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ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF SEATTLE

ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF SEATTLE (Washington) receives grants from 38 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,192,746 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($232,470). 24 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$809k
Funders on record
38
Grants received
$1.2M
Net assets
$1.8M
24/38 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 36%
01What it does

What Assistance League of Seattle does

Mission

Assistance League of Seattle is a chartered chapter of the national assistance league. The chapter carries on philanthropic work through its three programs, operation school bell, financial aid for education, and enrichment scholarship program in the king county area of washington state. The chapter also owns and operates a thrift shop, which sells donated clothing and household items to the general public.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Operation school bell is the primary philanthropy of Assistance League of Seattle. Each year, this program provides new clothing and shoes to over 3,000 children in need, from over 60 schools in the greater seattle area. The program serves at-risk children in kindergarten through eighth grade. This new clothing removes barriers to education by enhancing self-esteem and promoting improved school attendance.

    $346,899 spent
    78% of program spending
  2. Financial aid for education provides scholarships for tuition and books for students in need who are seeking an aa degree or transfer degree but may not qualify for traditional financial aid. Since 1967, financial aid for education has funded over 900 students in various fields: accounting, business administration, computer science, nursing, the enrichment scholarship program grants scholarships for summer dental assisting, culinary arts, graphic arts, and more.grants provided to new teachers to purchase classroom supplies no provided by the school district.

    $44,203 spentof which $43,000 as grants
    10% of program spending
  3. The enrichment scholarship program grants scholarships for summer enrichment programs for students grades 6 to 11 in a variety of fields including music, art, science, mathematics, language, drama, technology, leadership and outdoor experiences.

    $39,953 spentof which $38,951 as grants
    9% of program spending
  4. Other philanthropic activities.

    $15,190 spent
    3% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $446,245.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($431k) Expenses 100 ($430k) Net assets 100 ($1.1M)2018 Revenue 120 ($516k) Expenses 118 ($509k) Net assets 101 ($1.1M)2019 Revenue 150 ($648k) Expenses 128 ($549k) Net assets 109 ($1.2M)2020 Revenue 153 ($658k) Expenses 125 ($538k) Net assets 120 ($1.4M)2021 Revenue 140 ($602k) Expenses 142 ($611k) Net assets 119 ($1.4M)2022 Revenue 157 ($676k) Expenses 153 ($659k) Net assets 121 ($1.4M)2023 Revenue 161 ($695k) Expenses 146 ($629k) Net assets 126 ($1.4M)2024 Revenue 160 ($690k) Expenses 143 ($614k) Net assets 133 ($1.5M)2025 Revenue 188 ($809k) Expenses 119 ($512k) Net assets 159 ($1.8M)
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Revenue (188)Expenses (119)Net assets (159)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 2024 to 2025, from $1.5M to $1.8M (+20%).

$1.2M
$1.2M
$1.3M
$1.4M
$1.4M
$1.4M
$1.4M
$1.5M
$1.8M
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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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

69% of ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF SEATTLE’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (87% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 7,844 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$831
’17
$7k
’18
$99k
’19
$120k
’20
−$9k
’21
$17k
’22
$66k
’23
$76k
’24
$297k
’25
29
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

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Listed2124246615131318
Joined·+8+0+0+1+11+8+0+9
No longer listed·5018121004
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 12 funders, grant income rose $47k → $161k.

6 of 38 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 41% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

From the IRS filings of ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF SEATTLE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 38 funders by total. 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

ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF SEATTLE has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 19% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left

51% 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 ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF SEATTLE.

19%
largest funder
37%
top three
~13
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 63% · 2018 48% · 2019 32% · 2020 16% · 2021 33% · 2022 31% · 2023 19% — diversifying over time.

“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.

How long its funders stay

50% of ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF SEATTLE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

83% of ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF SEATTLE's grant income comes from Washington funders.

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In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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Washington out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $488k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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

ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF SEATTLE runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 4,505 philanthropy nonprofits its size.

Operating margin37% · top quartile
Months of reserve29.4mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)8% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,505 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

87% of spending goes to programs.

Program 87%Management 12%Fundraising 1%

Governance

18
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

99%

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

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Questions and answers

Who funds ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF SEATTLE?
ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF SEATTLE (Washington) receives grants from 38 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,192,746 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($232,470). 24 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF SEATTLE have?
IRS filings report 38 organizations giving $1,192,746 in grants to ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF SEATTLE, 24 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF SEATTLE?
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $232,470 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF SEATTLE 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 38 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing