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Foundations That Fund Employment & Job Training in Washington

Imperigo has identified 204 funders that made 1,051 grants totaling $217.8M to 83 employment & job training organizations in Washington, with a median grant of $20K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Employment & Job Training Funding in Washington

Total granted $217.8M
Funders 204
Grants 1,051
Organizations funded 83

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Spokane Area Workforce Development Council
10 grants to 2 organizations · largest $6.9M · through 2024 · 81.6% of their giving
$27.2M
2. Benton-Franklin Workforce Development Council
7 grants to 2 organizations · largest $4.8M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$16.9M
3. Pacific Mountain Workforce Development Council
7 grants to 4 organizations · largest $2.5M · through 2023 · 22.4% of their giving
$5.6M
4. Workforce Development Council Snohomish County
9 grants to 3 organizations · largest $2.5M · through 2024 · 13.0% of their giving
$7.2M
5. Workforce Development Council Seattle-Ki
17 grants to 8 organizations · largest $1.2M · through 2024 · 8.1% of their giving
$6.8M
6. Okanogan Behavioral Healthcare
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $358K · through 2022 · 94.2% of their giving
$1.1M
7. Focusing Philanthropy Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $2.1M · through 2022 · 1.7% of their giving
$2.2M
8. United Way of Pierce County
9 grants to 2 organizations · largest $152K · through 2025 · 6.7% of their giving
$403K
9. Service Employees International Union Local 775
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $150K · through 2024 · 3.1% of their giving
$712K
10. Unite Here
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.0M · through 2024 · 1.4% of their giving
$1.5M
11. Sourceamerica
22 grants to 7 organizations · largest $70K · through 2024 · 2.9% of their giving
$649K
12. Seattle Foundation
233 grants to 14 organizations · largest $320K · through 2024
$3.7M
13. Redf
9 grants to 3 organizations · largest $185K · through 2025 · 2.2% of their giving
$715K
14. United Way of King County
11 grants to 3 organizations · largest $555K · through 2024
$2.0M
15. International Brotherhood of Teamsters
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $250K · through 2024 · 4.5% of their giving
$250K
16. Credit Unions in the State of Washington
21 grants to 8 organizations · largest $100K · through 2024 · 1.5% of their giving
$686K
17. Gesa Community Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $35K · through 2024 · 7.8% of their giving
$100K
18. Amalgamated Transit Union Local 587
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2024 · 27.7% of their giving
$38K
19. Service Employees International Union
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $8K · through 2023 · 24.3% of their giving
$32K
20. Seabrook Community Foundation
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $49K · through 2019 · 10.3% of their giving
$55K
21. Columbia Community Credit Union
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2025 · 5.4% of their giving
$95K
22. Washington Council of Police and Sheriff
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$25K
23. Fidelity Non-Profit Management Foundation
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $625K · through 2024
$1.5M
24. United Way of Whitman County
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $16K · through 2022 · 10.2% of their giving
$45K
25. Yhb Charitable Endowment Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2023 · 2.1% of their giving
$150K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to employment & job training work in Washington, not by dollar totals alone — a foundation that concentrates its giving here is usually a better prospect than a larger one for which this is a rounding error. 11 of the funders counted here are donor-advised fund sponsors, which grant on behalf of individual donors and accept no applications; they are marked and ranked last.

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About This Data

A grant appears here when a funder reported it on its IRS Form 990 and the recipient organization is classified under the NTEE group covering employment & job training work, with an address in Washington. Grants are counted from the 2025 filing year backward.

Some 990 grant schedules list a recipient by name and address without an EIN, and those grants cannot be matched to a classification — so the totals above represent identifiable employment & job training funding in Washington, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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