Washington · Nonprofit
URBAN LEAGUE OF METROPOLITAN SEATTLE
URBAN LEAGUE OF METROPOLITAN SEATTLE (Washington) receives grants from 86 organizations whose IRS filings report $53,453,769 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF KING COUNTY ($21,473,962). 34 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $34M
- Funders on record
- 86
- Grants received
- $53M
- Net assets
- $24M
What Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle does
Mission
The Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle (ulms) empowers african americans, as well as other diverse underserved communities, to thrive by securing educational and economic opportunities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Housing: the program provides foreclosure prevention with outcome of hecm loans for people aged 62 years or more, mortgage modification mediation, expungement of criminal records, and/or assisting foreclosed families with members with criminal records to move into safe and sanitary rental housing. The program also provides transitional housing to homeless youth ages 18-24 and financial assistance for households facing eviction. In fy25, the organization administered the washington state community reinvestment program which includes downpayment assistance for first time homebuyers, foreclosure prevention, home repairs for seniors, small business development grants and debt remediation.
$10,015,887 spentof which $2,947,709 as grants$49,811 earned by the program51% of program spendingAdvocacy and community engagement: the advocacy and community engagement department has four main buckets of work: policy advocacy, civic engagement, public health, and community outreach. The team works within those buckets with local and state governments, agencies, and organizations to make systematic change that benefit black people, families, and youth. The team also creates educational and outreach opportunities to empower the community to create a positive connection within systems and institutions that affect us all. In fy25, ulms administered the we see you award on behalf of the seattle foundation, supporting rest, healing, and liberation for bipoc executives across washington state.
$3,379,710 spentof which $3,144,253 as grants17% of program spendingEducation: developing remedial learning program targeting at-risk high school students of color who are underserved in the community for success in college and beyond, providing academic enrichment and skill-building through stem program, and scholarship program.
$2,482,471 spentof which $429,564 as grants13% of program spendingEmployment (career bridge): the program develops pathways to economic opportunity for african american men in king county ages 18-50 at-risk of criminal involvement and unemployed/underemployed, while strengthening community and families. The project utilizes a cohort model and participants progress as a group. Participants enroll in a 50-hour training; receive social support, employment placement, or training/education; and attend weekly support groups. The program also includes individual remedial learning programs, educational scholarships, software skills, development and training for children 5-18 years of age who are under-served in the community.
$2,290,003 spentof which $232,876 as grants12% of program spendingThe urban league apartments at colman school is a 36-unit residential real property owned by the Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle to provide affordable housing to low-income households. It is in the central district in seattle, washington. The units are rented to low-income tenants earning 50% and 60% ami and some units are reserved for the homeless population.
$902,643 spent$476,227 earned by the program5% of program spendingThe Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle's entrepreneurship program supports small businesses by delivering culturally responsive services that address operational needs, strengthen a trusted community presence, and consistently create opportunities for business growth and development.
$391,874 spentof which $37,149 as grants2% of program spendingOther programs: the ulms entrepreneurship center, eco district, young professionals (sulyp), and other programs.
$99,141 spentof which $2,214 as grants1% of program spending
The 7 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $19,561,729.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $34M to $51M (+49%).
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 60% · 2018 67% · 2019 61% · 2020 25% · 2021 29% · 2022 78% · 2023 45% · 2024 74% · 2025 71%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
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
Michelle Merriweather
President & CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 8 funders to 26 funders, grant income rose $550k → $4.5M.
19 of 86 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 39% 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 URBAN LEAGUE OF METROPOLITAN SEATTLE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 86 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
URBAN LEAGUE OF METROPOLITAN SEATTLE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 40% of grant income and the top three 73%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
95% 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 URBAN LEAGUE OF METROPOLITAN SEATTLE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 36% · 2018 45% · 2019 59% · 2020 67% · 2021 62% · 2022 50% · 2023 45% — 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
33% of URBAN LEAGUE OF METROPOLITAN SEATTLE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 40% 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
83% of URBAN LEAGUE OF METROPOLITAN SEATTLE's grant income comes from Washington funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $21M arriving through sponsors registered in 13 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.
Government funding URBAN LEAGUE OF METROPOLITAN SEATTLE receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $650k on record.
- Small Business Administration$650k
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 URBAN LEAGUE OF METROPOLITAN SEATTLE
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
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 12 related entities
- Urban League Village LLC · disregarded
- The Urban League Apartments at Colman School LP · disregarded
- Ulms Empowerment Center LLC · disregarded
- Urban League Harder House LLC · disregarded
- Ulms Altaire 15th LLC · disregarded
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Questions and answers
- Who funds URBAN LEAGUE OF METROPOLITAN SEATTLE?
- URBAN LEAGUE OF METROPOLITAN SEATTLE (Washington) receives grants from 86 organizations whose IRS filings report $53,453,769 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF KING COUNTY ($21,473,962). 34 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does URBAN LEAGUE OF METROPOLITAN SEATTLE have?
- IRS filings report 86 organizations giving $53,453,769 in grants to URBAN LEAGUE OF METROPOLITAN SEATTLE, 34 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of URBAN LEAGUE OF METROPOLITAN SEATTLE?
- UNITED WAY OF KING COUNTY is the largest funder on record, with $21,473,962 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like URBAN LEAGUE OF METROPOLITAN SEATTLE 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 86 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