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Brad and Danielle Tilden Family Foundation (C/O Kovark & Kim Pllc)

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.

$1.3M
Granted FY2025still arriving
18
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$1.0M
Largest
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Youth Development$3.3MEducation$1.5MPhilanthropy$185kPublic Safety & Disaster$125kArts & Culture$125kHealth$105kRecreation & Sports$48kHuman Services$36kOther$0
02FY2025 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k6 grants · $22k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $248k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
  • $250k+1 grant · $1.0M
$25,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$7.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA FOUNDATION$1,027,047
UW BANKS ENDOWED CHAIR$50,000
SCOUTING AMERICA GREAT AL$40,000
BREAKING BOUNDARIES$35,600
HIGHLINE SCHOOLS FOUNDATION$35,000
JOSHUA P WILLIAMS FOUNDATION$27,540
MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY FOUNDATION$25,000
HIGH DESERT MUSEUM$25,000
Individual grant recipient$25,000
THOMPSON-TANSKY FUND$15,000
THE HUFFMAN FOUNDATION$10,000
THE DESERT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$10,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
GREAT RIVERS COUNCIL$5,000
HIGHLINE HERITAGE MUSEUM$5,000
02The need
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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 (FY22–25, $43k) 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%RISE UP ACADEMY: $15k → 9%JOSHUA P WILLIAMS FOUNDATION: $28k → 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

AK
WA
OR
CA
MO
MD
NC
DC
AL
TX
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.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.9M · 14 repeat orgs$765k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +36% since the first grant, against +23% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
14

Total granted

$4.9M
$605k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+36%
+23%

Still filing today

50%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $160k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationPhilanthropyArts & CultureHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsPublic Safety & DisasterOther
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

  • PL
    Pacific Lutheran University
    5× · 2018–2023 · $550k · revenue +5%
  • HS
    HIGHLINE SCHOOLS FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE
    7× · 2018–2025 · $505k · revenue +134%
  • TA
    THE AOPA FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2019–2020 · $125k · revenue +90%

Funded once

  • TF
    TEACH FOR AMERICA
    one grant, 2020 · $151k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2020 · $100k
  • MO
    MUSEUM OF FLIGHT FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $70k · revenue +307%
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
Portland State University Foundation

Portland state university foundation is responsible for raising and managing private resources to advance psu's priorities and mission to be a leading urban university.

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2
Washington State University Foundation

The mission of the Foundation is to promote, accept, and maximize private support for programs, initiatives, and properties of Washington State University and its regional campuses. The Foundation also prudently manages, invests, and…

Education
3
Peninsula College Foundation

Creating access, excellence and success for the peninsula college community by providing funds for students and programs.

Philanthropy
4
Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences

Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences educates and trains health care professionals emphasizing service among rural and medically under-served communities throughout the Northwest.

Education
5
The Seattle Academy of Arts & Sciences

Seattle academy is a dynamic community that challenges students to question, imagine, and create in order to contribute to a changing world.

Education
6
Pacific University

A diverse and sustainable learning community dedicated to discovery and excellence in teaching, scholarship and practice, pacific university inspires students to think, care, create and pursue justice in our world.

Education
7
Association of Washington Cities

The association of washington cities builds connections between our state's diverse cities and towns, while providing our members with the support needed to thrive through delivery of data-driven education, nationally recognized pooling…

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8
Great Peninsula Conservancy

Preserve in perpetuity the natural habitats, rural landscapes, and open spaces of the great peninsula of washington's puget sound.

Environment
9
Fsc I&P

Fsc i&p promotes environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial, and economically viable management of the world's forests. this mission aligns with the forest stewardship council (fsc), its network of offices, and other organizations.…

Philanthropy
10
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
11
Independent Colleges of Washington

Independent colleges of washington is the leading advocate for not-for-profit, private campuses in washington state.

Education
12
Aquarium of the Pacific Corporation

The aquarium of the pacific's mission is to instill a sense of wonder, respect, and stewardship for the pacific ocean, its inhabitants, and ecosystems.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Seattle Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Seattle University. 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

19 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. 19 of the 41 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/19
Grantees still filing
14/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA FOUNDATION: $3,172,047 · OtherBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA FOUNDATIONTEACH FOR AMERICA: $150,592 · Other+26 more: $837,100 · Other+26 morePacific Lutheran University: $550,000 · EducationPacific Lut…YEAR UP INC: $25,000 · EducationCollege Success Foundation: $20,000 · EducationHIGHLINE SCHOOLS FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE: $505,000 · PhilanthropyHIGHLINE SC…UNITED WAY OF KING COUNTY: $25,000 · PhilanthropySEATTLE FOUNDATION: $25,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $10,000 · PhilanthropyTHE AOPA FOUNDATION INC: $125,000 · Public Safety & DisasterMUSEUM OF FLIGHT FOUNDATION: $69,829 · Arts & CultureHIGH DESERT MUSEUM: $50,000 · Arts & CultureMYOTONIC DYSTROPHY FOUNDATION INC: $70,000 · HealthTHE JOSHUA P WILLIAMS FOUNDATION: $27,540 · Human ServicesRISE UP ACADEMY: $15,000 · Human Services
Other$4,159,739Education$595,000Philanthropy$565,000Public Safety & Disaster$125,000Arts & Culture$119,829Health$70,000Human Services$42,540

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 budgetPacific Lutheran University: $550,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHIGHLINE SCHOOLS FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE: $505,000 over 7y, 8.9% of budgetTHE AOPA FOUNDATION INC: $125,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetMYOTONIC DYSTROPHY FOUNDATION INC: $70,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetMUSEUM OF FLIGHT FOUNDATION: $69,829 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSEATTLE UNIVERSITY: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHIGH DESERT MUSEUM: $50,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetISLANDWOOD: $40,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetFRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER: $35,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF KING COUNTY: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYEAR UP INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSEATTLE FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOREGON ADAPTIVE SPORTS: $20,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetCollege Success Foundation: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRISE UP ACADEMY: $15,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetDESERT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHIGHLINE HERITAGE MUSEUM: $5,000 over 1y, 1.7% 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 Pacific Lutheran University ↗
  • Who funds HIGHLINE SCHOOLS FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE ↗
  • Who funds THE AOPA FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MUSEUM OF FLIGHT FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SEATTLE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds HIGH DESERT MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds ISLANDWOOD ↗
  • Who funds FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER ↗
  • Who funds THE JOSHUA P WILLIAMS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF KING COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds YEAR UP INC ↗
  • Who funds SEATTLE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds OREGON ADAPTIVE SPORTS ↗
  • Who funds College Success Foundation ↗
  • Who funds RISE UP ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds DESERT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HIGHLINE HERITAGE MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds PACIFIC CREST COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA ↗

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 FoundationWA16.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Seattle Foundation · Credit Unions in the State of Washington · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Brad and Danielle Tilden Family Foundation (C/O Kovark & Kim Pllc) funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Brad and Danielle Tilden Family Foundation (C/O Kovark & Kim Pllc). Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • High Desert Museum: 11% of income from government
  • Year Up Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
6report 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.
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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 41 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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