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Washington Community Action Network
Washington Community Action Network (Washington) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,140,071 to it, the largest being INATAI FOUNDATION ($2,854,654). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.9M
- Funders on record
- 19
- Grants received
- $6.1M
- Net assets
- $1.3M
What Washington Community Action Network does
Mission
To achieve economic fairness in order to establish a more democratic society characterized by racial, social & gender justice, with respect for diversity, & a decent quality of life for those who reside in WA. We are building a movement of people whose collective action ensures that all communities are healthy, prosperous & have an equal voice.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
CIVIC ENGAGEMENT & ELECTORAL IMPACT:Washington CAN (WaCAN) played a leading role in electoral organizing and statewide initiative campaigns, ensuring working-class communities and people of color had a direct impact on shaping policies and electing progressive leadership. In 2024, WaCAN engaged 51,303 voters through door-knocking, phone, and pledge to vote card outreach, educating residents on key ballot initiatives that would have significantly impacted economic and environmental justice. These efforts contributed to the defeat of three harmful initiatives: Initiative 2117, which sought to repeal the Climate Commitment Act; Initiative 2109, which would have eliminated Washington's capital gains tax, endangering essential investments in education and social programs; and Initiative 2124, which proposed allowing residents to opt out of Washington's long-term care program, jeopardizing future support for seniors and disabled individuals. WaCAN was the top-performing organization in the fight against Initiative 2117, accounting for 37.51% of all doors knocked across 14 partner organizations. Our deep canvassing and voter outreach resulted in a 14.7% increase in turnout among our…
$1,179,302 spent$199,942 earned by the program50% of program spendingCOMMUNITY LEADERSHIP, MEMBER-LED ENDORSEMENTS & CANDIDATE VICTORIES:Washington CAN expanded political power through a member-led endorsement process, ensuring that community voices were centered in candidate selection. This process empowered 15 grassroots leaders by developing issue-based candidate questionnaires, focusing on housing, healthcare, workers' rights, and economic justice. Through direct interviews, members engaged with candidates to assess their alignment with WaCAN's priorities. WaCAN played a key role in electing progressive candidates in 2024.These statewide victories included Dave Upthegrove's as Land Commissioner, securing leadership that prioritizes environmental and climate justice and Nick Brown as Attorney General, bringing a strong advocate for justice reform and corporate accountability. At the local level, WaCAN played in instrumental role in electing Alexis Mercedes Rinck's bringing her leadership in budget, policy, and advocacy, strengthening grassroots momentum to Seattle and Deana Knutsen to the Snohomish Hospital Commission seat with Verdant Health, ensuring that healthcare governance reflects the needs of the community.
$469,591 spent$15,330 earned by the program20% of program spendingPACIFIC COUNTY:Pacific County Voices Uniting (PCVU) is a fiscally sponsored project of Washington CAN's that aims to shift, balance, and develop a culture of healthy civic engagement. In a county with large disparities, PCVU is uniting crosscultural and multi-generational demographics to participate in collaborative social movements that increase civic engagement through education, create more reflective representation and build political power. In 2024, through door-to-door canvassing, Community Engagement Organizers knocked on 7,817 doors to Get Out The Vote, an increase of 4,625 doors from 2023. In addition to door knocking, PCVU hosted 5 community-based ballot parties and Community Outreach Navigators helped to distribute over 24,260 pounds of food to Pacific County families through community grants and the organization participated in 3 community festivals throughout the year.
$407,910 spent17% of program spendingLEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY & POLICY ACTION:Beyond electoral engagement, Washington CAN mobilized supporters to take direct action in policy fights at the local and state level. Our advocacy efforts included: 557 community sign-ins in support of progressive policies, amplifying constituent voices in legislative decision-making; a highly successful lobby day, bringing 97 community leaders to Olympia to meet with legislators and advocate for economic, housing, and healthcare justice; and 87 gig workers mobilized in advocacy efforts to fight for fair wages and workplace protections. Washington CAN also engaged in coalition efforts to advance policy change, including active participation in the Powerbuilding Table, a statewide movement-building coalition that aligns long-term strategies for social and economic justice.
$281,737 spent$103,675 earned by the program12% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,338,540.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2022 to 2023, from $1.3M to $1.9M (+52%).
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: 2022 3% · 2023 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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
Mary Le Nguyen
Executive Director
Board chair
Deana Knutsen
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $109k → $1.6M.
1 of 19 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $2.1M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Washington Community Action Network Education & Research Fund). These are real filings, and they are not money Washington Community Action Network raised.
From the IRS filings of Washington Community Action Network’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 Community Action Network leans on a few funders — its largest provides 46% of grant income and the top three 69%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
93% 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 Community Action Network.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 57% · 2018 70% · 2019 40% · 2020 36% · 2021 66% · 2022 51% · 2023 55% — 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.
How long its funders stay
30% of Washington Community Action Network's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 42% 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
61% of Washington Community Action Network's grant income comes from Washington funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $18k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.
Organizations like Washington Community Action Network
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
69% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- WCAN Education & Research Fund · exempt
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Washington Community Action Network: 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 Community Action Network?
- Washington Community Action Network (Washington) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,140,071 to it, the largest being INATAI FOUNDATION ($2,854,654). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Washington Community Action Network have?
- IRS filings report 19 organizations giving $6,140,071 in grants to Washington Community Action Network, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Washington Community Action Network?
- INATAI FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,854,654 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Washington Community Action Network 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 FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 19 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