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Alhadeff Family Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Alhadeff Family Charitable Foundation

Its FY2020 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$183k
Granted FY2020
40
Grants FY2020
7
States reached
$55k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2020.

Arts & Culture$358kEducation$125kHuman Services$73kPhilanthropy$56kReligion$53kHealth$33kCivil Rights$12kHousing & Shelter$10kOther$0
02FY2020 · 40 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2020

  • Under $10k36 grants · $47k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $32k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $105k
$1,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE ALHADEFF FAMILY CHARITABLE FUND$55,150
THE 5TH AVENUE THEATRE$50,000
SEATTLE REP THEATRE$19,520
NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR MUSICAL THEATRE$12,000
PNB PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET$6,000
TEMPLE DE HIRSCH SINAI$5,500
SEATTLE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM$5,000
YOUTHCARE$3,850
CANCER LIFELINE$2,500
OHIO CAMPUS COMPACT$2,500
NORTHWEST IMMIGRANT RIGHTS PROJECT$2,500
ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE$2,500
WE THE PROTESTORS INC$2,500
WSU FOUNDATION$1,500
WASHINGTON STATE JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY$1,500
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–20, $55k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 8% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%HIDDEN HARVEST: $1k → 11%AMERICA'S WARRIOR PARTNERSHIP: $3k → 18%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $35k → 9%COVENANT HOUSE: $1k → 17%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $1k → 9%COVENANT HOUSE: $100 → 17%SOULUMINATION: $103 → 9%CATHOLIC COMMUNITY SERVICES OF WESTERN WASHINGTON: $6k → 9%CATHOLIC COMMUNITY SERVICES OF WESTERN WASHINGTON: $3k → 9%ELDERWISE: $100 → 9%YOUTHCARE: $4k → 9%YOUTHCARE: $1k → 9%YOUTHCARE: $400 → 9%FAMILY LAW CASA: $100 → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
ID
ND
MI
NY
MA
OH
CT
CA
CO
VA
MD
KS
DC
GA
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.

70%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$519k · 30 repeat orgs$224k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +43% since the first grant, against +34% for those funded once.

30 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2020, 19 since wound down; 28 grantees were first funded in FY2020 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

30
66

Total granted

$519k
$127k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
+34%

Still filing today

67%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2020, 47% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $97k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’20
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’20
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationHealthAnimalsEnvironmentOther
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

  • TN
    THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR MUSICAL THEATRE INC
    3× · 2017–2020 · $41k · revenue +59%
  • JF
    JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE
    2× · 2017–2018 · $36k · revenue +107%
  • TC
    THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM SEATTLE
    2× · 2018–2020 · $15k · revenue +30%

Funded once

  • SEATTLE REPERTORY THEATRE
    one grant, 2018 · $17k · revenue +15%
  • TW
    THE WELLSPRING FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2017 · $15k · revenue +8%
  • WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $9k · revenue +42%
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
Siff

Siff is a seattle-based 501(c)(3) arts nonprofit dedicated to the creation of vibrant experiences and spaces that champion film discovery and arts education.

Youth Development
2
Oregon Shakespeare Festival Association Inc

The oregon shakespeare festival creates world-class theater, revealing our collective humanity through illuminating interpretations of new and classic plays, and inspiring a love of our art form for current and future generations.

Arts & Culture
3
Seattle Symphony Orchestra Inc

To present symphonic music of the highest quality in a distinctive way for the cultural enrichment, education, engagement and enjoyment of the people of our community.

Arts & Culture
4
Artist Trust

Artist Trust supports the livelihoods of artists working in all disciplines to create a more vibrant and equitable Washington State.

Arts & Culture
5
Washington Filmworks

To build and enhance the competitiveness of Washington State's film and associated creative industry. We accomplish this by marketing and managing the state's production incentive program, representing the state in national and…

Community Improvement
6
On the Boards

On the Boards' mission is to invest in leading contemporary performing artists near and far and connect them to a diverse range of communities interested in forward-thinking art and ideas.

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7
Seattle Architectural Foundation

The Seattle Architecture Foundation connects people to the architecture, design, and history of Seattle. We believe the more you engage with design, the more you feel connected to your changing city. As a volunteer driven organization, we…

Arts & Culture
8
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
9
Northwest Film Forum

Northwest Film Forum incites public dialogue and creative action through collective cinematic experiences. A nonprofit film and arts center located in Seattle, Northwest Film Forum presents hundreds of films, festivals, community events,…

Arts & Culture
10
The Humane Society for Seattleking County

Seattle humane promotes the human-animal bond by saving and serving pets in need, regardless of age, ability, circumstance or geography.

Animals
11
Stages

Stages makes plays and tells stories that invite everyone to live more deeply and love more boldly.

Arts & Culture
12
Friends of Kexp

Kexp's mission is to enrich your life by championing music and discovery.

