How much does Washington State Microenterprise Association give?

Washington State Microenterprise Association reported 81 grants totaling $2,071,707 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 75 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.

What does Washington State Microenterprise Association fund?

By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Community Improvement (58%), Arts & Culture (9%), Human Services (4%).

Who are Washington State Microenterprise Association's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Seattle Economic Development Fund Business Impact Nw ($257k), Ventures ($246k), Terrain Programs ($243k).

Does Washington State Microenterprise Association fund new organizations?

In FY2023, 53% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Which funders back the same organizations as Washington State Microenterprise Association?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Seattle Foundation, Credit Unions in the State of Washington, Inatai Foundation.

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Washington · Public charity

Washington State Microenterprise Association

Our mission is to strengthen economic development systems that support the growth of strong and effective microenterprise development organizations. We do this through: building a coalition of organizations, agencies and individuals dedicated to microenterprise development; providing leadership to the voice of microenterprise…

$2.1M
Granted FY2024(still arriving): 81
Grants FY2024: 75
Organizations funded FY2023: 53%
First-time grantees FY2023

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Median grant, FY2024: $21,000
Largest grant, FY2024: $65,000
Organizations funded a year: 11 to 75; FY2019 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024: 3
Total assets, FY2024: $3.3M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 53% of the organizations Washington State Microenterprise Association funded were first-time grantees, receiving 46% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 54% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.1M went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

Community ImprovementArts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationPublic BenefitHealthOther

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	81	$2.1M	30%
FY2023	75	$2.4M	53%
FY2022	22	$419k	27%
FY2021	48	$1.8M	85%
FY2020	12	$158k	75%
FY2019	11	$142k	n/a

98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Community Improvement$4.1MArts & Culture$636kHuman Services$305kHealth$282kPublic Benefit$254kEnvironment$253kCivil Rights$228kEducation$174kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Seattle Economic Development Fund Business Impact Nw	$257,000	5	2%
Ventures	$246,216	5	6%
Terrain Programs	$243,000	4	7%
Seattle Good Business Network DBA Good Business Network of Washington	$200,500	3	8%
Tacoma-Pierce County Chamber of Commerce Foundation	$180,338	3	54%
Greater Seattle Business Association	$165,000	3	4%
El Centro de la Raza	$163,000	4	0%
Zero Waste Washington	$159,837	3	7%
Center for Inclusive Entrepreneurship	$154,540	5	9%
Community Carrot	$142,500	4	51%

