Washington · Nonprofit
Downtown Spokane Development Association
Downtown Spokane Development Association (Washington) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $60,000 to it, the largest being CREDIT UNIONS IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON ($60,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.6M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $60k
- Net assets
- $692k
What Downtown Spokane Development Association does
Mission
The Downtown Spokane Partnership is dedicated to the creation of a dynamic, safe, vital, livable, and sustainable Downtown as the basis of an economically healthy region.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Clean & Safe Programs:Provide maintenance and secure environment services to enhance existing municipal services to more than 850 business owners and 350 property parcels inside an 80-block BID area to develop a positive and vibrant downtown.Safe Program:Implements crime prevention through environmental design initiatives; implements processes to crew to track and report observed criminal behavior; (Continued on Schedule O)maintains coordinated procedures and communications with Spokane Police Department and reinvigorate downtown safety stakeholder meetings; develops hospitality functions of "Ambassador" role with community and visitor engagement; expands existing training for onboarding, social work, motivational interviews, and DEI; enhances mobility and secure environment with vehicle and e-bike patrolling.Maintenance and Beautification Program:Collects litter, garbage bags, removing graffiti, snow, and ice; maintains downtowns green spaces and public sidewalks; preserves, enhance and plant new trees in coordination with the City Arborist; maintains coordination with City Code Enforcement to enhance viaduct cleaning and graffiti removal; encourages private property owners for…
Economic Development and Vitality Programs:Deepen relationships with cultural organizations and associations; showcase and celebrate existing businesses and pursue incentives and grants to foster new diverse cultural business owners; see out, implement, and share educational programs to attract diversified talent in the core; strive for effective implementation of marketing, events and placemaking; implement wayfinding and placemaking initiatives; emphasize uses and access to the Spokane River and advance Zipline project; develop and promote vital back-to-work initiatives; leverage partnerships with Advantage Spokane to showcase downtown recruitment of new businesses and residential development.
Parking and Transportation Programs:Monitor transportation and initiatives, increase awareness of downtown accessibility; promote greater use of transportation options; facilitate communication and support commerce during construction improvements; increase long-term parking stock for residential and workforce population.
Marketing and Activation Programs: Develop promotional campaigns to promote businesses and events in downtown; maintain an online directory, bi-weekly eNews and social media channels; coordinate event production and support event producers; support art in public places and placemaking programs.
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense.
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.
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 $1.0M to $1.3M (+24%).
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 77% · 2018 70% · 2019 81% · 2020 86% · 2021 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
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
Emilie Cameron
President & CEO
Board chair
Christopher Varallo
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income held at $30k.
Left out of every figure on this page: $79k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Spokane Regional Chamber of Commerce). These are real filings, and they are not money Downtown Spokane Development Association raised.
From the IRS filings of Downtown Spokane Development 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.
Where its funders are
100% of Downtown Spokane Development 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. 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.
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In Washington
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Downtown Spokane Community Investment Group · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Downtown Spokane Development 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 Downtown Spokane Development Association?
- Downtown Spokane Development Association (Washington) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $60,000 to it, the largest being CREDIT UNIONS IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON ($60,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Downtown Spokane Development Association have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $60,000 in grants to Downtown Spokane Development Association, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Downtown Spokane Development Association?
- CREDIT UNIONS IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON is the largest funder on record, with $60,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Downtown Spokane Development 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.
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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 1 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