Humanities Washington
Humanities Washington is a public charity based in Seattle, Washington. It supports public humanities programs and community projects that bring people together to explore different perspectives, share stories, and consider Washington’s past and present.
Humanities Washington at a glance
In short: Humanities Washington reported $25K in grants paid in 2024 (a total; its filing lists no individual grants). Source: 2024 IRS Form 990.
- Grants paid (2024)
- $25,000 — reported as a total on the IRS filing, without an itemized list
- +1397.9% vs 2023
- Total assets
- $2,491,074
- +0.6% vs 2023
- Revenue (2024)
- $2,553,305
- +8.3% vs 2023
- Net investment income (2024)
- $62,370
- +65.9% vs 2023
- Expenses (2024)
- $2,628,695
- -5.1% vs 2023
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2024 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2024; updated September 2026.
How to apply to Humanities Washington
- How to Apply
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The 2025 Washington Stories Fund application period is closed. The guidelines state that matching funds are not required but are encouraged, and applicants are asked to provide an overview of project expenses. Applicants should watch for future-cycle updates.
- Review Cycle
- The 2025 deadline was extended to May 31, 2025, at 11:59 p.m.
- Deadline
- The 2025 deadline was extended to May 31, 2025, at 11:59 p.m.
- Contact
Mailing address: 130 Nickerson St Ste 304, Seattle, WA 98109
Phone: (206) 682-1770
Website: https://humanities.org
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Who Humanities Washington funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Grant Size Distribution
101 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 101 grants of 101 (100%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Humanities Washington’s programs and grantmaking serve communities across Washington State. The 2025 Washington Stories Fund guidelines identify five regions: Central, Central Puget Sound, Eastern, Northwestern, and Southwestern.
Grant Distribution by State
States
Cities
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2020 to 2024, annual grant giving ranged from $2K (2023) to $928K (2021). In 2024 it reported $25K in grants paid, as a total without an itemized list.
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
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Centro Cultural Mexicano Redmond, WA | Covid recovery funds as provided by the American rescue plan act of 2021 (ARP) | $15,000 |
| Densho Japanese American Legacy Project Seattle, WA | Covid recovery funds as provided by the American rescue plan act of 2021 (ARP) | $15,000 |
| Foss Waterway Seaport Tacoma, WA | Covid recovery funds as provided by the American rescue plan act of 2021 (ARP) | $15,000 |
| Nordic Museum Seattle, WA | Covid recovery funds as provided by the American rescue plan act of 2021 (ARP) | $15,000 |
| Northwest African American Museum Seattle, WA | Covid recovery funds as provided by the American rescue plan act of 2021 (ARP) | $15,000 |
| Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture Spokane, WA | Covid recovery funds as provided by the American rescue plan act of 2021 (ARP) | $15,000 |
| Northwest Railway Museum Snoqualmie, WA | Covid recovery funds as provided by the American rescue plan act of 2021 (ARP) | $15,000 |
| Spokane Public Radio Spokane, WA | Covid recovery funds as provided by the American rescue plan act of 2021 (ARP) | $15,000 |
| Washington State Historical Society Tacoma, WA | Covid recovery funds as provided by the American rescue plan act of 2021 (ARP) | $15,000 |
| Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience Seattle, WA | Covid recovery funds as provided by the American rescue plan act of 2021 (ARP) | $15,000 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2,491,074 | $2,553,305 | $2,628,695 | $25,000 | Total only | $62,370 |
| 2023 | $2,475,586 | $2,358,342 | $2,769,339 | $1,669 | Total only | $37,606 |
| 2022 | $2,757,903 | $3,067,010 | $2,137,580 | $30,736 | Total only | $31,874 |
| 2021 | $1,889,656 | $2,699,307 | $2,680,022 | $927,929 | 101 | $36,656 |
| 2020 | $1,874,322 | $2,110,794 | $2,082,719 | $553,100 | Total only | $44,918 |
"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated September 2026.
Mission & Focus Areas
Humanities Washington’s mission is to “open minds and bridge divides by creating spaces to explore different perspectives.” Its programs include the Speakers Bureau, Family Reading, Heritage Arts Apprenticeships, the Washington State Poet Laureate, public events, and grants.
Its Washington Stories Fund seeks projects that record and share lesser-known stories of people or groups whose contributions add to Washington State’s cultural richness. Eligible applicants include nonprofit organizations, public agencies, and groups organized for nonprofit purposes; individuals are not eligible. Projects should serve a Washington State audience.
Past recipients include Spokane Public Radio, whose stated mission is to provide artistic, educational, and informational radio programming that enhances cultural life and civic discourse; Centro Cultural Mexicano, which says it promotes community participation in education, culture, and society through art and culture; and the Northwest African American Museum, which says it documents and exhibits African American historical and cultural experiences in Seattle and the Northwest.
Grantmaking
For its 50th anniversary in 2025, Humanities Washington reported awarding 20 Washington Stories Fund grants totaling more than $100,000 to cultural organizations across Washington State. The fund’s published 2025 guidelines offered grants of $2,500–$7,500, with up to five grants per region. The 2025 application deadline has passed.
