Washington · Nonprofit
Hearing Loss Association of Washington
Hearing Loss Association of Washington (Washington) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $23,588 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($17,950). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 77% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $85k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $24k
- Net assets
- $146k
What Hearing Loss Association of Washington does
Mission
Organization of and for hard of hearing Washington State residents providing support education and awareness to hard of hearing individuals their families and other interested parties entities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Our annual community day brings together 50+ people. This free event helps people gain skills with hearing loss technologies such as hearing aids and assistive listening systems. We also share communication tips and discuss ways to advocate for yourself including how to exercise your rights as a person with a disability. We also explore how to deal with the emotional impacts of hearing loss and how to overcome challenges and barriers so that all can live well with our hearing loss.
$9,322 spent47% of program spendingOur digital outreach includes a twice-monthly newsletter to 633 engaged subscribers plus a robust educational website with almost 20,000 views 11,000 visitors in the past year. We also have a good social media presence including 667 followers on Facebook 402 followers on Instagram 30 followers on Linked-in and 83 followers on BlueSky.
$7,868 spent40% of program spendingEach month we provide caring facilitated peer support and education to 25-35 people at our online HOPE meetings. These meetings are always free open to everyone and captioned. Participants learn they are not alone with their hearing loss that they have friends self-empowerment strategies and better technical know-how to live well with their hearing loss.
$1,801 spent9% of program spendingTo further build community provide support and reduce isolation we host several events for people with hearing loss throughout the year. Our in-person support meeting in Renton helps 10-20 people with hearing loss each month. At Panorama CCRC we lead support meetings and provide tech help workshops and webinars for the many people with hearing loss in that community. Our annual picnic every July draws over 60 people with hearing loss and their friends and family who connect for a fun relaxed atmosphere. These events as with all our programs and services are free for everyone to attend.
$699 spent4% of program spendingIn December 2025 we hired a Volunteer & Outreach Coordinator. We have laid a foundation for a speakers bureau and we have created systems and procedures to boost our efficiency impact and teamwork. Already we have successfully reached out to new groups of people such as youth via videos on our Instagram vulnerable seniors and underserved populations and new connections with older adults in Central Seattle and beyond.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $19,690.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $114 → $73.
2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 77% 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 Hearing Loss Association of Washington’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
Hearing Loss Association of Washington leans on a few funders — its largest provides 76% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 Hearing Loss Association of Washington.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 100% · 2023 100% — 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
77% of Hearing Loss Association of Washington'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 $5k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Washington, across 1 state.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $18k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.
Organizations like Hearing Loss Association of Washington
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Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
58%
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 Hearing Loss Association of Washington: 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 Hearing Loss Association of Washington?
- Hearing Loss Association of Washington (Washington) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $23,588 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($17,950). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 77% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Hearing Loss Association of Washington have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $23,588 in grants to Hearing Loss Association of Washington, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Hearing Loss Association of Washington?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $17,950 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Hearing Loss Association of Washington 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 2025–2025), and the filings of 3 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