Washington · Nonprofit
NORTHWEST IMMIGRANT RIGHTS PROJECT
NORTHWEST IMMIGRANT RIGHTS PROJECT (Washington) receives grants from 171 organizations whose IRS filings report $41,671,115 to it, the largest being LEGAL FOUNDATION OF WASHINGTON ($12,234,283). 96 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $23M
- Funders on record
- 171
- Grants received
- $42M
- Net assets
- $20M
What Northwest Immigrant Rights Project does
Mission
Northwest Immigrant Rights Project (nwirp) is a nonprofit organization committed to defending and advancing the rights of immigrants through immigration legal services to persons of low income, and also by providing community education and systemic advocacy.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
Nwirp created a new program service called "social services". See line 4e for more information.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Removal defense - this program provides representation to individuals whom the government is seeking to "remove" (deport) from the united states, and who are pursuing avenues to contest deportation and achieve legal immigration status in this country (including all of the services listed above). The program provides representation at both the administrative level and on appeals before the federal courts.
$4,988,240 spentof which $650,991 as grants26% of program spendingViolence against women act (vawa) - this program assists individuals who are survivors of domestic violence, human trafficking, or other serious crimes and are pursuing legal immigration status.
$4,322,572 spentof which $168,486 as grants23% of program spendingChildren and youth advocacy program (cyap) - this program serves immigrant children and youth and unaccompanied minors, including many who are survivors of abuse, neglect, abandonment, human trafficking, or other serious crimes and are pursuing legal immigration status.
$3,170,202 spentof which $342,493 as grants17% of program spendingDetention defense - this program includes a legal orientation program, legal consultation, and direct representation of individuals detained at the northwest ice processing center in tacoma.
$2,203,861 spent12% of program spendingAsylum: this program assisted people who had fled violence or persecution in their home countries and sought safety and protection through asylum in the united states.
$1,788,420 spent9% of program spendingDaca: this program assisted undocumented young people in applying for the deferred action for childhood arrivals protection, which provides work permits, new opportunities in education, and relief from the threat of deportation.
$93,446 spent0% of program spendingFamily services: this program helped people seeking to reunite or stay together with their children, parents, and other family members through the family visa process.
$873,206 spent5% of program spendingCitizenship: this program helped community members apply to become united states citizens, a majority of whom faced barriers to citizenship such as a disability or elderly age.
$666,738 spent3% of program spendingAdvocacy and education: this program challenged unjust immigration policies and practices at the local and national level through systemic litigation and advocacy, as well as provided community education and outreach about immigration issues and immigrant rights.
$676,846 spent$1,136,340 earned by the program4% of program spendingSocial services: this program offers one-on-one support to nwirp clients, ensuring access to social services and resources. It is part of the interdisciplinary legal team and works concurrently with nwirp's legal staff to promote holistic service delivery to nwirp clients while they navigate their legal immigration case.
$378,910 spent2% of program spending
The 10 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $19,162,441.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $22M to $25M (+16%).
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 33% · 2018 41% · 2019 49% · 2020 42% · 2021 46% · 2022 59% · 2023 55% · 2024 74%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
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
Maria Chavez Sierra
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 34 funders to 53 funders, grant income rose $3.2M → $7.2M.
36 of 171 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 31% 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 NORTHWEST IMMIGRANT RIGHTS PROJECT’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 171 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
NORTHWEST IMMIGRANT RIGHTS PROJECT has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 29% 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
70% 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 NORTHWEST IMMIGRANT RIGHTS PROJECT.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 38% · 2018 29% · 2019 36% · 2020 35% · 2021 49% · 2022 16% · 2023 49% — 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
40% of NORTHWEST IMMIGRANT RIGHTS PROJECT's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% 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
89% of NORTHWEST IMMIGRANT RIGHTS PROJECT's grant income comes from Washington funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $13M arriving through sponsors registered in 18 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.
Government funding NORTHWEST IMMIGRANT RIGHTS PROJECT receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $3.1M on record.
- Department of Justice$3.1M
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 NORTHWEST IMMIGRANT RIGHTS PROJECT
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
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NORTHWEST IMMIGRANT RIGHTS PROJECT?
- NORTHWEST IMMIGRANT RIGHTS PROJECT (Washington) receives grants from 171 organizations whose IRS filings report $41,671,115 to it, the largest being LEGAL FOUNDATION OF WASHINGTON ($12,234,283). 96 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NORTHWEST IMMIGRANT RIGHTS PROJECT have?
- IRS filings report 171 organizations giving $41,671,115 in grants to NORTHWEST IMMIGRANT RIGHTS PROJECT, 96 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NORTHWEST IMMIGRANT RIGHTS PROJECT?
- LEGAL FOUNDATION OF WASHINGTON is the largest funder on record, with $12,234,283 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NORTHWEST IMMIGRANT RIGHTS PROJECT 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 171 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