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Becu Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$478k
Granted FY2024still arriving
2
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$355k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$3.3MHuman Services$738kCommunity Improvement$719kEnvironment$610kHousing & Shelter$439kCrime & Legal$309kInternational$209kCivil Rights$209kOther$0
02FY2024 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $50k–250k1 grant · $123k
  • $250k+1 grant · $355k
$355,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$9.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COLLEGE SUCCESS FOUNDATION$355,000
WASHINGTON STATE OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP (WSOS)$123,000
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 (FY21–23, $958k) 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%NEIGHBORS TOGETHER INC: $10k → 12%BYRD BARR PLACE: $109k → 9%PARKVIEW SERVICES: $10k → 9%MI CENTRO: $10k → 9%SPOKANE NEIGHBORHOOD ACTION PARTNERS: $109k → 12%BYRD BARR PLACE: $100k → 9%MI CENTRO: $5k → 9%SPOKANE NEIGHBORHOOD ACTION PARTNERS: $100k → 12%SPOKANE NEIGHBORHOOD ACTION PARTNERS: $15k → 12%EL CENTRO DE LA RAZA: $109k → 9%EL CENTRO DE LA RAZA: $100k → 9%ABUSED DEAF WOMENS ADVOCACY SERVICES: $10k → 9%MULTI-SERVICE CENTER: $109k → 9%MULTI-SERVICE CENTER: $100k → 9%COMMUNITY CREDIT LAB: $50k → 9%TACOMA URBAN LEAGUE: $10k → 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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 14% of Becu Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 96% of the giving stays in WA; by stated purpose, 83%.

Becu Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

70%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.8M · 148 repeat orgs$2.1M to everyone else

148 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 146 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

148
287

Total granted

$4.8M
$2.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+1%
+6%

Still filing today

10%
6%

New vs renewed · share of each year

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

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEnvironmentCommunity ImprovementHousing & ShelterCrime & LegalEducationOther
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

  • SG
    Solid Ground Washington
    2× · 2022–2023 · $209k · revenue +10%
  • MC
    MULTI-SERVICE CENTER
    2× · 2022–2023 · $209k · revenue +14%
  • EC
    EL CENTRO DE LA RAZA
    2× · 2022–2023 · $209k · revenue +7%

Funded once

  • WW
    WSOS Washington State Opportunity
    one grant, 2020 · $141k
  • NJ
    NORTHWEST JUSTICE PROJECT HOUSING
    one grant, 2023 · $109k
  • NJ
    Northwest Justice Project
    one grant, 2022 · $100k · revenue +13%
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
Re Sources

RE Sources mobilizes people of Northwest Washington to build just and thriving communities and to protect the land, water, and climate on which we all depend.

Environment
2
Spark Northwest

Founded in 2001, Spark Northwest accelerates the just transition to clean energy in the Pacific Northwest. Spark Northwest uses two primary strategies: (1) on-the-ground project consulting, focusing on communities with limited financial…

Environment
3
Rainier Beach Cummunity Empowerment Coalition

Rainier Beach Action Coalition is a grassroot, Black-led organization devoted to locally driven development. It promotes quality education, living wage jobs, affordable transportation and housing, and building community capacity in…

Community Improvement
4
Washingtonians for Public Banking

Washingtonians for Public banking promotes education and civic engagement on public banking and banking reform within Washington state. The organization organizes, educates, and advocates for the establishment of public banking, and…

Community Improvement
5
Invest in Washington Now Campaign

Advocate for tax policy in Washington State

—
6
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…

—
7
Center for Environmental Law & Policy

The Center for Environmental Law & Policy is a statewide organization whose mission is to protect, preserve and restore Washington's waters through education, advocacy, policy reform, and public interest litigation.

Environment
8
Stewardship Partners

Stewardship Partners helps private landowners restore and preserve the natural landscapes of WA State. We collaborate with diverse interest groups to build bridges and find solutions that achieve mutual goals of environmental protection,…

Environment
9
Working Washington

We are workers, united across different industries to improve our working conditions and our lives. We come together as working people to build power through education, organizing, and enforcement. We work to raise and uphold standards in…

—
10
Futurewise

Futurewise works throughout Washington state to encourage healthy, equitable and opportunity-rich communities, and to protect our most valuable farmlands, forests and water resources through wise land use policies and practices.

Environment
11
Washington Housing Alliance Action Fund

The Washington Housing Alliance Action Fund elects candidates, educates voters and decision-makers, and amplifies the voices and priorities of people and communities most impacted by housing instability and homelessness.

Housing & Shelter
12
Earthcorps

To cultivate leaders and community partnerships to advance environmental justice.

