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ARTS FOUNDATION FEDERAL WAY

ARTS FOUNDATION FEDERAL WAY (Washington) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $38,500 to it, the largest being ARTSFUND ($22,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$145k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$39k
Net assets
$439k
0/2 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 7%
01What it does

What Arts Foundation Federal Way does

Mission

To advance and enrich the arts to build a creative, inclusive and equitable community. We look forward to ensuring that federal way is regarded as a dynamic regional destination with high quality programs, exceptional service for all and arts education for youth. This expansion will create a ripple effect, inspiring creativity and promoting the cultural vibrancy of the entire community.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. Arts 4 youth

    $66,796 spent
    60% of program spending
  2. Community events

    $45,322 spent
    40% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $112,118.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20212021 Revenue 100 ($6k) Expenses 100 ($2k) Net assets 100 ($55k)2022 Revenue 1318 ($80k) Expenses 332 ($8k) Net assets 230 ($127k)2023 Revenue 5203 ($316k) Expenses 1117 ($28k) Net assets 754 ($416k)2024 Revenue 1149 ($70k) Expenses 2711 ($67k) Net assets 762 ($420k)2025 Revenue 2391 ($145k) Expenses 5072 ($125k) Net assets 797 ($439k)
20212022202320242025
Revenue (2391)Expenses (5072)Net assets (797)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $127k to $416k (+227%).

$55k
$127k
$416k
$420k
$439k
20212022202320242025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

92% of ARTS FOUNDATION FEDERAL WAY’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 19,547 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

$4k
’21
$72k
’22
$289k
’23
$3k
’24
$20k
’25
181
months of
reserve
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'23
'25*
total
Artsfundunclassified
$23k
funders
1
1

From the IRS filings of ARTS FOUNDATION FEDERAL WAY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How concentrated its funding is

ARTS FOUNDATION FEDERAL WAY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 58% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

58% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund ARTS FOUNDATION FEDERAL WAY.

58%
largest funder
100%
top three
~2
effective funders

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

Where its funders are

100% of ARTS FOUNDATION FEDERAL WAY's grant income comes from Washington funders.

WA

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

ARTS FOUNDATION FEDERAL WAY has grown faster than three-quarters of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin14% · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)121% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Organizations like ARTS FOUNDATION FEDERAL WAY

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Public support

83%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

WA

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Questions and answers

Who funds ARTS FOUNDATION FEDERAL WAY?
ARTS FOUNDATION FEDERAL WAY (Washington) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $38,500 to it, the largest being ARTSFUND ($22,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does ARTS FOUNDATION FEDERAL WAY have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $38,500 in grants to ARTS FOUNDATION FEDERAL WAY.
Who is the largest funder of ARTS FOUNDATION FEDERAL WAY?
ARTSFUND is the largest funder on record, with $22,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like ARTS FOUNDATION FEDERAL WAY find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2021–2025), and the filings of 2 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing