Funding search · EIN 910565555 · Seattle, WA

United Way of King County

Name: United Way of King County grants, 2021–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

926
grants reported: $150.0M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $50,498
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

investment programatic programmatic designated gift

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Where the money goes

Culturally specific immigrant and refugee service organizations in King County
Civil legal aid and eviction prevention (King County Bar Association)
Family homelessness, shelter, and housing stability programs
Youth and family services, mentoring, and violence interruption
Community college student basic needs and emergency cash aid
Community food access, food banks, and urban farming

Typical grant

The median grant is about $50,500, with the middle half falling between roughly $14,000 and $150,000. The largest checks, $600,000 to $1.67 million, go to long-established multiservice agencies and the legal aid infrastructure: Neighborhood House, King County Bar Association, Atlantic Street Center, Southwest Youth & Family Services, Mary's Place. Giving repeats heavily, 926 grants to only 466 recipients over four years, so most funded organizations are getting money in more than one year.

Their words

Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.

“"PROGRAMMATIC INVESTMENT" is the sole purpose label on every grant line in the filings; there is no other narrative language to mirror”
“"Community" recurs across grantee names more than any other word (Congolese Integration Network, Living Well Kent, White Center Community, Community Passageways)”
“"Youth & Family Services" appears as a funded organizational form three times over (Southwest, Southeast, Intercultural Children & Family Services)”
“"Empower" / "Empowerment" recurs in funded grantee names (Glover Empower Mentoring, Young Women Empowered, FEEST-Food Empowerment)”

Positioning adjacent work

Partner with a King County community-based organization as lead applicant; they fund service delivery, not investigator-led research.
Connect to the community college basic-needs cluster: Highline, Seattle Colleges, Green River, Renton Technical, Shoreline, Cascadia, plus Edquity.
Ask in the $100,000 to $200,000 band; repeated exact amounts like $103,134 and $195,385 mark real cohort tiers.
Emphasize direct benefits access, cash assistance, and culturally specific delivery in South King County (Kent, Burien, Renton, SeaTac).

Worth knowing: This is functionally a King County funder: 832 of 926 grants stay in Washington, and the out-of-state exceptions are platform or intermediary partners (Edquity in Brooklyn, Allied Media Projects, The Praxis Project, AmeriCorps VISTA) rather than independent grantees. Dozens of grants land on identical dollar amounts, which signals cohort-based pooled rounds and existing relationships more than open competitive review; one 2024 payment even went to a named individual.<br>Only one grant in the visible record went to the University of Washington, at exactly $100,000, so academic institutions are a rounding error here.</br>

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle2 grants · $11.0M
Neighborhood House5 grants · $7.4M
Good Shepherd Youth Outreach4 grants · $6.9M
Wellspring Family Services5 grants · $6.8M
Interaction Transition4 grants · $4.3M
El Centro De La Raza5 grants · $3.4M
Atlantic Street Center5 grants · $3.3M
Riverton Park United Methodist Church3 grants · $3.3M
Encompass3 grants · $2.8M
Na'Ah Illahee Fund4 grants · $2.5M

Giving over time

$46.3M

2021

$35.5M

2022

$43.5M

2023

$24.7M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 926 grants.

