Washington · Nonprofit
WEST MERCER PTA 2935
WEST MERCER PTA 2935 (Washington) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $68,283 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($65,867). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 98% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $123k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $68k
- Net assets
- $176k
What West Mercer PTA 2935 does
Mission
Support and enrich lives of students and teachers at west mercer elementary school.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Cultural enrichment programs: at the beginning of each school year the pta asks parents for a minimum donation to fund the pta services. The annual ask provides funding for assemblies, field trips, the artist in residence program, library books, classroom media, fifth grade activities, teacher aides, and miscellaneous other expenses.
$70,939 spentof which $32,649 as grants84% of program spendingReading & music program: to encourage reading, the pta provides great books program for grades two through five, and sponsors a birthday book program to supplement the school library on an ongoing basis. Approximately 80% of the students in grades two through five participate in great books; the teachers are highly supportive of the program. In addition to the participation in great books, students have the opportunity to be involved in technology and the fine arts showcase.
$1,418 spent2% of program spendingPublication and distribution of the school directory: publication and distribution of the school directory to every member(approximately 600); printing and distribution of parent packets to every student on the first day of school (approx. 600); funding for the annual orientation classes and seminars; funding of the emergency preparedness program. Principal stipends are used for various enrichment activities, the "pals" program which is a person on staff to help kids with anger management and other behavioral issues, and learning support which is used to hire parapros to work in classrooms with large class sizes.
$9,258 spent11% of program spendingScience fair, classroom parties, field day support, popcorn, year book, and safety patrol support - to help children learn social skills, etc.
$2,612 spent3% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $84,227.
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 2020 to 2021, from $239k to $169k (−29%).
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.
85% of WEST MERCER PTA 2935’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income fell $18k → $7k.
2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 98% 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 WEST MERCER PTA 2935’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
WEST MERCER PTA 2935 leans on a few funders — its largest provides 96% 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
98% 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 WEST MERCER PTA 2935.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 99% · 2021 100% · 2022 98% · 2023 97% — 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.
Where its funders are
98% of WEST MERCER PTA 2935'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 $1k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Washington, across 1 state.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $67k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
WEST MERCER PTA 2935 runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like WEST MERCER PTA 2935
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.
Public support
91%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for WEST MERCER PTA 2935: 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 WEST MERCER PTA 2935?
- WEST MERCER PTA 2935 (Washington) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $68,283 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($65,867). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 98% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does WEST MERCER PTA 2935 have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $68,283 in grants to WEST MERCER PTA 2935, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WEST MERCER PTA 2935?
- AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $65,867 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WEST MERCER PTA 2935 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 3 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