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Bacon Legacy Foundation at a glance

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Bacon Legacy Foundation

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.

$140k
Granted FY2025still arriving
24
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0190% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

International$125kReligion$65kHuman Services$34kHousing & Shelter$31kHealth$9kEducation$8kRecreation & Sports$8kCommunity Improvement$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 24 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k22 grants · $70k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $20k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$2,500
Median grant
3
States reached
$5.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PROJECT MERCY$50,000
YMCA OF YAKIMA$20,000
YAKIMA COVENANT CHURCH$9,400
THE SALVATION ARMY$6,600
Individual grant recipient$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
MEMORIAL FOUNDATION$5,000
ROD'S HOUSE$5,000
SACRED ROAD MINISTRIES$5,000
MOUNT HOPE BAPTIST CHURCH$2,500
HOUSTON FOOD BANK$2,500
FORGOTTEN ANGELS INC$2,500
YWAM CAMBODIA FRIENDS$2,500
YOUNG LIFE$2,500
CATHOLIC COMMUNITY SERVICES OF WESTERN WASHINGTON$2,500
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY24–25, $9k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 6% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%FORGOTTEN ANGELS INC: $3k → 10%FRESH SPIRIT WELLNESS FOR WOMEN: $500 → 16%CATHOLIC COMMUNITY SERVICES OF WESTERN WASHINGTON: $3k → 9%FORGOTTEN ANGELS INC: $500 → 10%CATHOLIC COMMUNITY SERVICES OF WESTERN WASHINGTON: $3k → 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.

72%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$232k · 15 repeat orgs$89k to everyone else

15 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
12

Total granted

$232k
$40k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
0%

Still filing today

53%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 64% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k went to new ones.

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

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

’21’22’23’24’25
InternationalHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterHealthYouth DevelopmentEducationOther
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

  • PROJECT MERCY INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $125k · revenue +5%
  • SR
    SACRED ROAD MINISTRIES
    5× · 2021–2025 · $24k
  • RH
    ROD'S HOUSE
    4× · 2022–2025 · $20k · revenue -3%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $5k
  • UG
    UNION GOSPEL MISSION
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
  • NA
    NOAH'S ARK HOMELESS SHELTER
    one grant, 2021 · $5k
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
New Road Missions

We are compelled by god's word to provide security, education and the hope of jesus to children in south africa so they can thrive personally and impact their future families, communities and the kingdom of god.

Religion
2
Family Housing Network of Fort Collins Inc

Faith Family Hospitality's mission is to support families experiencing homelessness to achieve sustainable self-sufficiency in a timely and dignified manner. This interfaith volunteer effort coordinates the work of 30 diverse Fort Collins…

Human Services
3
Youth With a Mission Costa Rica

To know god and make him known.

International
4
Covenant House Washington Dc

Covenant house washington, dc ("chw") provides shelter, crisis care, community services, and outreach services to youth in the washington dc area.

Human Services
5
Covenant House Texas

Covenant house texas shelters, protects, and advocates on behalf of homeless, trafficked, and sexually exploited youth.

Human Services
6
Bread of Life Mission

Bringing hope, healing, and recovery to seattle's homeless through a christ-centered approach.

Human Services
7
Covenant House Georgia Inc

Covenant house georgia provides shelters, protects and advocates on behalf of homeless, trafficked, runaway and sexually exploited youth.

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8
Covenant House California

Covenant house is dedicated to serving all of god's children with absolute respect and unconditional love to help youth experiencing homelessness and to protect and safeguard all youth in need.

Human Services
9
Christian Mission for the United Nations Community

Christian Mission for the United Nations Community is a ministry aimed at leading the head of every nation and other top leaders to faith in Jesus Christ and helping them to walk in dependence upon God as they discharge the…

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10
Refugee Care Collective Northwest

Provide care to refugee families.

Human Services
11
Compassion Ministries
Religion
12
Habitat for Humanity International Yakima Valley Partners Hfh

Seeking to put god's love into action, habitat for humanity brings people together to buildhomes, communities, and hope.

