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MULTI-SERVICE CENTER

MULTI-SERVICE CENTER (Washington) receives grants from 55 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,805,864 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF KING COUNTY ($1,489,135). 35 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$28M
Funders on record
55
Grants received
$4.8M
Net assets
$11M
35/55 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 4%
01What it does

What Multi-Service Center does

Mission

Msc uplifts communities by increasing equitable access to advocacy, opportunities, and well-being.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Energy assistance - msc's energyassistance program helps individuals and families to keep their lights and heat on through the low-income energy assistance and puget sound energy programs. They also provide energy conservation education and training. 58,447 benefits were paid out to vendors to help 33,456 households with their energy costs: gas, electric, propane, oil, wood. Due to multiple funding sources, some households received more than one benefit. An additional 48 households received energy education and other resource navigation services, and 12 households received lakehaven funding, making the grand total served 33,516 households. - $30,486,203 was paid directly to energy vendors on behalf of families to help keep lights on and homes warm. - 2,133 households received state's help with their energy bill through sheap program, and $1,748,871 was paid directly to their heating energy vendors on behalf of families. - 86% of the households increased their fuel vendor credit rating as a result of benefits paid. - 48 households (12 unduplicated households) received help with their water bill through lakehaven utility. - 457 households received a portable ac unit (the total…

    $9,735,966 spentof which $7,106,155 as grants$2,156,497 earned by the program
    43% of program spending
  2. Nutritional assistance msc's food bank program provides supplemental food to residents of the federal way school district. Emergency bags and street bags are available to those who need them. The food bank offers a home delivery program for those who face challenges physically visiting the food bank.- 5,653 households visited our food bank for market-style food distribution, resulting in a total of 40,688 visits. - 533 households were served with 15,982 home deliveries. - 1,249 households utilizing the food bank and 175 households in the food bridge program were served by our 2024 holiday food program. - 1,612,201 pounds of food were distributed, including bread, dairy, fruit, vegetables, meat and canned goods. - 445 care bags were distributed, primarily to households experiencing homelessness. - baby corner: provided 333 households with 1,925 diaper and/or formula service units.- food bridge: 7,393 deliveries of emergency food were made to low-income seniors by 42 volunteers contributing 3,289.75 hours of service. Most of the food bridge customers served were aged 65 and older. - the average household received an average of over 50 pounds of food per visit. Total in-kind food…

    $3,995,799 spentof which $426,276 as grants$851,218 earned by the program
    18% of program spending
  3. Economic stability msc's economic opportunity program provides resources for housing, education, and employment. Housing assistance includes permanent, transitional, and emergency housing for individuals. Housing services: - william j wood veterans house. 48 households were served in permanent housing with supportive services at the william j wood veterans house. Of the 9 exiting households, 66% exited to other permanent housing. Out of 40 households who have completed at least 2 self-sufficiency matrix assessments, 87% improved in one or more life domains. Life domains in the analysis include housing, income/benefits, mental health, legal, mobility, and community. Staff met with program participants, asking detailed questions to understand how program participants respond and assess their self-sufficiency as a result of their own resiliency and staff support. - burien veterans house. 17 individuals were served at the burien vets house. Of the 12 exiting individuals, 66% exited to permanent housing and 8% moved on to other temporary housing situations. Out of 5 residents who completed at least 2 self-sufficiency matrix assessments, 60% improved in one or more life domains. Life…

    $5,568,698 spentof which $2,256,638 as grants$1,673,498 earned by the program
    25% of program spending
  4. Long term care msc's long-term care program provides advocacy and education to ensure the safety and dignity of residents of long-term care facilities throughout washington.- 2,489 complaints were investigated on behalf of 1,340 individuals across the state.- 77.3% of complaints were resolved to the satisfaction of the resident or the complainant.- 6,303 routine visits were made to long-term care facilities by volunteers.- 22,990 consultations were provided to long-term care providers and consumers (information and assistance).- 140 volunteers donated 15,553 hours of their time visiting residents, receiving and resolving complaints, and providing information and education related to long-term care.

