How do I find funders for a housing nonprofit in Washington?

Start with the funders already giving to housing in Washington, currently The Chicago Community Trust, American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc. Then look at who funds the housing organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Washington from out of state.

How much grant money goes to housing in Washington?

$147M reached 174 housing organizations in Washington, from 547 funders. 38% came from funders also based in Washington.

How recent is this data?

It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

Funding · Washington · Housing

Who funds housing in Washington

Housing funding in Washington is unusually spread out: no single organization draws even 12%, though Plymouth Housing Group and Subsidiaries leads, and the money reaches 174 groups.

$147M

granted

174

organizations

38%

from in-state

The short version

547 funders gave $147M to 174 housing organizations in Washington across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
38% of that came from funders also based in Washington; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of housing in Washington is The Chicago Community Trust, at $26M.
The housing organization drawing the most is Plymouth Housing Group and Subsidiaries, at $18M.

Largest funders of housing in Washington

The funders giving the most to housing organizations in Washington, in-state and out. Pick one for its dossier.

1The Chicago Community Trust$26M 2American Online Giving Foundation Inc$14M 3Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$8M 4Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$8M 5Seattle Foundation$7M 6Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund$4M 7Moccasin Lake Foundation$3M 8Washington Alliance for Quality Recovery Residences$3M 9The Philadelphia Foundation$3M 10Inatai Foundation$3M

Housing organizations in Washington that draw the most

Sized by grant dollars received. Pick one to see exactly who funds it.

164 other housing organizations$65M

Plymouth Housing Group and Subsidiaries$18M Homestead Community Land Trust$13M Tacomapierce County Habitat for Humanit$10M Solid Ground Washington$9M Methow Housing Trust$8M Council for the Homeless$7M Congregations for the Homeless$5M Opal Community Land Trust$5M

How to find housing funders in Washington

1
Start with the funders already active in Washington
The funders giving the most to housing in Washington are The Chicago Community Trust, American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc. A funder already writing housing checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the housing organizations on this page that resemble yours in size or work, and look at who funds them. Shared funders are the strongest signal of fit.
3
Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
62% of housing money in Washington comes from funders elsewhere, so national housing funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Washington.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a housing nonprofit in Washington?: Start with the funders already giving to housing in Washington, currently The Chicago Community Trust, American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc. Then look at who funds the housing organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Washington from out of state.
Who is the largest housing funder in Washington?: The Chicago Community Trust gives the most to housing organizations in Washington, $26M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to housing in Washington?: $147M reached 174 housing organizations in Washington, from 547 funders. 38% came from funders also based in Washington.
How recent is this data?: It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

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The regranting layer

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The DAF merry-go-round

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Strange bedfellows

the named clusters of US funding

The camps

funders cluster by geography, not ideology

State money flows

the interactive map of money crossing state lines

Giving abroad

which US foundations fund each country

Cause is the recipient's NTEE classification in the IRS Business Master File; location is the recipient's state on its most recent filing. Grant figures are read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file XML for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, among recipients resolved by EIN. Source: IRS Form 990 downloads.