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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 FY2025still arriving
36
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$2k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% 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
02FY2025 · 36 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$588k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CAMP KOREY$1,500
PIERCE COUNTY LIBRARY FOUNDATION$1,500
NORTHWEST SCHOOL FOR DEAF AND HARD-$1,500
TACOMA YOUTH SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION$1,000
TACOMA REFUGEE CHOIR$1,000
HOPESPARKS$1,000
SEATTLE ART MUSEUM$1,000
ADULT & YOUTH LEARNING CENTER$1,000
ASIA PACIFIC CULTURAL CENTER$1,000
GREENTRIKE$1,000
REACH MINISTRIES$1,000
CONGREGATIONS FOR THE HOMELESS$1,000
FREE2LUV$1,000
A STEP AHEAD IN PIERCE COUNTY$1,000
VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA WESTERN$1,000
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 (FY20–25, $28k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%NEW HORIZONS: $2k → 9%NEW HORIZONS: $2k → 9%NEW HORIZONS: $2k → 9%HOPESPARKS: $3k → 9%HOPESPARKS FAMILY SERVICES: $2k → 9%HOPESPARKS FAMILY SERVICES: $2k → 9%HOPESPARKS FAMILY SERVICES: $1k → 9%STEP BY STEP FAMILY SUPPORT CENTER: $2k → 9%HOPESPARKS: $3k → 9%FREE2LUV: $1k → 9%HOPESPARKS: $1k → 9%VISION HOUSE: $2k → 9%VISION HOUSE: $2k → 9%VISION HOUSE: $2k → 9%ADULT & YOUTH LEARNING CENTER: $1k → 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.

71%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$135k · 22 repeat orgs$54k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +28% since the first grant, against +25% for those funded once.

22 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 24 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
15

Total granted

$135k
$30k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+25%

Still filing today

91%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 36% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $24k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureYouth DevelopmentHuman ServicesEducationHealthHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • H
    HopeSparks
    6× · 2020–2025 · $12k · revenue +41%
  • PC
    PIERCE COUNTY LIBRARY FOUNDATION
    5× · 2020–2025 · $10k · revenue +58%
  • HW
    HUMANITIES WASHINGTON
    4× · 2020–2024 · $8k · revenue +21%

Funded once

  • FO
    FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN TACOMAgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $4k · revenue +109%
  • NS
    NORTHWEST SCHOOL FOR DEAF
    one grant, 2024 · $3k
  • PP
    Pongo Publishing Inc
    one grant, 2023 · $2k · revenue +19%
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
Southwest Youth and Family Services

SWYFS partners with youth and families to transform their futures.

Human Services
2
Building Changes

Building changes advances equitable responses to homelessness in washington state, with a focus on children, youth, and families. we work at the intersection of housing, education, and health systems, partnering with communities and public…

Health
3
Transitions

Transitions works to end poverty and homelessness for women and children in Spokane, Washington.

Human Services
4
King County Sexual Assault Resource Center

KCSARC is the largest and most comprehensive non-profit provider of sexual assault services in King County and Washington State. Our vision is a community free of sexual violence. Our mission is to: give voice to victims, their families,…

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5
Network Services

Network services has been serving homeless families in the puget sound area since 1990, with a focus on families with children. network services aims to break the cycle of homelessness by providing assistance to families with children to…

Human Services
6
Bike Works Seattle

Bike Works promotes the bicycle as a vehicle for change to empower youth and build resilient communities.

Recreation & Sports
7
Washington Ethnic Studies Now

Washington Ethnic Studies Now WAESN is a multigenerational majority POC-led nonprofit advancing Ethnic Studies and racial justice in Washington. We center people of color build youth-centered leadership and learning and organize…

Education
8
House Our Neighbors

House Our Neighbors envisions a future where all people can afford to live and thrive in vibrant, cohesive, and climate resilient communities. To achieve this, we develop, advocate, and mobilize for policy to realize social housing for the…

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9
Brightspark Early Learning Services

To nurture and sustain child-centered, antiracist early learning communities.Our work is to:1) Help families access high quality childcare and after-school care.2) Increase the availability of high-quality care through coaching and…

Human Services
10
Family Promise of Pierce County

To empower families experiencing housing insecurity through intervention, prevention,and stabilization services.

