Washington · Nonprofit
Volunteers of America Western Washington
Volunteers of America Western Washington (Washington) receives grants from 62 organizations whose IRS filings report $23,853,958 to it, the largest being THE MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK CITY INC ($16,814,527). 29 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $99M
- Funders on record
- 62
- Grants received
- $24M
- Net assets
- $30M
What Volunteers of America Western Washington does
Mission
We serve and empower individuals, families, and communities. We respond to over 200,000 comprehensive human service requests for assistance each year in the following service areas: basic needs, community information & referral, developmental disability, dispute resolution, emergency mental health, family and children, and housing services.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Encouraging positive development - High quality, innovative services for disadvantaged and disconnected youth. We empower older youth to be physically, emotionally, and mentally healthy. We provide a continuum of care and support for young people though prevention, early intervention, and long-term services.
$5,179,239 spentof which $1,134,144 as grants$30,173 earned by the program6% of program spendingFostering independence - We foster the health and independence of seniors and people with developmental disabilities and those vulnerable to becoming isolated within our communities. We recognize the importance of reaching out to and connecting with these individuals and offer programs that include housing, companionship, and recreation.
$15,341,501 spentof which $133,760 as grants$15,759,126 earned by the program18% of program spendingPromoting self-sufficiency - We promote self-sufficiency for individuals and families who have experienced hunger, homelessness, or other personal crisis. We work with people using a strengths-based, solution-focused approach, offering a continuum of services from prevention to intervention to empowerment.
$64,970,767 spentof which $25,055,697 as grants$285,275 earned by the program76% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $85,491,507.
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 $57M (+69%).
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 71% · 2018 72% · 2019 64% · 2020 57% · 2021 82% · 2022 89% · 2023 81% · 2024 76% · 2025 63%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2018 and FY2019 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 11 funders to 21 funders, grant income rose $375k → $5.2M.
12 of 62 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 8% 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 Volunteers of America Western Washington’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 62 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
Volunteers of America Western Washington leans on a few funders — its largest provides 70% of grant income and the top three 80%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
96% 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 Volunteers of America Western Washington.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 48% · 2018 27% · 2019 73% · 2020 31% · 2021 42% · 2022 23% · 2023 73% — 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
36% of Volunteers of America Western Washington's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 47% 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
Volunteers of America Western Washington draws 78% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, across 16 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.8M 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.
Government funding Volunteers of America Western Washington receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $4.3M on record.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$3.0M
- Department of Health and Human Services$800k
- Department of Agriculture$500k
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 Volunteers of America Western Washington
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
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- VOA Western Washington Properties · exempt
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Volunteers of America Western Washington: 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 Volunteers of America Western Washington?
- Volunteers of America Western Washington (Washington) receives grants from 62 organizations whose IRS filings report $23,853,958 to it, the largest being THE MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK CITY INC ($16,814,527). 29 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Volunteers of America Western Washington have?
- IRS filings report 62 organizations giving $23,853,958 in grants to Volunteers of America Western Washington, 29 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Volunteers of America Western Washington?
- THE MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK CITY INC is the largest funder on record, with $16,814,527 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Volunteers of America Western Washington 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 62 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