Washington · Nonprofit
WASHINGTON STATE TRANSIT
WASHINGTON STATE TRANSIT (Washington) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $15,000 to it, the largest being AMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION ($15,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.9M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $15k
- Net assets
- $831k
What Washington State Transit does
Mission
Wsta advances the value of public transit through public education and outreach, advocacy of positive and effective public policy and fostering the collaboration and professional development of public transit employees.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Member services, meetings and events: the Washington State Transit association (wsta) members consist of 30 public transit agencies and the washington state department of transportation. Wsta organizes over 50 meetings per year for the wsta board and the 12 standing committees made up of transit professionals from our member agencies. Wsta also organizes special events, including an annual spring maintenance vendor forum, annual public transportation roadeo, and in alternating years a statewide public transportation symposium and marketing & communication exchange. Many of wsta's associate members participate in wsta events. Wsta produces a weekly newsletter for members and associate members and provides other member services as appropriate consistent with the wsta mission and vision. The association initiated a carbon credit aggregating program for it's members in the current year.
$1,107,995 spent81% of program spendingLegislative and public outreach: the Washington State Transit association (wsta) members work together to develop a state legislative agenda and then work together (members, wsta executive director, and wsta and smta (a caucus of wsta) contract lobbyists) to pursue the legislative agenda. Wsta provides educational information and briefings, as well as a central point of contact to legislators, legislative staff, and the governor's office and staff, and state agencies. As needed, wsta prepares comments on proposed state laws, rules, and budget proposals, and funding packages. Wsta provides weekly updattes and calls to keep members informed of legislative activities during the state legislative session. Wsta participates in legislative studies related to public transportation. Occasionally, wsta provides legislative updates to members regarding issues at the federal level and may prepare comment letters on behalf of members. Wsta also collaborates with other partners to provide outreach and education on the benefits of public transportatiuon. This work includes development of informational documents, responses to questions, drafting of articles and/or news releases for the press,…
$252,307 spent19% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,360,302.
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.
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 $1.1M to $918k (−13%).
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 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.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of WASHINGTON STATE TRANSIT’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.
Where its funders are
WASHINGTON STATE TRANSIT draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, across 1 state in all.
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.
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In Washington
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for WASHINGTON STATE TRANSIT: 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 TRANSIT?
- WASHINGTON STATE TRANSIT (Washington) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $15,000 to it, the largest being AMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION ($15,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WASHINGTON STATE TRANSIT have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $15,000 in grants to WASHINGTON STATE TRANSIT.
- Who is the largest funder of WASHINGTON STATE TRANSIT?
- AMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION is the largest funder on record, with $15,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WASHINGTON STATE TRANSIT 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 1 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