Washington · Nonprofit
WELLSPRING FAMILY SERVICES
WELLSPRING FAMILY SERVICES (Washington) receives grants from 126 organizations whose IRS filings report $25,466,935 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF KING COUNTY ($14,918,272). 77 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $12M
- Funders on record
- 126
- Grants received
- $25M
- Net assets
- $6.3M
What Wellspring Family Services does
Mission
Our mission: to end the cycle of family homelessness. Our vision: a community in which every child has a safe and stable home.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported a significant change in how it conducts a program.
Wellspring's employee assistance program was sold to a third-party in 2024. 2024 financial activity includes the revenue and expense associated with that sale.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
In 2024, wellspring continued to provide cost-effective, responsive services that support employee well-being and productivity through our employee assistance program (eap). Employees and their families had access to counseling, child care resources, and other supports that help them remain both employed and stably housed. At the end of 2024, wellspring transitioned the eap program to another organization to ensure continuity of services for the employees and companies it served.
$3,512,161 spentof which $34 as grants$2,496,710 earned by the program42% of program spendingChildhood services: early learning center (elc) and family store. Wellspring's childhood services provide early education and essential resources to support children and families experiencing homelessness. In 2024, the elc provided free, trauma-informed, high-quality childcare to 52 children ages 1 to 5. Eleven students graduated ready to succeed in kindergarten and beyond, while families collectively saved an estimated $1.56 million in childcare costs the equivalent of 17 months of rent per family. The elc also equipped parents and caregivers with support and resources to continue building a stronger future. During the same year, the family store supported more than 2,200 families by providing essential items including clothing, diapers, hygiene products, and household supplies. These resources helped families stretch limited budgets and direct their finances toward critical expenses that keep them safely and stably housed.
$2,918,428 spentof which $1,362,082 as grants35% of program spendingWellspring's housing services specialize in preventing family homelessness before it occurs and intervening early when it does. Our housing specialists provide guidance and support to help families navigate the complex web of community resources to stay housed, find temporary emergency shelter, or secure affordable housing. In 2024, wellspring expanded housing services by launching a new program dedicated to supporting veterans and their families, and by integrating enhanced resident care models within the affordable housing landscape. Our employee stability program (esp) also officially began service, equipping employers with tools to help their employees navigate crises and maintain or regain housing stability. In 2024, wellspring provided prevention and intervention services to 389 families, helping them remain safely housed. These efforts saved an estimated $14.2 million in taxpayer costs associated with homelessness and rehousing. For the fourth consecutive year, 100% of families in our rapid rehousing program remained successfully housed, with no returns to homelessness.
$1,844,488 spentof which $743,053 as grants$19,804 earned by the program22% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $8,275,077.
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 2022 to 2023, from $19M to $15M (−24%).
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 14% · 2018 15% · 2019 17% · 2020 12% · 2021 5% · 2022 9% · 2023 20% · 2024 29%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
62% of WELLSPRING FAMILY SERVICES’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (21% 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.
Board chair
Michaela Kay
Board chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2017 and FY2018, and between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 28 funders to 53 funders, grant income rose $1.3M → $1.8M.
20 of 126 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 21% 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 WELLSPRING FAMILY SERVICES’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 126 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
WELLSPRING FAMILY SERVICES leans on a few funders — its largest provides 59% of grant income and the top three 68%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
87% 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 WELLSPRING FAMILY SERVICES.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 57% · 2018 46% · 2019 51% · 2020 67% · 2021 71% · 2022 84% · 2023 30% — 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
43% of WELLSPRING FAMILY SERVICES's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 61% 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
95% of WELLSPRING FAMILY SERVICES's grant income comes from Washington funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $5.4M arriving through sponsors registered in 15 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
WELLSPRING FAMILY SERVICES's funding base is broadening — from 28 funders to 53 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,289 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Organizations like WELLSPRING FAMILY SERVICES
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
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Family Services Property LLC · disregarded
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Questions and answers
- Who funds WELLSPRING FAMILY SERVICES?
- WELLSPRING FAMILY SERVICES (Washington) receives grants from 126 organizations whose IRS filings report $25,466,935 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF KING COUNTY ($14,918,272). 77 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WELLSPRING FAMILY SERVICES have?
- IRS filings report 126 organizations giving $25,466,935 in grants to WELLSPRING FAMILY SERVICES, 77 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WELLSPRING FAMILY SERVICES?
- UNITED WAY OF KING COUNTY is the largest funder on record, with $14,918,272 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WELLSPRING FAMILY SERVICES 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 126 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