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Architectural plan view of the Counting House — a banking-hall interior with a teller counter, ledger desks behind it, and a small vault recess at the rear. Hand-drafted in oxidized navy ink on parchment.

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

Awaiting State Disclosure

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

Awaiting State Disclosure

Federal grant acreage

2,376,391 acres Verified

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).

Green area chart titled 'Washington Distribution to Schools' showing annual distributions from 1995 to 2024, fluctuating between roughly $50M and $120M with a 2011 peak near $120M and a recent range of $55M-$75M.
Annual Washington school-trust distributions, 1995-2024. The thirty-year trace shows the inflation-adjusted decline DNR's own Trust Land Performance Assessment now flags as a structural concern. Source: Advocates for School Trust Lands , Washington — Advocates for School Trust Lands (Tonia Day, June 30, 2024). Reproduced for the library by permission.