Washington · Nonprofit
PUGET SOUND ADVOCATES FOR RETIREMENT ACTION
PUGET SOUND ADVOCATES FOR RETIREMENT ACTION (Washington) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $40,415 to it, the largest being SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION LOCAL 775 ($40,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $88k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $40k
- Net assets
- $140k
What Puget Sound Advocates for Retirement Action does
Mission
PSARA is a grassroots organization whose purpose is to educate retirees, those approaching retirement age, their families and community about issues important to retirees and how to use their democratic rights to achieve justice, equal rights and dignity for retired workers, their families and all Americans. PSARA's education programs include preservation of pensions, long term care, affordable health care, access to affordable housing, transportation and other services.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Supported leveling the playing field between Traditional Medicare (TM) and Medicare Advantage (MA) so that Medicare beneficiaries have a financially viable choice between these programs. Raised concerns that the current practices of private Medicare Advantage (MA) insurers are causing serious inequities within the Medicare system, and harming the health and well-being of senior citizens and people with disabilities. PSARA hosted five major webinars and a rally on these issues with presentations by national leaders for about 600 participants. PSARA reached out to a variety of national and state based organizations sharing experiences and analysis and coordinating and organizing at the national level. Including developing a "Level the Playing Field" resolution which was passed by the WA State Labor Council and other organizations.
$43,459 spent61% of program spendingWorked with allies to pass state legislation that: (1) protects patients and healthcare providers by addressing hospital safe staffing ratios, (2) extends access and protections for reproductive healthcare, (3) adds climate and environmental justice elements to our Growth Management Act, (4) supports affordable housing by investing in the Housing Trust Fund, (5) invests in BIPOC homeownership, and (6) ensures sustainability of the paid family and medical leave program. Developed a Legislative Agenda, held a Legislative Conference and conducted training on how to successfully advocate with state legislators. We held a virtual lobby day with 30 PSARA members across the state and their legislators. Supported more than 45 bills by contacting legislators and signing in to support bills as an organization and coordinating with members to do the same. Members also provided oral and written testimony in some cases.
$12,085 spent17% of program spendingBuilt community solidarity and activism for our issues by hosting five in-person events and three Zoom events with about 300 total participants (in addition to events in the two programs described above). Three of these events advocated for reparations in coordination with community partners. Two supported the environment including one with national leader, author and activist Bill McKibben. In addition we supported more than seven events hosted by other organizations including carrying our PSARA banner at the M.L.King Day March & Rally and the Seattle Pride Parade.
$15,262 spent22% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $70,806.
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 2021 to 2022, from $175k to $142k (−19%).
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.
66% of PUGET SOUND ADVOCATES FOR RETIREMENT ACTION’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Mike Andrew
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $10k → $205.
From the IRS filings of PUGET SOUND ADVOCATES FOR RETIREMENT ACTION’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.
How concentrated its funding is
PUGET SOUND ADVOCATES FOR RETIREMENT ACTION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 99% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
99% 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 PUGET SOUND ADVOCATES FOR RETIREMENT ACTION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 98% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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.
Where its funders are
100% of PUGET SOUND ADVOCATES FOR RETIREMENT ACTION's grant income comes from Washington funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
PUGET SOUND ADVOCATES FOR RETIREMENT ACTION has grown faster than half of the 1,043 civil rights nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,043 civil rights nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like PUGET SOUND ADVOCATES FOR RETIREMENT ACTION
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.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds PUGET SOUND ADVOCATES FOR RETIREMENT ACTION?
- PUGET SOUND ADVOCATES FOR RETIREMENT ACTION (Washington) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $40,415 to it, the largest being SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION LOCAL 775 ($40,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PUGET SOUND ADVOCATES FOR RETIREMENT ACTION have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $40,415 in grants to PUGET SOUND ADVOCATES FOR RETIREMENT ACTION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PUGET SOUND ADVOCATES FOR RETIREMENT ACTION?
- SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION LOCAL 775 is the largest funder on record, with $40,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PUGET SOUND ADVOCATES FOR RETIREMENT ACTION 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 2 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