Washington · Nonprofit
WASHINGTON STATE CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION
WASHINGTON STATE CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION (Washington) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $55,214,680 to it, the largest being GATES FOUNDATION ($48,403,015). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $7.2M
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $55M
- Net assets
- $6.2M
What Washington State Charter Schools Association does
Mission
Through advocacy and policy, the Washington State Charter Schools Association works to ensure a strong, vibrant, and growing community of charter public schools that deliver excellent educational opportunities to all families, especially those who have been historically underserved.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
The Washington State Charter Schools Association supports the charter public school sector through education, communications, policy development and advocacy.
$9,651,407 spentof which $5,774,480 as grants$431,692 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $9,651,407.
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 $6.1M to $18M (+196%).
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 0% · 2020 3% · 2021 44% · 2022 21% · 2023 68% · 2024 52%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
91% of WASHINGTON STATE CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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
Christine Korsmo
Executive director
Board chair
Dr Joel Domingo
Board chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $2.0M → $3.7M.
3 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 12% 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 STATE CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION’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 STATE CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 88% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 85% · 2019 79% · 2020 89% · 2021 90% · 2022 99% · 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.
How long its funders stay
75% of WASHINGTON STATE CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% 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
100% of WASHINGTON STATE CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION's grant income comes from Washington funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $6.5M 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 STATE CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 2 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,752 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding WASHINGTON STATE CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $19.7M on record.
- Department of Education$19.7M
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 WASHINGTON STATE CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION
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
Public support
34%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Wa Charters Action · exempt
- Wa Charters Action PAC · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for WASHINGTON STATE CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION: 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 STATE CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION?
- WASHINGTON STATE CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION (Washington) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $55,214,680 to it, the largest being GATES FOUNDATION ($48,403,015). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WASHINGTON STATE CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $55,214,680 in grants to WASHINGTON STATE CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WASHINGTON STATE CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION?
- GATES FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $48,403,015 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WASHINGTON STATE CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION 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 9 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