Washington · Public charity
Alternatives to Hunger Bellingham Food Bank
Reduce hunger by: creating access to high quality, desirable food and other essentials building a responsive regional hunger relief network and disrupting racism, because of its historical and structural connection to hunger and poverty.
- $12M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 1
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $8k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $8,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $8,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 13
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $13M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations Alternatives to Hunger Bellingham Food Bank funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $68k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 1 | $8k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $68k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $28k | 75% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $233k | 31% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $210k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $174k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 9 | $275k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blaine Food Bank Association | $169,334 | 8 | 1% |
| Lhaq'Temish Foundation | $162,375 | 8 | 3% |
| Nooksack Valley Food Bank Association | $89,719 | 8 | 2% |
| Ferndale Food Bank | $86,298 | 8 | 2% |
| Foothills Food Bank | $85,977 | 8 | n/a |
| Community to Community Development | $75,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Christian Hope Association | $72,788 | 8 | n/a |
| The Salvation Army | $65,394 | 6 | n/a |
| Nooksack Indian Tribe | $36,945 | 8 | n/a |
| Refugee & Immigrant Services Northwest | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blaine Food Bank Association | $169,334 | 8 | 1% |
| Lhaq'Temish Foundation | $162,375 | 8 | 3% |
| Nooksack Valley Food Bank Association | $89,719 | 8 | 2% |
| Ferndale Food Bank | $86,298 | 8 | 2% |
| Foothills Food Bank | $85,977 | 8 | n/a |
| Community to Community Development | $75,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Christian Hope Association | $72,788 | 8 | n/a |
| The Salvation Army | $65,394 | 6 | n/a |
| Nooksack Indian Tribe | $36,945 | 8 | n/a |
| Refugee & Immigrant Services Northwest | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mariposa Farm | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sea Mar Community Health Centers | $21,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Northwest Agriculture Business Center | $11,340 | 1 | 1% |
| Terre Verde Farm | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| North Sound Accountable Community of Health | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Farias Farm | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Point Roberts Food Bank | $5,323 | 7 | n/a |
| Archdiocese of Seattle | $5,028 | 3 | n/a |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($25k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Alternatives to Hunger Bellingham Food Bank supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Whatcom Community Foundation · North Sound Accountable Community of Health · Food Lifeline · Northwest Harvest Emm · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · PeaceHealth · The Albertsons Companies Foundation · Seattle Foundation · Mount Baker Foundation · Chuckanut Health Foundation · Delta Dental of Washington · Inatai Foundation
How this is measured
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About Alternatives to Hunger Bellingham Food Bank
- How much does Alternatives to Hunger Bellingham Food Bank give?
- Alternatives to Hunger Bellingham Food Bank reported 1 itemized grants totaling $8,000, out of $11,807,995 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 13 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Alternatives to Hunger Bellingham Food Bank fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (79%), Public Safety & Disaster (13%), Public Benefit (5%).
- Who are Alternatives to Hunger Bellingham Food Bank's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Blaine Food Bank Association ($169k), Lhaq'Temish Foundation ($162k), Nooksack Valley Food Bank Association ($90k).
- Does Alternatives to Hunger Bellingham Food Bank fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Alternatives to Hunger Bellingham Food Bank?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Whatcom Community Foundation, North Sound Accountable Community of Health, Food Lifeline.
- Where is Alternatives to Hunger Bellingham Food Bank based?
- Alternatives to Hunger Bellingham Food Bank is based in WA.
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