Washington · Nonprofit
Washington Community Alliance Action Fund
Washington Community Alliance Action Fund (Washington) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,657,506 to it, the largest being INATAI FOUNDATION ($825,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $672k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $1.7M
- Net assets
- $871k
What Washington Community Alliance Action Fund does
Mission
our mission is to effect political change to create multiracial democracy and an economy that works for all of us through advocacy and civic engagement
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
DATA HUB - A data-driven resource hub, supporting a network of community-based organizations throughout the state in their civic engagement and electoral work. We provide accessible research, responsive technical assistance, and strategic coordination to strengthen their voter contact programs, promote high-participation elections, and elect progressive BIPOC candidates who represent their constituents.
$292,524 spentof which $239,913 as grants75% of program spendingWASHINGTON FOR EQUITABLE REPRESENTATION - Through our coalition WA for Equitable Representation, we advocate for democracy reform by lobbying for bills related to the Washington Voting Rights Act, Ranked-Choice Voting and Proportional Representation.
$48,938 spentof which $39,784 as grants12% of program spendingWASHINGTON FOR BLACK LIVES - works to improve economic, political, and social conditions for Black people in the state of Washington through legislative advocacy and voter education.
$12,013 spentof which $5,303 as grants3% of program spendingProgram Service Expenses 39,148, Grants and allocations 0, Revenue 0 OTHER PROGRAMS Legal Office Hours - Other organizations that do mission-aligned work can get free legal counsel for compliance support through WCA AF. In 2024, 15 organizations received a cumulative total of about 25 hours of legal support. Media and Newsletter - Until September of 2024, we produced a newsletter with political education, legislative content, and other mission-aligned information sent to about 1200 recipients. We also support partners in writing and publishing op-eds that are supportive of our work in local media outlets.
$39,148 spent10% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $392,623.
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.
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 $247k to $713k (+189%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 4 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
Kamau Chege
Executive Director
Board chair
Caty Padilla
Board Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $626k → $837k.
From the IRS filings of Washington Community Alliance Action Fund’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 Alliance Action Fund leans on a few funders — its largest provides 50% of grant income and the top three 93%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders 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 Community Alliance Action Fund.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 68% · 2022 100% · 2023 66% — 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
95% of Washington Community Alliance Action Fund's grant income comes from Washington funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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 Alliance Action Fund
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
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Washington Community Alliance · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Washington Community Alliance Action Fund: 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 Alliance Action Fund?
- Washington Community Alliance Action Fund (Washington) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,657,506 to it, the largest being INATAI FOUNDATION ($825,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Washington Community Alliance Action Fund have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $1,657,506 in grants to Washington Community Alliance Action Fund, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Washington Community Alliance Action Fund?
- INATAI FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $825,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Washington Community Alliance Action Fund 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 FY2024 (financials across 2021–2024), and the filings of 6 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