    $3,132,093 spentof which $2,278,360 as grants$691,717 earned by the program
    14% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $22,432,556.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($15M) Expenses 100 ($14M) Net assets 100 ($6.3M)2018 Revenue 107 ($16M) Expenses 109 ($15M) Net assets 102 ($6.4M)2019 Revenue 111 ($16M) Expenses 112 ($16M) Net assets 106 ($6.6M)2020 Revenue 139 ($20M) Expenses 129 ($18M) Net assets 136 ($8.6M)2021 Revenue 178 ($26M) Expenses 178 ($25M) Net assets 151 ($9.5M)2022 Revenue 171 ($25M) Expenses 170 ($24M) Net assets 146 ($9.2M)2023 Revenue 173 ($25M) Expenses 176 ($25M) Net assets 144 ($9.1M)2024 Revenue 163 ($24M) Expenses 179 ($25M) Net assets 127 ($8.0M)2025 Revenue 195 ($28M) Expenses 185 ($26M) Net assets 177 ($11M)
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Revenue (195)Expenses (185)Net assets (177)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $22M to $28M (+28%).

$17M
$17M
$17M
$19M
$21M
$22M
$28M
$26M
$32M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

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2018
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2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 58% · 2018 61% · 2019 60% · 2020 58% · 2021 68% · 2022 67% · 2023 65% · 2024 57% · 2025 54%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

81% of MULTI-SERVICE CENTER’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (21% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 3,405 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$355k
’17
$138k
’18
$216k
’19
$1.9M
’20
$622k
’21
$649k
’22
$153k
’23
−$1.7M
’24
$2.2M
’25
0.9
months of
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

Kirsten York

CEO

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed232322212124222324
Joined·+2+2+3+3+3+4+5+5
No longer listed·23430644
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 17 funders, grant income rose $411k → $434k.

11 of 55 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 19% 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 MULTI-SERVICE CENTER’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 55 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

MULTI-SERVICE CENTER has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 31% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left

79% 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 MULTI-SERVICE CENTER.

31%
largest funder
52%
top three
~7
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 76% · 2018 37% · 2019 43% · 2020 34% · 2021 28% · 2022 22% · 2023 26% — 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

34% of MULTI-SERVICE CENTER's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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 MULTI-SERVICE CENTER's grant income comes from Washington funders.

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In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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Washington out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $903k 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

MULTI-SERVICE CENTER runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 2,396 human services nonprofits its size.

Operating margin8% · above the median
Months of reserve0.9mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)9% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,396 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025

Government funding MULTI-SERVICE CENTER receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $852k on record.

Federal$852k
grants $852kcontracts $0
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Top agencies
  • Department of Labor$772k
  • Department of Housing and Urban Development$80k

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 MULTI-SERVICE CENTER

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

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

86% of spending goes to programs.

Program 86%Management 12%Fundraising 2%

Governance

11
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

94%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

WA

Part of a family of 16 related entities

  • Msc Hawthorne Lane Gp LLC · disregarded
  • Msc Stonebrook LLC · disregarded
  • Kenyon House LLC · disregarded
  • Msc Fern Hill Terrace LLC · disregarded
  • Rainier View Senior LLC · disregarded

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Questions and answers

Who funds MULTI-SERVICE CENTER?
MULTI-SERVICE CENTER (Washington) receives grants from 55 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,805,864 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF KING COUNTY ($1,489,135). 35 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does MULTI-SERVICE CENTER have?
IRS filings report 55 organizations giving $4,805,864 in grants to MULTI-SERVICE CENTER, 35 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of MULTI-SERVICE CENTER?
UNITED WAY OF KING COUNTY is the largest funder on record, with $1,489,135 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like MULTI-SERVICE CENTER 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 55 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