Washington · Nonprofit
WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL
WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL (Washington) receives grants from 36 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,837,247 to it, the largest being GLOBAL TIES US ($1,890,701). 22 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.3M
- Funders on record
- 36
- Grants received
- $3.8M
- Net assets
- $734k
What World Affairs Council does
Mission
To advance global understanding and cultivate enduring relationships within our local community and with the world, one conversation at a time.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Global leadership exchange - advances international understanding by connecting greater seattle community members with global leaders through professional and youth exchanges under the auspices of the u.s. Department of state and other recognized exchange programs.
$461,553 spent$110,664 earned by the program46% of program spendingCommunity programs - creates frequent opportunities for discussion, dialogue, and debate on global issues. The council's events offer a non-partisan and civil forum for community members to become more knowledgeable about international issues and their local relevance, to become inspired to learn more, and to become more connected to others who share an interest in global issues.
$337,937 spent$12,249 earned by the program34% of program spendingGlobal classroom - addresses the need for greater international context and content in the k-12 curriculum by providing curricular resources, professional development programs for teachers, and engaging k-12 students directly on global issues.
$143,427 spent$285 earned by the program14% of program spendingJapanese connections - organizes and leads high school students on two week trips to japan.
$61,192 spent$8,400 earned by the program6% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,004,109.
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 $813k to $1.2M (+49%).
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 20% · 2018 13% · 2019 15% · 2020 45% · 2021 46% · 2022 36% · 2023 47% · 2024 39%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
81% of WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (97% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Chief executive
Jacqueline Miller
President/CEO
Board chair
Sarah Frazar
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 9 funders to 16 funders, grant income rose $461k → $711k.
9 of 36 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 14% 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 WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 36 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
WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL leans on a few funders — its largest provides 49% of grant income and the top three 65%; 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 WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 35% · 2018 36% · 2019 43% · 2020 60% · 2021 74% · 2022 61% · 2023 64% — growing more concentrated.
“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
50% of WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL'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
WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL draws 89% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, across 16 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $544k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL is better cushioned than half of the 1,607 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,607 international nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL
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
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
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 WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL: 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 WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL?
- WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL (Washington) receives grants from 36 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,837,247 to it, the largest being GLOBAL TIES US ($1,890,701). 22 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL have?
- IRS filings report 36 organizations giving $3,837,247 in grants to WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL, 22 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL?
- GLOBAL TIES US is the largest funder on record, with $1,890,701 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL 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 36 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