Washington · Nonprofit
The Family Support Center of South Sound
The Family Support Center of South Sound (Washington) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,195,792 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF THURSTON COUNTY ($504,509). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $5.8M
- Funders on record
- 18
- Grants received
- $1.2M
- Net assets
- $3.0M
What The Family Support Center of South Sound does
Mission
Mission is "Working Together to Strengthen ALL Families". Includes colocated and collaborative programs and services to support safe, healthy, and hopeful families.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Pear Blossom Place Family Shelter & Affordable Housing Project:There are 6 emergency shelter units and 7 permanent affordable apartments for low income and homeless families with children.Campus Shelter:The Campus Shelter Program operates as a continuous stay 10-bed shelter for children and their families. The model offers intensive Housing focused services to assist guests in identifying and accessing a permanent housing option. Services are driven by the needs of each resident, are flexible and utilize a strengths-based approach. Families residing at the Campus shelter have access to a variety of programs and services onsite at the campus.
$1,284,497 spentof which $291,993 as grants$112,066 earned by the program24% of program spendingFamilies Resource Services:The Family Resource Services program serves families with children in need with a variety of services designed to strengthen families, build economic stability, and prevent family homelessness. The Family Resource Coordinator helps families who need special assistance navigating local resources by providing concrete support such as resource and referral assistance, emergency rental/utility assistance, advocacy, home visitation, holiday gifts, baby supplies, help applying for benefits, budget assistance, counseling, food, clothing, child care, employment assistance, transportation, and other individualized services.
$791,137 spentof which $547,750 as grants14% of program spendingHomeless Family Service:The Homeless Family Services Program serves as the primary point of intake for homeless families with children in Thurston County, providing services such as emergency shelter screening and placement; housing assistance; case management; advocacy; outreach; computer, phone, and community voicemail access; employment, child care, and mental health resources; transportation, clothing, food, and hygiene supplies. The goal of this program is to help families obtain and maintain permanent housing, increase skill and income, and build greater self-sufficiency.
$2,532,031 spentof which $1,072,821 as grants$42,980 earned by the program46% of program spendingFamily Justice Center:The Thurston County Family Justice Center Program provides survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking and/or human trafficking in Thurston County with a variety of collaborative, co-located community based and criminal justice services under one roof to increase coordination, access, safety, and well-being of survivors and their families. Services available include coordinated intake, confidential community based and victim advocacy, supportive services such as access to transportation, clothing, shelter, housing, cellular phones, and food; civil legal services, on-site protection order assistance, child care, support groups, law enforcement, and prosecution services.
$233,669 spentof which $89 as grants4% of program spendingParent Education: The Family Support Center offers a variety of community-based parent education, family engagement, and support opportunities utilizing the strengthening families model to encourage healthy family development. Parenting classes are evidence based, best practice, and include free child care, activities, and snacks.
$32,894 spent1% of program spendingFacilities Management: The Family Support Center manages a 32,000 sq. foot building, providing centralized and coordinated services for families with children by offering low cost rental space to other like minded family and child service agencies.
$582,031 spentof which $1,001 as grants$256,178 earned by the program11% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,456,259.
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 2018 to 2019, from $3.2M to $7.2M (+124%).
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 61% · 2018 65% · 2019 71% · 2020 73% · 2021 84% · 2022 84% · 2023 82% · 2024 84%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
91% of The Family Support Center of South Sound’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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
Patricia Gregory
Executive Director
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 4 funders to 9 funders, grant income rose $31k → $392k.
4 of 18 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 11% 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 Family Support Center of South Sound’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
The Family Support Center of South Sound 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
86% 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 Family Support Center of South Sound.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 64% · 2018 39% · 2019 48% · 2020 39% · 2021 85% · 2022 32% · 2023 45% — 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
40% of The Family Support Center of South Sound's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 39% 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
58% of The Family Support Center of South Sound's grant income comes from Washington funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $136k 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
The Family Support Center of South Sound has grown faster than three-quarters of the 11,274 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,274 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding The Family Support Center of South Sound receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $11.0M on record.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$9.7M
- Department of Justice$1.3M
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 Family Support Center of South Sound
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
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- FSCSS Housing LLC · partnership
- FSCSS West Olympia LLLP · partnership
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for The Family Support Center of South Sound: 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 The Family Support Center of South Sound?
- The Family Support Center of South Sound (Washington) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,195,792 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF THURSTON COUNTY ($504,509). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does The Family Support Center of South Sound have?
- IRS filings report 18 organizations giving $1,195,792 in grants to The Family Support Center of South Sound, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of The Family Support Center of South Sound?
- UNITED WAY OF THURSTON COUNTY is the largest funder on record, with $504,509 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like The Family Support Center of South Sound 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 18 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