Washington · Nonprofit
NAMI WASHINGTON
NAMI WASHINGTON (Washington) receives grants from 38 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,993,743 to it, the largest being KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN OF WASHINGTON ($955,112). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.5M
- Funders on record
- 38
- Grants received
- $2.0M
- Net assets
- $256k
What Nami Washington does
Mission
The mission of Nami Washington is to improve the quality of life for all those affected by mental health conditions in washington state through a program of education, support & recovery, and advocacy.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Support & outreach: Nami Washington's array of support and outreach efforts are focused on educating washingtonians about mental health conditions, treatment, support services and recovery. In fy2023, Nami Washington hosted the 19th annual namiwalks washington event where supporters gathered at three locations across the state to celebrate recovery, advocate for a more robust mental health service system, and combat the stigma associated with mental health conditions. The annual state conference brought over 100 members and providers together for a day of educational workshops focused on all aspects of mental health treatment, recovery, and system operations. Affiliate support, development and community engagement is part of our support and outreach activities. Nami Washington provides organizational development support for our alliance of affiliates, and we consult and provide educational opportunities on how to run a nonprofit, board development and retention and function, committee building, volunteer recruitment and engagement. Through our sharing hope and compartiendo esperanza, and me mente and me fuerza educational programs, we work with community leaders in the…
$653,774 spentof which $179,075 as grants$48,717 earned by the program54% of program spendingEducation: Nami Washington offers an array of peer education and training programs and services for individuals living with a mental health condition, family members/caregivers of people living with a mental health condition, providers and the general public at no cost to participants. These education opportunities provide critical information and support not found elsewhere in the mental health and addiction system. These programs draw on the lived experience of people living with a mental health condition and family members/caregivers who have been extensively trained in nami's signature education program to help others through these programs. Nami Washington holds teacher, facilitator, and presenter trainings for its core education and support group programs: connection recovery support group, family support group, peer to peer class, family to family class, basics class for parents with young children, homefront class for family member/caregivers of active duty military of veterans, provider education presentation program for frontline workers, ending the silence presentation for middle/high school students; parents; educators, and in our own voice presentation program for any…
$474,812 spentof which $2,051 as grants39% of program spendingAdvocacy: Nami Washington is the largest membership-based mental health organization in the state of washington and is recognized as the leading voice on mental health issues among state lawmakers and among local mental health policymakers across the state. Nami advocates continue to fight for policy changes and health care transformation that raises the bar on mental health treatment and support services which promote recovery and timely access to services and supports, reduce barriers to effective treatment, and preserve families and communities. Nami's grassroots advocates and volunteers are active with their state legislators, informing them of positive developments in the mental health system and advocating for improvements that will lead to more positive mental health and health care outcomes. They also advocate with local mental health authorities, county commissioners, city leaders, law enforcement and first responders, and others in local communities across the state.
$87,708 spent7% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,216,294.
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 2022 to 2023, from $1.1M to $749k (−34%).
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 32% · 2018 13% · 2019 17% · 2020 22% · 2021 39% · 2022 36% · 2023 13% · 2024 44%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
97% of NAMI WASHINGTON’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 16 funders, grant income rose $32k → $376k.
11 of 38 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 38% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $244k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest NAMI National). These are real filings, and they are not money NAMI WASHINGTON raised.
From the IRS filings of NAMI WASHINGTON’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 38 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
NAMI WASHINGTON leans on a few funders — its largest provides 48% of grant income and the top three 71%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
95% 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 NAMI WASHINGTON.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 45% · 2018 74% · 2019 59% · 2020 63% · 2021 38% · 2022 57% · 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
44% of NAMI WASHINGTON's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 39% 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
NAMI WASHINGTON draws 85% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, across 13 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $760k 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
NAMI WASHINGTON is better cushioned than half of the 11,274 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,274 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding NAMI WASHINGTON receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $23k on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$23k
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 NAMI WASHINGTON
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
88%
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 NAMI 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 NAMI WASHINGTON?
- NAMI WASHINGTON (Washington) receives grants from 38 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,993,743 to it, the largest being KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN OF WASHINGTON ($955,112). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NAMI WASHINGTON have?
- IRS filings report 38 organizations giving $1,993,743 in grants to NAMI WASHINGTON, 15 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NAMI WASHINGTON?
- KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN OF WASHINGTON is the largest funder on record, with $955,112 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NAMI 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.
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 38 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