Washington · Nonprofit
SPOKANE AREA WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL
SPOKANE AREA WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL (Washington) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,508,727 to it, the largest being SOUTH CENTRAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL ($1,498,761). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $12M
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $2.5M
- Net assets
- $945k
What Spokane Area Workforce Development Council does
Mission
The SWC mobilizes partnerships, data-driven innovation,and strategic investment to build an equitable workforce ecosystem where every individual can access opportunity, every business can find talent, and every community can thrive.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The WIOA Adult, Dislocated Worker, and Youth Programs provide employment and training services to individuals facing barriers to economic stability. Through career coaching, occupational skills training, work-based learning, supportive services, and employer partnerships, participants gain the education, credentials and job readiness skills needed to secure sustainable employment and advance in high-demand careers. The Next Generation Zone is the Spokane regions career and education center for young adults ages 16-24, offering GED support, career coaching job search assistance, and employment readiness training. The Next Gen also provides career pathway programs, short-term certification training, digital literacy support, and other services designed to help young adults achieve long-term education and employment success.
$4,453,294 spentof which $3,077,891 as grants39% of program spendingThe Councils Economic Security for All (EcSA) Community Reinvestment Program helps low-income individuals and familes achieve economic self- sufficiency through workforce training, career incentives, business partnerships, and employment support services. The program focuses on reducing barriers to employment and expanding opportunities for underserved and economically disadvantaged communities through coordinated education, training, and career pathway services.
$3,712,047 spentof which $3,169,511 as grants33% of program spendingThe Councils Child Care Investment Initiative provides childcare tuition assistance, application, support, and career pathway services to low and moderate income familes in the Spokane region who are working or participating in education and training programs. The program also strengthens the local chilcare workforce by supporting recruitment, training, and retention of childcare providers and partnering with community stakeholders to expand childcare capacity and improve access to affordable, high-quality care for working families.
$2,160,545 spentof which $1,911,741 as grants19% of program spendingThe healthcare Talent Pipeline program connects individuals to high-demand healthcare careers. The Council collaborated with Providence Healthcare to create a CNA training program for whom english is not a first language to fill a critcal labor gap in the region. The Council also provided career counseling, job readiness training, and support services to refugee status populations.
$1,009,054 spentof which $913,190 as grants9% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $11,334,940.
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 $1.7M to $4.1M (+134%).
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 98% · 2018 94% · 2019 98% · 2020 91% · 2021 98% · 2022 96% · 2023 84% · 2025 89%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of SPOKANE AREA WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (61% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 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
Mark Mattke
CEO
Board chair
Christina Vigil-Gross
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 6 funders, grant income fell $208k → $143k.
3 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 12% 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 SPOKANE AREA WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 12 of 13 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
SPOKANE AREA WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL leans on a few funders — its largest provides 60% of grant income and the top three 87%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
81% 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 SPOKANE AREA WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 96% · 2018 76% · 2019 91% · 2020 60% · 2021 100% · 2022 59% · 2023 61% — 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
60% of SPOKANE AREA WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 85% 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
79% of SPOKANE AREA WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL's grant income comes from Washington funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $290k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
SPOKANE AREA WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL has grown faster than half of the 328 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 328 community improvement nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like SPOKANE AREA WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL
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
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SPOKANE AREA WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL?
- SPOKANE AREA WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL (Washington) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,508,727 to it, the largest being SOUTH CENTRAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL ($1,498,761). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SPOKANE AREA WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $2,508,727 in grants to SPOKANE AREA WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SPOKANE AREA WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL?
- SOUTH CENTRAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL is the largest funder on record, with $1,498,761 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SPOKANE AREA WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 13 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