Education Association's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Wea-Pac ($1.9M), Invest in Washington Now Campaign ($1.0M), No on 2109 Commitee ($374k).

Does Washington Education Association fund new organizations?

In FY2023, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Which funders back the same organizations as Washington Education Association?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Seattle Foundation, Inatai Foundation, Washington Progress Fund.

Where is Washington Education Association based?

Washington Education Association is based in WA.

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Washington Education Association

The mission of the WASHINGTON EDUCATION ASSOCIATION is to advance the professional interests of its members in order to make public education the best it can be for students, staff, and communities.

$1.1M
Granted FY2024(still arriving): 8
Itemized grants FY2024: 8
Organizations funded FY2023: 13%
First-time grantees FY2023

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Itemized, FY2024: $1.0M; The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024: $40,000
Largest grant, FY2024: $374,000
Organizations funded a year: 5 to 17; FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024: 2
Total assets, FY2024: $48M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 13% of the organizations Washington Education Association funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

EducationCommunity ImprovementHuman ServicesArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentFood & 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.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2024still arriving	8	$1.0M	63%
FY2023	8	$470k	13%
FY2022	9	$1.4M	67%
FY2021	14	$365k	79%
FY2020	10	$1.0M	60%
FY2019	5	$71k	80%
FY2018	10	$531k	50%
FY2017	17	$514k	n/a

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What it funded, over time

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

Public Benefit$2.1MCivil Rights$1.9MEducation$389kEmployment$365kCommunity Improvement$353kPhilanthropy$128kReligion$50kFood & Nutrition$30kOther$0

Top grantees

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

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Wea-Pac	$1,850,000	3	n/a
Invest in Washington Now Campaign	$1,013,090	4	42%
No on 2109 Commitee	$374,000	1	10%
Washington State Labor Council Afl-Cio	$326,500	5	3%
Foundation for Western Washington University and Alumni	$300,000	1	2%
Class Size Counts	$209,500	2	n/a
Safe & Health Youth Washington	$150,000	1	10%
Raise Up Washington	$100,000	1	n/a
Northwest Accountability Project	$95,000	4	20%
Economic Opportunity Institute	$60,000	4	2%

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All grantees of Washington Education Association by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Wea-Pac	$1,850,000	3	n/a
Invest in Washington Now Campaign	$1,013,090	4	42%
No on 2109 Commitee	$374,000	1	10%
Washington State Labor Council Afl-Cio	$326,500	5	3%
Foundation for Western Washington University and Alumni	$300,000	1	2%
Class Size Counts	$209,500	2	n/a
Safe & Health Youth Washington	$150,000	1	10%
Raise Up Washington	$100,000	1	n/a
Northwest Accountability Project	$95,000	4	20%
Economic Opportunity Institute	$60,000	4	2%
Step Forward Washington - All in for Action	$57,500	2	n/a
El Centro de la Raza	$55,000	4	0%
The Accountability Project Inc	$55,000	1	n/a
WA Paramount Duty	$50,000	1	n/a
Lake Burien Prebyterian Church	$50,000	1	n/a
No Tax Cut for the Super Rich	$50,000	1	23%
Win Win Action	$40,000	2	n/a
Defend Washington	$40,000	1	1%
WA State Labor Council	$38,000	1	n/a
Best Starts for Kids	$35,000	1	4%
Washington Community Alliance Action Fund	$25,000	1	4%
Washington State Community Action Partnership	$25,000	1	2%
Green River College Foundation	$25,000	2	0%
The Washington State Budget and Policy Center	$22,500	3	1%
People for a Balanced Tax Code	$20,000	1	n/a
Caring for Kids	$20,000	1	10%
Scholar Fund	$20,000	1	0%
Blue Mountain Action Council	$20,000	1	0%
Oneamerica	$15,000	2	0%
Washington Fairness Coalition	$15,000	2	n/a
Philanthropy Northwest	$15,000	1	0%
Washington Community Action Network Education & Research Fund	$11,500	1	n/a
Family Promise of Skagit Valley	$10,000	1	2%
Sunrise Outreach Center of Yakima	$10,000	1	0%
Opportunity for Olympia	$10,000	1	n/a
The Nea Foundation for the Improvement of Education	$10,000	1	0%
Clearwater School	$10,000	1	3%
Skagit Valley Neighbors in Need	$10,000	1	1%
Balance Our Tax Code	$10,000	1	6%
Sound Alliance	$10,000	1	10%
Children of the Valley	$10,000	1	2%
Familias Unidas Por la Justica	$10,000	1	n/a
League of Women Voters of Seattle King County	$10,000	1	10%
International Rescue Committee INC	$10,000	1	0%
National Center for Fair & Open Testing Inc	$7,500	1	2%
Seattle Out and Proud Inc	$7,500	1	1%
Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle	$7,500	1	0%
Equal Rights WA Education & Engagement	$5,220	1	n/a
One Washington Equality Campaign	$5,000	1	n/a
Technology Access Foundation	$5,000	1	0%
Kids at Hope	$5,000	1	1%
Illinois Education Association	$5,000	1	n/a
Shyan Selah Foundation	$5,000	1	n/a
Washington Public Affairs Network	$5,000	1	0%
Sea Mar Community Health Centers	$5,000	1	0%

Washington Education Association supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 37 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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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 37.

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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 FoundationWA25.8× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Seattle Foundation · Inatai Foundation · Washington Progress Fund · The Norcliffe Foundation · Washington Federation of State Employees · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · School's Out Washington · Northwest Harvest Emm · United Way of King County · Service Employees International Union Local 775 · Washington Progress Alliance · Stolte Family 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.

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About Washington Education Association

How much does Washington Education Association give?: Washington Education Association reported 8 itemized grants totaling $1,039,500, out of $1,076,183 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 17 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Washington Education Association fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Public Benefit (39%), Civil Rights (35%), Education (7%).
Who are Washington Education Association's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Wea-Pac ($1.9M), Invest in Washington Now Campaign ($1.0M), No on 2109 Commitee ($374k).
Does Washington Education Association fund new organizations?: In FY2023, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Washington Education Association?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Seattle Foundation, Inatai Foundation, Washington Progress Fund.
Where is Washington Education Association based?: Washington Education Association is based in WA.