Seattle Weavers Guild
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
To promote interest in hand weaving in the community through education, instruction, research, and service without profit.
- Income
- $181,441
- Spending
- $169,187
- Reserves
- 13.4 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 84%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending May 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending May 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending May 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (2)
- $87,398 spent. (1) Upon request, the Guild presents educational programs to adults and children, supplies weaving kits to small groups, does public weaving demonstrations, and maintains a vast library of books and publications that document the fiber arts and the preservation of textiles.(2) Some of our members provide guidance to beginning weavers at Southeast Senior Center each Tuesday throughout the year. The Senior Center provides space for a weaving studio at minimal charge to the weavers. Our Guild provides the equipment and yarn.(3) The guild has monthly meetings during which recognized weavers present a program to our members and to any interested member of the community.
- $78,088 spent. The Seattle Weavers Guild annual sale and show in October each year is a major event. In addition to raising funds for the operation of the Guild, it is a community outreach event that introduces the public to our fiber artists, demonstrations of various weaving equipment, and the concept of fiber as a medium of artistic expression. This event has brought our members talents to the attention of others in the area and has resulted in several other service opportunities at schools and museums.In November 2025, we were invited to demonstrate weaving at the Best of the Northwest craft show. There we gave both adults and children opportunities to try weaving on small looms.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending May 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated November 6, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending May 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since May 2020.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated November 4, 2026.
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