Washington · Nonprofit
CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB
CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB (Washington) receives grants from 109 organizations whose IRS filings report $22,665,035 to it, the largest being SEATTLE FOUNDATION ($3,238,598). 64 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $25M
- Funders on record
- 109
- Grants received
- $23M
- Net assets
- $42M
What Chief Seattle Club does
Mission
We provide sacred space to nurture, strengthen and affirm the spirit of urban native american people.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Housing - in 2025 csc acquired sweetgrass flats, an 84 unit apartment building in seattle serving those earning below 30% ami. Csc also aquired an operating lease from king county for sharon grayson house, a 36 unit aprment buiding in seattle. As of 12/31/25 csc operated 492 housing units at 8 locations serving low income individuals in seattle. Csc provides nearly 500 units to individuals in seattle. Approximately 50 are shelter units, and the remainder are permanent supportive housing.
$11,098,184 spent$46,518 earned by the program62% of program spendingSocial services - csc provides the following services to members, housing assistance for rapid rehousing/homelessness diverstion, gender based domestic violence prevention/support, a day center providing food, respite, it, clothing, art, traditional wellness services.
$6,863,934 spentof which $2,366,822 as grants38% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $17,962,118.
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 2024 to 2025, from $71M to $103M (+45%).
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 0% · 2018 22% · 2019 29% · 2020 37% · 2021 78% · 2022 68% · 2023 83% · 2024 68% · 2025 65%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
88% of CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 9 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
Derrick Belgarde
Executive director
Board chair
Annie Kirk
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 16 funders to 33 funders, grant income rose $607k → $2.0M.
20 of 109 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 35% 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 CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 109 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
CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 14% of grant income, and it takes 7 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 7 funders to its left
57% 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 CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 35% · 2018 42% · 2019 27% · 2020 33% · 2021 20% · 2022 24% · 2023 20% — 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
46% of CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 59% 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
57% of CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB's grant income comes from Washington funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $7.9M arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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
CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,396 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,396 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.7M on record.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$1.7M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB
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
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
95%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 6 related entities
- Chief Seattle Club Housing LLC · disregarded
- Sacred Medicine House Gp LLC · disregarded
- Csc Goldfinch LLC · disregarded
- Sweetgrass Flats LLC · disregarded
- Chief Seattle Native Housing Lllp · partnership
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB?
- CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB (Washington) receives grants from 109 organizations whose IRS filings report $22,665,035 to it, the largest being SEATTLE FOUNDATION ($3,238,598). 64 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB have?
- IRS filings report 109 organizations giving $22,665,035 in grants to CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB, 64 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB?
- SEATTLE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $3,238,598 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 109 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