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Biella 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.

$3.6M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
164
Grants FY2024
74
Organizations funded FY2023
11%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$408,000
Organizations funded a year
73 to 75
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
14
Total assets, FY2024
$59M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 11% of the organizations Biella Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $192k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
EducationCrime & LegalHuman ServicesHealthInternationalFood & NutritionOther
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 yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving88$3.5M18%
FY202374$3.6M11%
FY202273$3.7M14%
FY202175$4.0M19%
FY202075$3.5Mn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Housing & Shelter$4.8MHuman Services$4.1MEducation$3.3MInternational$1.7MReligion$1.5MHealth$926kCrime & Legal$598kFood & Nutrition$596kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
IL
NY
OR
CA
CO
MO
VA
MD
AZ
TN
NC
SC
DC
GA

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
South Seattle College Foundation$2,040,000543%
Vine Maple Place$525,50053%
The Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Seattle (6871)$490,00050%
Kindering Center$450,50051%
Plymouth Housing Group and Subsidiaries$444,00050%
Vision House$438,00052%
Acres of Diamonds$433,00056%
New Horizons Ministries$425,50053%
Maris Place$393,000560%
Seattles Union Gospel Mission$393,0005n/a
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All grantees of Biella Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
South Seattle College Foundation$2,040,000543%
Vine Maple Place$525,50053%
The Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Seattle (6871)$490,00050%
Kindering Center$450,50051%
Plymouth Housing Group and Subsidiaries$444,00050%
Vision House$438,00052%
Acres of Diamonds$433,00056%
New Horizons Ministries$425,50053%
Maris Place$393,000560%
Seattles Union Gospel Mission$393,0005n/a
Food for the Hungry Inc$388,00050%
Treehouse$388,00051%
The Sophia Way$383,50052%
Sound Generations$381,90050%
Prison Fellowship Ministries$372,00050%
Operation Nightwatch Inc$366,50055%
Hopelink$359,00050%
Recovery Cafe$355,50052%
The Rescue Mission$355,50051%
Wellspring Family Services$350,50051%
Solid Ground Washington$346,50050%
Compass Housing Alliance$326,50050%
Team Rubicon Inc$300,00050%
Sat-7 North America$300,00051%
Samaritan's Purse$287,00050%
CRISTA Ministries$279,00050%
Senior Services of Snohomish County$242,00051%
Foundation for Western Washington University and Alumni$215,00050%
Eastern Washington University Foundation$210,00051%
Anacortes Family Center$202,00052%
Heartbeat Serving Wounded Warriors$161,000513%
Young Womens Christian Association of Seattle-King County-Snohomish County$152,50030%
University of Washington Foundation$151,00030%
Young Life$150,00050%
Real Escape From the Sex Trade$138,00022%
Thinksmall$136,00048%
St Francis House$133,00058%
Washington State University Foundation$126,00030%
Central Washington University Foundation$126,00031%
Direct Relief$120,00040%
Northwest Harvest Emm$120,00030%
Year Up Inc$120,00050%
Building Changes$115,00031%
Hope in Haiti$111,500540%
LifeWire$87,50031%
Lake Washington United Methodist Church$83,0005n/a
Liberty Road Foundation$82,50054%
Next Step Pregnancy Services$79,50054%
Gethsemane Lutheran Church$73,0005n/a
Bethany Presbyterian Church$73,0005n/a
Everyone for Veterans$72,00049%
Joni and Friends$70,00030%
Food Lifeline$67,50030%
Operation Ward 57$67,000419%
White Center Emergency Food Association White Center Food Bank$63,00021%
Transformations by Olympic Angels$60,00025%
Elizabeth Home$60,00022%
Community Action of Skagit County$55,00030%
Slavic Gospel Association$54,8003n/a
Love in the Name of Christ of Mason County$54,000416%
Childrens Home Society of Washington$53,00030%
Communities in Schools of Washington State$50,00021%
Open Doors With Brother Andrew Inc$45,00020%
Northwest's Child$38,00032%
Legal Counsel for Youth and Children$38,00031%
Northwest Justice Project$35,00040%
Imagine Housing$30,00010%
Rainier Valley Food Bank$30,00020%
Edge Foundation$30,00021%
Portland Rescue Mission$30,0001n/a
Union Gospel Mission of Yakima Wash$30,00010%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$30,00040%
Washington Autism Alliance$25,50053%
University of Washington$25,0001n/a
Valley Cities Counseling and Consultation$25,00020%
North Helpline$25,00010%
Providence General Foundation$20,00020%
Second Harvest Inland Northwest$20,00010%
United Service Organizations Inc$17,50010%
King County Sexual Assault Resource Center$15,00030%
Love in the Name of Christ of Skagi$15,00016%
Inside Health Institute$15,000112%
Little Bit Therapeutic Riding Center$15,00030%
Medical Teams International$15,00010%
Uplift Northwest$14,00040%
La Conner Sunrise Food Bank$10,00011%
Dress for Success Seattle$10,00011%
Semper Fi & America's Fund$10,00010%
Rainier Valley Leadership Academy$10,0001n/a
Finger Lakes Area Community Endowment$10,00050%
The Mustard Seed Project of Key Peninsula$10,00010%
Jubilee REACH$10,00010%
Shai Fund Inc$10,00010%
Congregations for the Homeless$7,51210%
Chief Seattle Club$7,50010%
Michael G Reagan Portrait Foundation$6,000112%
Reboot Recovery Inc$5,00010%
Seattle Veterinary Outreach$5,00011%
Little Children of the World Inc$5,00010%
Abundant Life$5,0001n/a
Eastside Community Development Fund$5,00011%
My Choices DBA Obria Medical Clinics PNW$5,00011%
American Leprosy Missions Inc$5,00010%
