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Volunteers of America Western Washington

Public charity · Grantmaker Everett, WA EIN: 91-0577129 Website

Volunteers of America Western Washington is a public charity based in Everett, Washington. It provides human services to people and communities in need, with services described by the organization spanning areas such as food, housing, behavioral health, youth and family support, disability services, and senior programs.

Volunteers of America Western Washington at a glance

Total assets
$56,979,498
+69.2% vs 2024
Revenue (2025)
$98,922,215
+15.4% vs 2024
Net investment income (2025)
$470,305
+143.2% vs 2024
Expenses (2025)
$93,813,245
+9.8% vs 2024
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026. New grantees are estimated by matching recipient names across years (methodology).

How to apply to Volunteers of America Western Washington

How to Apply

Organizations must apply to the coalition to become a grantee.

Contact

Mailing address: 2802 Broadway, Everett, WA 98201
Phone: (425) 259-3191
Website: https://voaww.org

Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.

Who Volunteers of America Western Washington funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Grant Size Distribution

50 grants across all recorded years

1<$50K7$50–100K16$100–250K16$250–500K10$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was in the $100–250K range: 16 grants of 50 (32%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

The organization describes its work as serving Western Washington. Its website says it serves tens of thousands of households across Snohomish County each year. The listed 2023 grantees are food banks in Lynnwood, Edmonds, Maltby, and Mukilteo, Washington.

Grant Distribution by State

1state

States

Cities

ArlingtonSnohomishEdmondsEverettGranite FallsLake StevensLynnwoodMarysvilleMill CreekMonroeMountlake TerraceStanwoodMukilteoDarringtonEdomndsMulilteo

Is Volunteers of America Western Washington open to new grantees?

6%

first-time grantees, 2023

In 2023, 1 of 17 grantees (6%) were first-time recipients. With only 17 grantees, that is a small sample: one grantee more or less moves the share by about 6 points. First grants averaged $173K; repeat grants $172K. How we count

Medians: $173K first-time, $153K repeat.

  • 94% of 2023 grantees were also funded in 2022. Method
  • Giving fell 40% from 2020 to 2023. Method

Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990 filings (2019–2023). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$2M$4M$6M$8M16 grants2019 16 grants2020 16 grants2021 17 grants2022 17 grants2023 0 grants2024 0 grants2025

From 2019 to 2023, annual grant giving ranged from $2.9M (2023) to $7.1M (2021). In 2023 it made 17 grants totaling $2.9M.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Lynnwood Food Bank Lynnwood, WAfood distribution to low income individuals$406,240
Edmonds Food Bank Edmonds, WAfood distribution to low income individuals$305,863
Marysville Food Bank Marysville, WAfood distribution to low income individuals$305,349
Stanwood Food Bank Stanwood, WAfood distribution to low income individuals$305,349
Lake Stevens Food Bank Lake Stevens, WAfood distribution to low income individuals$203,908
Snohomish Food Bank Snohomish, WAfood distribution to low income individuals$185,570
Monroe Food Bank Monroe, WAfood distribution to low income individuals$172,822
Mill Creek Community Food Bank Mill Creek, WAfood distribution to low income individuals$170,952
Arlington Food Bank Arlington, WAFood distribution to low income individuals$169,924
Concern for Neighbors Mountlake Terrace, WAfood distribution to low income individuals$136,453
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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$56,979,498$98,922,215$93,813,245——$470,305
2024$33,679,273$85,737,143$85,418,985——$193,416
2023$35,653,620$136,035,681$126,978,319$2,924,76717$98,557
2022$27,808,101$112,498,373$108,811,201$5,669,29117$110,038
2021$26,706,737$84,543,927$82,997,160$7,100,62016$280,786
2020$16,092,450$31,442,954$30,925,015$4,875,07116$79,278
2019$12,999,067$26,389,854$25,082,792$3,183,17416$180,098

Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated September 2026.

Mission & Focus Areas

The organization’s mission is to empower people and strengthen communities in need, guided by respect, integrity, stewardship, and empathy. In its 2024 filing, it described work in basic needs, community information and referral, developmental disability, dispute resolution, emergency mental health, family and children, and housing services. Its program descriptions also cover youth development, support for seniors and people with developmental disabilities, and services for individuals and families facing hunger, homelessness, or personal crisis.

In 2023, the organization supported food banks. The Lynnwood Food Bank described its mission as distributing food to people in need in the greater Lynnwood area. The Edmonds Food Bank said it works toward food and nutrition security in the greater Edmonds community. Maltby Food Bank described its purpose as meeting people’s physical needs, and Mukilteo Food Bank said it feeds and assists families with nutritional food.

Grantmaking

Leadership & Key People

Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings

The 2025 filing lists Brian Smith as COO; Kristi Myers as CDO; Levi Van Dyke as CBHO; Steve Woodard as VP Community Engagement; Drew House as Interim CFO from July 1, 2024, to January 31, 2025; Janet Olsen as Secretary; John Ng as CFO from December 1, 2024, to June 30, 2025; Suzan Sturholm as Board Chair; Todd Brunner as Properties Board Chair; and Bill Reed as Finance/Audit Committee Chair.

The 2025 annual report identifies Brian Smith as President & CEO.