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All grantees of Washington State Microenterprise Association by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Seattle Economic Development Fund Business Impact Nw	$257,000	5	2%
Ventures	$246,216	5	6%
Terrain Programs	$243,000	4	7%
Seattle Good Business Network DBA Good Business Network of Washington	$200,500	3	8%
Tacoma-Pierce County Chamber of Commerce Foundation	$180,338	3	54%
Greater Seattle Business Association	$165,000	3	4%
El Centro de la Raza	$163,000	4	0%
Zero Waste Washington	$159,837	3	7%
Center for Inclusive Entrepreneurship	$154,540	5	9%
Community Carrot	$142,500	4	51%
Urban Impact	$141,250	4	3%
Global to Local Health Initiative	$139,788	4	4%
Refugee Artisan Initative	$125,587	3	16%
Centro Cultural Mexicano	$121,000	3	2%
Northwest Cooperative Development Center	$117,000	5	3%
Oneredmond Foundation	$115,000	2	27%
William M Factory Small Business Incubator	$111,000	4	8%
Women of Wisdom	$106,000	3	n/a
Kitsap Community Resources	$99,225	4	0%
Spokane Independent Metro Business Alliance	$97,860	3	10%
Urban Business Support	$96,000	4	23%
Caring with Compassion Community	$92,000	3	9%
Rural Community Development Resources	$92,000	3	2%
Pacific Northwest Tribal Lending Financial Institution	$85,000	2	6%
Tri-Cities Diversity & Inclusion Council	$83,282	4	9%
Northwest Native Development Fund	$82,832	3	2%
Twispworks Foundation	$78,660	4	2%
Alliance 2005	$75,000	3	5%
Filipino Community of Seattle	$73,000	2	2%
VertueLab	$73,000	2	2%
Washington African American Chamber of Commerce	$73,000	2	40%
Hispanic Metropolitan Chamber	$72,000	3	3%
Ncw Economic Development District	$68,000	2	n/a
Discover Burien Association	$67,000	3	7%
Kitsap Economic Development Alliance	$65,000	2	4%
Circle of Friends for Mental Health	$65,000	2	n/a
Collaborative Effort Inc	$65,000	1	11%
Cowlitz-Wihkiakum Council of Gov	$64,000	3	n/a
Northwest Native Chamber	$63,000	2	1%
Micro Enterprise Services of Oregon	$62,600	2	0%
Communities Rise	$60,160	2	3%
Tri-County Economic Development District	$60,000	3	n/a
Tabor 100 Inc	$60,000	2	3%
Eternvl	$58,500	3	n/a
YAKIMA COUNTY DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION dba NEW VISION FOUNDATION	$55,332	2	5%
Seattle Latino Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce	$55,000	2	22%
Asia Pacific Cultural Center	$55,000	2	1%
Chehalis Tribal Loan Fund	$55,000	2	6%
Emerald Cities Collaborative Inc	$52,710	1	1%
Northwest Access Fund	$50,600	1	2%
Its All Bigger Than Me Ministry	$50,500	2	n/a
Minority Hemp Builders Association	$50,000	2	99%
Human Rights Spokane	$50,000	2	24%
Central Area Collaborative	$50,000	2	7%
Downtown Walla Walla Foundation	$50,000	1	10%
Edc Team Jefferson	$48,000	2	6%
Downtown Bellingham Association Dba Downtown Bellingham Partnership	$45,830	2	4%
Pacific County Economic Development Council	$45,000	2	6%
Tanzania Community of Washington	$45,000	2	n/a
African Community Housing & Development	$44,034	2	0%
Northwest Farms to Families	$43,000	2	n/a
Drivers Solidarity and Resource Center	$43,000	1	n/a
Washington Trust For Historic Preservation	$42,000	2	1%
Umoja Peace Center	$40,000	1	n/a
African Chamber of Commerce of Pacific Northwest	$35,000	1	n/a
Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle	$34,500	2	0%
Foundation for Western Washington University and Alumni	$32,500	2	0%
Feast Collective	$31,000	2	1%
Japan America Society of the State of Washington	$30,500	2	4%
Accelerate Kitsap	$30,000	1	n/a
Supportive Housing Association	$30,000	1	n/a
Beacon Hill Merchants Association	$30,000	1	17%
Nuestras Raices Centro Comunitario DBA Nuestras Raices	$30,000	1	3%
Monroe Chamber of Commerce	$28,200	1	15%
Tacoma Arts Live	$27,000	2	0%
The Vera Project	$26,000	2	1%
Ellensburg Business Development Aut	$25,000	1	7%
Mercy Corps	$23,244	2	0%
Highline College Foundation	$23,000	1	1%
Spokane Public Library Foundation	$23,000	1	17%
Indian American Community Services	$23,000	1	1%
Jefferson County Farmers Market	$22,560	2	3%
Filipino Chamber of Commerce of the Pacific Northwest	$21,000	2	n/a
Black Fret Dba Sonic Guild	$21,000	2	1%
Surge Institute	$20,000	1	15%
Build 2 Lead	$20,000	1	3%
Regional Accelerator & Innovation Network	$20,000	1	2%
Fresh Start Ps	$20,000	1	2%
Veterans Ecological Trades Collective	$20,000	1	21%
San Juan County Economic Development Council	$20,000	1	4%
National Black Mba Association - Seattle Chapter	$20,000	1	n/a
Kittitas County Chamber of Commerce	$20,000	1	1%
Enterprise for Equity	$20,000	1	3%
Ncw Tech Alliance	$20,000	1	1%
Making a Difference Foundation	$20,000	1	0%
Latino Civic Alliance	$20,000	1	1%
Supportive Childcare Provider Alliance Scpa	$20,000	1	6%
Women of Wisdom Wow Tricities	$20,000	1	2%
Sustainable Seattle	$20,000	1	1%
Clallam County Ecomomic Dev Cncl	$20,000	1	1%
Snap Financial Access	$20,000	1	2%
Mercy Enterprise Corporation	$20,000	1	n/a
Bighug	$20,000	1	n/a
Pateros-Brewster Community Resource Center	$17,500	1	7%
Parents Organizing for Welfare and Economic Rights	$17,250	1	n/a
Mid-Columbia Economic Development District	$17,040	2	n/a
Southeast Washington Economic Development Association	$15,000	1	2%
4 Tomorrow	$15,000	1	1%
Wvc	$15,000	1	n/a
Kay Tita	$15,000	1	3%
Purpose Driven Girl	$15,000	1	n/a
Family Guide	$15,000	1	5%
Build Justly	$15,000	1	n/a
Washington State University Foundation	$15,000	1	0%
Women in Business Expo Group	$13,000	1	n/a
Wenatchee Valley College	$10,000	1	n/a
Muslim Association of Puget Sound	$9,425	1	0%
Shunpike	$7,500	1	0%
Lake City Collective	$7,500	1	1%
Empowering People in Communities	$7,000	1	n/a
Cowlitz Economic Development Council	$5,000	1	1%

Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($122k), not named here.

Washington State Microenterprise Association supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 5 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 95 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 95.

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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 FoundationWA63× affinity52 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Seattle Foundation · Credit Unions in the State of Washington · Inatai Foundation · Umpqua Bank Charitable Foundation · Philanthropy Northwest · Artsfund · The Norcliffe Foundation · School's Out Washington · Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Northwest Harvest Emm · The Satterberg Foundation Inc

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 State Microenterprise Association

How much does Washington State Microenterprise Association give?: Washington State Microenterprise Association reported 81 grants totaling $2,071,707 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 75 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
What does Washington State Microenterprise Association fund?: By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Community Improvement (58%), Arts & Culture (9%), Human Services (4%).
Who are Washington State Microenterprise Association's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Seattle Economic Development Fund Business Impact Nw ($257k), Ventures ($246k), Terrain Programs ($243k).
Does Washington State Microenterprise Association fund new organizations?: In FY2023, 53% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Washington State Microenterprise Association?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Seattle Foundation, Credit Unions in the State of Washington, Inatai Foundation.
Where is Washington State Microenterprise Association based?: Washington State Microenterprise Association is based in WA.