Spokane Neighborhood Action Partners

What Spokane Neighborhood Action Partners does

Spokane Neighborhood Action Partners (SNAP) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit community action agency headquartered in Spokane, Washington, founded in 1966 during the national War on Poverty by Father Frank Bach of Catholic Charities alongside St. Vincent de Paul Society. The organization delivers 30+ anti-poverty programs through five neighborhood service offices (Armory, Northeast, Pacific, Valley, and Whistalks Way HQ) spanning the Spokane metro, serving more than 39,000–48,000 neighbors annually across Spokane County and parts of Eastern Washington.

SNAP's program portfolio is organized under three pillars: "Live" (housing stability, energy assistance, weatherization, essential home repair, foreclosure prevention, homelessness services), "Learn" (financial education, home buyer education, credit building, energy conservation), and "Thrive" (small business lending, credit-building expertise, Long-Term Care Ombudsman, and the SNAP Resource Rides transportation program). The organization operates a wholly owned subsidiary, SNAP Financial Access (SFA), a certified Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) that extends small business and consumer credit-building loans to underserved Spokane residents.

The underlying technology stack is a conventional nonprofit web and fundraising platform: WordPress CMS at snapwa.org, Salesforce Pardot for donor tracking and marketing automation, FreeWill and Crypto for Charity for multi-channel donations (cash, stock, IRA, DAF, crypto, planned giving), Amazon Wishlist and AmazonSmile for in-kind and percentage-based giving, and Google reCAPTCHA on client intake forms. Revenue is derived from federal grants (U.S. DHHS Office of Community Services), corporate and foundation grants (Avista Foundation), individual donations across multiple giving channels, and interest income from CDFI small business lending. Services are delivered free or on a subsidized/sliding-scale basis to qualifying low-income households; small business loans are extended at low interest rates under the CDFI mission.

Name

Spokane Neighborhood Action Partners

Legal name

Spokane Neighborhood Action Partners

Website

https://snapwa.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1966

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Spokane Neighborhood Action Partners (SNAP) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit community action agency delivering 30+ anti-poverty programs across Spokane, Washington, serving more than 39,000 low-income neighbors annually through five neighborhood offices and a certified CDFI lending arm.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Spokane

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Federal grants (Office of Community Services / US DHHS): Multi-year federal funding from the Office of Community Services within the Administration for Children and Families (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services) supporting community services programs including energy assistance and anti-poverty initiatives.
2. Individual donations (cash, stock, IRA, DAF, crypto, planned giving): Charitable giving via multiple channels including cash, appreciated stock, IRA qualified charitable distributions, donor-advised funds, cryptocurrency donations, and legacy planned gifts processed through FreeWill.
3. Foundation and corporate grants: Restricted and unrestricted grants from corporate and private foundations, including the Avista Foundation, supporting specific programs.
4. Small business lending (CDFI): Interest income from low-interest small business loans issued through SNAP Financial Access, the organization's certified Community Development Financial Institution.
5. Amazon Wishlist & AmazonSmile contributions: In-kind and percentage-based contributions tied to SNAP's participation in Amazon's charitable giving programs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

SNAP is a 501(c)(3) community action agency that delivers 30+ anti-poverty programs across Spokane County through five neighborhood offices, covering housing stability, energy assistance, weatherization, homelessness prevention, foreclosure counseling, small business lending (via its CDFI subsidiary SNAP Financial Access), financial education, long-term care ombudsman advocacy, and transportation assistance for low-income residents. Services are free or subsidized to eligible households, funded primarily through federal grants, foundation/corporate grants, and individual donations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• SNAP Financial Access (SFA): SNAP's certified Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) providing financial access services to the community.

Products and services

• Energy Assistance Financial assistance to help low-income Spokane households pay heating and energy bills, preventing utility shutoff and energy insecurity for income-eligible residents.
• Weatherization

Quantifiable outcome

• Helped more than 48,000 neighbors in 2025
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• Sinsinawa Dominican SistersflagshipOthersReligious congregation that donated a permanent headquarters building to SNAP, anchoring the organization's long-term operational footprint in Spokane.
• Catholic CharitiesflagshipOthersCatholic Charities co-founded SNAP alongside St. Vincent de Paul Society and Father Frank Bach in 1966, and remains part of SNAP's lineage as a community-action agency.
• St. Vincent de Paul SocietycoreOthersCo-founder of SNAP in 1966 alongside Catholic Charities and Father Frank Bach.
• Community Health Plan of WashingtonminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCo-hosts the annual Back-to-School Carnival with SNAP, providing a community-facing event channel for both organizations to reach low-income Spokane families.
• FreeWillcoreTechnology or IntegrationOnline estate planning and giving platform that powers SNAP's planned giving and donation infrastructure. The FreeWill Impact Fund is referenced as a partner giving channel.
• Amazon (Amazon Wishlist / AmazonSmile)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSNAP maintains an Amazon Wishlist for in-kind donations and is registered with AmazonSmile so a portion of eligible Amazon purchases is directed to the organization.
• Crypto for CharityminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorListed as a donation channel enabling SNAP to accept cryptocurrency contributions from donors.
• Salesforce (Pardot)coreTechnology or IntegrationSNAP's website uses Pardot (Salesforce Marketing Automation) cookies for donor tracking, marketing automation, and email fundraising.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Enterprise Community Partners: National affordable housing and community development organization; while much larger and policy-focused, it overlaps SNAP in mission (housing stability, CDFI capital) and competes for the same federal and foundation grant dollars.
• LISC: National community development financial intermediary funding CDFIs and housing programs across the U.S.; broader footprint and capital base than SNAP, but mission-aligned and a likely intermediary or peer relationship for SNAP's CDFI lending work.

Direct peers

• Hopelink: Washington-state multi-program anti-poverty nonprofit providing housing, energy assistance, financial coaching, transportation, and food programs — structurally the closest operating peer to SNAP, just serving the Puget Sound region rather than Spokane.
• Multi-Service Center: Community Action Agency serving South King County with an integrated anti-poverty portfolio spanning housing, energy, financial literacy, and basic needs — same Community Services Block Grant funding lineage as SNAP, with comparable scale and multi-office footprint.
• United Way of Spokane County: Local umbrella funder and direct service operator in Spokane that channels corporate donations to anti-poverty programs and competes with SNAP for the same workplace-giving, foundation, and volunteer pools.
• Craft3: Pacific Northwest certified CDFI providing small-business and clean-energy loans across Oregon and Washington; operates as a peer to SNAP Financial Access in the regional mission-lending market.
• Habitat for Humanity Spokane: Local affordable-housing nonprofit operating in the same Spokane geography with overlapping donor and volunteer segments; competes with SNAP's housing repair, foreclosure prevention, and home-buyer education programs.
• Catholic Charities Eastern Washington: Faith-based social services network operating across the same Eastern Washington geography; co-founded SNAP in 1966 and remains a direct competitor for housing, refugee, and basic-needs clients and for Catholic-aligned donor dollars.

Regional players

• Washington State Community Action Partnership: Statewide association of Washington Community Action Agencies, including SNAP; provides training, advocacy, and federal funding pass-through that materially shapes SNAP's operating environment.
• Numerica Credit Union: Spokane-headquartered CDFI-designated credit union offering community-development lending; a regional competitor to SNAP Financial Access in serving underbanked Spokane consumers and small businesses.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/snapspokane
• YouTubeyoutube.com/snapspokane
• Facebookfacebook.com/snapspokane

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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