United Way of King County
United Way of King County is a public charity based in Seattle, Washington, formed in 1921. It brings donors, volunteers, community leaders, nonprofit partners, and government together to work toward an equitable future, supporting access to housing, food security, education, and financial stability.
Key facts about United Way of King County
In short: United Way of King County gave $24.7M across 196 grants in 2025 (avg $126K), mostly in Washington. 42% of 2025 grantees were new. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- EIN
- 91-0565555
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025
- Annual giving (2025)
- $24,739,298
- Grants made (2025)
- 196
- Average grant
- $126,221
- Median grant
- $47,837
- New grantees (estimate)
- 42% first-time grantees (83 of 196, 2025)
- Total assets
- $54,918,299
- Primary geography
- Washington (97% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- How to apply
- The organization’s nonprofit page says there are currently no funding opportunities available and invites organizations to check back or sign up for funding announcements. Full details ↓
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026. New grantees are estimated by matching recipient names across years (methodology). Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Financial Overview
From 2025 IRS Form 990 · View filing
Total Assets
$54.9M
-4.3% YoY
Annual Giving
$24.7M
+13.8% YoY
Grant Count
196
+79.8% YoY
Avg Grant Size
$126K
-36.7% YoY
Is United Way of King County open to new grantees?
42%
first-time grantees, 2025
In 2025, 83 of 196 grantees (42%) were first-time recipients. First grants averaged $49K; repeat grants $183K. How we count
Medians: $20K first-time, $75K repeat.
Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990 filings (2019–2025). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.
Mission & Focus Areas
The organization’s stated mission is to bring the community together to work toward racial justice by supporting neighbors and transforming inequitable systems. Its funding and program areas include housing stability and homelessness prevention, food security, educational opportunity, financial stability, and equitable philanthropy.
In 2025 filing data, its largest listed grants went to organizations whose missions include serving people facing barriers to housing, health, education, and economic opportunity (Neighborhood House); increasing access to justice (King County Bar Association); supporting families and children through direct services and advocacy (Atlantic Street Center); and providing shelter and resources to families experiencing homelessness (Mary’s Place). These are the grantees’ descriptions of their own work.
Grantmaking
In filing year 2025, United Way of King County reported 196 grants totaling $24,739,298. Grant amounts ranged from $5,000 to $1,674,650, with a median of $47,836. The largest listed awards included $1,674,650 to Neighborhood House, $1,574,712 to King County Bar Association, $1,117,190 to Atlantic Street Center, $1,065,000 to Southwest Youth & Family Services, and $981,014 to Mary’s Place. Each was listed with the purpose “programmatic investment.”
The organization’s Indigenous Communities Fund uses participatory grantmaking and supports tribes and Native-led nonprofits in King County. Its Food System Stability Fund provides rapid, flexible funding to anti-hunger organizations serving King County, to help them respond to urgent organizational challenges and avoid interruptions in service. Both funds are listed as currently open. The Indigenous Communities Fund is described as offering minimal reporting requirements and autonomy to disperse funds; its stated award range is $1,000,000–$1,000,000. No application process or deadline is provided in the available information.
The organization also describes equitable philanthropy initiatives that include the Black Community Building Collective and Indigenous Communities Fund. Its 2025 filing narrative says these efforts supported 14 and 29 organizations, respectively, and that its Community Reinvestment Plan project made grants to approximately 80 organizations.
How to Apply
The organization’s nonprofit page says there are currently no funding opportunities available and invites organizations to check back or sign up for funding announcements. The Food System Stability Fund and Indigenous Communities Fund are separately listed as currently open; application instructions are not provided.
Open Grants
2 open opportunities from United Way of King County
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Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
The organization’s grantmaking is concentrated in Washington: 97% of its 2025 grant dollars went to recipients in Washington, while 2% went to New York. Its Indigenous Communities Fund and Food System Stability Fund are specifically described as serving King County, Washington.
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 196 itemized grants.
States
Cities
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $21.7M (2024) to $61.7M (2021). In 2025 it made 196 grants totaling $24.7M.
Grant Insights
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 10 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Neighborhood House ($1.7M). Together the top 10 received $9.6M.
Organizations only. It also paid 1 grant to individuals ($10,000), which are not listed by name.
Grant Size Distribution
1,093 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 554 grants of 1,093 (51%).
