Washington · Nonprofit
THE EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE FOUNDATION
THE EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE FOUNDATION (Washington) receives grants from 50 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,893,299 to it, the largest being MARGARET A CARGILL FOUNDATION ($5,024,500). 28 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.7M
- Funders on record
- 50
- Grants received
- $12M
- Net assets
- $31M
What The Evergreen State College Foundation does
Mission
The foundation secures philanthropic funds to support students to achieve a transformative education, strengthen evergreen's public service, and build a community of graduates who exemplify critical thinking, creativity, empathy, and social responsibility.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Student aid.evergreen has a long history of serving a diverse population of students. As of fall 2025, 24.3% of the students are the first in their family to go to college. 32.7% of students are low-income and 37.6% received pell grants. Scholarships and fellowships help evergreen students stay in school, earn degrees, and make a positive impact in their communities. In the 2024-2025 academic year, 376 students received donor-funded scholarships and 215 students received emergency aid to assist with expenses from unexpected emergencies.
$1,273,940 spentof which $1,273,940 as grants31% of program spendingPublic service centers.the foundation provides support to the college that adds excellence to the evergreen educational experience. Foundation support for the college bolsters a variety of programs, including the center for climate action and sustainability center, faculty professional development and research, the kaos radio station, the library, the evergreen student civic engagement institute, entrepreneurship, paths curriculum planning reform, lecture series, and the center for creative and applied media.
$727,119 spentof which $706,108 as grants18% of program spendingIn demonstration of evergreen's strong commitment to give back to the communities it serves, the college currently operates public service centers including the "house of welcome" cultural arts, center for climate action and sustainability, the center for community-based learning and action, the washington center for improving undergraduate education, and the sustainability in prisons project. The foundation supports these public service centers by securing and administering private gifts including grants to enhance their programs.
$1,220,523 spentof which $1,122,094 as grants30% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$904,592 spentof which $777,562 as grants22% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,126,174.
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 2020 to 2021, from $22M to $29M (+31%).
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.
76% of THE EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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
Abby Kelso
Executive director, ex-officio governor
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 13 funders to 21 funders, grant income rose $399k → $1.4M.
13 of 50 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 34% 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 THE EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 50 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
THE EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 42% of grant income and the top three 66%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
36% 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 THE EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 57% · 2018 59% · 2019 34% · 2020 21% · 2021 44% · 2022 60% · 2023 31% — 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
45% of THE EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% 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
THE EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE FOUNDATION draws 94% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, across 14 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $4.0M arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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
THE EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE FOUNDATION is better cushioned than half of the 9,615 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,615 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding THE EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE FOUNDATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $125k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$100k
- Department of the Interior$25k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like THE EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE FOUNDATION
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
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
67%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 20 states
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Evergreen State College · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE FOUNDATION?
- THE EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE FOUNDATION (Washington) receives grants from 50 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,893,299 to it, the largest being MARGARET A CARGILL FOUNDATION ($5,024,500). 28 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 50 organizations giving $11,893,299 in grants to THE EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE FOUNDATION, 28 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE FOUNDATION?
- MARGARET A CARGILL FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $5,024,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE FOUNDATION 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 50 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