Public Charity

Northwest Wine Benefit Foundation DBA Auction of Washington Wines

Northwest Wine Benefit Foundation DBA Auction of Washington Wines, of Seattle, WA, is a Public Charity tracked in Imperigo's IRS 990 database. The 2025 filing shows $3.2M in revenue, $3.3M in expenses, $2.2M in total assets. IRS filings disclose 13 grants awarded by this foundation, totaling roughly $6.7M.

EIN: 911550425 Seattle, WA Public Foundations NTEE: T30 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$3.2M
Total Expenses$3.3M
Total Assets$2.2M
Grants Given13
Grant Total$6.7M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

The Auction of Washington Wines is the wine industry's annual gift to communities across the state, benefiting uncompensated care for patients and families at Seattle Childrens Hospital and Viticulture and Enology research in Washington State.

Where $100 goes at Northwest Wine Benefit Foundation DBA Auction of Washington Wines

How Northwest Wine Benefit Foundation DBA Auction of Washington Wines divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 8 years.

$68 Programs the work itself
$24 Management running the organization
$8 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $68 for programs

$57
The primary beneficiary of the Auction of Washington Wines is uncompensated care at Seattle Children's Hospital, which guarantees medical care for all children regardless of their families ability…
84% of program spending
$7
The organization supports wine and wine grape education by providing funding to Washington State University
10% of program spending
$2
The organization operates a small grants program intended to benefit nonprofit organizations operating in the rural communities of the wine-producing region of Washington State
3% of program spending

Plus 1 more program. Cost per person served and the full program breakdown are on the full profile.

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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Sample Grants Given

Childrens Hosp Fndn
Seattle, WA · 2022
Support child healthcare
$1,951,403
Pullman, WA · 2022
Support wine/wine grape education
$177,875
Walla Walla, WA · 2022
Wellbeing of vineyard/wine workers.
$60,000
Allen Shoup Fund Recipient
Seattle, WA · 2022
Washington Wine Education
$15,000
Childrens Hosp Fndn
Seattle, WA · 2021
Support child healthcare
$1,933,103

Showing up to 5 of 13 total records — full history available with membership.

Officers & Directors

Co-Chairs Alissa Leinonen Tom Barden
Director Barbara Mann
Director Brandon Ackley
Secretary Christina Watt
Director Dick Boushey
Director Greg Lill

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

Health & Medicine
$5,810,575 5 grants
Education
$728,615 5 grants
Human & Social Services
$30,000 1 grant
Unspecified
$110,000 2 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $3.2M $3.3M $2.2M
2024 $3.2M $3.2M $2.5M
2023 $3.0M $3.1M $2.3M
2022 $3.2M $3.0M $2.6M
2021 $1.8M $1.7M $1.8M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $1.8M to $3.2M (+74%), with total assets most recently reported at $2.2M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

Grant Geography

Grants from this foundation were reported to recipients in VA, WA.

VAWA

Full geographic grant map with state-by-state breakdown available with membership.

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