Washington · Nonprofit
KOREAN WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION
KOREAN WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION (Washington) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,200,789 to it, the largest being Chinese Information and Service Center ($457,218). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $75M
- Funders on record
- 24
- Grants received
- $2.2M
- Net assets
- $47M
What Korean Women's Association does
Mission
Kwa partners with diverse communities to empower individuals to live safe and dignified lives.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
In-home care: kwa home care has provided household and personal care services (such as assistance with taking medications and bathing) to the elderly and disabled throughout the puget sound for over 30 years. One of the largest and most respected home care providers in the state since 1989, kwa has a stellar reputation for providing excellent care and compassion to a wide range of clients enabling them to remain in the comfort of their own homes. Kwa home care has 2,292 caregivers serving approximately 2,660 clients a year.
$66,829,393 spent$1,590,720 earned by the program98% of program spendingSenior meal site: this program, provides healthy ethnic meals, a lively atmosphere, opportunities for seniors to connect and engage in physical activity, participate in first-rate health and nutrition workshops, and receive assistance with navigating many social services such as medicaid, medicare, medicare part d insurance, housing assistance/referrals, basic food information & applications, low income subsidy program and energy assistance. Kwa provides meal sites for korean meals, international meals, vietnamese meals, cambodian meals, and federal way mealsite.
$723,970 spent$16,621 earned by the program1% of program spendingWe are family: the we are family program provides prevention and intervention services to women and children who are victims of domestic violence and sexual abuse. The program began in 1972 as kwa's first volunteer effort, a domestic violence support group. Since then, kwa has expanded the program to provide services including counseling, bilingual support groups, family education programs, legal advocacy and assistance with court hearings, restraining orders, law enforcement reports, transitional/permanent housing and an emergency shelter. Kwa's confidential emergency shelter provides 19 beds for women and children victims of domestic violence and sexual abuse for up to four months, servicg 138 clients and 11,229 meals annually.
$744,534 spent$16,152 earned by the program1% of program spendingHotel olympus: hotel olympus apartment is a 49 residential unit and commercial space located in tacoma, washington. Each building of the project was allocated low-income housing credits pursuant to irs code section 42 (section 42), which regulates the use of the project as to occupant eligibility and unit gross rent, among other requirements. Each building of the project must meet the provision of these regulations during each of 15 consecutive years in order to remain qualified to receive the credits, even if disposition of the project by the owner occurs. The apartment manager works full-time and lives on site. She arranges community meals, assists tenants with understanding benefits for which they may be eligible, and refers them to other services that may help with their expendable income and connect them to opportunities for education and employment.
$53,875 earned by the program
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $68,297,897.
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 2019 to 2020, from $26M to $34M (+29%).
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 94% · 2021 95% · 2022 95% · 2023 96% · 2024 95%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
96% of KOREAN WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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
Cheryl Lee
Executive director
Board chair
Myung Park
Board chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2017 and FY2018, and between the FY2022 and FY2023, and between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $161k → $271k.
3 of 24 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 7% 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 KOREAN WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 22 of 24 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
KOREAN WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 21% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
86% 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 KOREAN WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 52% · 2018 55% · 2019 32% · 2020 27% · 2021 17% · 2022 42% · 2023 29% — 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
28% of KOREAN WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% 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
91% of KOREAN WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION's grant income comes from Washington funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $157k 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
KOREAN WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 3,288 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,288 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Organizations like KOREAN WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION
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
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 4 related entities
- Senior City Council · exempt
- Senior City Ltd Partnership · partnership
- Kwa 15th & Tacoma Lllp · partnership
- Kwa Gp LLC · corp_trust
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Questions and answers
- Who funds KOREAN WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION?
- KOREAN WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION (Washington) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,200,789 to it, the largest being Chinese Information and Service Center ($457,218). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does KOREAN WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 24 organizations giving $2,200,789 in grants to KOREAN WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION, 14 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of KOREAN WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION?
- Chinese Information and Service Center is the largest funder on record, with $457,218 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like KOREAN WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 24 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