Empire Health Community Advocacy Fund
Spokane, WA · EIN 84-3155527. Reported 77 grants totalling $2,641,613 to 61 organizations across tax years 2021-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Empire Health Community Advocacy Fund, by its IRS classification it is an alliance or advocacy organization in health care (NTEE E01).
- How spread out its giving is. 61 distinct organizations, with 9% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 0% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is below the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% private foundations manage. A list that turns over this much is one a newcomer can realistically join.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $25,000. Half of what it reported fell between $20,000 and $25,000; the smallest was $9,839 and the largest $240,500. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justice Not Jails | Spokane, WA | $240,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Take Up the Cause | Spokane, WA | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Range Media | Spokane, WA | $185,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Spokane Tribal Network | Wellpinit, WA | $178,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Spectrum | Spokane, WA | $168,500 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Investigatewest | Seattle, WA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mia Spokane | Spokane, WA | $82,300 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Apic Spokane | Spokane, WA | $78,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Latinos En Spokane | Spokane, WA | $77,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Spokane Community Against Racism (scar) | Spokane, WA | $70,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Yoyot Spqni | Spokane, WA | $63,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Health and Justice Recovery Alliance | Spokane, WA | $56,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Foundation for Youth Resiliency and Engagement | Omak, WA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Indian Community Center Association | Spokane, WA | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Carl Maxey Center | Spokane, WA | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Way to Justice | Spokane, WA | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Manzanita House | Spokane, WA | $32,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| NAACP Empowerment Programs Inc | Baltimore, MD | $31,250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Byrd Barr Place | Seattle, WA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Unidos Nueva Alianza Foundation | Ephrata, WA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Asian Counseling and Referral Service | Seattle, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Colville Community Senior Center | Colville, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Compassionate Addiction Treatment | Spokane, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Confederated Tribes Colville Reservation | Nespelem, WA | $25,000 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Disability Rights Washington | Seattle, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Feast Collective | Spokane, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Greater Spokane Progress | Spokane, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Healthy Ferry County Coalition | Spokane, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Innovia Foundation | Spokane, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jesus Is the Answer Apostolic Church | Spokane, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mha Speakout Speakup | Spokane, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Muslims for Community Action and Support | Spokane, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| National Association for the Advancement of Colored People | Baltimore, MD | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New Developed Nations | Spokane, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New Hope Resource Center | Colbert, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Odyssey Youth Center | Spokane, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pacific Islander Community Association | Federal Way, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Project Id Inc | Spokane, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Refugee Connections Spokane | Spokane, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rural Resources Community Action | Colville, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Salish School of Spokane | Spokane, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Takeall | Spokane, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Terrain Programs | Spokane, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Thrive International | Spokane, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| World Relief Corporation O National | Baltimore, MD | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Y E S of Pend Oreille County | Newport, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Spokane Alliance | Spokane, WA | $20,350 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Citizens for Pullman Regional Hospital | Pullman, WA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Movin Properties LLC | Spokane, WA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Tenants Union of Washington | Seattle, WA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Lands Council | Spokane, WA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Omprakash Inc | Seattle, WA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Slagle Group LLC | Spokane, WA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Washington Low Income Housing Alliance | Seattle, WA | $14,713 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Asians for Collective Action | Spokane, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Community Development Initiative Lapwai | Spokane, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| No on 2109 Committee | Seattle, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Peace and Justice Action League of Spokane | Spokane, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Raze Development | Spokane, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Revive Center for Returning Citzens | Spokane, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Learning Project Network LLC | Spokane, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
11 of 61 (18%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- Justice Not Jails
CONTRIBUTION TO ADDRESS SYSTEMIC INEQUITIES IN THE JUSTICE SYSTEM - Range Media
GENERAL OPERATIONS SUPPORT INCLUDING STORY FUND, SUPPORT EFFORT IN FUNDING DEVELOPMENT/LAUNCH OF THE DOCUMENTER'S PROGRAM - Investigate West
GENERAL OPERATIONS SUPPORT INCLUDING STORY FUND, SUPPORT EFFORT IN FUNDING A REPORTER/EDITOR TEAM - Spectrum
GENERAL OPERATIONS SUPPORT INCLUDING GENERAL ADMINISTRATION - Muslims for Community Action & Support
GENERAL OPERATIONS SUPPORT INCLUDING STORY FUND - Spokane AIDS Network
GENERAL OPERATIONS SUPPORT URBAN NATIVE YOUTH ORGANIZATION INCLUDING STORY FUND
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 47 of 61 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 31 | $795,000 | $25,000 |
| 2022 | 5 | $110,000 | $25,000 |
| 2023 | 17 | $1,083,850 | $20,350 |
| 2024 | 24 | $652,763 | $17,356 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
97% of its giving went to organizations in Washington. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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Funders that support the same organizations
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How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $25,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Washington.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Empire Health Community Advocacy Fund's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 19 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 5 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 244, Spokane, WA, 99210.
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