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Adrian Hanauer Foundation at a glance

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Adrian Hanauer Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$133k
Granted FY2024still arriving
7
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0191% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Recreation & Sports$1.4MPhilanthropy$65kYouth Development$63kEducation$62kHuman Services$31kHousing & Shelter$25kHealth$20kInternational$20kOther$0
02FY2024 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k4 grants · $11k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $23k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
$5,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Rave Foundation$100,000
Epiphany School$12,500
Providence Health & Services$10,000
Alliance for Gun Responsibility$5,000
Lakeside School$2,500
Down Syndrome Center of Puget Sound$2,500
Seattle United$500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY24–24, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%Down Syndrome Center of Puget Sound: $3k → 9%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.4M · 8 repeat orgs$307k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +64% since the first grant, against +15% for those funded once.

8 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
29

Total granted

$1.4M
$289k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+64%
+15%

Still filing today

100%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Recreation & SportsEducationPhilanthropyArts & CultureHealthPublic BenefitOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • RF
    Rave Foundation
    6× · 2017–2024 · $1.0M · revenue +333% · 59% of their budget
  • SS
    STARFIRE SPORTS
    3× · 2017–2019 · $205k · revenue +29%
  • AS
    AMERICA SCORES SEATTLE
    5× · 2017–2021 · $40k · revenue +91%

Funded once

  • NB
    Never Broken Foundation
    one grant, 2018 · $100k · revenue -100% · 62% of their budget
  • BT
    BEN TOWNE CENTER
    one grant, 2019 · $26k
  • AH
    AMERICAN HOME ASSOCIATION
    one grant, 2017 · $25k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Seattle United Fc

Soccer club that brings premier and select teams under one management. league play and academy training for all players.

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2
Pacific Northwest Soccer Club

PacNW offers top-level soccer training and development opportunities for players aged U8 through U19, all of whom are trained using the club's deliberate, integrated, long-term plan for player development.

Recreation & Sports
3
Washington State Youth Soccer Association

It is the mission of washington youth soccer to foster the physical, mental and emotional growth and development of the state of washington's youth through the sport of soccer at all levels of age and competition.

Recreation & Sports
4
Seattle International Soccer Local Organizing Committee

Seattle international soccer local organizing committee exists to use the incredible platform of soccer (including the 2026 fifa world cup(tm)) to enrich and enhance the lives of everyone who visits or lives in the state of washington and…

Community Improvement
5
Seattle Youth Soccer Association

Provide organized soccer for the youth in seattle

Recreation & Sports
6
Northwest United Fc

Northwest United is a premier youth soccer club serving Skagit County and surrounding areas. As one of the top clubs in the Pacific Northwest, we have grown to 41 teams across boys and girls' divisions, offering year-round development for…

Recreation & Sports
7
Bellevue Youth Soccer Club

To provide opportunities for all youths under the age of 19 to develop character and play affiliated soccer at a level commensurate with their ability and interest.

Recreation & Sports
8
School's Out Washington

School's out washington (sowa) drives positive systemic change so that all washington's children and youth, particularly those furthest from justice, have access to a robust ecosystem of high-quality expanded learning programs.

Youth Development
9
The Seattle Academy of Arts & Sciences

Seattle academy is a dynamic community that challenges students to question, imagine, and create in order to contribute to a changing world.

Education
10
Spokane Shadow Youth Soccer Club

Spokane shadow youth soccer club is a non-profit serving spokane's premier, select and developmental soccer families. we offer the highest standards of youth soccer advancement, delivering a unique package of development, competition,…

Recreation & Sports
11
Lake Washington Youth Soccer Association

To provide opportunities for all youths under the age of 19 develop character and play affiliated soccer at a level commensurate with their ability and interest.

Recreation & Sports
12
Eastside Football Club

To create an environment for youth soccer players that provides the highest level of training, competition, and player development in the state of washington.

Recreation & Sports
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United States Soccer Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Never Broken Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

25 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 25 of the 42 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/25
Grantees still filing
15/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Rave Foundation: $1,047,050 · Recreation & SportsRave FoundationSTARFIRE SPORTS: $205,000 · Recreation & SportsSTARFIRE SPORTS+3 more: $22,500 · Recreation & SportsNever Broken Foundation: $100,000 · OtherNever Broken Fou…BEN TOWNE CENTER: $26,000 · OtherBEN TOWNE CENTERAMERICAN HOME ASSOCIATION: $25,000 · OtherAMERICAN HOME AS…2018 SPECIAL OLYMPICS: $20,000 · Other2018 SPECIAL OLY…KINGDOM HOPE: $10,000 · OtherGUN RESPONSIBILITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherPROVIDENCE HEALTH & SERVICES: $10,000 · Other+20 more: $55,018 · Other+20 moreUNITED WAY OF KING COUNTY: $50,000 · PhilanthropySEATTLE FOUNDATION: $10,000 · PhilanthropyWashington State Legends of Soccer: $5,000 · PhilanthropyVETSAID INC: $5,000 · PhilanthropyEPIPHANY SCHOOL: $40,100 · EducationLAKESIDE SCHOOL: $19,600 · Education+1 more: $1,000 · EducationAMERICA SCORES SEATTLE: $40,200 · Public BenefitSave The Children Federation Inc: $20,000 · InternationalWOODLAND PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $17,000 · Animals
Recreation & Sports$1,274,550Other$256,018Philanthropy$70,000Education$60,700Public Benefit$40,200International$20,000Animals$17,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetRave Foundation: $1,047,050 over 6y, 59% of budgetSTARFIRE SPORTS: $205,000 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetNever Broken Foundation: $100,000 over 1y, 62% of budgetUNITED WAY OF KING COUNTY: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICA SCORES SEATTLE: $40,200 over 5y, 6.0% of budgetEPIPHANY SCHOOL: $40,100 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLAKESIDE SCHOOL: $19,600 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetWOODLAND PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $17,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSEATTLE FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF KING COUNTY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED STATES SOCCER FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSEATTLE ART MUSEUM: $5,050 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWashington State Legends of Soccer: $5,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetVETSAID INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetALLIANCE FOR GUN RESPONSIBILITY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE WILDERNESS SOCIETY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDown Syndrome Community of Puget Sound: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHISTORY INK: $2,200 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRAINIER SCHOLARS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDENSHO: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Seattle FoundationWyman Youth TrustThe Norcliffe Foundat…ArtsfundGs Donor Advised Phil…Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …
Seattle FoundationWA14.1× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Seattle Foundation · Wyman Youth Trust · The Norcliffe Foundation · Artsfund · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Adrian Hanauer Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Adrian Hanauer Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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How do I get to Adrian Hanauer Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Adrian Hanauer Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 42 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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