Giving History
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Neighborhood House Seattle, WA | Programmatic Investment | $1,674,650 |
| King County Bar Association Seattle, WA | Programmatic Investment | $1,574,712 |
| Atlantic Street Center Seattle, WA | Programmatic Investment | $1,117,190 |
| Southwest Youth & Family Svcs Seattle, WA | Programmatic Investment | $1,065,000 |
| Mary's Place Seattle Seattle, WA | Programmatic Investment | $981,014 |
| El Centro De La Raza Seattle, WA | Programmatic Investment | $795,102 |
| Horn of Africa Services Seattle, WA | Programmatic Investment | $614,040 |
| Homesight Seattle, WA | Programmatic Investment | $613,000 |
| Voices of Tomorrow Burien, WA | Programmatic Investment | $575,108 |
| Chinese Information & Services Seattle, WA | Programmatic Investment | $554,570 |
Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $54,918,299 | $49,716,900 | $52,836,640 | $24,739,298 |
| 2024 | $57,367,923 | $67,208,294 | $72,049,206 | $21,735,584 |
| 2023 | $60,608,347 | $108,002,071 | $115,807,218 | $35,541,491 |
EIN: 91-0565555. Filing type: Form 990 (a public charity).
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Assets | $54,918,299 | $57,367,923 | $60,608,347 |
| Revenue | $49,716,900 | $67,208,294 | $108,002,071 |
| Expenses | $52,836,640 | $72,049,206 | $115,807,218 |
| Net Investment Income | $1,427,008 | $1,531,836 | $1,063,450 |
Data update history
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 16, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 16, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 15, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 15, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS September 17, 2025)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS May 5, 2020)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 6, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
The 2025 filing lists Gordon McHenry Jr. as President and CEO; Elizabeth Santo Domingo as Chief Human Resources Officer; Lindsay Harper as Chief Philanthropy Officer; Regina Malveaux as Chief Impact Officer; Jennifer Johnston as Chief Financial Officer; Christine Hynes as Chief Marketing Officer; and Laurie Samuelson as Senior Director, IT. It also lists Steve Hooper Jr. as Chair, Lisa Chin as Vice-Chair, and Jonathan Burks as Treasurer.
United Way of King County is led by Gordon McHenry Jr., President CEO since 2025 (on filings since 2020); 7 of 44 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Gordon McHenry Jr.
President CEO
President & CEO From → President & CEO, 2021
President & CEO → President CEO, 2025
On filings since 2020
40 hrs/week
$60K (2020) → $452K (2025)
Steve Hooper Jr.
Chair
Director → Vice Chair, 2024
Vice Chair → Chair, 2025
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Laurie Samuelson
Senior Director
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$141K (2025)
Ambika Singh
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Craig Gryniewicz
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Dave Burman
Director
Board Chair → Immediate Past Chair, 2023
Immediate Past Chair → Director, 2024
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Leigh Toner
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Luis Masieri
Director
Vice Chair → Board Chair, 2024
Board Chair → Director, 2025
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mala Raman
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mika Yamamoto
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Nathan James
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Sandra Madrid
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Scott Meden
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Bree Kame'enui
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Bo Lee
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Brian Hall
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Eduardo M. Pealver
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Maud Daudon
Director
Board Chair → Immediate Past Chair, 2024
Immediate Past Chair → Director, 2025
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Michael Greer
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Michelle Merriweather
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Rachel Smith
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Sean Goode
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Shkelqim Kelmendi
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Doug Baldwin Jr.
