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Screen a listFriends of Seattle Waterfront
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Listed with the IRS. Every screen came back clear.
A 501(c)(3) on Publication 78 and the IRS master file.
- IRS nonprofit listing
- No issue
- Revocation
- None
- IRS files
- Agree
- Sanctions
- No match
- IRS bulletin
- No notice
- California
- No record
- Charity type
- 509(a)(1)
$21Mrevenue
FY2024 · +14% in 3 yrs45staff
6 of 6years filed
’19’20’21’22’23’24
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpendingDeficit
Against similar nonprofits FY2024
Operating margin−36.8%
Months of reserve6.0mo
Revenue growth (annualized)+15.7%
Middle half of peersMedianFriends of Seattle Waterfront
Where the money goes FY2024 · $29M spent
Programs$26M92%Management and general$1.3M4%Fundraising$1.1M4%990 FY2024 · Part IX line 25
Worth checking1
Deficits in 2 of the last 3 years
−$5.9M in FY2022 and −$7.7M in FY2024. Cash covers 6.0 months, above the peer median of 3.5.
990 Part I and balance sheetIn its favor2
Growing faster than peers
Revenue up 16% a year since FY2019, faster than half of similar nonprofits.
990 Part I · peer cohortA history of government grants
Government grants on 4 of its 4 returns, 14% of revenue in FY2024. $34k is traced federal awards from National Endowment for the Arts.
990 Part VIII · USAspending63funders
$15Ma year, last 3 years
39%from its largest funder
Funder’17’18’19’20’21’22’23Gates FoundationOn and off$4.8M$5.0MThe Norcliffe FoundationSince FY2021$2.5M$2.4M$2.6MJoshua Green Foundation IncOn and off$500k$1.4MBagley and Virginia Wright FoundationStopped after FY2020$375k$375k$750k–The Nick and Leslie Hanauer FoundationStopped after FY2019$333k$333k$335k–M J Murdock Charitable TrustOn and off$1.0MDonor-advised giftsDonors not disclosed$200k$2.3M$656k$2.6M$9.7M$13M30 other fundersUp to $510k a year each$280k$135k$479k$185k$898k$2.2M$1.2M
FundedThrough a donor-advised fundStopped