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Pacific NW Writers Association
Pacific NW Writers Association (Washington) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $54 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($54). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $282k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $54
- Net assets
- $27k
What Pacific NW Writers Association does
Mission
Develop the talent of writing from pen to publication through education, accessibility to the publishing industry, and participation in an interactive, vital writer community in the Pacific Northwest.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Annual Conference. The summer writing conference continues to be a top conference due the accessibility to agents and editors, writing advancement workshops, industry education and best practices for business and marketing. We continue to rely on 150 volunteers to ensure our events success. We have continued to see an increase in both book contracts as well as agent representation for those who attended our conference. During the year we offer a series of writing workshops at our Writers Cottage in Issaquah, Washington.
$101,420 spent$170,826 earned by the program70% of program spendingOther miscellaneous services and programs to promote amateur writers: We assist authors by providing education and tools for the industry primarily through monthly meetings. We bring in speakers who are either published authors, writing instructors or industry experts to discuss trends in publishing, the craft of writing and how to market your novel. We provide free of charge the online Author Magazine and a half day Young Authors Day conference for children ages 8-15.
$27,803 spent$1,150 earned by the program19% of program spendingLiterary Contest. The PNWA Literary Contest is designed to teach authors the format expected for a book proposal. This skill gives them the confidence to not only pitch their novel at the conference, but submit it to a book agent or editor. Each entry submitted to the contest is read by pre-screened readers, resulting in two critiques. The 8 finalists in each category are read by either a book agent or editor who determine the first, second and third place winner in each category. In 2021 a greater number of our finalists than in the past were successful in achieving either representation from an agent, or a book contract. The Nancy Pearl Literary Contest is open to published authors. Librarians read books and we announce winners at our summer conference.
$15,700 spent$34,730 earned by the program11% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $144,923.
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 $40k to $9k (−78%).
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 1% · 2022 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
27% of Pacific NW Writers Association’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (64% 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
2021 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $27 → $16.
1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 Pacific NW Writers Association’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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.
Where its funders are
100% of Pacific NW Writers Association'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. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $54 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
Pacific NW Writers Association runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
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In Washington
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
55% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 Pacific NW Writers Association: 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 Pacific NW Writers Association?
- Pacific NW Writers Association (Washington) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $54 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($54). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Pacific NW Writers Association have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $54 in grants to Pacific NW Writers Association, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Pacific NW Writers Association?
- AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $54 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Pacific NW Writers 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.
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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 1 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