Washington · Nonprofit
HEDGEBROOK
HEDGEBROOK (Washington) receives grants from 61 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,363,709 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($2,749,130). 26 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 81% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.8M
- Funders on record
- 61
- Grants received
- $5.4M
- Net assets
- $4.3M
What Hedgebrook does
Mission
Hedgebrook supports visionary women writers whose stories and ideas shape our culture now and for generations to come.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
In 2024, Hedgebrook opened up the property for landstays beyond the core residency program. Each stay was for writers or groups of writers and Hedgebrook provided education and support.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Hedgebrook hosts women writers for free residencies of two to four weeks. Writers are chosen through a competitive international selection process. Up to seven writers are in residence at a time, each housed in a handcrafted cottage, with meals prepared for them. The writers in residence program is Hedgebrook's core program. This program serves up to 80 writers a year.
$688,881 spentof which $12,141 as grants$35,650 earned by the program85% of program spendingRadical craft retreats and land stays: a series of five-day virtual or in-person writing workshops that combine Hedgebrook's unique retreat experience with the opportunity for writers to study with a Hedgebrook alumnae teacher. Workshops are offered in a variety of genres, and are focused on various instruction, group feedback and one-on-one sessions with the instructor.
$56,678 spent$230,930 earned by the program7% of program spendingAnnual writing conference and various virtual workshops, live webinars, and online classes for writers to improve their craft within the community.
$35,448 spent$3,533 earned by the program4% of program spendingVarious convenings, partner events and gatherings for writers and their audiences, as well as annual Hedgebrook alumnae showcases.
$29,637 spent4% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $810,644.
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 2021 to 2022, from $5.6M to $4.1M (−26%).
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 3% · 2019 0% · 2020 1% · 2021 25% · 2022 5% · 2023 14% · 2024 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
71% of HEDGEBROOK’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 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
Kimberly A Wilson
Executive director
Board chair
Rinku Sen
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2019 and FY2020, and between the FY2020 and FY2021 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 13 funders to 26 funders, grant income rose $226k → $738k.
17 of 61 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 82% 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 HEDGEBROOK’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 61 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
HEDGEBROOK leans on a few funders — its largest provides 51% of grant income and the top three 71%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
85% 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 HEDGEBROOK.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 29% · 2018 51% · 2019 86% · 2020 60% · 2021 58% · 2022 38% · 2023 48% — 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 HEDGEBROOK's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 43% 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
81% of HEDGEBROOK'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 $992k that is directly attributable, 64% of it comes from funders outside Washington, across 10 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $4.4M arriving through sponsors registered in 12 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
HEDGEBROOK runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding HEDGEBROOK receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $35k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$35k
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 HEDGEBROOK
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
46% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
84%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 6 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for HEDGEBROOK: 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 HEDGEBROOK?
- HEDGEBROOK (Washington) receives grants from 61 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,363,709 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($2,749,130). 26 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 81% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does HEDGEBROOK have?
- IRS filings report 61 organizations giving $5,363,709 in grants to HEDGEBROOK, 26 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HEDGEBROOK?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $2,749,130 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HEDGEBROOK 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 61 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