Washington Tourism Alliance

SEATTLE, WA EIN: 45-0636440 Website

THE SOLE PURPOSE OF THE WASHINGTON TOURISM ALLIANCE IS MARKETING WASHINGTON TO TOURISTS. IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH THIS, THE ACTIVITIES OF THE CORPORATION WILL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO ADVOCATING, PROMOTING, DEVELOPING AND SUSTAINING DESTINATION TOURISM MARKETING FOR WASHINGTON STATE.

Financial Overview

From 2024 IRS Form 990-PF

Total Assets

$2.8M

-20.0% YoY

Annual Giving

$1.8M

+1522.5% YoY

Grant Count

67

+737.5% YoY

Avg Grant Size

$27K

+93.7% YoY

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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Revenue
Expenses
Qualifying Distributions
Net Investment Income
$0$3M$5M$8M$10M20202021202220232024
Metric202420232022
Total Assets$2,781,008$3,474,680$3,430,467
Revenue$7,310,354$6,808,972$8,500,672
Expenses$8,092,302$6,890,616$9,136,590
Qualifying Distributions
Net Investment Income$32,024$258
Distributable Amount

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$452K$905K$1M$2M0 grants20200 grants202117 grants20228 grants202367 grants2024

Grant Insights

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 10 recipients in 2024

VISIT ISSAQUAH$82KWASHINGTON FILMWORKS$75KECONOMIC ALLIANCE OF LEW…$65KKITTITAS COUNTY CHAMBER …$61KVISIT TRI CITIES$60KSUQUAMISH INDIAN TRIBE$53KCITY OF BINGEN$50KCITY OF WESTPORT$50KMAKE SHIFT ART SPACE$50KOLYMPIC PENINSULA VISITO…$50K

Grant Size Distribution

92 grants across all recorded years

80<$50K12$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

Giving History

Grant recipients and amounts by year

No grants recorded for .

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Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Compensation Overview

From 2024 IRS filing

DAVID BLANDFORDEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/CEO$274KMICHELLE MCKENZIEDIRECTOR OF MARKETING$141KMIKE MOEDIR. OF TOURISM & STRAT. PAR…$135KMARIANNE GRAFFSENIOR CONTENT MANAGER$103K

From 2024 filing

NameTitleHoursCompensation
BRAD JONESCHAIR5
CLIFF MYERSVICE CHAIR5
JULIE EISENHAUERTREASURER5
ELIZABETH MCGREESECRETARY5
RON PECKPAST CHAIR1
BRIDGET BAETHDIRECTOR1
GARY BALLEWDIRECTOR1
KRISTA BENTLEYDIRECTOR1
HEATHER BRADSHAWDIRECTOR1
TROY CAMPBELLDIRECTOR1
MEGAN CHINGDIRECTOR1
TOMMY FARRISDIRECTOR1
GUY GLAESERDIRECTOR1
DIPRA JHADIRECTOR1
ROSE NOBLEDIRECTOR1
ANNETTE PITTSDIRECTOR1
KATJA SPITZDIRECTOR1
TERESA TAYLORDIRECTOR1
SKIP THOMPSONDIRECTOR THRU 11/241
LESLIE WOMACKDIRECTOR1
DAVID BLANDFORDEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/CEO40$273,844
MARIANNE GRAFFSENIOR CONTENT MANAGER40$102,823
MIKE MOEDIR. OF TOURISM & STRAT. PARTERSHIP40$134,500
MICHELLE MCKENZIEDIRECTOR OF MARKETING40$141,135

Geographic Focus

Where this funder has awarded grants

Grant Distribution by State

2states

Cities

ABERDEENAMBOYANACORTESARLINGTONASHFORDBELLINGHAMBENTON CITYBREMERTONCAMANOCATHLAMETCHEHALISCHEWELAHCLINTONCOLVILLECOOKDAYTONELLENSBURGEVERETTFORKSFRIDAY HARBOR

Data last updated March 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings.

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