Washington · Nonprofit
Firelands Workers United
Firelands Workers United (Washington) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,696,267 to it, the largest being INATAI FOUNDATION ($1,272,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.0M
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $2.7M
- Net assets
- $1.5M
What Firelands Workers United does
Mission
To bring together rural working-class people to build our power and advance public policies for the wellbeing of people and the lands and waters we rely on. We promote civic engagement, educate voters, and support candidates who share our vision.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Leadership Development and Basebuilding - Our Timber Country Organizing School for Working Class Power trained 40 community leaders in issues and skills related to economy, civic engagement, organizing, and narrative. In addition, trained staff and community leaders engaged in conversations, gathered stories, and educated community members on how taxes and public funding impact our communities.
$198,988 spent53% of program spendingCivic Engagment - volunteer community leaders and trained staff educated policy makers, shared stories from our own life experiences, and advocated for state policies and programs prioritizing rural health care, jobs and workers rights, healthy and affordable housing, and fair taxes. In addition, we engaged in public education about initiatives on the ballot in order to promote fair taxes and public funding for schools and good jobs in rural areas through billboards, yard signs and ads by and for working people, a festival for working families, and conversations with community members.
$111,044 spent29% of program spendingResiliency - Incorporated training and tools for emotional resilience and conflict resolution throughout our work.
$18,776 spent5% of program spendingProgram Service Expenses 48,057, Grants and allocations 0, Revenue 0 Other programs included team development, coordination retreats and meetings.
$48,057 spent13% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $376,865.
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
Kristine Janssen
Executive Director
Board chair
Mary Le Nguyen
Board Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $25k → $527k.
From the IRS filings of Firelands Workers United’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
Firelands Workers United leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 97%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
83% 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 Firelands Workers United.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 67% · 2023 99% — 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
97% of Firelands Workers United'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.
Organizations like Firelands Workers United
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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Firelands Workers United: 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 Firelands Workers United?
- Firelands Workers United (Washington) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,696,267 to it, the largest being INATAI FOUNDATION ($1,272,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Firelands Workers United have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $2,696,267 in grants to Firelands Workers United, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Firelands Workers United?
- INATAI FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,272,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Firelands Workers United 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 2024–2024), and the filings of 6 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