Washington · Nonprofit
TUBMAN CENTER FOR HEALTH & FREEDOM
TUBMAN CENTER FOR HEALTH & FREEDOM (Washington) receives grants from 38 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,419,063 to it, the largest being INATAI FOUNDATION ($1,242,596). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $8.0M
- Funders on record
- 38
- Grants received
- $7.4M
- Net assets
- $18M
What Tubman Center for Health & Freedom does
Mission
The Tubman Center for Health & Freedom addresses health and wellness from both systemic and clinical approaches. By practicing medicine from the intersection of health and freedom, we address both the health of our patients as well as the factors that determine their health. Tubman health provides primary and preventative care, community resources, social services, political education and advocacy.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Health services - tubman health provides community-designed, integrative health services and health promotion programs at two clinical sites, the healing house and the freedom clinic at rainier valley leadership academy. In addition to direct clinical care, our tubman guides program provides care accompaniment and wraparound support, connecting patients to community resources and addressing health-related social needs. The tubman gatherings program offers classes and sessions on health promotion skills and learning (e.g., cooking for mental health, yoga, etc.). While delivering services and programs at these two sites, we are building our third and largest clinic to expand our innovative services to 12,000 community members.
$1,094,570 spent$182,854 earned by the program38% of program spendingResearch - the community health research institute (chri) at the Tubman Center for Health & Freedom implements the best of community-directed research methods to evaluate and generate insights for our healthcare model, while creating recommendations for the field of public health and policymakers. Chri organizes research ambassadors to guide our work and ensure community ownership. Chri also offers youth research fellowships to support the next generation of public health researchers, with a focus on mental health and wellbeing.
$307,170 spentof which $30,683 as grants$2,500 earned by the program11% of program spendingPolicy & community organizing (external affairs) - tubman health's policy team works closely with our research and clinical teams to identify community-generated solutions for health. We educate policymakers at all levels of government about approaches that support the health of marginalized communities - including championing the work of our community partners. We offer organizing and advocacy training to our partners, including introducing youth to health care policy and advocacy, and have built strong partnerships to advance equity- and justice-focused health policies.
$211,544 spent$1,500 earned by the program7% of program spendingOther programs including ahshay - ahshay advances youth leadership and community well-being through violence prevention, advocacy, public education, and youth development initiatives. The program engages youth and community partners to address the impacts of incarceration, homelessness, and systemic inequities through research, communications, education, and collaborative community-based programming.
$1,262,223 spentof which $26,645 as grants$2,460,719 earned by the program44% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,875,507.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2022 to 2023, from $2.5M to $11M (+347%).
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: 2021 7% · 2022 15% · 2023 5% · 2024 59% · 2025 21%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
68% of TUBMAN CENTER FOR HEALTH & FREEDOM’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (51% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 5 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
Ayenay Abye
CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 9 funders to 16 funders, grant income rose $749k → $2.1M.
15 of 38 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 23% 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 TUBMAN CENTER FOR HEALTH & FREEDOM’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 38 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
TUBMAN CENTER FOR HEALTH & FREEDOM has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 17% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
45% 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 TUBMAN CENTER FOR HEALTH & FREEDOM.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 67% · 2022 33% · 2023 24% — 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.
Where its funders are
91% of TUBMAN CENTER FOR HEALTH & FREEDOM's grant income comes from Washington funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.7M arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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
TUBMAN CENTER FOR HEALTH & FREEDOM runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 5,002 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,002 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like TUBMAN CENTER FOR HEALTH & FREEDOM
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
72% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
89%
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
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for TUBMAN CENTER FOR HEALTH & FREEDOM: 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 TUBMAN CENTER FOR HEALTH & FREEDOM?
- TUBMAN CENTER FOR HEALTH & FREEDOM (Washington) receives grants from 38 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,419,063 to it, the largest being INATAI FOUNDATION ($1,242,596). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does TUBMAN CENTER FOR HEALTH & FREEDOM have?
- IRS filings report 38 organizations giving $7,419,063 in grants to TUBMAN CENTER FOR HEALTH & FREEDOM, 17 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of TUBMAN CENTER FOR HEALTH & FREEDOM?
- INATAI FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,242,596 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like TUBMAN CENTER FOR HEALTH & FREEDOM 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 2021–2025), and the filings of 38 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