Washington · Nonprofit
BEACON HILL MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION
BEACON HILL MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION (Washington) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $249,834 to it, the largest being EQUITY IN EDUCATION COALITION ($107,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $817k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $250k
- Net assets
- $135k
What Beacon Hill Merchants Association does
Mission
Beacon business alliance serves seattle's beacon hill neighborhood, advancing equitable development across southeast seattle's commercial nodes (district 2) through collaborative partnerships. We recognize both traditional businesses and creative entrepreneurs as vital economic drivers that contribute to our community's unique character. Through our community resilience hub and other initiatives, we foster a local economy that honors diversity, nurtures innovation, and preserves the cultural richness that defines beacon hill.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
We assess business community needs and facilitate access to resources. Our priority is to ensure all businesses in our area have access to information and technical assistance through direct outreach in-person phone text e-mail group and virtual workshops and web social media communication. Our areas of focus include: placemaking; community building quarterly stakeholder engagement; management of organizational and city partner projects landlord advocacy; core business support services including outreach direct technical support advocacy and promotions support. We continue to build capacity through collaboration with our district two organizational partneres to provide the highest level of support.
$636,280 spentof which $69,180 as grants$36,027 earned by the program100% of program spendingNot described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spendingNot described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $636,280.
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.
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 $147k to $8k (−94%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2022 75% · 2023 73% · 2024 86%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
97% of BEACON HILL MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
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.
Chief executive
M Angela Castaneda
Executive director
Board chair
Kelly Sommerfield
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $6k → $52k.
1 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 2% 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 BEACON HILL MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION’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
BEACON HILL MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 43% of grant income and the top three 88%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
100% 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 BEACON HILL MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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 BEACON HILL MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION's grant income comes from Washington funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $6k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.
Against its field
BEACON HILL MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION has grown faster than three-quarters of the 11,971 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,971 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like BEACON HILL MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Washington
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BEACON HILL MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BEACON HILL MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION?
- BEACON HILL MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION (Washington) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $249,834 to it, the largest being EQUITY IN EDUCATION COALITION ($107,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BEACON HILL MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $249,834 in grants to BEACON HILL MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BEACON HILL MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION?
- EQUITY IN EDUCATION COALITION is the largest funder on record, with $107,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BEACON HILL MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 5 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