Washington · Nonprofit
LAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOLS FOUNDATION
LAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOLS FOUNDATION (Washington) receives grants from 32 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,420,758 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($817,865). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 79% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $815k
- Funders on record
- 32
- Grants received
- $1.4M
- Net assets
- $474k
What Lake Washington Schools Foundation does
Mission
The Lake Washington Schools Foundation raises funds and amplifies community resources to provide students in Lake Washington School District what they need to thrive, both now and in the future.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Pantry Packs: The Foundation funded and operated the Pantry Packs Program, which is a weekend food program for Food Insecure Students in the Lake Washington School District. Over the course of the ten-month school year, more than 1,000 students receive packs of nutritious, shelf-stable food each weekend.
$361,402 spentof which $26,000 as grants52% of program spendingCommunity grants: the foundation granted funds for amazing reading challenge, battle of the books, noticias en espanol (spanish translation video newsletter), mental health wellness resources for students, care solace, kids coming together, college essay workshops, and other grants to support students and families in the lake washington school district.
$231,522 spentof which $136,382 as grants33% of program spendingLINKS: The LINKS program provides one-on-one mentoring for youth in the Lake Washington School District. Volunteers are adults from various backgrounds, educational levels, and stages of life who can spare an hour a week to spend with a child. Activities vary, but one thing remains consistent: the adult is there to support the child's social-emotional development.
$47,973 spentof which $30,000 as grants7% of program spendingInclusive Libraries: With the goal of every student having access to an inclusive library collection where they can see themselves and their peers represented, the Foundation partnered with the librarians in the school district by providing a 5-year grant to purchase books to expand the library collections of all schools in Lake Washington School District.
$45,243 spentof which $27,359 as grants6% of program spendingParent Education Resources: The Foundation provided parent education resources to parents in the community through the Parent Ed Talk Webinar series, Parent Chats, and Parent SEL courses.
$10,450 spent1% of program spendingFind Your Fit: The Foundation provided educational and support resources about the College Application Process by offering webinars and in-person events to students and parents.
$1,482 spent0% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $698,072.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 2020 to 2021, from $543k to $860k (+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: 2019 4% · 2020 4% · 2021 16% · 2022 7% · 2023 7% · 2024 6% · 2025 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
103% of LAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOLS FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (87% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 7 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
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 11 funders, grant income rose $25k → $221k.
10 of 32 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 79% 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 LAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOLS FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 32 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
LAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOLS FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 58% of grant income and the top three 73%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
91% 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 LAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOLS FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 41% · 2018 93% · 2019 65% · 2020 58% · 2021 86% · 2022 54% · 2023 54% — 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
47% of LAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOLS FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 53% 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
79% of LAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOLS FOUNDATION'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 $298k that is directly attributable, 87% of it comes from Washington funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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
LAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOLS FOUNDATION has grown faster than half of the 4,505 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,505 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like LAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOLS FOUNDATION
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
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
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 LAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: 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 LAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOLS FOUNDATION?
- LAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOLS FOUNDATION (Washington) receives grants from 32 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,420,758 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($817,865). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 79% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does LAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOLS FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 32 organizations giving $1,420,758 in grants to LAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOLS FOUNDATION, 17 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOLS FOUNDATION?
- AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $817,865 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOLS FOUNDATION 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 FY2025 (financials across 2019–2025), and the filings of 32 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