Washington · Nonprofit
SOUND GENERATIONS
SOUND GENERATIONS (Washington) receives grants from 101 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,710,486 to it, the largest being THE SEATTLE TIMES COMMUNITY IMPACT FUND ($3,438,475). 58 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $20M
- Funders on record
- 101
- Grants received
- $9.7M
- Net assets
- $12M
What Sound Generations does
Mission
Sound Generations supports older adults, disabled persons, and those who care for them on their aging journey through community connections and accessible services throughout king county. Our eleven programs and numerous community partner sites are constantly striving to expand the provision of food security, transportation, health & wellness, and assistance services to underserved and marginalized populations.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Sound Generations provides food security to thousands of individuals throughout king county. We fight hunger by providing nutritious and convenient meals for older adults and adults with disabilities in need. In addition to providing reliable food security, our people connect clients to community resources and social support networks, so they may live ample and fulfilled lives. In 2024, we delivered and served over 700,000 meals to aging adults across king county.
$5,742,039 spent$132,256 earned by the program40% of program spendingOur free transportation services provide rides to community meal programs, senior centers, and rides to medical appointments. Additionally, neighborhood vans are provided for errands such as grocery shopping, banking, or visiting friends. We understand the impact that access to affordable transportation options has for older adults or persons with limited mobility. We enable individuals to maintain their independence and quality of life.
$4,235,447 spent$10,443 earned by the program30% of program spendingSound Generations provides assistance services for older adults, adults with disabilities, and the individuals that love and care for them. Assistance services can help with anything from information and resources to direct service and one-on-one assistance. We offer free to low-cost solutions for those seeking to utilize their community resources.
$2,884,849 spent20% of program spendingIn addition to the three programs listed above, Sound Generations also provides health & wellness services and clinics and has senior centers where members and visitors access our food insecurity, health & wellness and assistance services.
$1,491,519 spent$71,383 earned by the program10% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $14,353,854.
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 $11M to $15M (+44%).
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 64% · 2018 73% · 2019 74% · 2020 75% · 2021 74% · 2022 77% · 2023 81% · 2024 79%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
97% of SOUND GENERATIONS’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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
James Wigfall
CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2017 and FY2018 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 15 funders to 42 funders, grant income rose $493k → $1.6M.
19 of 101 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 30% 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 SOUND GENERATIONS’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 101 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
SOUND GENERATIONS has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 35% 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
82% 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 SOUND GENERATIONS.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 40% · 2018 35% · 2019 26% · 2020 29% · 2021 46% · 2022 40% · 2023 33% — diversifying over time.
“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
42% of SOUND GENERATIONS's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% 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
76% of SOUND GENERATIONS's grant income comes from Washington funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.9M arriving through sponsors registered in 14 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
SOUND GENERATIONS runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 3,289 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,289 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Organizations like SOUND GENERATIONS
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
76% 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
Part of a family of 4 related entities
- Belltown Senior Apartments LLC · disregarded
- Northwest ( Ballard) Senior Activity Center · exempt
- Snovalley Senior Center · exempt
- Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Senior Center · exempt
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SOUND GENERATIONS: 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 SOUND GENERATIONS?
- SOUND GENERATIONS (Washington) receives grants from 101 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,710,486 to it, the largest being THE SEATTLE TIMES COMMUNITY IMPACT FUND ($3,438,475). 58 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SOUND GENERATIONS have?
- IRS filings report 101 organizations giving $9,710,486 in grants to SOUND GENERATIONS, 58 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SOUND GENERATIONS?
- THE SEATTLE TIMES COMMUNITY IMPACT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $3,438,475 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SOUND GENERATIONS 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 101 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