SEATTLE CENTER FOUNDATION

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

A600

Classification

1200

Street

305 HARRISON STE 310

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 · 2025

• Seattle/King County Clinic: Seattle Center and Seattle Center Foundation bring together healthcare organizations, civic agencies, nonprofits, businesses, and thousands of volunteers to produce a massive four-day health clinic which provides free dental, vision, medical and social services to underserved and vulnerable populations in the region. In 2025, the Clinic served 3,319 patients and saved them nearly $3.1M in out-of-pocket healthcare costs.

  Expenses $1,138,197 · Grants $25,133

• Events:Seattle Center Festal celebrates 25 free cultural festivals over 36 program days throughout the year, that run February through November. The Festal series showcases the heritage and richness of hundreds of cultural communities with live music, dance, vendor marketplaces, visual art, food, exhibits, hands-on activities, and more. Produced in partnership with community-based organizations, the 2025 Festal season was a record-breaking attendance year with over 400,000 people in attendance, and it is expected to continue trending in 2026.In 2025, Seattle Center hosted the 40th Annual Naturalization Ceremony for over 500 candidates taking the oath as new citizens. The ceremony was presided by The Honorable David G. Estudillo, Chief United States District Judge for the Western District Court of Washington. Currently, planning is underway for the 2026 ceremony and there will be 250 candidates being sworn in, which ties into America's 250th.Seattle Center Winterfest presented by Symetra offers five weeks of uplifting seasonal spirit and delightful diversion, including seasonal decor, ice sculpting, our Winter Train & Village, weekend entertainment on the Armory Stage, and a New Year's Eve Celebration. 2025 boasted 600,000 attendees, 33,000 patrons who engaged with the train, 25 live performances attended by nearly 5000 people, and a New Years Eve Celebration that served 35,000 patrons.

  Expenses $449,586 · Grants $38,000 · Revenue $45,496

• Sound Transit Project:Sound Transit is working on the Link light rail system which will have one or two stations near Seattle Center and a rail system passing the center. Seattle Center Foundation has been working with Sound Transit and Seattle Center partner organizations to provide feedback, revenue and information about the light rail process and the effects the stations and the trains rail system could have on the Seattle Center and surrounding area.

  Expenses $66,131 · Grants $25,000

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

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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

• 2025

  Revenue

  $1,787,762

  Expenses

  $2,229,965

  Contributions

  $1,111,765

  Grants paid

  $88,133

• 2023

  Revenue

  $1,886,374

  Expenses

  $1,506,556

  Contributions

  $1,361,943

  Grants paid

  $1,000

• 2022

  Revenue

  $2,173,892

  Expenses

  $1,064,574

  Contributions

  $1,594,887

  Grants paid

  $13,800

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

  $1,225,153

  Expenses

  $838,143

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,954,374

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $959,098

  Expenses

  $1,241,495

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,574,759

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,276,715

  Expenses

  $858,028

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,868,084

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $2,385,513

  Assets (EOY)

  $446,222

• 2011 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $1,745,466

  Assets (EOY)

  $585,336

• 2010 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $1,528,824

  Assets (EOY)

  $379,569

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

• Northwest Folklife

  $25,000

  2025 · To provide support after federal funds were cut just weeks before the event.

• Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce

  $25,000

  2025 · Advocacy support for Sound Transit on behalf of Seattle Center community/organizations.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC

  $5,000,000

  2024 · COMMUNITY & HUMAN SERVICES

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $2,501,250

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC

  $1,500,000

  2022 · COMMUNITY & HUMAN SERVICES

• MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC

  $325,000

  2022 · UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT

• KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN OF WASHINGTON

  $274,999

  2022 · 2023 & 2024 Seattle/King County Clinic

• KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN OF WASHINGTON

  $250,000

  2023 · 2023 & 2024 Seattle/King County Clinic

• SEATTLE STORM FOUNDATION

  $95,000

  2025 · GENERAL CHARITABLE

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $55,250

  2024 · ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES

• VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER

  $35,000

  2023 · PROGRAM SUPPORT

• ONE ROOF FOUNDATION

  $32,000

  2022 · General Support

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

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