Housing & Shelter
11
Artist Trust

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

Arts & Culture
12
Tacoma Community House

Tacoma Community House creates opportunities for immigrants, refugees and other community members in the Puget Sound regions through comprehensive services focused on self-sufficiency, inclusion and advocacy.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Greentrike; the most unlike its peers is FREE2LUV Inc. 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

52 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. 52 of the 61 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)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
51/52
Grantees still filing
32/52
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HEARTBEAT SERVING WOUNDED WARRIORS: $10,000 · OtherHEARTBEAT SERVING WOUNDED WARRIORSPIERCE COUNTY LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherPIERCE COUNTY LIBRARY FOUNDATIONNORTHWEST SCHOOL FOR DEAF AND HARD-: $3,500 · OtherVOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA WESTERN: $3,000 · OtherNORTHWEST SCHOOL FOR DEAF: $3,000 · OtherFOOD LIFELINE: $6,000 · OtherFOOD LIFELINEOne Heart Wild: $4,000 · OtherOne Heart Wild+21 more: $27,000 · Other+21 moreHopeSparks: $12,000 · Human ServicesHopeSparksVISION HOUSE: $6,000 · Human ServicesVISION HOUSENEW HORIZONS MINISTRIES: $6,000 · Human ServicesNEW HORIZONS MIN…STEP BY STEP FAMILY SUPPORT CENTER: $2,000 · Human ServicesSTEP BY STEP FAM…FREE2LUV INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesAdult & Youth Learning Center: $1,000 · Human ServicesHUMANITIES WASHINGTON: $8,000 · Arts & CultureHUMANITIES WASHI…SEATTLE ARTS AND LECTURES: $6,000 · Arts & CultureSEATTLE ARTS AND…Tacoma Art Museum: $6,000 · Arts & CultureTacoma Art Museu…VASHON ALLIED ARTS: $3,000 · Arts & CultureVASHON ALLIED AR…TACOMA YOUTH SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION: $1,000 · Arts & CultureAsia Pacific Cultural Center: $1,000 · Arts & CultureGREENTRIKE: $1,000 · Arts & CultureRefugee Choir Project: $1,000 · Arts & CultureSEATTLE ART MUSEUM: $1,000 · Arts & CultureTREEHOUSE: $6,000 · Youth DevelopmentTREEHOUSEYOUTH IN FOCUS: $6,000 · Youth DevelopmentYOUTH IN FOCUSFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN TACOMA: $4,000 · Youth DevelopmentFRIENDS OF THE…CAMP KOREY: $3,500 · Youth DevelopmentCAMP KOREYPongo Publishing Inc: $2,000 · Youth DevelopmentPongo Publishi…CLOTHES FOR KIDS: $1,000 · Youth DevelopmentGEEKING OUT KIDS OF COLOR: $1,000 · Youth DevelopmentCOYOTE CENTRAL: $9,000 · EducationCOYOTE CENTRA…ARK INSTITUTE OF LEARNING: $7,000 · EducationARK INSTITUTE…A STEP AHEAD IN PIERCE COUNTY: $3,000 · EducationA STEP AHEAD …HILLTOP ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE: $2,000 · EducationHILLTOP ARTIS…DEGREES OF CHANGE: $1,000 · EducationAcres of Diamonds: $6,000 · HealthCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $3,500 · HealthDRUG ABUSE COUNCIL OF SNOHOMISH COUNTY: $2,000 · HealthASHLEY HOUSE: $1,000 · HealthLITTLE BIT THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER: $7,000 · Recreation & SportsGeorge Pocock Rowing Foundation: $1,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$66,500Human Services$28,000Arts & Culture$28,000Youth Development$23,500Education$22,000Health$12,500Recreation & Sports$8,000

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 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
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.

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    29report 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.

    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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