How much does Believe in Me give?

Believe in Me reported 5 itemized grants totaling $52,000, out of $211,566 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 23 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.

What does Believe in Me fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Youth Development (89%), Education (4%), Human Services (2%).

Who are Believe in Me's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Morning Star Boys Ranch ($4.3M), Embrace Washington ($111k), The Jonah Project ($64k).

Does Believe in Me fund new organizations?

In FY2023, 60% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Which funders back the same organizations as Believe in Me?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Avista Foundation, Innovia Foundation, United Way of Spokane County.

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Washington · Public charity

Believe in Me

To help every kid develop the self-confidence they need to succeed by funding children's charities that provide disadvantaged kids with a safe place to call home, a family that loves them, a feeling of community, and opportunities to learn, build self-esteem and have fun.

$212k
Granted FY2023: 5
Itemized grants FY2023: 5
Organizations funded FY2023: 60%
First-time grantees FY2023

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Itemized, FY2023: $52k; The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2023: $10,000
Largest grant, FY2023: $13,500
Organizations funded a year: 1 to 23; FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2023: 2
Total assets, FY2023: $6.6M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 60% of the organizations Believe in Me funded were first-time grantees, receiving 64% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 36% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $34k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

Human ServicesYouth DevelopmentEducationHealthArts & CultureEnvironmentOther

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.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2023	5	$52k	60%
FY2022	23	$417k	78%
FY2021	7	$2.6M	43%
FY2020	8	$648k	50%
FY2019	4	$606k	75%
FY2018	1	$379k	0%
FY2017	1	$349k	n/a

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Youth Development$4.5MEducation$195kHuman Services$117kReligion$64kHealth$40kEnvironment$32kCommunity Improvement$21kArts & Culture$20kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Morning Star Boys Ranch	$4,323,608	5	41%
Embrace Washington	$111,000	4	12%
The Jonah Project	$64,253	1	n/a
Communities in Schools of Spokane County	$47,000	2	1%
Melodic Caring Project	$40,000	2	11%
Young Womens Christian Association	$39,000	2	0%
College Success Foundation	$34,000	2	0%
Dishman Hills Conservancy	$32,000	3	3%
Transitions	$30,430	3	0%
Odyssey Youth Center	$25,500	2	5%

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All grantees of Believe in Me by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Morning Star Boys Ranch	$4,323,608	5	41%
Embrace Washington	$111,000	4	12%
The Jonah Project	$64,253	1	n/a
Communities in Schools of Spokane County	$47,000	2	1%
Melodic Caring Project	$40,000	2	11%
Young Womens Christian Association	$39,000	2	0%
College Success Foundation	$34,000	2	0%
Dishman Hills Conservancy	$32,000	3	3%
Transitions	$30,430	3	0%
Odyssey Youth Center	$25,500	2	5%
Spokane Angel Alliance	$21,000	1	21%
Playworks Education Energized	$21,000	2	0%
Slingshot	$18,000	1	13%
Family Promise of Spokane	$18,000	1	0%
Boys & Girls Club of Spokane County	$15,053	1	1%
Rainier Athletes	$15,000	1	1%
Free Rein Therapeutic Riding	$13,500	1	4%
The ISAAC Foundation	$12,500	1	4%
First Judicial District Casa Program Inc	$10,000	1	1%
Spokane Public School District #81	$10,000	1	n/a
Lumen Public School	$10,000	1	0%
Boys and Girls Clubs of Snohomish County	$10,000	1	0%
Junior Achievement of Washington	$10,000	1	0%
Spokane Hoopfest Association	$10,000	1	0%
Vanessa Behan	$10,000	1	0%
Spokane Youth Symphony Inc	$10,000	1	5%
Family and Community Together	$10,000	1	1%
Foster Hearts	$10,000	1	4%
Communities in Schools of Benton-Frankli	$10,000	1	0%
Camp Fire Inland Northwest	$8,000	1	1%
The Bridge Music Project	$8,000	1	5%
University of Washington	$5,700	1	n/a

Believe in Me supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 29 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 29.

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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 Avista FoundationWA41.8× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Avista Foundation · Innovia Foundation · United Way of Spokane County · School's Out Washington · Women Helping Women Fund · Numerica Credit Union · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · Umpqua Bank Charitable Foundation · Multicare Health System · Providence Health & Services - Washington · Bnsf Railway Foundation · Johnston-Fix 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.

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About Believe in Me

How much does Believe in Me give?: Believe in Me reported 5 itemized grants totaling $52,000, out of $211,566 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 23 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Believe in Me fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Youth Development (89%), Education (4%), Human Services (2%).
Who are Believe in Me's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Morning Star Boys Ranch ($4.3M), Embrace Washington ($111k), The Jonah Project ($64k).
Does Believe in Me fund new organizations?: In FY2023, 60% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Believe in Me?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Avista Foundation, Innovia Foundation, United Way of Spokane County.
Where is Believe in Me based?: Believe in Me is based in WA.