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Block-Leavitt Foundation at a glance

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Block-Leavitt 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.

$90k
Granted FY2024still arriving
26
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$124kHuman Services$59kCrime & Legal$43kCivil Rights$32kEducation$29kHealth$27kFood & Nutrition$25kHousing & Shelter$16kOther$0
02FY2024 · 26 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k24 grants · $70k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
$3,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$1.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$10,000
RVFB (RAINIER VALLEY FOOD BANK)$10,000
ACT THEATRE$5,000
KCTS (KENTUCKY COMMUNITY & TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC)$5,000
TOWN HALL ASSOCIATION$5,000
SCT (SEATTLE CHILDREN'S THEATRE)$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
SEATTE REPERTORY THEATRE$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
COLUMBIA LEGAL SERVICES$4,000
ASIAN COUNSELING AND REFERRAL SERVICE$4,000
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION$4,000
ENDOWMENT FOR EQUAL JUSTICE$3,000
NEIGHBORCARE HEALTH$3,000
NORTHWEST JUSTICE PROJECT$2,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $68k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 8% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%fUNDERS tOGETHER TO eND hOMELESSNESS: $2k → 16%FUNDERS TOGETHER TO END HOMELESSNESS: $2k → 16%FUNDERS TOGETHER TO END HOMELESSNESS: $1k → 16%Jewish Family Services: $3k → 9%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $2k → 9%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $2k → 9%CHILD CARE RESOURCES: $20k → 9%El Centro del la Raza: $4k → 9%EL CENTRO DEL LA RAZA: $4k → 9%ASIAN COUNSELING AND REFERRAL SERVICE: $4k → 9%EL CENTRO DEL LA RAZA: $4k → 9%EL CENTRO DE LA RAZA: $2k → 9%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $2k → 9%Refugee Women's Alliance: $4k → 9%REFUGEE WOMEN'S ALLIANCE: $4k → 9%REFUGEE WOMEN'S ALLIANCE: $4k → 9%REWA(REFUGEE WOMEN'S ALLIANCE): $2k → 9%ELIZABETH GREGORY HOME: $500 → 9%ELIZABETH GREGORY HOME: $500 → 9%ELIZABETH GREGORY HOME: $500 → 9%Elizabeth Gregory Home: $500 → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
NY
MA
CT
RI
CA
CO
KY
FL
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.

77%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$305k · 33 repeat orgs$89k to everyone else

33 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2024, 18 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

33
3

Total granted

$305k
$32k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+25%
+187%

Still filing today

76%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 37% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $57k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationCrime & LegalHealthCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • KP
    KUOW PUGET SOUND PUBLIC RADIO
    3× · 2020–2022 · $20k · revenue +28%
  • EF
    ENDOWMENT FOR EQUAL JUSTICE
    4× · 2020–2024 · $16k · revenue +181%
  • SC
    SEATTLE CHILDREN'S THEATRE ASSOCIATION
    3× · 2020–2022 · $15k · revenue +25%

Funded once

  • BE
    Brightspark Early Learning Servicesgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $20k · revenue +187%
  • LO
    LEAGUE OF RESIDENT THEATRES INC
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue +9%
  • PP
    PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GTR WA
    one grant, 2022 · $2k
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
Nw Energy Coalition

The NW Energy Coalition is an alliance of over 100 environmental, civic, and human service organizations, utilities, and businesses in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, and British Columbia, plus many individual members. The NW Energy…

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2
Artist Trust

Artist Trust supports the livelihoods of artists working in all disciplines to create a more vibrant and equitable Washington State.

Arts & Culture
3
Washington Filmworks

To build and enhance the competitiveness of Washington State's film and associated creative industry. We accomplish this by marketing and managing the state's production incentive program, representing the state in national and…

Community Improvement
4
Northwest Film Forum

Northwest Film Forum incites public dialogue and creative action through collective cinematic experiences. A nonprofit film and arts center located in Seattle, Northwest Film Forum presents hundreds of films, festivals, community events,…

Arts & Culture
5
Theatre Puget Sound

TPS works to foster and advocate for a robust and equitable theatre community in the Puget Sound Region.

Arts & Culture
6
On the Boards

On the Boards' mission is to invest in leading contemporary performing artists near and far and connect them to a diverse range of communities interested in forward-thinking art and ideas.

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7
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…

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8
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
9
Community Credit Lab

To support equitable access to economic opportunities for immigrants, refugees, low-income, marginalized, and underserved communities in king county and the united states.

Human Services
10
The Alliance for Pioneer Square

Neighborhood revitalization and community economic development within the Pioneer Square district of Seattle

Community Improvement
11
Seattle Architectural Foundation

The Seattle Architecture Foundation connects people to the architecture, design, and history of Seattle. We believe the more you engage with design, the more you feel connected to your changing city. As a volunteer driven organization, we…

Arts & Culture
12
Siff

Siff is a seattle-based 501(c)(3) arts nonprofit dedicated to the creation of vibrant experiences and spaces that champion film discovery and arts education.

