White Center Community Development

Public charity · Grantmaker Seattle, WA EIN: 72-1526567

To promote a high quality of life for white center residents and stakeholders through the development of authentic leadership opportunities and community based neighborhood initiatives.

White Center Community Development at a glance

In short: White Center Community Development gave $29K across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $29K), mostly in Washington. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$28,559
-94.4% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
1
+0.0% vs 2024
Average grant
$28,559
-94.4% vs 2024
Median grant
$28,559
Total assets
$37,197,350
+33.2% 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 White Center Community Development funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top recipient in 2025

Nepantla Cultural Arts Center: $29KNepantla Cultural Arts Center$29K

The largest 2025 recipient was Nepantla Cultural Arts Center ($29K).

Grant Size Distribution

4 grants across all recorded years

1<$50K$50–100K$100–250K2$250–500K1$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was in the $250–500K range: 2 grants of 4 (50%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

Share of the 2025 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.

States

Cities

Seattle

How White Center Community Development gives

  • Giving fell 94% 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$200K$400K$600K0 grants2019 7 grants2020 0 grants2021 1 grant2022 1 grant2023 1 grant2024 1 grant2025

From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $29K (2025) to $509K (2024). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $29K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Nepantla Cultural Arts Center Seattle, WAFiscal Sponsorship$28,559
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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$37,197,350$8,316,075$2,940,368$28,5591$263,799
2024$27,919,459$15,042,506$4,547,448$508,7701$168,956
2023$2,225,395$3,419,818$3,222,579$495,3931$18
2022$1,539,930$2,014,703$1,797,229$455,2571$18
2021$1,197,163$1,969,093$1,628,933——$18
2020$1,003,950$1,990,048$1,924,391$62,0007$413
2019$764,775$1,627,510$1,304,353——$807

About White Center Community Development

Based on IRS filings

White Center Community Development is a public charity focused on Community Improvement & Capacity Building, based in Seattle, WA. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $37.2M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $29K. Net investment income was $264K.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

White Center Community Development is led by Aaron Garcia, Executive Director on every filing since 2023; 3 of 11 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Aaron Garcia

    Executive Director

    On filings since 2023

    35 hrs/week

    $79K (2023) → $134K (2025)

  • Kalehua Kaapana Faletogo

    President

    On filings since 2024

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Patricia Thompson

    Director

    President → Member, 2022

    Member → Director, 2024

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    $9K (2020) → $0 (2025)

  • Keilah Fanene

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Naser Abdelrahim

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Tony Dinh

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Spencer Lau Jr.

    Finance Manager

    On filings since 2022

    35 hrs/week

    $69K (2022) → $86K (2025)

  • Nina Lau

    Place Development Manager

    New on the 2025 filing

    36 hrs/week

    $109K (2025)

  • Courtland T Shafer

    Treasurer

    Treasurere → Treasurer, 2020

    On filings since 2019

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Judy Avitia-Gonzalez

    Secretary

    Director → Secretary, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Patricia Allen-Dick

    Vice President

    New on the 2025 filing

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (15)
  • Former: Chris Brown (2019–2024) — Secretary
  • Former: Dominique Sagiao (2020–2024) — Director
  • Former: Patricia Allen (2020–2024) — Vice President
  • Former: Roslyn Kagy (2020–2024) — Director
  • Former: Tanya Powers (2020–2024) — Director
  • Former: Kalehua Kaapana (2019–2023) — President
  • Former: Fiasili Savusa (2023) — Executive Director
  • Former: Kelehua Kaapana (2019–2022) — President
  • Former: Sili Savusa (2019–2022) — Executive Director
  • Former: Chhun Hay (2019–2020) — Member
  • Former: Tony Vo (2019–2020) — Vice President
  • Former: Semone Andu (2020) — Member
  • Former: Trang Hoang (2020) — Member
  • Former: Mick Moore (2019) — Member
  • Former: Pat Thompson (2019) — President

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

Aaron Garcia — Executive Director: $134KAaron GarciaExecutive Director$134KNina Lau — Place Development Manager: $109KNina LauPlace Development Manager$109KSpencer Lau Jr — Finance Manager: $86KSpencer Lau JrFinance Manager$86K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $134K, to Aaron Garcia (Executive Director). 3 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.

Frequently asked questions about White Center Community Development

How much does White Center Community Development give each year?

White Center Community Development gave $29K across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $509K across 1 grant.

How large is White Center Community Development?

White Center Community Development reported $37.2M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $8.3M.

What is White Center Community Development?

White Center Community Development is a public charity focused on Community Improvement & Capacity Building, based in Seattle, WA. It holds $37.2M in total assets as of 2025.

Where does White Center Community Development operate?

White Center Community Development has awarded grants in Washington.

What is White Center Community Development's EIN?

White Center Community Development's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 72-1526567. 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

(3)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS November 13, 2020)
  2. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS July 28, 2026)
  3. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

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