Youth Development
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Seattle Repertory Theatre; the most unlike its peers is Teentix. 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

86 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. 86 of the 125 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)
21
Early backer (in before they grew)
84/86
Grantees still filing
66/86
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

5TH AVENUE THEATRE: $205,281 · Other5TH AVENUE THEATRETHE ALHADEFF FAMILY CHARITABLE FUND: $55,150 · OtherTHE ALHADEFF FAMILY CHARITABLE FUNDSeattle Public Schools: $53,250 · OtherSeattle Public SchoolsTEMPLE DE HIRSCH SINAI: $45,855 · OtherTEMPLE DE HIRSCH SINAIUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON: $30,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONSEATTLE REP THEATRE: $19,520 · Other+60 more: $93,892 · Other+60 moreTHE NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR MUSICAL THEATRE INC: $41,000 · Arts & CultureTHE NATIONAL ALL…SEATTLE REPERTORY THEATRE: $16,600 · Arts & CultureSEATTLE REPERTOR…THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM SEATTLE: $15,000 · Arts & CultureTHE CHILDREN'S M…INTIMAN THEATRE: $10,250 · Arts & CultureINTIMAN THEATRESeattle Center Foundation: $5,000 · Arts & CultureFlying House Productions: $5,000 · Arts & CultureA CONTEMPORARY THEATRE INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureSEATTLE THEATRE GROUP: $4,200 · Arts & Culture+19 more: $8,219 · Arts & Culture+19 moreJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $36,400 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC COMMUNITY SERVICES OF WESTERN WASHINGTON: $8,500 · Human ServicesYOUTHCARE: $5,250 · Human ServicesOPERATION NIGHTWATCH INC: $2,500 · Human ServicesAMERICA'S WARRIOR PARTNERSHIP INC: $2,500 · Human Services+5 more: $2,403 · Human ServicesCollege Success Foundation: $12,500 · EducationWASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $9,000 · EducationOHIO CAMPUS COMPACT: $7,500 · EducationAlliance for Education: $2,250 · Education+5 more: $2,063 · EducationSWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $13,700 · HealthProvidence Hospital: $5,000 · HealthCANCER LIFELINE: $2,600 · HealthRECOVERY CAFE: $2,000 · HealthSEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $1,000 · Health+2 more: $700 · HealthCHILDREN AND YOUTH JUSTICE CENTER: $8,000 · Crime & LegalWELD SEATTLE: $1,000 · Crime & LegalFJC: $1,000 · Crime & Legal+1 more: $200 · Crime & LegalANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $2,700 · Civil RightsWE THE PROTESTERS INC: $2,500 · Civil Rights
Other$502,948Arts & Culture$110,269Human Services$57,553Education$33,313Health$25,000Crime & Legal$10,200Civil Rights$5,200

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

25%50%75%100%$10k$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR MUSICAL THEATRE INC: $41,000 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $36,400 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSEATTLE REPERTORY THEATRE: $16,600 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM SEATTLE: $15,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetTHE WELLSPRING FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $13,700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCollege Success Foundation: $12,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetINTIMAN THEATRE: $10,250 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetCATHOLIC COMMUNITY SERVICES OF WESTERN WASHINGTON: $8,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN AND YOUTH JUSTICE CENTER: $8,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetOHIO CAMPUS COMPACT: $7,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetYOUTHCARE: $5,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFlying House Productions: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPIPELINE INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetA CONTEMPORARY THEATRE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetProvidence Hospital: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSEATTLE THEATRE GROUP: $4,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHolocaust Center For Humanity: $3,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $2,700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCANCER LIFELINE: $2,600 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetOPERATION NIGHTWATCH INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetR4 ALLIANCE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetNORTHWEST IMMIGRANT RIGHTS PROJECT: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWE THE PROTESTERS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICA'S WARRIOR PARTNERSHIP INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAlliance for Education: $2,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRECOVERY CAFE: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWASHINGTON STATE JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIE: $1,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetVILLAGE THEATRE: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE: $1,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBALLARD FOOD BANK: $1,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET ASSOCIATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOODLAND PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRACTURED ATLAS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMUSIC OF REMEMBRANCE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSPLASH INTERNATIONAL: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWELD SEATTLE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetISLAND SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL: $1,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetPEACETREES VIETNAM: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHIDDEN HARVEST CORPORATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFJC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLAKE WASHINGTON GIRLS MIDDLE SCHOOL: $900 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBROADWAY CARESEQUITY FIGHTS AIDS INC: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $523 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MULTIPLE MYELOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetArts West: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetColonial Williamsburg Foundation: $350 over 2y, 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 FoundationThe Norcliffe Foundat…ArtsfundPuget Sound Energy Fo…Wyman Youth TrustUnited Way of King Co…Moccasin Lake Foundat…Grousemont FoundationRaikes FoundationCredit Unions in the …Lucky Seven FoundationMightycause Charitabl…
Seattle FoundationWA49.3× affinity31 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Seattle Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · Artsfund · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Wyman Youth Trust · United Way of King County · Moccasin Lake Foundation · Grousemont Foundation · Raikes Foundation · Credit Unions in the State of Washington · Lucky Seven Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation

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 Alhadeff Family Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Alhadeff Family Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • The Wellspring Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
34report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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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Find your warmest path to Alhadeff Family Charitable 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 125 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 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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