Washington · Nonprofit
Federal Way Public Market
Federal Way Public Market (Washington) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $72,171 to it, the largest being FISCAL SPONSORSHIP ALLIES INC ($62,171). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $116k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $72k
- Net assets
- $6k
What Federal Way Public Market does
Mission
Development of a year-round public market that would serve as a community hub to help community emerge as a more vibrant and economically viable place to live, work, and play.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Began Feasibility Study. In October 2023, we discussed with Aaron Zaretsky, internationally recognized expert in public markets, our ideas to establish a public market in Federal Way. Aaron had served as the Director of Seattle's Pike Place Market for 15 years after it was saved from development in the late 1970s. Aaron brought with him his business partner, Mark Ernst, who designed Bellevue's Downtown Park early in his career. Throughout 2024, Federal Way Public Market FWPM engaged with Aaron and did Pre-Feasibility Analysis, including early site analysis, potential costs, connections to pedestrian walkways, transit and parking. FWPM contracted with Aaron and the actual Feasibility Study began near the end of the year, evaluating demographics and economics, examining existing retailers, determining missing market segments, identifying challenges, and appraising long term viability.
$66,767 spentof which $67,000 as grants66% of program spendingLarge Community Meetings. Public Outreach, Governemtn Relations, Internal Planning, Significant outreach to gather information from local businesses, organizations, and members of the community
$31,232 spentof which $10,000 as grants31% of program spendingDevelopment of videos and schematics of what a future Federal Way Public Market could look like, Public Presentation Costs. Ron Walker, VP, is highly skilled in turning visions into film, using a combination of historical photos, architectural renderings, and AI to produce a series of videos for public presentation and the FWPM Social Media campaign
$3,011 spent3% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $101,010.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 2023 to 2024, from $16k to $4k (−75%).
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: 2025 75%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of Federal Way Public Market’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 4 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $21k → $19k.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 14% 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 Federal Way Public Market’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
Federal Way Public Market leans on a few funders — its largest provides 86% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder 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 Federal Way Public Market.
Largest funder’s share by year: 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
Federal Way Public Market draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, across 1 state in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $10k 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
Federal Way Public Market has grown faster than three-quarters of the 7,668 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,668 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like Federal Way Public Market
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
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Federal Way Public Market: 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 Federal Way Public Market?
- Federal Way Public Market (Washington) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $72,171 to it, the largest being FISCAL SPONSORSHIP ALLIES INC ($62,171). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Federal Way Public Market have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $72,171 in grants to Federal Way Public Market, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Federal Way Public Market?
- FISCAL SPONSORSHIP ALLIES INC is the largest funder on record, with $62,171 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Federal Way Public Market 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 2022–2025), and the filings of 2 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