Washington · Nonprofit
FW BLACK COLLECTIVE
FW BLACK COLLECTIVE (Washington) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $271,912 to it, the largest being SEATTLE FOUNDATION ($205,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 75% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $380k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $272k
- Net assets
- $119k
What Fw Black Collective does
Mission
The federal way black collective is an organization that is committed to providing voice, building strategy, and driving change in communities of color through policy development and the creation of resources that are equitable and culturally reflective.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Small business: the program offers free business support services to entrepreneurs, small businesses, and nonprofits, prioritizing those owned by historically marginalized and underserved individuals. Its key objectives include providing business support, enhancing communication and outreach, fostering workforce development, and establishing a business network coalition. Since 2021, the program has supported over 200 businesses with one-on-one capacity building and network development, and helped 11 businesses secure funding.
$203,900 spent53% of program spendingWrap around support: the program's primary goal is to provide comprehensive, personalized support to address the diverse needs of clients. Through a holistic, one-on-one approach, the program tailors wrap-around services to thoroughly assess and address each client's unique challenges. With a focus on compassionate case management, community engagement, and direct service delivery, the program builds strong connections with both clients and their communities, fostering a supportive environment. Since its inception, it has helped over 250 community members with homelessness prevention, resource connections, and facilitated more than 100 behavioral health sessions. This year, the program served 63 families by providing food, clothing, shelter, utility assistance, and transportation support.
$58,834 spent15% of program spendingGeneral programs: funds supported direct assistance programs providing mental health services, rental support, and basic essential needs to individuals and families in need. This includes facilitating access to therapy services, distributing rental assistance to prevent homelessness, and supplying essentials such as food, clothing, and transportation vouchers. These services help stabilize households, promote well-being, and address immediate critical needs in the community.
$113,841 spentof which $350 as grants$950 earned by the program30% of program spendingEarly learning: the program provides early childhood education and developmental support for young children.
$4,646 spent1% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $381,221.
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 $293k to $634k (+116%).
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: 2020 66% · 2021 99% · 2022 98% · 2023 99% · 2024 82% · 2025 95%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of FW BLACK COLLECTIVE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (99% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 6 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
Taniesha Lyons
Executive director
Board chair
Evan Cook
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2022: the base held at 3 funders, grant income rose $36k → $38k.
2 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 75% 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 FW BLACK COLLECTIVE’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
FW BLACK COLLECTIVE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 75% of grant income and the top three 89%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
93% 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 FW BLACK COLLECTIVE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 70% · 2021 100% · 2022 53% — 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.
Where its funders are
75% of FW BLACK COLLECTIVE'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 $67k that is directly attributable, 88% of it comes from Washington funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $205k 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
FW BLACK COLLECTIVE's revenue fell 40% between 2020 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 904 civil rights nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like FW BLACK COLLECTIVE
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
99% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FW BLACK COLLECTIVE: 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 FW BLACK COLLECTIVE?
- FW BLACK COLLECTIVE (Washington) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $271,912 to it, the largest being SEATTLE FOUNDATION ($205,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 75% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does FW BLACK COLLECTIVE have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $271,912 in grants to FW BLACK COLLECTIVE, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FW BLACK COLLECTIVE?
- SEATTLE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $205,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FW BLACK COLLECTIVE 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 2020–2025), and the filings of 7 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