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← PEOPLE FOR AN AFFORDABLE WASHINGTON

Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by PEOPLE FOR AN AFFORDABLE WASHINGTON.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,618,238
Total expenses
$2,382,102
Contributions and grants received
$2,618,238
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$236,136
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$236,136
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,663,297
Management and general expenses
$718,805
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,663,297

Program services were 69.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,618,238

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $28,350 · management and general $28,350

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $6,250 · management and general $6,250

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $532,225 · management and general $532,225

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,252,425 · program services $1,142,910 · management and general $109,515

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $23,325 · management and general $23,325

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $11,350 · management and general $11,350

  • 24a · Other expenses: PHONES/TEXT MESSAGES

    total $239,672 · program services $239,672

  • 24b · Other expenses: POLLING

    total $194,690 · program services $194,690

  • 24c · Other expenses: CANVASSING

    total $86,025 · program services $86,025

  • 24d · Other expenses: SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $7,790 · management and general $7,790

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    end of year $236,136

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    end of year $236,136

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES WASHINGTON CITIZENS INFORMATION AND DATA ABOUT THE STATE BUDGET AND TAX BILLS AND CONNECTS THAT TO EVERY DAY COSTS AFFECTING AFFORDABILITY IN WASHINGTON STATE. PAID ADVERTISING AND PHONE CALLS DIRECT CITIZENS BACK TO THE ORGANIZATION'S WEBSITE WHERE THEY CAN TAKE ACTION TO SHARE PERSPECTIVES WITH THEIR REPRESENTATIVES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PEOPLE FOR AN AFFORDABLE WASHINGTON EDUCATES WASHINGTON CITIZENS ABOUT STATE TAX AND SPENDING DECISIONS THAT AFFECT AFFORDABILITY BEING CONSIDERED BY THE LEGISLATURE AND ENCOURAGES THEM TO SHARE OPINIONS WITH THEIR LEGISLATORS.

  • PFAW LAUNCHED TV, RADIO AND DIGITAL ADVERTISING, DIRECTING CITIZENS BACK TO A WEBSITE WHERE THEY COULD SEND EMAILS TO THEIR LAWMAKERS. IT ALSO ENGAGED CITIZENS OVER THE PHONE AND PATCHED THEM THROUGH TO LEGISLATIVE OFFICES. THOUSANDS OF CITIZENS WERE ABLE TO MAKE THEIR VOICE HEARD DURING THE 2025 LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

    Expenses $1,663,297

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Nick Streuli

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 1 related

  • Heather Clarke

    MINISTERIAL TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $28,350
    From this org
    $28,350
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    10 + 5 related

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
25 August 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202632389349301698

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