Funding · Washington · Human services
Who funds human services in Washington
Human services funding in Washington is unusually spread out: no single organization draws even 12%, though The Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Seattle (6871) leads, and the money reaches 1,467 groups.
The short version
- 2,608 funders gave $1.7B to 1,467 human services organizations in Washington across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
- 60% of that came from funders also based in Washington; the rest reached in from out of state.
- The largest funder of human services in Washington is Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, at $91M.
- The human services organization drawing the most is The Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Seattle (6871), at $94M.
Largest funders of human services in Washington
The funders giving the most to human services organizations in Washington, in-state and out. Pick one for its dossier.
Human services organizations in Washington that draw the most
Sized by grant dollars received. Pick one to see exactly who funds it.
How to find human services funders in Washington
- 1Start with the funders already active in Washington
The funders giving the most to human services in Washington are Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic, Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc. A funder already writing human services checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
- 2See who funds organizations like yours
Open the human services 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.
- 3Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
40% of human services money in Washington comes from funders elsewhere, so national human services funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Washington.
Questions and answers
- How do I find funders for a human services nonprofit in Washington?
- Start with the funders already giving to human services in Washington, currently Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic, Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc. Then look at who funds the human services organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Washington from out of state.
- Who is the largest human services funder in Washington?
- Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to human services organizations in Washington, $91M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
- How much grant money goes to human services in Washington?
- $1.7B reached 1,467 human services organizations in Washington, from 2,608 funders. 60% 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.
More from the funding graph
Each grant is placed by its stated purpose and the recipient's mission, falling back to the recipient's IRS activity category where that is unclear; 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.