Washington · Nonprofit
Phinney Neighborhood Association
Phinney Neighborhood Association (Washington) receives grants from 33 organizations whose IRS filings report $500,119 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($139,557). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 57% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.8M
- Funders on record
- 33
- Grants received
- $500k
- Net assets
- $14M
What Phinney Neighborhood Association does
Mission
The mission of the Phinney Neighborhood Association is to build, engage and support our diverse community through programs, services, and activities that connect neighbors and foster civic engagement.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Children's Programs: The PNA operates one accredited, licensed and insured school age enrichment program for children in preschool through fifth grade, and 4 preschool cooperatives. The programs provide high quality, developmentally appropriate learning opportunities at three sites in North Seattle (Whittier Elementary School, Northwest Christian Church, and the Phinney Center). In 2024, these programs served 761 children through 2492 hours of child care.
$1,652,232 spent$1,122,714 earned by the program51% of program spendingSocial Services Programs: 1) Greenwood Senior Center (GSC) a facility providing vital services for senior citizens and neighbors in the local community, including social activities, fitness classes, social work consultations, meals, nurse support, and other aging resources. In 2024, GSC served 3,100 senior participants. 2) PNA hot meals program this program provided three nutritious meals weekly at two locations to those in need as part of the "safety net" for Seattle's low income and unhoused population. In 2024, the program served 21,887.
$1,533,947 spent$782,985 earned by the program47% of program spendingMembership, Community projects, Volunteer and DIY Hub: Membership and community projects both programs are designed to recruit and retain PNA members for a stable financial base and organization support, as well as to connect neighbors to neighbors and build community through social activities. In 2024, the PNA had 2,238 membership households and 150 business members. 2) PNA volunteer program this program recruits, orients, places, evaluates and recognizes the volunteers who serve the PNA and the surrounding neighborhood. In 2024, 1,308 volunteers donated 38,889 hours to the PNA. 3) DIY hub is our tool library and woodship class and rental space. In 2024, 1,922 tools were rented.
$52,381 spent$23,501 earned by the program2% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,238,560.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 $8.0M to $15M (+83%).
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: 2020 29% · 2021 81% · 2022 38% · 2023 27% · 2024 18%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
46% of Phinney Neighborhood Association’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (61% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 5 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 7 funders to 11 funders, grant income rose $3k → $115k.
7 of 33 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 57% 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 Phinney Neighborhood Association’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 33 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
Phinney Neighborhood Association has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 28% 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
87% 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 Phinney Neighborhood Association.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 42% · 2018 95% · 2019 63% · 2020 29% · 2021 72% · 2022 46% · 2023 61% — 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
28% of Phinney Neighborhood Association'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
57% of Phinney Neighborhood 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. Of the $215k that is directly attributable, 86% of it comes from funders outside Washington, across 12 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $285k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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
Phinney Neighborhood Association has grown faster than half of the 4,203 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,203 community improvement nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like Phinney Neighborhood Association
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
74% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
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 Phinney Neighborhood 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 Phinney Neighborhood Association?
- Phinney Neighborhood Association (Washington) receives grants from 33 organizations whose IRS filings report $500,119 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($139,557). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 57% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Phinney Neighborhood Association have?
- IRS filings report 33 organizations giving $500,119 in grants to Phinney Neighborhood Association, 13 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Phinney Neighborhood Association?
- AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $139,557 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Phinney Neighborhood 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 2020–2024), and the filings of 33 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