Washington · Nonprofit
WESTERN NEON SCHOOL OF ART
WESTERN NEON SCHOOL OF ART (Washington) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $150,000 to it, the largest being RAYNIER INSTITUTE & FOUNDATION ($150,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2018
- $196k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $150k
- Net assets
- $165k
What Western Neon School of Art does
Mission
Western Neon School of Art is a non-profit institution based in seattle that supports the exploration of light, space, and interactive technologies. Establish infrastructure, classrooms, studio space, and visiting artist programs for the exploration of light-based media built on a foundation of theory, art history, and technical skills. Provide students from diverse backgrounds the opportunity to learn the knowledge and skills necessary to design, create, and exhibit light-based media in a collaborative, inclusive environment.
As stated on its FY2018 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Education of art students with respect to light-based media in the areas of theory, art history, and technical skills.
The first program described on its most recent Form 990-EZ.
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 WESTERN NEON SCHOOL OF ART’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
WESTERN NEON SCHOOL OF ART 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.
Against its field
WESTERN NEON SCHOOL OF ART runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 13,717 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,717 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2018
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Questions and answers
- Who funds WESTERN NEON SCHOOL OF ART?
- WESTERN NEON SCHOOL OF ART (Washington) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $150,000 to it, the largest being RAYNIER INSTITUTE & FOUNDATION ($150,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WESTERN NEON SCHOOL OF ART have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $150,000 in grants to WESTERN NEON SCHOOL OF ART.
- Who is the largest funder of WESTERN NEON SCHOOL OF ART?
- RAYNIER INSTITUTE & FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $150,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WESTERN NEON SCHOOL OF ART 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 FY2018 (financials across 2018–2018), 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