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WASHINGTON CONSERVATION ACTION EDUCATION FUND
WASHINGTON CONSERVATION ACTION EDUCATION FUND (Washington) receives grants from 99 organizations whose IRS filings report $18,867,106 to it, the largest being SEATTLE FOUNDATION ($3,192,450). 61 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $5.1M
- Funders on record
- 99
- Grants received
- $19M
- Net assets
- $8.2M
What Washington Conservation Action Education Fund does
Mission
To champion policies that center the expertise and resilience of overburdened communities for environmental progress and justice in the pacific northwest.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Evergreen forests: Washington Conservation Action Education Fund's forest program works to ensure washington has a strong regulatory and policy framework that guides the responsible management of state and private forests. Through convening, legislation, advocacy, education, and government accountability work, we promote management of forests ecosystems that addresses the climate and biodiversity crises and supports rural communities. The program's four thematic areas of work are: science-based forest practices, ecological management of public state trust lands, community and ecological resilience to wildfire, and building climate-smart wood supply chains.
$1,130,414 spent24% of program spendingNative vote washington: the goal of native vote washington is to increase the political empowerment, education, and engagement of native peoples in washington state.
$1,031,014 spentof which $58,330 as grants22% of program spendingCivic engagement and government affairs: the goal of the civic engagement and government affairs program seeks to increase civic participation through grassroots organizing, increased voting access, and engagement with state and local decision-makers. We invest in research and experimentation to learn how to engage more people in the voting process and our work more broadly. We also engage directly with elected officials, providing resources and guidance for both newly elected and seasoned lawmakers to be more effective environmental champions.
$799,629 spentof which $29,830 as grants17% of program spendingPuget sound: the goal of the puget sound program is to restore clean water and healthy habitat for people and wildlife throughout the region. Wcaef pushes for stronger protections at all levels of government using a variety of tools, from regulatory to incentives.
$771,591 spentof which $4,950 as grants16% of program spendingClimate: the climate program works to advance state policies that reduce greenhouse gas emissions, advance affordable, reliable clean energy, strengthen community input, and respect tribal sovereignty.
$565,632 spentof which $40,701 as grants12% of program spendingOil transportation: the goal of the oil program is to stop new fossil fuel infrastructure from being built, strengthen oil spill prevention and protections, and over time to transition away from fossil fuels.
$478,609 spentof which $102,047 as grants10% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,776,889.
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 2019 to 2020, from $6.4M to $7.8M (+21%).
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: 2020 9% · 2021 6% · 2022 6% · 2023 9% · 2024 12%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
95% of WASHINGTON CONSERVATION ACTION EDUCATION FUND’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 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
Alyssa Macy
CEO
Board chair
Ken Lederman
Board chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 31 funders to 28 funders, grant income rose $1.2M → $2.1M.
22 of 99 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 40% 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 CONSERVATION ACTION EDUCATION FUND’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 99 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
WASHINGTON CONSERVATION ACTION EDUCATION FUND has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 17% of grant income, and it takes 9 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 9 funders to its left
51% 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 CONSERVATION ACTION EDUCATION FUND.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 31% · 2018 27% · 2019 25% · 2020 18% · 2021 15% · 2022 15% · 2023 24% — 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
46% of WASHINGTON CONSERVATION ACTION EDUCATION FUND's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 62% 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
58% of WASHINGTON CONSERVATION ACTION EDUCATION 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. $7.5M arriving through sponsors registered in 14 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 CONSERVATION ACTION EDUCATION FUND's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,187 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like WASHINGTON CONSERVATION ACTION EDUCATION 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
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
86%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Washington Conservation Action · exempt
- Washington Conservation Action Votes · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for WASHINGTON CONSERVATION ACTION EDUCATION 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 CONSERVATION ACTION EDUCATION FUND?
- WASHINGTON CONSERVATION ACTION EDUCATION FUND (Washington) receives grants from 99 organizations whose IRS filings report $18,867,106 to it, the largest being SEATTLE FOUNDATION ($3,192,450). 61 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WASHINGTON CONSERVATION ACTION EDUCATION FUND have?
- IRS filings report 99 organizations giving $18,867,106 in grants to WASHINGTON CONSERVATION ACTION EDUCATION FUND, 61 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WASHINGTON CONSERVATION ACTION EDUCATION FUND?
- SEATTLE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $3,192,450 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WASHINGTON CONSERVATION ACTION EDUCATION 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 99 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