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Arakawa Foundation at a glance

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Arakawa 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.

$935k
Granted FY2024still arriving
12
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$150k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Education$2.0MArts & Culture$859kEmployment$500kHuman Services$225kPhilanthropy$185kYouth Development$175k
02FY2024 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k3 grants · $35k
  • $50k–250k9 grants · $900k
$50,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$8.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
RAINIER SCHOLARS$150,000
SEATTLE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC$150,000
TECHNOLOGY ACCESS FOUNDATION$150,000
DENISE LOUIE EDUCATION CENTER$150,000
COLLEGE SUCCESS FOUNDATION$100,000
WING LUKE MUSEUM$50,000
YEAR UP INC$50,000
BELONG PARTNERS$50,000
SCHOOL'S OUT WASHINGTON$50,000
EDUCATION FIRST$15,000
KUKIO HOOMANA FUND$10,000
JIM SAUNDERS FUND$10,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY19–22, $175k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%CHILD CARE RESOURCES: $125k → 9%CHILD CARE RESOURCES: $50k → 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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.7M · 16 repeat orgs$110k to everyone else

16 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
3

Total granted

$3.7M
$110k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
+116%

Still filing today

100%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementEmploymentOther
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

  • SS
    SEATTLE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC
    3× · 2020–2024 · $450k · revenue +3%
  • RS
    RAINIER SCHOLARS
    4× · 2018–2024 · $431k · revenue +282%
  • TECHNOLOGY ACCESS FOUNDATION
    3× · 2018–2024 · $385k · revenue +41%

Funded once

  • T
    TREEHOUSEgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $50k · revenue +116%
  • Book-It Repertory Theatre
    one grant, 2022 · $50k · revenue -95%
  • KC
    KUKI'O COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $10k
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
Impact Public Schools

The mission of Impact Public Schools is to prepare a diverse student population to succeed in college and impact communities as the next generation of equity-driven, innovative leaders. (Continued on Schedule O)Impact Public Schools makes…

Education
2
Seattle JazzED

Through Jazz education that liberates and inspires, Seattle JazzED increase access in the music room, celebrates student expression, and builds lasting connection rooted in community.

Arts & Culture
3
Alameda Education Foundation

AEF serves as a critical bridge toward equitable and inclusive educational outcomes for Alameda TK-12 public school students.

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4
Deans for Impact

See Schedule ODeans for Impact supports educator-preparation programs to bring the science of learning into teaching practice; partners with policymakers to ensure pathways into teaching are accessible, practice-based, and…

Education
5
Silicon Schools Fund Inc

The mission of the silicon schools fund is to improve education through supporting the launch of excellent new schools, improving academic instruction in existing schools, and by funding some of the boldest innovations in education…

Education
6
Washington Area Community Investment Fund Inc

The washington area community investment fund (wacif) is a nonprofit community loan fund focused on increasing equity and economic opportunity in the washington, dc area's underserved communities. wacif's mission is driven is driven by…

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7
Lev Foundation

LEV Foundation acts to serve the interests of students and families across the State of Washington to improve education access and quality. Particularly those who have been harmed by historical and systemic inequities.

Civil Rights
8
Economic Opportunity Institute

Equip the public and public decision-makers with the policy research and practical tools they need to embed the values of fairness, care, and opportunity into the foundations of Washington's economy.

Community Improvement
9
Pathwaves Washington

Pathwaves Washington builds the collective power of leaders of color to transform early childhood systems so that every child and their community thrives.

Education
10
Alliance for Education

Our mission is to support excellence in education by advancing educational justice and racial equity for students in Seattle Public Schools.

Education
11
The Washington Stem Center

Washington stem (wa stem) is a statewide, education nonprofit leveraging stem for social change, removing barriers to credential attainment, and creating pathways to long-term economic security for systemically underserved students.…

Education
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is School's Out Washington; the most unlike its peers is Book-It Repertory Theatre. 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

20 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. 20 of the 21 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
11/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Denise Louie Education center: $450,000 · EducationDenise Louie Education centerRAINIER SCHOLARS: $431,118 · EducationRAINIER SCHOLARSCollege Success Foundation: $300,000 · EducationCollege Success FoundationEQUITY IN EDUCATION COALITION: $247,700 · EducationEQUITY IN EDUCATION COALITIONYEAR UP INC: $200,000 · EducationYEAR UP INCTechbridge Girls: $125,000 · EducationTechbridge Girls+1 more: $28,600 · EducationSEATTLE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $450,000 · Arts & CultureSEATTLE SYMP…WING LUKE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $359,317 · OtherWING LUKE ME…Book-It Repertory Theatre: $50,000 · OtherBook-It Repe…+1 more: $10,000 · OtherTECHNOLOGY ACCESS FOUNDATION: $385,000 · Community ImprovementTECHNOLOGY …FARESTART: $300,000 · EmploymentSCHOOL'S OUT WASHINGTON: $100,000 · Youth DevelopmentBELONG Partners: $75,000 · Youth DevelopmentTREEHOUSE: $50,000 · Youth DevelopmentBANK OF AMERICA CHARITABLE GIFT FD: $145,283 · PhilanthropyTHE JIM SAUNDERS FUND: $30,000 · PhilanthropyKUKIO HOOMANA FUND: $20,000 · PhilanthropyHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 · PhilanthropyBrightspark Early Learning Services: $175,000 · Human Services
Education$1,782,418Arts & Culture$450,000Other$419,317Community Improvement$385,000Employment$300,000Youth Development$225,000Philanthropy$205,283Human Services$175,000

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 budgetDenise Louie Education center: $450,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetSEATTLE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $450,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetRAINIER SCHOLARS: $431,118 over 4y, 3.3% of budgetTECHNOLOGY ACCESS FOUNDATION: $385,000 over 3y, 4.7% of budgetWING LUKE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $359,317 over 5y, 4.1% of budgetFARESTART: $300,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetCollege Success Foundation: $300,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetEQUITY IN EDUCATION COALITION: $247,700 over 2y, 6.2% of budgetYEAR UP INC: $200,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBrightspark Early Learning Services: $175,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetTechbridge Girls: $125,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetSCHOOL'S OUT WASHINGTON: $100,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetBELONG Partners: $75,000 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetTREEHOUSE: $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBook-It Repertory Theatre: $50,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetTHE JIM SAUNDERS FUND: $30,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetEDUCATION FIRST: $28,600 over 2y, 12% of budgetKUKIO HOOMANA FUND: $20,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 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.

Seattle FoundationGates FoundationUnited Way of King Co…The Satterberg Founda…Puget Sound Energy Fo…Medina FoundationLiberty Mutual Founda…The Norcliffe Foundat…Satya and Rao Remala …Morgan Stanley Global…Wyman Youth TrustStolte Family Foundat…
Seattle FoundationWA24.2× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Seattle Foundation · Gates Foundation · United Way of King County · The Satterberg Foundation Inc · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Medina Foundation · Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc · The Norcliffe Foundation · Satya and Rao Remala Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Wyman Youth Trust · Stolte Family 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 Arakawa Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Arakawa Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Year Up Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
5report 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 21 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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