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Andy Schneider
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ann Munson Steines
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
R. Omar Riojas
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ali Ghambari
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Denise Perez Lally
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Shomari Jones
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Adrian Diaz
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Alvaro Celis
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Cortnee Blayton
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Felipe Mendez
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Julie Wolfe
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Marianne Bichsel
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jennifer E. Johnston
Chief Financial Officer
Senior Director Financial Ops → Vice President Finance & Administrator, 2021
Vice President Finance & Administrator → Chief Financial Officer, 2022
On filings since 2020
40 hrs/week
$123K (2020) → $220K (2025)
Elizabeth Santo Domingo
Chief Human Resources Officer
On filings since 2023
40 hrs/week
$176K (2023) → $231K (2025)
Christine M. Hynes
Chief Marketing Officer
On filings since 2024
40 hrs/week
$211K (2024) → $197K (2025)
Regina Malveaux
Chief Impact Officer
On filings since 2024
40 hrs/week
$171K (2024) → $216K (2025)
Lindsay Harper
Chief Philanthropy Officer
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$225K (2025)
Jonathan Burks
Treasurer
Director → Secretary, 2022
Secretary → Treasurer, 2023
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Denise Stiffarm
Secretary
Director → Secretary, 2025
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Lisa Chin
Vice Chair
Director → Secretary, 2024
Secretary → Vice Chair, 2025
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (45)
- Former: Brent Beardall (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Carmen Best (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Fred Rivera (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Jeff Bradley (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Jonathan Sposato (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Tiffany Johnson (2021–2024) — Director
- Former: Carolyn Taggart (2023–2024) — Chief of Staff
- Former: Chief Adrian Diaz (2024) — Director
- Former: James Modie (2024) — Senior Director Institutional Development & Strategy
- Former: Brady Walkinshaw (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Carol Nelson (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Chris Hynes (2019–2023) — Chief Marketing Officer
- Former: Erica Wiley (2019–2023) — Chief Philanthropy Officer
- Former: Kate Behncken (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Peter Orser (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Sara Levin (2019–2023) — Chief Impact Officer
- Former: Eric Pettigrew (2021–2023) — Secretary
- Former: Patty Meden (2023) — Director
- Former: Bree Kameenui-Ramirez (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Nicole Grant (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Shouan Pan (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Kathy Surace-Smith (2021–2022) — Director
- Former: Rodrigo Lopez (2021–2022) — Director
- Former: Elizabeth Stodomingo (2022) — Chief Human Resources Officer
- Former: Jimmy Yearby (2022) — Vice President Human Resources
- Former: Shawn Jones (2022) — Director
- Former: Darrell Powell (2019–2021) — COO
- Former: Jim Yearby (2019–2021) — Director of Hr
- Former: Angela Stowell (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Blair Taylor (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Brian McAndrews (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Chris Capossela (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Doug Orwiler (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Jason Coren (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Jonathan Fine (2019–2020) — President & CEO
- Former: Karen Marcotte Solimano (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Kathy Surace Smith (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Margaret Meister (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Noreen Shahani (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Richard Romero (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Sangita Woerner (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Stephan Blanford (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Sue Sherbrooke (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Calvin Watts (2019) — Director
- Former: Theresa Fujiwara (2019) — Associate Vice President Committee Svcs
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
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $452K, to Gordon McHenry Jr (President CEO). 7 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Contact
Mailing address: 720 Second Avenue, Seattle, WA 98104
Phone: (206) 461-3700
Website: https://uwkc.org
Frequently asked questions about United Way of King County
How much does United Way of King County give each year?
United Way of King County gave $24.7M across 196 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $21.7M across 109 grants.
What is United Way of King County's typical grant size?
United Way of King County's median grant in 2025 was $47,837, and its average grant was $126,221, across 196 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Organizations receiving their first grant from United Way of King County that year got $49K on average.
Where does United Way of King County give grants?
United Way of King County gives mostly in Washington: 97% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The most frequent recipient cities were Seattle, WA (107 grants), Kent, WA (14 grants), Burien, WA (10 grants) and Renton, WA (9 grants).
Does United Way of King County give general operating support?
Not in 2025: none of the 196 grants with a stated purpose on United Way of King County's 2025 IRS Form 990 were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "Programmatic Investment" (196 grants).
Who are United Way of King County's largest grantees?
United Way of King County's largest 2025 grantees include Neighborhood House ($1,674,650), King County Bar Association ($1,574,712) and Atlantic Street Center ($1,117,190), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. It also paid 1 grant to individuals ($10,000), which are not listed by name. Together they received 18% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is United Way of King County?
United Way of King County reported $54.9M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $49.7M.
What does United Way of King County fund?
The organization’s stated mission is to bring the community together to work toward racial justice by supporting neighbors and transforming inequitable systems. See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from United Way of King County?
The organization’s nonprofit page says there are currently no funding opportunities available and invites organizations to check back or sign up for funding announcements. Eligibility and process details are in the grantmaking section of this profile. See how to apply ↑
What is United Way of King County's EIN?
United Way of King County's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 91-0565555. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings. Research dossier generated September 2026.
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