Washington · Nonprofit
WASHINGTON ALLIANCE FOR ARTS EDUCATION
WASHINGTON ALLIANCE FOR ARTS EDUCATION (Washington) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $56,303 to it, the largest being ARTSFUND ($41,300). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $96k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $56k
- Net assets
- $9k
What Washington Alliance for Arts Education does
Mission
To support greater and equitable arts access for every student by transforming educational and legislative systems in WA state. We envision an educational system in WA State schools where arts education is implemented and made accessible as part of the required curriculum for every student.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Facilitated regular listening sessions and advocacy trainings with arts education ambassadors to empower them to advocate for themselves and their students and connect communities across the state in support of arts education.
$16,632 spent37% of program spendingMet with arts teachers and students from across WA State to teach them how to advocate for arts education in their own district.
$12,687 spent28% of program spendingArtsEd Washington hosted multiple Engagement Activities to bring together stud ents educators parents and supporters to connect and support each other wit h greater emphasis and awareness of the importance of arts education.
$15,985 spent35% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $45,304.
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 2023 to 2024, from $87k to $38k (−57%).
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.
90% of WASHINGTON ALLIANCE FOR ARTS EDUCATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (78% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Miranda Hein
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $39 → $24k.
3 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 27% 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 WASHINGTON ALLIANCE FOR ARTS EDUCATION’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
WASHINGTON ALLIANCE FOR ARTS EDUCATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 73% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 WASHINGTON ALLIANCE FOR ARTS EDUCATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
100% of WASHINGTON ALLIANCE FOR ARTS EDUCATION's grant income comes from Washington funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $15k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
WASHINGTON ALLIANCE FOR ARTS EDUCATION has grown faster than half of the 435 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 435 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2026
Organizations like WASHINGTON ALLIANCE FOR ARTS EDUCATION
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.
Public support
100%
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 WASHINGTON ALLIANCE FOR ARTS EDUCATION: 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 WASHINGTON ALLIANCE FOR ARTS EDUCATION?
- WASHINGTON ALLIANCE FOR ARTS EDUCATION (Washington) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $56,303 to it, the largest being ARTSFUND ($41,300). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WASHINGTON ALLIANCE FOR ARTS EDUCATION have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $56,303 in grants to WASHINGTON ALLIANCE FOR ARTS EDUCATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WASHINGTON ALLIANCE FOR ARTS EDUCATION?
- ARTSFUND is the largest funder on record, with $41,300 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WASHINGTON ALLIANCE FOR ARTS EDUCATION 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 FY2026 (financials across 2017–2026), and the filings of 4 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