Washington · Nonprofit
SAGE LEADERS
SAGE LEADERS (Washington) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,294,267 to it, the largest being INATAI FOUNDATION ($2,025,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.1M
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $2.3M
- Net assets
- $1.1M
What Sage Leaders does
Mission
Sage Leaders cultivates deep democracy in washington state by developing black, indigenous and people of color community leaders for civic and elected leadership.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The community leadership institute (cli) is a 6-month fellowship that trains emerging leaders in issues such as housing, land use, transit, climate and economic development. Graduates learn the nuts and bolts of local government processes such as municipal budgeting, parliamentary procedures, and lawmaking, as well as advocacy, storytelling and communication skills. In 2024, cli graduated 12 members from their 2023- 2024 clark county cohort for residents of the vancouver, wa area. 95% of graduates have been paired with community leaders to support their work on boards and commissions. Another 15 fellows graduated from our king/pierce county cohort, and 70% of those graduates have applied to serve on boards and commissions. Our fall cohorts started with 30 participants across king, pierce, snohomish, and clark counties in wa state. We've also held a handful of alumni events to support the 130 fellows that have graduated to date.
$249,454 spent38% of program spendingIn 2024 we ran a 3-day training for local elected officials (leli) to support our local progressive bipoc leaders who currently serve in local elected office at the city or county level in washington state. This training supported participants in learning about collaborative leadership principles, co-governance models, power mapping, and relevant local issues such as displacement and equitable development. Our training engaged 13 local electeds, and was held in partnership with the national organization local progress.
$174,647 spent26% of program spendingIn 2024, our political leadership council (plc) members vetted and endorsed 28 bipoc candidates from counties across washington state. Plc members are grassroots community leaders who are alumni of our community leadership institute. By participating in the plc, members gain direct exposure to campaigns and have an opportunity to build relationships with local candidates. We offered skill building though days of action and popular education on technical topics, such as how to move move money in politics. Of the 28 candidates endorsed, 21 of them won their race. We also ran our bipoc candidate cohort, which is a peer support group that offers training resources for progressive civic leaders interested in running for office. In 2024, 15 bipoc candidates from across washington state attended support sessions led by local elected officials or former candidates. Session leaders shared their personal experiences and insights. In addition to these groups, we held a campaign camp in the fall, to support bipoc leaders in exploring the idea of running for elected office, and for those interested in working as campaign staff.
$150,867 spent23% of program spendingAll other programs
$84,426 spent13% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $659,394.
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.
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 $68k to $837k (+1134%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $64k → $510k.
Left out of every figure on this page: $1.1M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Puget Sound Sage). These are real filings, and they are not money SAGE LEADERS raised.
From the IRS filings of SAGE LEADERS’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 3 of 4 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
SAGE LEADERS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 88% 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
100% 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 SAGE LEADERS.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 93% · 2022 56% · 2023 98% — 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
96% of SAGE LEADERS'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.
Organizations like SAGE LEADERS
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
71% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Puget Sound Sage · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SAGE LEADERS: 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 SAGE LEADERS?
- SAGE LEADERS (Washington) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,294,267 to it, the largest being INATAI FOUNDATION ($2,025,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SAGE LEADERS have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $2,294,267 in grants to SAGE LEADERS, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SAGE LEADERS?
- INATAI FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,025,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SAGE LEADERS 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 4 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