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Washington State University Alumni Association
Washington State University Alumni Association (Washington) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $34,682 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($15,050). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 84% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.3M
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $35k
- Net assets
- $17M
What Washington State University Alumni Association does
Mission
Advance Washington State University by engaging alumni, parents, students, and friends in meaningful ways that inspire lifelong connections and foster a culture of philanthropy that helps the University achieve its aspirations.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The Association engages with alumni, students, parents, and friends creating meaningful opportunities for connection in social, educational, and online settings to inspire lifelong connections and foster a culture of philanthropy. During FY25, the Association hosted 875 events with volunteers with an additional 51 events coordinated through the Association. Events such as homecoming celebrations, pregame gatherings, watch parties, and other engagement activities strengthen the bond with the University. The Alumni Association is a center of communications for Alumni, parents, students, and friends using a variety of media platforms and publication communications. The Association communicates with constituents, keeping them informed and engaged with Washington State University and to one another.
$1,842,839 spent$242,582 earned by the program86% of program spendingThe Alumni Association administers and awards scholarships to WSU students from state license plate funds, endowment distributions, and other gifts. The Association awarded 74 scholarships during FY25.
$307,000 spentof which $307,000 as grants14% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,149,839.
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 2018 to 2019, from $18M to $15M (−17%).
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% · 2018 0% · 2019 0% · 2020 0% · 2021 0% · 2022 0% · 2023 28% · 2024 23% · 2025 29%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
58% of Washington State University Alumni 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 9 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
Mariah Maki
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $250 → $8k.
3 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 84% 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 University Alumni 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 University Alumni Association leans on a few funders — its largest provides 43% of grant income and the top three 84%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
84% 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 State University Alumni Association.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2020 91% · 2021 65% · 2022 91% · 2023 76% — 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
20% of Washington State University Alumni Association's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 38% 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
84% of Washington State University Alumni Association's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $5k that is directly attributable, 81% of it comes from funders outside Washington, across 5 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $29k 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 University Alumni Association holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like Washington State University Alumni 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
67% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
74%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Washington State University Alumni 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 University Alumni Association?
- Washington State University Alumni Association (Washington) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $34,682 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($15,050). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 84% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Washington State University Alumni Association have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $34,682 in grants to Washington State University Alumni Association, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Washington State University Alumni Association?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $15,050 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Washington State University Alumni 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.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 8 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