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Catholic Community Services of Western Washington; the most unlike its peers is Construction for Change. 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

17 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. 17 of the 38 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
3/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SACRED ROAD MINISTRIES: $24,230 · OtherSACRED ROAD MINISTRIESYMCA OF YAKIMA: $20,000 · OtherYMCA OF YAKIMAIndividual grant recipient: $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientYAKIMA COVENANT CHURCH: $9,400 · OtherYAKIMA COVENANT CHURCHTHE SALVATION ARMY: $7,600 · OtherMOUNT HOPE BAPTIST CHURCH: $7,500 · OtherGHORMLEY MEADOW CHRISTIAN CAMP: $7,000 · OtherGRACE OF CHRIST CHURCH: $6,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $5,000 · OtherUNION GOSPEL MISSION: $5,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $5,000 · OtherNOAH'S ARK HOMELESS SHELTER: $5,000 · OtherGRACE OF CHRIST YAKIMA FOUNDATION: $5,000 · OtherLA SALLE FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Other+13 more: $24,075 · Other+13 morePROJECT MERCY INC: $125,000 · InternationalPROJECT MERCY INCCONSTRUCTION FOR CHANGE: $5,000 · International+1 more: $2,500 · InternationalROD'S HOUSE: $20,000 · Housing & ShelterGenerating Hope Inc: $3,691 · Housing & ShelterCATHOLIC COMMUNITY SERVICES OF WESTERN WASHINGTON: $5,000 · Human ServicesForgotten Angels Inc: $3,000 · Human ServicesFresh Spirit Wellness for Women: $500 · Human ServicesTHE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $6,000 · HealthYOUNG LIFE: $2,500 · Youth DevelopmentCORD MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL: $2,500 · Religion
Other$145,805International$132,500Housing & Shelter$23,691Human Services$8,500Health$6,000Youth Development$2,500Religion$2,500

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 budgetPROJECT MERCY INC: $125,000 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetROD'S HOUSE: $20,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTHE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCATHOLIC COMMUNITY SERVICES OF WESTERN WASHINGTON: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCONSTRUCTION FOR CHANGE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCOWICHE CANYON CONSERVANCY: $4,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetGenerating Hope Inc: $3,691 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetForgotten Angels Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetYWAM Cambodia Friends: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCORD MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNION GOSPEL MISSION OF YAKIMA WASH: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Houston Food Bank: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPAWS FOR REFLECTION RANCH: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRave Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHERITAGE UNIVERSITY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFresh Spirit Wellness for Women: $500 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

  • Who funds PROJECT MERCY INC ↗
  • Who funds ROD'S HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds THE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC COMMUNITY SERVICES OF WESTERN WASHINGTON ↗
  • Who funds CONSTRUCTION FOR CHANGE ↗
  • Who funds COWICHE CANYON CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds Generating Hope Inc ↗
  • Who funds Forgotten Angels Inc ↗
  • Who funds YWAM Cambodia Friends ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG LIFE ↗
  • Who funds CORD MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds UNION GOSPEL MISSION OF YAKIMA WASH ↗
  • Who funds The Houston Food Bank ↗
  • Who funds PAWS FOR REFLECTION RANCH ↗
  • Who funds Rave Foundation ↗
  • Who funds HERITAGE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Fresh Spirit Wellness for Women ↗

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.

Yakima Valley Communi…Seattle FoundationThe Lee and Kay Peter…Northwest Harvest EmmMorgan Stanley Global…Baird Foundation IncGs Donor Advised Phil…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Natl Christian Charit…American Endowment Fo…Donor Advised Charita…
Yakima Valley Community FoundationWA17.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Yakima Valley Community Foundation · Seattle Foundation · The Lee and Kay Peterson Family Foundation Inc · Northwest Harvest Emm · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

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 Bacon Legacy Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bacon Legacy Foundation. 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%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get 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
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
    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 38 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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