Washington · Nonprofit
THE SEATTLE SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY & PSYCHOLOGY
THE SEATTLE SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY & PSYCHOLOGY (Washington) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,991,128 to it, the largest being LILLY ENDOWMENT INC ($4,849,985). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $7.3M
- Funders on record
- 24
- Grants received
- $9.0M
- Net assets
- $1.9M
What The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology does
Mission
The mission of The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology is to train people to become competent in the study of text, soul, and culture in order to serve god and neighbors through transforming relationships.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The school provides graduate education offering master of arts in theology & culture and master of arts in counselling pyschology degrees, with five degree concentrations. The school serves approximately 265 degree seeking students and course auditors through in person and low residency remote modalities.
$3,298,237 spentof which $83,537 as grants$3,784,525 earned by the program60% of program spendingThe allender center at the seattle school provides a certificate program in our narrative focused trauma care method, trauma care healing workshops and conferences, and online courses to the general public. Annually the allender center serves approximately 260 certificate participants, 250 workshop participants, 2,000 conference participants, and 800 online course enrollees.
$1,748,370 spent$2,288,966 earned by the program32% of program spendingThe center for transforming engagement at the seattle school equips leaders and teams to awaken social change. Through cohort based trainings, coaching, and consulting, the center equips leaders and theirs teams to transform their service of god and neighbor in their local contexts-and in the process, to be transformed.
$396,819 spentof which $3,000 as grants$26,349 earned by the program7% of program spendingThe other journal publishes a twice annual journal on the intersection of theology and culture.
$64,635 spent$44,953 earned by the program1% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,508,061.
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 2017 to 2018, from $2.1M to $3.2M (+51%).
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 1% · 2018 1% · 2019 1% · 2020 1% · 2021 10% · 2022 0% · 2023 1% · 2024 1% · 2025 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
15% of THE SEATTLE SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY & PSYCHOLOGY’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 10 funders, grant income rose $1.3M → $2.0M.
11 of 24 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 SEATTLE SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY & PSYCHOLOGY’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 SEATTLE SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY & PSYCHOLOGY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 54% of grant income and the top three 77%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
35% 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 SEATTLE SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY & PSYCHOLOGY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 80% · 2018 74% · 2019 61% · 2020 36% · 2021 82% · 2022 38% · 2023 87% — growing more concentrated.
“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
75% of THE SEATTLE SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY & PSYCHOLOGY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% 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 SEATTLE SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY & PSYCHOLOGY draws 84% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, across 9 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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 SEATTLE SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY & PSYCHOLOGY's funding base is broadening — from 4 funders to 10 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding THE SEATTLE SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY & PSYCHOLOGY receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $728k on record.
- Department of Education$728k
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 SEATTLE SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY & PSYCHOLOGY
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
67% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
79%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE SEATTLE SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY & PSYCHOLOGY?
- THE SEATTLE SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY & PSYCHOLOGY (Washington) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,991,128 to it, the largest being LILLY ENDOWMENT INC ($4,849,985). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE SEATTLE SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY & PSYCHOLOGY have?
- IRS filings report 24 organizations giving $8,991,128 in grants to THE SEATTLE SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY & PSYCHOLOGY, 14 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE SEATTLE SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY & PSYCHOLOGY?
- LILLY ENDOWMENT INC is the largest funder on record, with $4,849,985 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE SEATTLE SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY & PSYCHOLOGY 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 24 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