Washington · Nonprofit
FOUNDATION FOR WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY AND ALUMNI
FOUNDATION FOR WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY AND ALUMNI (Washington) receives grants from 108 organizations whose IRS filings report $19,109,256 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($5,863,535). 57 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 67% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $12M
- Funders on record
- 108
- Grants received
- $19M
- Net assets
- $169M
What Foundation for Western Washington University and Alumni does
Mission
The Foundation for Western Washington University and Alumni is a non-profit, public 501(c)(3) organization that advances the mission of the university: "by inspiring our community to give, we secure and steward private resources to advance scholarship, research and creativity."the foundation was established in 1966 as a vehicle to receive and encourage private giving to wwu. The foundation is led by a group of dedicated board members who grow awareness of the importance of private support to public institutions. These alumni, parent and community leaders bring their experiences in business, education, science, and non-profits and share the common mission of engaging new friends for western while also stewarding the more than $175 million in assets under the foundation's management. Gifts fund student scholarships, as well as program and faculty member support.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Higher education: 2,387 scholarships awarded to individual students.
$5,151,763 spentof which $5,151,763 as grants23% of program spendingHigher education: provide other program services to western washington university to include equipment purchases, faculty and student travel, conferences, honoraria, supplies, and other.
$17,567,716 spentof which $11,108,358 as grants$2,094,102 earned by the program77% of program spendingHigher education: grant gifts of in-kind property received for western washington university to include computer hardware and software, technical equipment, art collections and gallery, library additions and other.
$133,550 spentof which $133,550 as grants1% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $22,853,029.
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 2020 to 2021, from $130M to $159M (+22%).
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 1% · 2018 0% · 2023 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
77% of FOUNDATION FOR WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY AND ALUMNI’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (23% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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
Kim Hill
President & CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2024 and FY2025 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 20 funders to 35 funders, grant income rose $414k → $8.8M.
32 of 108 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 67% 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 FOUNDATION FOR WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY AND ALUMNI’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 108 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
FOUNDATION FOR WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY AND ALUMNI has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 31% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
76% 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 FOUNDATION FOR WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY AND ALUMNI.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 20% · 2018 13% · 2019 35% · 2020 40% · 2021 45% · 2022 14% · 2023 58% — growing more concentrated.
“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
44% of FOUNDATION FOR WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY AND ALUMNI's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 53% 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
67% of FOUNDATION FOR WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY AND ALUMNI's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $6.2M that is directly attributable, 68% of it comes from Washington funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $13M arriving through sponsors registered in 13 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
FOUNDATION FOR WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY AND ALUMNI receives grants from 108 organizations whose IRS filings report $19M to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,794 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like FOUNDATION FOR WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY AND ALUMNI
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
82%
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 1 related entity
- Charitable Unitrust(5) · corp_trust
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FOUNDATION FOR WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY AND ALUMNI?
- FOUNDATION FOR WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY AND ALUMNI (Washington) receives grants from 108 organizations whose IRS filings report $19,109,256 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($5,863,535). 57 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 67% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does FOUNDATION FOR WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY AND ALUMNI have?
- IRS filings report 108 organizations giving $19,109,256 in grants to FOUNDATION FOR WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY AND ALUMNI, 57 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FOUNDATION FOR WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY AND ALUMNI?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $5,863,535 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FOUNDATION FOR WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY AND ALUMNI 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 108 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