Washington · Nonprofit
BUILDING CHANGES
BUILDING CHANGES (Washington) receives grants from 52 organizations whose IRS filings report $33,625,163 to it, the largest being GATES FOUNDATION ($11,902,039). 26 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $7.7M
- Funders on record
- 52
- Grants received
- $34M
- Net assets
- $7.3M
What Building Changes does
Mission
Building Changes advances equitable responses to homelessness in washington state, with a focus on children, youth, and families. We work at the intersection of housing, education, and health systems, partnering with communities and public systems to promote racial equity and lasting solutions to homelessness through grantmaking, capacity building, research, and advocacy.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Housing crisis: to create stable foundations for individuals experiencing homelessness, our housing initiative advances policy change, advocates for sustainable resources, and holds housing systems accountable. From july 2023 to june 2024, we supported seven community organizations and two tribes, impacting 146 households, including 212 individuals, through the washington youth & families fund (wyff). We launched three-year wyff projects with eight new grantees and provided direct financial aid to 394 predominantly bipoc households via the centralized diversion fund. Since inception, we've distributed $66.675 million through wyff, supporting 130 grantees across 26 counties and helping thousands transition to stable housing. Our culturally responsive, data-informed, and tailored approach ensures partners receive the support they need.
$4,004,916 spentof which $2,967,694 as grants$37,648 earned by the program54% of program spendingThe we are in program is a community coalition of king county residents, both housed and unhoused, alongside advocacy organizations, philanthropies, service providers, and businesses, united to drive progress toward ending homelessness in the region. In 2024, the program transitioned to a new fiscal sponsor. Our financial activity this year reflects the closeout and transfer of funds associated with this transition.
$1,840,223 spentof which $1,679,589 as grants25% of program spendingEducation: grounded in research on student homelessness, our education work strengthens the integration of housing and school systems to better support students. In 2024, we expanded the homeless student stability program to 13 grantees across 11 counties, serving students in 31 districts and educational settings. Since 2022, 962 students, 69% students of color, were supported through this work. We also hosted four communities of practice events and expanded our abc tool to 20 schools, helping improve equity and data practices.
$1,440,581 spentof which $722,243 as grants$215,481 earned by the program19% of program spendingHealth services: housing is a social determinant of health. To enhance healthy outcomes and support stability in health and housing for those experiencing homelessness, we employ a multifaceted strategy. By collaborating with healthcare providers, housing services, schools, policymakers, advocates, and community members, we advocate for resource allocation, share expertise on integrating homelessness solutions within health care, ensure health systems adopt equitable and culturally responsive practices, and foster cross-system collaboration to streamline service delivery.
$149,005 spent2% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $7,434,725.
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 2019 to 2020, from $16M to $11M (−28%).
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: 2017 21% · 2018 42% · 2019 60% · 2020 9% · 2021 6% · 2022 22% · 2023 36% · 2024 70%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
94% of BUILDING CHANGES’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (51% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 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
Daniel Zavala
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 10 funders to 16 funders, grant income rose $1.9M → $4.2M.
13 of 52 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 37% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $1.7M from one payer (the same organization on both sides, largest Building Changes). These are real filings, and they are not money BUILDING CHANGES raised.
From the IRS filings of BUILDING CHANGES’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 52 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
BUILDING CHANGES leans on a few funders — its largest provides 35% of grant income and the top three 61%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
42% 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 BUILDING CHANGES.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 60% · 2018 76% · 2019 86% · 2020 49% · 2021 22% · 2022 48% · 2023 24% — 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
49% of BUILDING CHANGES's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% give in more than one year at all.
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
94% of BUILDING CHANGES's grant income comes from Washington funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $12M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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.
Against its field
BUILDING CHANGES has grown faster than three-quarters of the 8,121 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 8,121 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like BUILDING CHANGES
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
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
83%
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 BUILDING CHANGES: 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 BUILDING CHANGES?
- BUILDING CHANGES (Washington) receives grants from 52 organizations whose IRS filings report $33,625,163 to it, the largest being GATES FOUNDATION ($11,902,039). 26 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BUILDING CHANGES have?
- IRS filings report 52 organizations giving $33,625,163 in grants to BUILDING CHANGES, 26 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BUILDING CHANGES?
- GATES FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $11,902,039 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BUILDING CHANGES 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 52 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