$10.6M
Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle · Seattle, WA · 2021
Programmatic investment & designated gift
$6.4M
Wellspring Family Services · Seattle, WA · 2021
Programmatic investment
$3.0M
Neighborhood House · Seattle, WA · 2021
Programmatic investment
$2.9M
Good Shepherd Youth Outreach · Federal Way, WA · 2023
Programatic investment
$2.9M
Good Shepherd Youth Outreach · Federal Way, WA · 2023
Programatic investment
$2.3M
Neighborhood House · Seattle, WA · 2022
Programatic investment
$1.9M
Interaction Transition · Seattle, WA · 2023
Programatic investment
$1.9M
Interaction Transition · Seattle, WA · 2023
Programatic investment
$1.7M
Neighborhood House · Seattle, WA · 2024
Programmatic investment
$1.6M
King County Bar Association · Seattle, WA · 2024
Programmatic investment
$1.3M
Solid Ground · Seattle, WA · 2021
Programmatic investment & designated gift
$1.3M
Encompass · North Bend, WA · 2023
Programatic investment
$1.3M
Encompass · North Bend, WA · 2023
Programatic investment
$1.3M
Riverton Park United Methodist Church · Tukwila, WA · 2022
Programatic investment
$1.2M
El Centro De La Raza · Seattle, WA · 2022
Programatic investment & designated gift
$1.2M
El Centro De La Raza · Seattle, WA · 2021
Programmatic investment & designated gift
$1.2M
Southeast Youth & Family Svcs · Seattle, WA · 2022
Programatic investment
$1.1M
St Stephen Housing Assoc · Renton, WA · 2022
Programatic investment
$1.1M
Atlantic Street Center · Seattle, WA · 2024
Programmatic investment
$1.1M
University of Washington Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2021
Designated gift
$1.1M
Na'Ah Illahee Fund · Seattle, WA · 2023
Programatic investment
$1.1M
Na'Ah Illahee Fund · Seattle, WA · 2023
Programatic investment
$1.1M
Southwest Youth & Family Svcs · Seattle, WA · 2024
Programmatic investment
$1.0M
Childrens Home Society of Wa · Seattle, WA · 2022
Programatic investment & designated gift
$1.0M
Potlatch Fund · Seattle, WA · 2021
Programmatic investment
$1.0M
Riverton Park United Methodist Church · Tukwila, WA · 2023
Programatic investment
$1.0M
Riverton Park United Methodist Church · Tukwila, WA · 2023
Programatic investment
$996,618
Childrens Home Society of Wa · Seattle, WA · 2021
Programmatic investment
$981,014
Mary'S Place Seattle · Seattle, WA · 2024
Programmatic investment
$906,717
Atlantic Street Center · Seattle, WA · 2022
Programatic investment & designated gift
$877,148
Atlantic Street Center · Seattle, WA · 2021
Programmatic investment & designated gift
$795,257
Southwest Youth & Family Svcs · Seattle, WA · 2021
Programmatic investment
$795,102
El Centro De La Raza · Seattle, WA · 2024
Programmatic investment
$730,000
Potlatch Fund · Seattle, WA · 2022
Programatic investment
$645,012
Centro Cultural Mexicano · Redmond, WA · 2022
Programatic investment
$626,529
Ywca of Seattle King County & Snohomish · Seattle, WA · 2023
Programatic investment
$626,529
Ywca of Seattle King County & Snohomish · Seattle, WA · 2023
Programatic investment
$620,000
Housing Connector · Seattle, WA · 2022
Programatic investment
$614,040
Horn of Africa Services · Seattle, WA · 2024
Programmatic investment
$613,000
Homesight · Seattle, WA · 2024
Programmatic investment
$601,528
Family Works · Seattle, WA · 2023
Programatic investment
$601,528
Family Works · Seattle, WA · 2023
Programatic investment
$578,344
Good Shepherd Youth Outreach · Federal Way, WA · 2022
Programatic investment
$575,108
Voices of Tomorrow · Burien, WA · 2024
Programmatic investment
$568,676
Refugee Womens Alliance · Seattle, WA · 2021
Programmatic investment
$567,751
Solid Ground · Seattle, WA · 2022
Programatic investment & designated gift
$565,574
Urban League of Metropolitan · Seattle, WA · 2023
Programatic investment
$565,574
Urban League of Metropolitan · Seattle, WA · 2023
Programatic investment
$563,990
Voices of Tomorrow · Burien, WA · 2022
Programatic investment
$554,867
Farestart · Seattle, WA · 2023
Programatic investment
$554,867
Farestart · Seattle, WA · 2023
Programatic investment
$554,570
Chinese Information & Services · Seattle, WA · 2024
Programmatic investment
$547,050
