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Eastside Pathways

Public charity · Grantmaker Bellevue, WA EIN: 45-3005820 Website

Giving every child the opportunity to thrive from cradle to career requires dedication and teamwork. Eastside Pathways helps individuals and organizations collaborate to focus their efforts, increase equity, decrease harm, and drive progress. Together, we identify, address, and take steps to dismantle racial and other inequities in systems and practices centering those furthest from justice, using a proven framework and data-driven strategies, to create better outcomes for children, youth, and young adults in east King county.

Eastside Pathways at a glance

In short: Eastside Pathways gave $17K across 2 grants in 2025 (avg $8K), mostly in Washington. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$16,524
-52.8% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
2
-33.3% vs 2024
Average grant
$8,262
-29.2% vs 2024
Median grant
$8,262
Total assets
$415,902
-44.9% vs 2024
Primary geography
Washington (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who Eastside Pathways funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 2 recipients in 2025

The Math Agency: $10KThe Math Agency$10KNiso Company: $7KNiso Company$7K

The largest 2025 recipient was The Math Agency ($10K). Together the top 2 received $17K.

Grant Size Distribution

8 grants across all recorded years

7<$50K$50–100K1$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 7 grants of 8 (88%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

2states

Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 2 itemized grants.

Cities

BellevueRedmondBaltimoreSeattle

How Eastside Pathways gives

  • Giving grew 65% from 2022 to 2025. Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$50K$100K$150K0 grants2019 Total only2020 Total only2021 1 grant2022 2 grants2023 3 grants2024 2 grants2025

From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $5K (2020) to $145K (2023). In 2025 it made 2 grants totaling $17K.

Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
The Math Agency Seattle, WAThe purpose of the grant is to expand and sustain proven strategies that improve outcomes for children, youth, and families, particularly those farthest from justice.$10,000
Niso Company Bellevue, WAThe purpose of the grant is to expand and sustain proven strategies that improve outcomes for children, youth, and families, particularly those farthest from justice.$6,524
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025$415,902$674,217$991,348$16,5242$23,081
2024$755,413$907,867$1,053,709$35,0003$34,692
2023$866,106$424,968$974,988$145,0002$21,922
2022$1,411,779$419,150$996,189$10,0001$4,170
2021$2,141,014$1,174,226$740,418$5,000Total only$5,363
2020$1,959,668$1,573,615$905,760$5,000Total only$4,204
2019$1,180,653$386,378$602,327——$8,009

"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.

About Eastside Pathways

Based on IRS filings

Eastside Pathways is a public charity focused on Education, based in Bellevue, WA. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $416K in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 2 grants totaling $17K. Net investment income was $23K.

Focus Areas

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Eastside Pathways is led by Kalika Curry, Executive Director on every filing since 2023; 3 of 10 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Kalika Curry

    Executive Director

    On filings since 2023

    40 hrs/week

    $116K (2023) → $166K (2025)

  • Jennifer Kilchenmann

    Board Chair

    Director Start April → Board Chair, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    20 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • William Richardson

    Data, Policy & Research Director

    Data Officer → Data, Policy & Research Director, 2025

    On filings since 2021

    40 hrs/week

    $102K (2021) → $109K (2025)

  • Sandy Nathan

    Partner Relations & Impact Director

    On filings since 2024

    40 hrs/week

    $104K (2024) → $106K (2025)

  • David Downing

    Board of Director

    Director → Board of Director, 2025

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Cassandra Sage

    Board of Director

    Director Start April → Board of Director, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jolenta Coleman-Bush

    Board of Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Royce Yuen

    Board of Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Hala Nuemah

    Board Treasurer

    Treasurer → Board Treasurer, 2025

    On filings since 2022

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jamie Bonnett

    Board Secretary

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (26)
  • Former: Cathy Habib (2019–2024) — Chairman
  • Former: Putter Bert (2019–2024) — Director
  • Former: Tom Brewer (2019–2024) — Secretary
  • Former: Payton Richardson (2020–2024) — Data, Policy & Research Director
  • Former: Amy Wasser (2023) — Interim Executive Director
  • Former: Alka Manchanda (2019–2022) — Secretary
  • Former: David Long (2019–2022) — Former Treasurer
  • Former: Helena Stephens (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Kevin Skogen (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Matt Gillingham (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Shelley Brittingham (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Stephanie Cherrington (2019–2022) — Former Executive Director
  • Former: Sue Baugh (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Carol Helland (2020–2022) — Director
  • Former: Byron Shutz (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Josephine Young (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Kristen Jones (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Judy Buckmaster (2019–2020) — Former Director
  • Former: Kacey Guin (2019–2020) — Former Director
  • Former: Megan Kennedy (2019–2020) — Former Director
  • Former: Patti Skelton-McGougan (2019–2020) — Former Director
  • Former: Andrew Boyd (2019) — Treasurer
  • Former: Jeff Edmondson (2019) — Director
  • Former: Patrick Foran (2019) — Vice Chair
  • Former: Ron Harding (2019) — Director
  • Former: Ted Dezember (2019) — Vice Chair

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Compensation Overview

From 2025 IRS filing

Kalika Curry — Executive Director: $166KKalika CurryExecutive Director$166KWilliam Richardson — Data, Policy & Research Director: $109KWilliam RichardsonData, Policy & Research Director$109KSandy Nathan — Partner Relations & Impact Director: $106KSandy NathanPartner Relations & Impact…$106K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $166K, to Kalika Curry (Executive Director). 3 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.

Frequently asked questions about Eastside Pathways

How much does Eastside Pathways give each year?

Eastside Pathways gave $17K across 2 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $35K across 3 grants.

How large is Eastside Pathways?

Eastside Pathways reported $416K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $674K.

What is Eastside Pathways?

Eastside Pathways is a public charity focused on Education, based in Bellevue, WA. It holds $416K in total assets as of 2025.

Where does Eastside Pathways operate?

Eastside Pathways has awarded grants in Maryland, Washington.

What is Eastside Pathways's EIN?

Eastside Pathways's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 45-3005820. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(4)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS November 15, 2021)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS June 3, 2022)
  3. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS June 26, 2026)
  4. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2019–2024

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