Youth Development
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Seattle Repertory Theatre; the most unlike its peers is Pomona College. 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

33 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. 33 of the 47 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/33
Grantees still filing
23/33
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NORTHWEST HARVEST EMM: $15,000 · OtherNORTHWEST HARVEST EMMAmerican Civil Liberties Union of Washington: $14,000 · OtherAmerican Civil Liberties Union of Washingt…Individual grant recipient: $13,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientASIAN COUNSELING AND REFERRAL: $12,000 · OtherASIAN COUNSELING AND REFERRALRVFB (RAINIER VALLEY FOOD BANK): $10,000 · OtherRVFB (RAINIER VALLEY FOOD BANK)Individual grant recipient: $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientSEATTLE REPATORY THEATRE: $9,000 · OtherSEATTLE REPATORY THEATREIndividual grant recipient: $9,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientBookit Theatre: $6,000 · OtherINTERNATIONAL WALDENSTROMS FOUNDATION: $6,000 · OtherSEATTLE PUBLIC THEATER: $6,000 · OtherSCT (SEATTLE CHILDREN'S THEATRE): $5,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $5,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $5,000 · OtherFORTERRA NW: $9,000 · OtherFORTERRA NW+5 more: $13,250 · Other+5 moreBrightspark Early Learning Services: $20,000 · Human ServicesBrightspark Early L…EL CENTRO DE LA RAZA: $14,000 · Human ServicesEL CENTRO DE LA RAZ…Refugee Womens Alliance: $14,000 · Human ServicesRefugee Womens Alli…JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $9,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMILY SERVI…FUNDERS TOGETHER TO END HOMELESSNES: $5,250 · Human ServicesFUNDERS TOGETHER TO…ASIAN COUNSELING AND REFERRAL SERVICE: $4,000 · Human ServicesASIAN COUNSELING AN…+1 more: $2,000 · Human ServicesKUOW PUGET SOUND PUBLIC RADIO: $20,000 · Arts & CultureKUOW PUGET SOUND P…A CONTEMPORARY THEATRE INC: $13,000 · Arts & CultureA CONTEMPORARY THE…CASCADE PUBLIC MEDIA: $11,000 · Arts & CultureCASCADE PUBLIC MED…WASHINGTON ENSEMBLE THEATRE: $5,000 · Arts & CultureWASHINGTON ENSEMBL…Town Hall Association: $5,000 · Arts & CultureTown Hall Associat…SEATTLE REPERTORY THEATRE: $5,000 · Arts & CultureSEATTLE REPERTORY …Arts Corps: $4,000 · Arts & CultureArts Corps+1 more: $2,000 · Arts & CultureCOLUMBIA LEGAL SERVICES: $19,000 · Crime & LegalCOLUMBIA LEG…ENDOWMENT FOR EQUAL JUSTICE: $16,000 · Crime & LegalENDOWMENT FO…Northwest Justice Project: $8,000 · Crime & LegalNorthwest Ju…SEATTLE CHILDREN'S THEATRE ASSOCIATION: $15,000 · EducationSEATTLE C…THE COLORADO COLLEGE: $6,000 · EducationTHE COLOR…POMONA COLLEGE: $6,000 · EducationPOMONA CO…KENTUCKY COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · EducationKENTUCKY …NEIGHBORCARE HEALTH: $12,000 · HealthDowntown Emergency Service Center: $9,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $2,000 · HealthLEAGUE OF RESIDENT THEATRES INC: $10,000 · Community ImprovementPIKE PLACE MARKET FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Community Improvement
Other$147,250Human Services$68,250Arts & Culture$65,000Crime & Legal$43,000Education$32,000Health$23,000Community Improvement$15,000

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 budgetBrightspark Early Learning Services: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKUOW PUGET SOUND PUBLIC RADIO: $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOLUMBIA LEGAL SERVICES: $19,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetENDOWMENT FOR EQUAL JUSTICE: $16,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetSEATTLE CHILDREN'S THEATRE ASSOCIATION: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNORTHWEST HARVEST EMM: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEL CENTRO DE LA RAZA: $14,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRefugee Womens Alliance: $14,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Civil Liberties Union of Washington: $14,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetA CONTEMPORARY THEATRE INC: $13,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetNEIGHBORCARE HEALTH: $12,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCASCADE PUBLIC MEDIA: $11,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLEAGUE OF RESIDENT THEATRES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $9,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDowntown Emergency Service Center: $9,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFORTERRA NW: $9,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNorthwest Justice Project: $8,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE COLORADO COLLEGE: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPOMONA COLLEGE: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSEATTLE PUBLIC THEATER: $6,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetFUNDERS TOGETHER TO END HOMELESSNES: $5,250 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetKENTUCKY COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWASHINGTON ENSEMBLE THEATRE: $5,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetPIKE PLACE MARKET FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTown Hall Association: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSEATTLE REPERTORY THEATRE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetASIAN COUNSELING AND REFERRAL SERVICE: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetArts Corps: $4,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Civil Liberties Union of Washington Found: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetElizabeth Home: $2,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Williams Project: $2,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTHE MT BAKER COMMUNITY CLUB: $1,250 over 3y, 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.

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 FoundationPuget Sound Energy Fo…Grousemont FoundationThe Norcliffe Foundat…Real Progress Foundat…United Way of King Co…Mightycause Charitabl…Gates FoundationRaikes FoundationArtsfundGarneau Nicon Family …Moccasin Lake Foundat…
Seattle FoundationWA38.9× affinity19 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Seattle Foundation · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Grousemont Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · Real Progress Foundation · United Way of King County · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Gates Foundation · Raikes Foundation · Artsfund · Garneau Nicon Family Foundation · Moccasin Lake 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 Block-Leavitt Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Block-Leavitt Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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 47 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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