Ywca of Seattle King County & · Seattle, WA · 2022
Programatic investment
$537,684
Voices of Tomorrow · Burien, WA · 2021
Programmatic investment
$521,656
Good Shepherd Youth Outreach · Federal Way, WA · 2021
Programmatic investment
$503,343
Ywca of Seattle King County · Seattle, WA · 2021
Programmatic investment
$500,000
Education With Purpose Foundation for Pacific Islanders · Kent, WA · 2023
Programatic investment
$500,000
Education With Purpose Foundation for Pacific Islanders · Kent, WA · 2023
Programatic investment
$497,300
Ywca of Seattle King County & · Seattle, WA · 2024
Programmatic investment
$492,611
Age Up · Seattle, WA · 2023
Programatic investment
$492,611
Age Up · Seattle, WA · 2023
Programatic investment
$488,142
United States Fund for Unicef · New York, NY · 2022
Designated gift
$487,953
International Committee of the Red Cross · 2022
Designated gift
$487,953
National 4-H Council · Chevy Chase, MD · 2022
Designated gift
$465,000
King County Bar Association · Seattle, WA · 2022
Programatic investment
$461,469
Horn of Africa Services · Seattle, WA · 2022
Programatic investment
$443,313
Southeast Youth & Family Svcs · Seattle, WA · 2024
Programmatic investment
$443,024
Horn of Africa Services · Seattle, WA · 2021
Programmatic investment
$431,752
Intercultural Children & Family Services · Everett, WA · 2024
Programmatic investment
$430,404
Edquity · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Programmatic investment
$421,400
Iraqi Community Center of Washington · Kent, WA · 2024
Programmatic investment
$419,643
Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle · Seattle, WA · 2022
Programatic investment & designated gift
$416,667
Building Changes · Seattle, WA · 2022
Programatic investment
$415,630
Ymca of Greater Seattle · Seattle, WA · 2022
Programatic investment & designated gift
$412,340
Chinese Information & Services · Seattle, WA · 2022
Programatic investment
$411,250
Congolese Integration Network · Seatac, WA · 2024
Programmatic investment
$403,444
Chinese Information & Services · Seattle, WA · 2021
Programmatic investment
$400,000
Housing Connector · Seattle, WA · 2024
Programmatic investment
$397,611
Refugee Women'S Alliance · Seattle, WA · 2023
Programatic investment
$397,611
Refugee Women'S Alliance · Seattle, WA · 2023
Programatic investment
$397,473
Filipino American Educators of Washington · Seattle, WA · 2023
Programatic investment
$397,473
Filipino American Educators of Washington · Seattle, WA · 2023
Programatic investment
$392,000
Edquity · Brooklyn, NY · 2021
Programmatic investment
$384,997
Reclaiming Our Greatness · Renton, WA · 2024
Programmatic investment
$380,000
Feest-Food Empowerment Eduction & Sustainability Team · Seattle, WA · 2023
Programatic investment
$380,000
Feest-Food Empowerment Eduction & Sustainability Team · Seattle, WA · 2023
Programatic investment
$375,000
Baseball Beyond Borders · Kent, WA · 2023
Programatic investment
$375,000
Baseball Beyond Borders · Kent, WA · 2023
Programatic investment
$367,821
Glover Empower Mentoring · Kent, WA · 2021
Programmatic investment
$363,876
Intercultural Children & Family Services · Everett, WA · 2022
Programatic investment
$363,237
Refugee Womens Alliance · Seattle, WA · 2022
Programatic investment & designated gift
$357,644
Glover Empower Mentoring · Kent, WA · 2022
Programatic investment
$349,737
Intercultural Children & Family Services · Everett, WA · 2021
Programmatic investment
$349,303
Wellspring Family Services · Seattle, WA · 2022
Programatic investment & designated gift
$348,000
South King County Food Coalition · Des Moines, WA · 2022
Programatic investment
$342,500
National Coalition for the Homeless · Washington, DC · 2023
Programatic investment
$342,500
National Coalition for the Homeless · Washington, DC · 2023
Programatic investment
$339,717
Glover Empower Mentoring · Kent, WA · 2024
Programmatic investment
$338,013
Southeast Youth & Family Svcs · Seattle, WA · 2021
Programmatic investment
$323,142
Open Doors for Multicultural Families · Kent, WA · 2022
Programatic investment

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.