Washington · Public charity
Washington Federation of State Employees
Provide welfare, protection and advancement of washington state employee local unions.
- $1.3M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $1.2M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $75,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $500,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 10
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $28M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Washington Federation of State Employees funded were first-time grantees, receiving 60% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 40% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $435k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 8 | $1.2M | 0% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $730k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $424k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $461k | 38% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $853k | 20% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $40k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $120k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $64k | 75% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Invest in Washington Now Campaign | $1,513,091 | 4 | 49% |
| Foundation for Working Families | $555,000 | 7 | 94% |
| No on 2109 Commitee | $500,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Defend Washington | $350,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Northwest Accountability Project | $235,000 | 5 | 65% |
| Action | $181,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Washington State Labor Council Afl-Cio | $149,385 | 5 | 1% |
| People for a Balanced Tax Code | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| No on 2117 Committee | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Washington State Budget and Policy Center | $85,000 | 6 | 3% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Invest in Washington Now Campaign | $1,513,091 | 4 | 49% |
| Foundation for Working Families | $555,000 | 7 | 94% |
| No on 2109 Commitee | $500,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Defend Washington | $350,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Northwest Accountability Project | $235,000 | 5 | 65% |
| Action | $181,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Washington State Labor Council Afl-Cio | $149,385 | 5 | 1% |
| People for a Balanced Tax Code | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| No on 2117 Committee | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Washington State Budget and Policy Center | $85,000 | 6 | 3% |
| Northwest African American Museum | $50,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Afscme Fallen Heroes Fund | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Washington Federation of State Employees Local 443 | $24,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Washington Fair Trade Coalition | $15,400 | 2 | 34% |
| Council of State Governments | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| William D Ruckelshaus Center Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Retired Public Employees Council of Washington | $12,684 | 1 | 2% |
| Women Support Women | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Oneamerica | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Washington Federation of State Employees supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 16 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Washington Education Association · Seattle Foundation · Gates Foundation · Inatai Foundation · Washington Progress Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Washington Federation of State Employees with peer funders
About Washington Federation of State Employees
- How much does Washington Federation of State Employees give?
- Washington Federation of State Employees reported 8 itemized grants totaling $1,197,000, out of $1,263,786 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 10 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Washington Federation of State Employees fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Public Benefit (71%), Public Safety & Disaster (15%), Civil Rights (5%).
- Who are Washington Federation of State Employees's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Invest in Washington Now Campaign ($1.5M), Foundation for Working Families ($555k), No on 2109 Commitee ($500k).
- Does Washington Federation of State Employees fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Washington Federation of State Employees?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Washington Education Association, Seattle Foundation, Gates Foundation.
- Where is Washington Federation of State Employees based?
- Washington Federation of State Employees is based in WA.
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