Lynnwood Alano Club$2,00012%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.0M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Biella Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 95 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSouth Seattle College Foundation: $2,040,000 over 5y, 43% of budgetVine Maple Place: $525,500 over 5y, 2.9% of budgetThe Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Seattle (6871): $490,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetKindering Center: $450,500 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetPlymouth Housing Group and Subsidiaries: $444,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetVision House: $438,000 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetAcres of Diamonds: $433,000 over 5y, 5.9% of budgetNew Horizons Ministries: $425,500 over 5y, 3.5% of budgetMaris Place: $393,000 over 5y, 60% of budgetFood for the Hungry Inc: $388,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTreehouse: $388,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetThe Sophia Way: $383,500 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetSound Generations: $381,900 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetPrison Fellowship Ministries: $372,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetOperation Nightwatch Inc: $366,500 over 5y, 5.3% of budgetHopelink: $359,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetRecovery Cafe: $355,500 over 5y, 2.2% of budgetThe Rescue Mission: $355,500 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetWellspring Family Services: $350,500 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetSolid Ground Washington: $346,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetCompass Housing Alliance: $326,500 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetTeam Rubicon Inc: $300,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetSat-7 North America: $300,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetSamaritan's Purse: $287,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCRISTA Ministries: $279,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSenior Services of Snohomish County: $242,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetFoundation for Western Washington University and Alumni: $215,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetEastern Washington University Foundation: $210,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetAnacortes Family Center: $202,000 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetHeartbeat Serving Wounded Warriors: $161,000 over 5y, 13% of budgetYoung Womens Christian Association of Seattle-King County-Snohomish County: $152,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Washington Foundation: $151,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetYoung Life: $150,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetReal Escape From the Sex Trade: $138,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetThinksmall: $136,000 over 4y, 8.4% of budgetSt Francis House: $133,000 over 5y, 8.4% of budgetWashington State University Foundation: $126,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCentral Washington University Foundation: $126,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetDirect Relief: $120,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNorthwest Harvest Emm: $120,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetYear Up Inc: $120,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBuilding Changes: $115,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetHope in Haiti: $111,500 over 5y, 40% of budgetLifeWire: $87,500 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetLiberty Road Foundation: $82,500 over 5y, 4.2% of budgetNext Step Pregnancy Services: $79,500 over 5y, 4.4% of budgetEveryone for Veterans: $72,000 over 4y, 9.2% of budgetJoni and Friends: $70,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budget

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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 95.

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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.

Puget Sound Energy FoundationDE65.1× affinity33 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Puget Sound Energy Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · Seattle Foundation · United Way of King County · Medina Foundation · Lucky Seven Foundation · Employees Community Fund of the Boeing Company · Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc · Moccasin Lake Foundation · Fales Foundation Trust · Windermere 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.

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How do I get to Biella Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Biella 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.

About Biella Foundation

How much does Biella Foundation give?
Biella Foundation reported 164 grants totaling $3,564,650 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 73 and 75 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does Biella Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Housing & Shelter (26%), Human Services (22%), Education (17%).
Who are Biella Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: South Seattle College Foundation ($2.0M), Vine Maple Place ($526k), The Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Seattle (6871) ($490k).
Does Biella Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Biella Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Biella Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Puget Sound Energy Foundation, The Norcliffe Foundation, Seattle Foundation.
Where is Biella Foundation based?
Biella Foundation is based in WA.

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 125 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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