Washington · Nonprofit
Front and Centered
Front and Centered (Washington) receives grants from 58 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,488,139 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($2,462,823). 28 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 53% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2023
- $2.6M
- Funders on record
- 58
- Grants received
- $11M
- Net assets
- $2.0M
What Front and Centered does
Mission
Front and Centered is a statewide, community driven coalition working to achieve environmental justice by asserting policy solutions that center equity. Our members are the leadership of communities first and worst hit by environmental and climate impacts, communities of color and indigenous communities.
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990.
Programs
Programs Policy - Provided research, writing, analysis, and policy advocacy on issues related equitable governance, environmental health, and economic transformation for community resilience. Our community driven activities align with our broader vision of a Just Transition, where power and resources shift toward a sustainable, equitable future for all residents in WA state.
$1,165,042 spentof which $93,142 as grants45% of program spendingCommunity Engagement - We connect with and empower frontline communities - primarily people of color, Indigenous communities, migrants and people with low incomes - who are disproportionatelyaffected by environmental issues. We provide community assemblies providing local residents and leaders to share experiences, advocate for policy changes, and collaboratively build solutions to community challenges.These assemblies facilitate grassroots input into decision making and help communities directly engage in environmental justice and climate policy, ensuring that solutions reflect their needs and values.
$533,222 spentof which $125,225 as grants21% of program spendingCapacity Building - Provided organizational strategy consultation, technical assistance and support, grant writing coaching and advice, as well as community grant opportunities.
$475,040 spentof which $133,800 as grants18% of program spendingProgram Service Expenses 423,752, Grants and allocations 800, Revenue 0 Other programs include - The Peoples Economy lab, a network of leaders incubating ideas and initiatives to create an economy that is equitable, democratic, diverse, and resilient Frontline Response Fund, funds distributed to organizations impacted by Covid 19. Organizations applied for the funds and funds were distributed based on requests.
$423,752 spentof which $800 as grants16% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,597,056.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2021 to 2022, from $1.7M to $2.8M (+58%).
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: 2021 2% · 2022 4% · 2023 42%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
93% of Front and Centered’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 24 funders, grant income rose $78k → $1.4M.
14 of 58 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 53% 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 Front and Centered’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 58 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
Front and Centered has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 21% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
70% 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 Front and Centered.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 59% · 2020 34% · 2021 17% · 2022 24% · 2023 14% — diversifying over time.
“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
45% of Front and Centered's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 48% 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
53% of Front and Centered'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 $5.4M that is directly attributable, 52% of it comes from Washington funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $6.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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
Front and Centered is better cushioned than half of the 2,018 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,018 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2023
Government funding Front and Centered receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $8.8M on record.
- Environmental Protection Agency$8.8M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like Front and Centered
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
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
0%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Just Tranistion Voters · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Front and Centered: 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 Front and Centered?
- Front and Centered (Washington) receives grants from 58 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,488,139 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($2,462,823). 28 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 53% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Front and Centered have?
- IRS filings report 58 organizations giving $11,488,139 in grants to Front and Centered, 28 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Front and Centered?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $2,462,823 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Front and Centered 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 FY2023 (financials across 2020–2023), and the filings of 58 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