Among organizations reported as receiving support in 2021 were Spokane Public Radio, Centro Cultural Mexicano, the Northwest African American Museum, the Northwest Railway Museum, and Foss Waterway Seaport, each receiving $15,000; and Orcas Center, Everett Museum of History, and Orquesta Northwest, each receiving $10,000.
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
The 2024 filing lists Julie Ziegler as CEO/Executive Director; D Stone Addington as Director of Programs & Deputy ED; Eric Sanders as Chief Financial Officer; Mark Miyake as Chair; Deepti Agrawal as Treasurer/Secretary; Eric Davis as Chair-Elect; Rene Baca as Officer; and Shandy Abrahamson, Todd Arkley, and Ryan Booth as directors.
Humanities Washington is led by Julie Ziegler, CEO & Executive Director since 2022 (on filings since 2020); 3 of 26 officers listed in 2024 are compensated.
Officers on the 2024 filing
Julie Ziegler
CEO & Executive Director
Chief Executive Officer → CEO & Executive Director, 2022
On filings since 2020
40 hrs/week
$112K (2020) → $159K (2024)
Mark Miyake
Chair
Director → Chair-Elect, 2022
Chair-Elect → Chair, 2024
On filings since 2020
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
D. Stone Addington
Director of Programs & Deputy Executive Director
New on the 2024 filing
40 hrs/week
$101K (2024)
Betsy Godlewski
Director
Trustee → Director, 2021
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Brad Richardson
Director
Trustee → Director, 2021
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Colleen Rozillis
Director
Chair-Elect → Chair, 2022
Chair → Director, 2024
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Joe Ross
Director
Treasurer & Secretary → Director, 2022
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Peter Danelo
Director
Director → Treasurer & Secretary, 2022
Treasurer & Secretary → Director, 2024
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Andrew Chanse
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Shandy Abrahamson
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Brianna Hoffman
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Joshua Heim
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Todd Arkley
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Deanne Hamilton
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Geoff Froh
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jennifer Ernst
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mike Faulk
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ryan Booth
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Doug Levy
Director
New on the 2024 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Freya Liggett
Director
New on the 2024 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Maria Bullon-Fernandez
Director
New on the 2024 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Richard Hart
Director
New on the 2024 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Eric Sanders
Chief Financial Officer
On filings since 2020
28 hrs/week
$61K (2020) → $85K (2024)
Deepti Agrawal
Treasurer & Secretary
Director → Treasurer & Secretary, 2024
On filings since 2022
3 hrs/week
$5K (2022) → $0 (2024)
Rene Baca
Officer
Director → Dei Chair, 2022
Dei Chair → Officer, 2023
On filings since 2020
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Eric Davis
Chair-Elect
Director → Officer, 2023
Officer → Chair-Elect, 2024
On filings since 2021
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (18)
- Former: Julieta Altamirano-Crosby (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: Karen Fraser (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: Shelley Saunders (2020–2023) — Chief Resource Development Officer
- Former: Annmarie Cano (2021–2023) — Director
- Former: Clarence Moriwaki (2021–2023) — Director
- Former: Eric Lawson (2021–2023) — Officer
- Former: Xavier Cavazos (2021–2023) — Director
- Former: Carli Schiffner (2020–2022) — Development Chair
- Former: David Powers (2020–2022) — Director
- Former: Mary Pembroke Perlin (2021–2022) — Director
- Former: Melany Peterson (2022) — Director
- Former: Dan Lamberton (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Tammy Miller (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Beth Hudson (2021) — Director
- Former: Bridget Piper (2020) — Trustee
- Former: Debra Holland (2020) — Trustee
- Former: Mary Pembroke-Perlin (2020) — Development Chair
- Former: Pedro Xavier Cavazos (2020) — Dei Chair
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2024. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2024 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2024 filing was $159K, to Julie Ziegler (CEO/Executive Director). 3 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about Humanities Washington
How much does Humanities Washington give each year?
Humanities Washington reported $25K in grants paid in 2024 on its 2024 IRS Form 990, as a total without an itemized list of grants. In 2023 it reported $2K in grants paid.
How large is Humanities Washington?
Humanities Washington reported $2.5M in total assets on its 2024 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $2.6M.
What does Humanities Washington fund?
Humanities Washington’s mission is to “open minds and bridge divides by creating spaces to explore different perspectives.” Its programs include the Speakers Bureau, Family Reading, Heritage Arts Apprenticeships, the Washington State Poet Laureate, public events, and grants. See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from Humanities Washington?
The 2025 Washington Stories Fund application period is closed. Eligibility and process details are in the grantmaking section of this profile. See how to apply ↑
Where does Humanities Washington make grants?
Humanities Washington’s programs and grantmaking serve communities across Washington State. The 2025 Washington Stories Fund guidelines identify five regions: Central, Central Puget Sound, Eastern, Northwestern, and Southwestern.
What is Humanities Washington's EIN?
Humanities Washington's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 51-0191115. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2024.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings. Research dossier generated September 2026.
Data update history
(6)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS November 9, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS September 8, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS August 9, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS August 21, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS July 31, 2025)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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