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SEATTLE COLLEGES FOUNDATION

EIN 83-0551671 SEATTLE, WA

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Revenue 2024
$5,475,653
Expenses 2024
$8,366,217

Program services were 89.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B90
Classification
1200
Street
1500 HARVARD AVE

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE SEATTLE COLLEGES FOUNDATION CATALYZES COMMUNITY SUPPORT TO ADVANCE THE MISSION, WORK AND IMPACT OF SEATTLE COLLEGES. WE ENGAGE OUR COMMUNITY TO TRANSFORM LIVES, PROMOTE EQUITY AND INCREASE ACCESS TO QUALITY, AFFORDABLE EDUCATION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

WE CATALYZE COMMUNITY SUPPORT TO ADVANCE THE MISSION, WORK AND IMPACT OF SEATTLE COLLEGES.

  • STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS: SEATTLE COLLEGES IS AN INCLUSIVE, OPEN-ACCESS INSTITUTION, AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT SIGNIFICANT GAPS IN EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT PERSIST FOR FIRST-GENERATION STUDENTS, STUDENTS OF COLOR, AND STUDENTS FACING ECONOMIC CHALLENGES. SCHOLARSHIPS REMOVE FINANCIAL BARRIERS TO COLLEGE ENROLLMENT, REDUCE STUDENT DEBT, AND CORRELATE WITH CERTIFICATE/DEGREE COMPLETION, CAREER ATTAINMENT, AND A HIGHLY QUALIFIED WORK FORCE. WE GRANTED 560 SCHOLARSHIPS DURING THE FISCAL YEAR.

    Expenses $4,394,058 · Grants $4,394,058

  • ACADEMIC PROGRAM SUPPORT: SEATTLE COLLEGES PROVIDES A COMPREHENSIVE ARRAY OF HIGH QUALITY ASSOCIATE'S, BACHELOR'S, AND TECHNICAL AND PROFESSIONAL DEGREE PROGRAMS. PROGRAM GRANTS FORTIFY PROVEN STUDENT SUCCESS INITIATIVES, UPDATE ACADEMIC PROGRAM OFFERINGS, ENHANCE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR FACULTY AND STAFF, AND MODERNIZE STATE-OF-THE-ART FACILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY.

    Expenses $3,051,805

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Jon Fine

    CHAIR, EXEC. PAST CHAIR, DEV. CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Mark Dawson

    TREASURER, FINANCE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Rahim Rajan

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Sarah Jane Gunter

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Steve Hill

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Will Rance

    GOVERNANCE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Aracely Godinez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Barbara Dingfield

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Fred Rivera

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lauren McGowan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Marc Mora

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mark Gleason

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mike Hughes

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rick Locke

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rick Davis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sandra Madrid

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Scott Meden

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Shiao-Yen Wu

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tim Howell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kerry Howell

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $241,922
    From this org
    $223,867
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,055
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $223,867
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,055
    Filer's total
    $241,922
  • Michael Beneke

    DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS

    Total calculated
    $160,048
    From this org
    $144,931
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,117
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $144,931
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,373
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,744
    Filer's total
    $160,048
  • Traci Russell

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $175,945
    From this org
    $142,068
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,877
    Hours/week
    36

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $142,068
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,400
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,477
    Filer's total
    $175,945
  • Joey MCLEMORE

    Controller

    Total calculated
    $140,879
    From this org
    $125,028
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,851
    Hours/week
    40
  • Nick Pennington

    ED OF FINANCE AND ADMIN

    Total calculated
    $164,117
    From this org
    $141,623
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,494
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $141,623
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,494
    Filer's total
    $164,117

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $5,475,653
    Expenses
    $8,366,217
    Contributions
    $3,879,157
    Grants paid
    $4,394,058
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $7,290,775
    Expenses
    $7,131,471
    Contributions
    $6,207,867
    Grants paid
    $2,821,503
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $10,086,736
    Expenses
    $5,623,197
    Contributions
    $9,492,003
    Grants paid
    $1,979,957

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,381,764
    Expenses
    $3,194,974
    Assets (EOY)
    $39,190,214
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,252,999
    Expenses
    $2,155,345
    Assets (EOY)
    $39,190,502
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,196,384
    Expenses
    $2,370,768
    Assets (EOY)
    $28,531,003
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,294,960
    Expenses
    $1,442,297
    Assets (EOY)
    $25,244,400
  • 2017 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $150,002
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    $150,002

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.