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Allison Foundation Trust Tai

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$38k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
36
Grants FY2025
14
Organizations funded FY2024
50%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$1,500
Organizations funded a year
10 to 18
FY2020 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
1
Total assets, FY2025
$588k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Allison Foundation Trust Tai funded were first-time grantees, receiving 48% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 52% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
Youth DevelopmentEducationRecreation & SportsAnimalsHealthArts & CultureOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving36$38k67%
FY202414$32k50%
FY202310$23k70%
FY202216$32k0%
FY202118$36k39%
FY202016$28kn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Human Services$36kArts & Culture$33kHealth$27kYouth Development$26kHousing & Shelter$25kEducation$19kFood & Nutrition$7kAnimals$4kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
HopeSparks$12,00060%
Heartbeat Serving Wounded Warriors$10,00051%
Pierce County Library Foundation$10,00050%
Coyote Central$9,00050%
Humanities Washington$8,00040%
Little Bit Therapeutic Riding Center$7,00040%
Ark Institute of Learning$7,00040%
Vision House$6,00030%
New Horizons Ministries$6,00030%
Treehouse$6,00030%
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All grantees of Allison Foundation Trust Tai by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
HopeSparks$12,00060%
Heartbeat Serving Wounded Warriors$10,00051%
Pierce County Library Foundation$10,00050%
Coyote Central$9,00050%
Humanities Washington$8,00040%
Little Bit Therapeutic Riding Center$7,00040%
Ark Institute of Learning$7,00040%
Vision House$6,00030%
New Horizons Ministries$6,00030%
Treehouse$6,00030%
Acres of Diamonds$6,00030%
Food Lifeline$6,00030%
Seattle Arts and Lectures$6,00030%
Youth in Focus$6,00031%
Tacoma Art Museum$6,00030%
One Heart Wild$4,00020%
Friends of the Children Tacoma$4,00011%
Crohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc$3,50020%
Camp Korey$3,50020%
A Step Ahead in Pierce County$3,00020%
Vashon Allied Arts$3,00020%
Pongo Publishing Inc$2,00011%
Hilltop Artists in Residence$2,00010%
Neighborhood Clinic$2,00010%
Drug Abuse Council of Snohomish County$2,00010%
Cjk Community Homes$2,00010%
Safe Streets Campaign$2,00010%
Northwest Theatre Productions$2,0001n/a
Step by Step Family Support Center$2,00010%
Reach Ministries$1,00010%
North Cascades Institute$1,0001n/a
Tacoma Youth Symphony Association$1,00010%
Clothes for Kids$1,00010%
Degrees of Change$1,00010%
Kindering Center$1,0001n/a
Congregations for the Homeless$1,0001n/a
Asia Pacific Cultural Center$1,00010%
George Pocock Rowing Foundation$1,0001n/a
We Heart Seattle$1,00010%
Greentrike$1,0001n/a
Innovative Change Makers$1,0001n/a
Encompass Northwest$1,00010%
Free2luv Inc$1,00011%
Vashon Household$1,0001n/a
Adult & Youth Learning Center$1,00010%
Ashley House$1,0001n/a
Geeking Out Kids of Color$1,0001n/a
Roots Young Adult Shelter$1,0001n/a
Shared Housing Services$1,00010%
Ballard Food Bank$1,00010%
Refugee Choir Project$1,00011%
Rainbow Center$1,00010%
Seattle Art Museum$1,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($17k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Allison Foundation Trust Tai supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHopeSparks: $12,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHeartbeat Serving Wounded Warriors: $10,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetPierce County Library Foundation: $10,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetCoyote Central: $9,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetHumanities Washington: $8,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetLittle Bit Therapeutic Riding Center: $7,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetArk Institute of Learning: $7,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetVision House: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNew Horizons Ministries: $6,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTreehouse: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAcres of Diamonds: $6,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFood Lifeline: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSeattle Arts and Lectures: $6,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetYouth in Focus: $6,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetTacoma Art Museum: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOne Heart Wild: $4,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetFriends of the Children Tacoma: $4,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCrohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCamp Korey: $3,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetA Step Ahead in Pierce County: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetVashon Allied Arts: $3,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPongo Publishing Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetHilltop Artists in Residence: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNeighborhood Clinic: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetDrug Abuse Council of Snohomish County: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCjk Community Homes: $2,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSafe Streets Campaign: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetStep by Step Family Support Center: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetReach Ministries: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTacoma Youth Symphony Association: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetClothes for Kids: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDegrees of Change: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAsia Pacific Cultural Center: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWe Heart Seattle: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEncompass Northwest: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFree2luv Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetAdult & Youth Learning Center: $1,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetShared Housing Services: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBallard Food Bank: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRefugee Choir Project: $1,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetRainbow Center: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSeattle Art Museum: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 42.

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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.

The Norcliffe Foundat…Kilworth Florence Cha…Fuchsg & M Fdn TaiPuget Sound Energy Fo…Helen Martha Schiff F…Heidner Marco J Char …Seattle FoundationThe Bamford FoundationMedina FoundationDv & Ida McEachern Ch…Gary E Milgard Family…Greater Tacoma Commun…
The Norcliffe FoundationWA69.2× affinity33 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Norcliffe Foundation · Kilworth Florence Char Tr Fndn · Fuchsg & M Fdn Tai · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Helen Martha Schiff Foundation · Heidner Marco J Char Trust · Seattle Foundation · The Bamford Foundation · Medina Foundation · Dv & Ida McEachern Charitable Tr · Gary E Milgard Family Foundation- Sunshine · Greater Tacoma Community 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.

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About Allison Foundation Trust Tai

How much does Allison Foundation Trust Tai give?
Allison Foundation Trust Tai reported 36 grants totaling $37,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 18 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
What does Allison Foundation Trust Tai fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (19%), Arts & Culture (18%), Health (14%).
Who are Allison Foundation Trust Tai's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: HopeSparks ($12k), Heartbeat Serving Wounded Warriors ($10k), Pierce County Library Foundation ($10k).
Does Allison Foundation Trust Tai fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Allison Foundation Trust Tai accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Allison Foundation Trust Tai?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Norcliffe Foundation, Kilworth Florence Char Tr Fndn, Fuchsg & M Fdn Tai.
Where is Allison Foundation Trust Tai based?
Allison Foundation Trust Tai is based in MN.

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 61 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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