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Forterra Nw; the most unlike its peers is Parkview Services. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

31 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. 31 of the 435 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/31
Grantees still filing
16/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WASHINGTON STATE OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP (WSOS): $1,028,500 · OtherWASHINGTON STATE OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP (WSOS)WSOS Washington State Opportunity: $140,579 · OtherNORTHWEST JUSTICE PROJECT HOUSING: $109,375 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $99,961 · OtherEmerald Cities Collaborative Inc: $190,000 · OtherEmerald Cities Collaborative IncWASHINGTON WILD: $125,000 · Other+167 more: $1,175,679 · Other+167 moreSPOKANE NEIGHBORHOOD ACTION PARTNERS: $224,375 · Human ServicesSPOKANE NEIGHBORH…MULTI-SERVICE CENTER: $209,375 · Human ServicesMULTI-SERVICE CEN…EL CENTRO DE LA RAZA: $209,375 · Human ServicesEL CENTRO DE LA R…BYRD BARR PLACE: $209,375 · Human ServicesBYRD BARR PLACECOMMUNITY CREDIT LAB: $50,000 · Human Services+5 more: $55,000 · Human Services+5 moreCollege Success Foundation: $707,500 · EducationCollege Succ…Refugee Artisan Initative: $250,000 · Community ImprovementRefugee Art…CENTER FOR INCLUSIVE ENTREPRENEURSHIP: $190,000 · Community ImprovementCENTER FOR …Seattle Good Business Network DBA Good Business Network of Washington: $109,236 · Community ImprovementSeattle Goo…NORTHWEST INNOVATION RESOURCE CTR: $60,000 · Community ImprovementNORTHWEST I…+1 more: $10,000 · Community ImprovementSolid Ground Washington: $209,375 · Housing & ShelterSolid Gro…Rebuilding Together South Sound: $209,375 · Housing & ShelterRebuildin…Ecothrive Housing: $100,000 · Housing & ShelterEcothrive…KING COUNTY BAR FOUNDATION: $209,375 · Crime & LegalNorthwest Justice Project: $100,000 · Crime & LegalHARBOR WILDWATCH: $90,000 · EnvironmentEarthGen Fka WA Green Schools: $90,000 · EnvironmentOUR CLIMATE EDUCATION FUND: $80,000 · EnvironmentOUR CLIMATE: $25,000 · Environment+2 more: $20,000 · Environment
Other$2,869,094Human Services$957,500Education$707,500Community Improvement$619,236Housing & Shelter$518,750Crime & Legal$309,375Environment$305,000

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCollege Success Foundation: $707,500 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetRefugee Artisan Initative: $250,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetSPOKANE NEIGHBORHOOD ACTION PARTNERS: $224,375 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSolid Ground Washington: $209,375 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetRebuilding Together South Sound: $209,375 over 2y, 9.6% of budgetKING COUNTY BAR FOUNDATION: $209,375 over 2y, 9.7% of budgetMULTI-SERVICE CENTER: $209,375 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetEL CENTRO DE LA RAZA: $209,375 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetBYRD BARR PLACE: $209,375 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetCENTER FOR INCLUSIVE ENTREPRENEURSHIP: $190,000 over 2y, 9.2% of budgetEmerald Cities Collaborative Inc: $190,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetWASHINGTON WILD: $125,000 over 2y, 17% of budgetSeattle Good Business Network DBA Good Business Network of Washington: $109,236 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetNorthwest Justice Project: $100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetEcothrive Housing: $100,000 over 1y, 78% of budgetHARBOR WILDWATCH: $90,000 over 1y, 35% of budgetEarthGen Fka WA Green Schools: $90,000 over 1y, 6.8% of budgetBLACK FARMERS COLLECTIVE: $90,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetOUR CLIMATE EDUCATION FUND: $80,000 over 1y, 7.7% of budgetBike Works Seattle: $80,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetNORTHWEST INNOVATION RESOURCE CTR: $60,000 over 2y, 20% of budgetCOMMUNITY CREDIT LAB: $50,000 over 1y, 9.3% of budgetMI CENTRO: $15,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetABUSED DEAF WOMEN'S ADVOCACY SERVICES: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetNeighbors Together Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTacoma Urban League: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetINTERIM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFORTERRA NW: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPARKVIEW SERVICES: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMINI MART CITY PARK: $10,000 over 1y, 3.4% 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.

Credit Unions in the …Seattle FoundationThe Norcliffe Foundat…The Satterberg Founda…United Way of King Co…Medina FoundationInatai FoundationPuget Sound Energy Fo…Kaiser Foundation Hea…The Russell Family Fo…Lucky Seven FoundationWashington Federal Fo…
Credit Unions in the State of WashingtonWA48.4× affinity21 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Credit Unions in the State of Washington · Seattle Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · The Satterberg Foundation Inc · United Way of King County · Medina Foundation · Inatai Foundation · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington · The Russell Family Foundation · Lucky Seven Foundation · Washington Federal 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 Becu Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Becu Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%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
    20report 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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Becu Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Becu Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 435 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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