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Filing year 2024

SEATTLE FOUNDATION

Seattle, Washington·EIN 91-6013536·NTEE T31 · Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking Foundations·3
Total revenue
$314.7M
Total assets
$1.4B
Total expenses
$244.5M
Reported officers
27
Mission

SEATTLE FOUNDATION'S MISSION IS TO IGNITE POWERFUL AND REWARDING PHILANTHROPY TO MAKE GREATER SEATTLE A STRONGER, MORE VIBRANT COMMUNITY FOR ALL.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 12 reported individuals · Filing year 2024

Base salaryBonusOther compensationBenefits
Base salaryBonusOther compensationBenefitsExecutive compensation
$512k
$546k
Executive Vice President
executive vice president
$326k
$347k
Chief Financial Officer
$315k
$336k
CIO (thru 12/23), Contractor
chief information officer
$296k
$316k
Chief Philanthropy Officer
key employee
$271k
$290k
Chief Impact Officer
highest compensated employee
$255k
$272k
Exec-in-residence, Comm Ps
former officer/director/trustee
$248k
$265k
Managing Director, Controller
former officer/director/trustee
$215k
$229k
Dir. Strategic Initiatives & Sec.
officer (unspecified)
$135k
$144k
Chief Equity & Strategy Officer
highest compensated employee
$39k
$42k
Healthierhere CFO
$27k
$29k
Healthierhere CEO
$13k
$13k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into April 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 15 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking

Up 7%
from 2023

From $478k in 2023 to $512k in 2024.

$478k
2023
$512k
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 3% in real terms$529k to $546k

Estimated with Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into April 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Highest reported compensation in each year. Volunteer board members and partial-year payouts are filtered out.
Financial trend

Revenue and expenses over time

SEATTLE FOUNDATION reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$186.7M
$182.6M
2023
$314.7M
$244.5M
2024
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking executives earn in Washington

Comparable philanthropy, voluntarism & grantmaking organizations in Washington pay their highest-earning executive a median of $67,578.

25th percentile
$17k
Median
$67,578
75th percentile
$131k
90th percentile
$234k

These are philanthropy, voluntarism & grantmaking sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 283 organizations across 283 filings (2022 – 2024).

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