Everyone Deserves A Home. Provide essential emergency services, enhanced shelters, and dignified, affordable housing with stability, growth, and community.
Compass Housing Alliance’s recent grantmaking is centered on low-income housing operations, with large operating awards tied to its own housing entities in Seattle. The biggest recent grant on file is $659,693 to Compass Center Ballard LLC for low income housing operations, followed by another $650,305 grant to the same recipient in 2025. A second housing entity, Compass at Ronald Commons LLC, also appears repeatedly in the grant record, showing a sustained pattern of support for housing operations rather than a broad mix of unrelated programs. The foundation’s own summary points to a service model that connects emergency support, shelter, and permanent housing: essential emergency services, enhanced shelters, dignified affordable housing, and stability through growth and community. That mix is reinforced by the named focus areas in the record, which include affordable housing, emergency shelter and non-congregate shelter, day services, veterans services, supportive permanent housing, and case management and housing navigation. The grant list shows this work expressed through operating support for housing properties and related services, with Seattle as the recipient location across the recent grants on file.
The clearest cause area in the record is low-income housing operations. Compass Housing Alliance awarded $659,693 to Compass Center Ballard LLC in 2024 for low income housing operations, and the same recipient received another $650,305 in 2025 for the same purpose. A separate housing entity, Compass at Ronald Commons LLC, also received operating support for low income housing operations. Their stated focus areas add more texture. Affordable housing appears alongside supportive permanent housing, suggesting an emphasis on keeping housing stable after placement. Emergency shelter and non-congregate shelter point to short-term housing response, while day services such as hygiene, mail, showers, and laundry indicate practical supports for residents. Veterans services and case management and housing navigation round out a model that combines housing with direct service support.
Recent grant sizes are substantial: the typical grant range sits at $105,813 at the 25th percentile, $377,510 at the median, and $643,809 at the 75th percentile. The record also shows repeat support across years, not one-off awards. Compass Center Ballard LLC appears in both 2024 and 2025, and Compass at Ronald Commons LLC appears in 2024 and 2025 as well, which indicates ongoing operational funding. The foundation is a local funder, gives in Washington, and the grant record reflects restricted or operational funding tied to housing operations and direct service sustainment. It also makes program-related investments.
$754K
$41M
$21M
$21.2M
Most grants fall between $106K and $644K, with a median of $378K.
25th Percentile
$106K
Median
$378K
75th Percentile
$644K
About 100% of grants go to recipients in WA.
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Grantmaking is concentrated entirely in Washington, with 100% of recent grants going to recipients in the HQ state. Seattle is the clear recipient city in the recent-grants record, where both Compass Center Ballard LLC and Compass at Ronald Commons LLC are located. The distribution is local rather than multi-state or international, and the country file shows all grants landing in the US.
Its recent grants center on low income housing operations, with awards to Compass Center Ballard LLC and Compass at Ronald Commons LLC for that purpose. The broader focus areas also include affordable housing, emergency shelter and non-congregate shelter, supportive permanent housing, and case management and housing navigation.
The grant-size profile is relatively high for operating support. The 25th percentile is $105,813, the median is $377,510, and the 75th percentile is $643,809.
Yes. Compass Center Ballard LLC appears in both 2024 and 2025, and Compass at Ronald Commons LLC also appears in both years. That pattern points to sustained support rather than isolated one-time awards.
Recent grants go entirely to recipients in Washington, and all recorded grants are in the US. The recipient city that appears in the recent-grants list is Seattle.
The record shows restricted or operational funding tied to housing operations, direct service sustainment, and ongoing operating support. It also notes that Compass Housing Alliance makes program-related investments.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COMPASS CENTER BALLARD LLC | SEATTLE, WA | $650,305 | 2025 | LOW INCOME HOUSING OPERATIONS |
| COMPASS AT RONALD COMMONS LLC | SEATTLE, WA | $103,647 | 2025 | LOW INCOME HOUSING OPERATIONS |
| COMPASS CENTER BALLARD LLC | SEATTLE, WA | $659,693 | 2024 | LOW INCOME HOUSING OPERATIONS |
| COMPASS CENTER BALLARD LLC | SEATTLE, WA | $638,514 | 2024 | LOW INCOME HOUSING OPERATIONS |
| COMPASS AT RONALD COMMONS LLC | SEATTLE, WA | $116,506 | 2024 | LOW INCOME HOUSING OPERATIONS |
| COMPASS AT RONALD COMMONS LLC | SEATTLE, WA | $73,733 | 2024 | LOW INCOME HOUSING OPERATIONS |
COMPASS CENTER BALLARD LLC
$650,305LOW INCOME HOUSING OPERATIONS
COMPASS AT RONALD COMMONS LLC
$103,647LOW INCOME HOUSING OPERATIONS
COMPASS CENTER BALLARD LLC
$659,693LOW INCOME HOUSING OPERATIONS
COMPASS CENTER BALLARD LLC
$638,514LOW INCOME HOUSING OPERATIONS
COMPASS AT RONALD COMMONS LLC
$116,506LOW INCOME HOUSING OPERATIONS
COMPASS AT RONALD COMMONS LLC
$73,733LOW INCOME HOUSING OPERATIONS