Volunteers of America Western Washington is led by Suzan Sturholm, Board Chair since 2025 (on filings since 2019); 7 of 21 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Suzan Sturholm

    Board Chair

    Board Chair → Board Member, 2024

    Board Member → Board Chair, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Todd Brunner

    Properties Board Chair

    Board Member → Properties Board Chair, 2020

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Stephen Steve Zimmerman

    Governance Committee Chair

    Board Member → Governance Committee Chair, 2025

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Brian Smith

    COO

    COO → CEO, 2023

    CEO → COO, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    40 hrs/week

    $114K (2019) → $276K (2025)

  • Janet Olsen

    Secretary

    On filings since 2019

    40 hrs/week

    $64K (2019) → $86K (2025)

  • Steve Woodard

    Vice President Community Engagement

    Board Member → Vice President Community Engagement, 2023

    On filings since 2021

    40 hrs/week

    $132K (2023) → $155K (2025)

  • Kristi Myers

    CDO

    COO → CDO, 2025

    On filings since 2023

    40 hrs/week

    $181K (2023) → $235K (2025)

  • Drew House

    Interim CFO to

    New on the 2025 filing

    40 hrs/week

    $141K (2025)

  • John Ng

    CFO to

    New on the 2025 filing

    40 hrs/week

    $11K (2025)

  • Levi Van Dyke

    Cbho

    New on the 2025 filing

    40 hrs/week

    $202K (2025)

  • Bryan O'Connor

    Board Member

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Lori Schlindwein

    Board Member

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Brenda White

    Board Members

    Board Member → Board Members, 2025

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Amil Singh

    Board Member

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Mark Hulst

    Board Member

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Todd Henrichsen

    Board Member

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Aimee Do

    Board Member

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Bill Reed

    Finance & Audit Committee Ch

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kristin Tyner

    Board Member

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Paul Butler

    Vice Chair

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Shannon Tesla

    Board Member

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (25)
  • Former: Chris McGinness (2019–2024) — Finance & Audit Committee Ch
  • Former: Peter Haller (2019–2024) — Governance Committee Chair
  • Former: Vicci Hilty (2021–2024) — Board Member
  • Former: Jennifer Nobling (2022–2024) — CFO
  • Former: Kirk Pearson (2023–2024) — Vice President of External Affairs
  • Former: Kirstin Tyner (2023–2024) — Board Member
  • Former: Steve Corsi (2019–2023) — CEO
  • Former: Brian Rice (2021–2023) — CAO
  • Former: David Allard (2019–2022) — CFO
  • Former: Robert McMahon (2019–2022) — Board Member
  • Former: Stephen Kennedy (2019–2022) — Board Member
  • Former: Tyler Echelbarger (2019–2022) — Board Member
  • Former: Fernando Martinez (2020–2022) — Board Member
  • Former: Kristi Meyer (2021–2022) — CDO
  • Former: Jinsik Jay Cho (2022) — Board Member
  • Former: Rochelle Lubbers (2022) — Board Member
  • Former: Joel Johnson (2019–2020) — Board Vice Chair
  • Former: Lena Maul (2020) — Board Member
  • Former: Greg Tisdel (2019) — Board Member
  • Former: Jim Calderon (2019) — Properties Board Chair
  • Former: Jim Morino (2019) — Board Member
  • Former: Lori Drabant (2019) — Former Executive Vice President
  • Former: Mitesh Parikh (2019) — Board Member
  • Former: Philip Smith (2019) — Former CEO
  • Former: Robert Reese (2019) — Former COO

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

Brian Smith — COO: $276KBrian SmithCOO$276KKristi Myers — CDO: $235KKristi MyersCDO$235KLevi Van Dyke — CBHO: $202KLevi Van DykeCBHO$202KSteve Woodard — VP Community Engagement: $155KSteve WoodardVP Community Engagement$155KDrew House — Interim CFO 7/1/24 to 1/31/25: $141KDrew HouseInterim CFO 7/1/24 to 1/31/25$141KJanet Olsen — Secretary: $86KJanet OlsenSecretary$86KJohn Ng — CFO 12/1/2024 to 6/30/2025: $11KJohn NgCFO 12/1/2024 to 6/30/2025$11K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $276K, to Brian Smith (COO). 7 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.

Frequently asked questions about Volunteers of America Western Washington

How large is Volunteers of America Western Washington?

Volunteers of America Western Washington reported $57.0M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $98.9M.

What does Volunteers of America Western Washington fund?

The organization’s mission is to empower people and strengthen communities in need, guided by respect, integrity, stewardship, and empathy. See mission & focus areas ↑

How do I apply for a grant from Volunteers of America Western Washington?

Organizations must apply to the coalition to become a grantee. Eligibility and process details are in the grantmaking section of this profile. See how to apply ↑

Where does Volunteers of America Western Washington make grants?

The organization describes its work as serving Western Washington. Its website says it serves tens of thousands of households across Snohomish County each year. The listed 2023 grantees are food banks in Lynnwood, Edmonds, Maltby, and Mukilteo, Washington.

What is Volunteers of America Western Washington's EIN?

Volunteers of America Western Washington's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 91-0577129. 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.

Data update history

(7)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS July 15, 2020)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 17, 2021)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 16, 2022)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 15, 2023)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 15, 2024)
  6. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 15, 2026)
  7. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

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