Washington financial profile
2-Section Cohort (cohort 5) · Single elected/appointed commissioner
Substrate v1.3 · Last reviewed 2026-05-01 · Read the state dossier
Permanent fund corpus
The substrate doesn't yet have a verified corpus value for Washington. This is a known gap in the editorial workstream (B-025 hand-curation pass), not an indication that no fund exists.
Most recent distribution
Federal grant acreage
Transparency status
Disclosure unknown
The state has a federal trust but neither corpus nor recent distribution is in the substrate yet. Awaiting state disclosure or future substrate work.
Governance form
Classification: Single elected/appointed commissioner
Commissioner of Public Lands (statewide elected, four-year term, constitutional under Article III) heads the DNR; the Board of Natural Resources (statutory) sets policy and approves transactions, with the Commissioner serving as chair. Current Commissioner is Hilary Franz (elected 2016, re-elected 2020).