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Building Changes

BUILDING CHANGES advances equitable responses to homelessness in washington state, with a focus on children, youth, and families.

$5.4M
Granted FY2024still arriving
29
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$835k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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.

Housing & Shelter$20MYouth Development$4.7MHuman Services$4.3MInternational$3.2MCommunity Improvement$2.6MEducation$2.1MHealth$1.9MCivil Rights$230kOther$0
02FY2024 · 29 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 29 grants below total $5,202,859, the rows itemized in this filing. The $5,369,526 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $166,667 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k7 grants · $42k
  • $50k–250k18 grants · $3.0M
  • $250k+4 grants · $2.2M
$167,400
Median grant
2
States reached
$7.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AFRICATOWN INTERNATIONAL$834,799
PANORAMA GLOBAL$685,615
COMPREHENSIVE MENTAL HEALTH OF TACOMA - PIERCE COUNTY$343,692
MOTHER NATION$334,500
FREEDOM PROJECT$222,761
VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA OF EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN IDAHO$220,395
COUNCIL FOR THE HOMELESS$208,867
TOGETHER$191,767
TRIUMPH TEEN LIFE CENTER$189,476
MUJERES IN ACTION$183,328
YAKIMA NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH SERVICES$181,500
FYRE (FOUNDATION FOR YOUTH RESILIENCY AND ENGAGEMENT)$180,092
READINESS TO LEARN$176,905
NEW AMERICANS ALLIANCE FOR POLICY AND RESEARCH$175,333
SECOND CHANCE OUTREACH$167,400
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 (FY17–24, $6.3M) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 29% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%RYAN'S HOUSE FOR YOUTH: $20k → 7%INNOVATIONS HUMAN TRAFFICKING COLLABORATIVE: $20k → 9%COFFEE OASIS: $342k → 10%NORTHWEST YOUTH SERVICES: $600k → 12%ROOM ONE: $20k → 17%CHAPIN HALL CENTER FOR CHILDREN: $106k → 14%NORTHWEST YOUTH SERVICES: $135k → 12%MUJERES IN ACTION: $183k → 12%NORTHWEST YOUTH SERVICES: $135k → 12%SKAGIT VALLEY FAMILY YMCA: $20k → 11%NORTHWEST YOUTH SERVICES: $135k → 12%Westside Baby: $20k → 9%MULTICULTURAL CHILD AND FAMILY HOPE CENTER: $54k → 9%TACOMA COMMUNITY HOUSE: $40k → 9%NORTHWEST YOUTH SERVICES: $20k → 12%MARY'S PLACE: $20k → 9%Helping Hands Project Organization: $65k → 9%TACOMA URBAN LEAGUE: $20k → 9%Helping Hands Project Organization: $20k → 9%MULTICULTURAL CHILD AND FAMILY HOPE CENTER: $20k → 9%Family Promise of Skagit Valley: $20k → 11%Helping Hands Project Organization: $20k → 9%THE MOORE WRIGHT GROUP: $20k → 9%YMCA OF PIERCE AND KITSAP COUNTIES: $20k → 9%Washington Kids in Transition: $20k → 9%WASHINGTON KIDS IN TRANSITION - EVERETT DIVISION: $20k → 9%SECOND CHANCE OUTREACH: $167k → 9%Bethel Community Services: $20k → 9%CATHOLIC COMMUNITY SERVICES OF WESTERN WA: $460k → 9%CATHOLIC COMMUNITY SERVICES OF WESTERN WA: $411k → 9%MOTHER NATION: $335k → 9%CATHOLIC COMMUNITY SERVICES OF WESTERN WA: $400k → 9%MOTHER NATION: $320k → 9%MOTHER NATION: $193k → 9%CATHOLIC COMMUNITY SERVICES OF WESTERN WA: $40k → 9%MOTHER NATION: $152k → 9%NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $20k → 9%Neighborhood House: $20k → 9%KOREAN WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION: $84k → 9%THE NEW SCHOOL AT CHAMBERS BAY: $20k → 9%AFGHAN HEALTH INITIATIVE: $20k → 9%Abundance of Hope Center: $20k → 9%NEW AMERICANS ALLIANCE FOR POLICY AND RESEARCH: $175k → 9%THE SILENT TASK FORCE: $167k → 9%CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB: $320k → 9%YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER SEATTLE: $158k → 9%YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER SEATTLE: $150k → 9%SHARE AND CARE HOUSE: $40k → 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 12% of Building Changes’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 100% of the giving stays in WA; by stated purpose, 90%.

Building Changeslessmore 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.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$32M · 72 repeat orgs$6.7M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +67% since the first grant, against +36% for those funded once.

72 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2024, 55 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

72
156

Total granted

$32M
$5.5M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+67%
+36%

Still filing today

81%
62%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.2M 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 ServicesEducationHousing & ShelterHealthYouth DevelopmentCommunity 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

  • AI
    AFRICATOWN INTERNATIONAL
    5× · 2018–2024 · $4.9M · revenue +139% · 89% of their budget
  • CC
    CATHOLIC COMMUNITY SERVICES OF WESTERN WASHINGTON
    3× · 2017–2020 · $1.3M · revenue +105%
  • PG
    PANORAMA GLOBAL
    2× · 2023–2024 · $1.2M · revenue +38%

Funded once

  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF PIERCE COUNTY
    one grant, 2017 · $623k · revenue -10%
  • IC
    INTERIM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $500k · revenue +101%
  • SI
    SEATTLE INDIAN HEALTH BOARDgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $500k · revenue +191%
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
Young Women's Christian Association of Bellingham

YWCA Bellingham is part of a national network of programs with the shared mission of eliminating racism, empowering women, and promoting peace, justice, and freedom for all.

Human Services
2
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…

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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
Network Services

Network services has been serving homeless families in the puget sound area since 1990, with a focus on families with children. network services aims to break the cycle of homelessness by providing assistance to families with children to…

Human Services
5
Transitions

Transitions works to end poverty and homelessness for women and children in Spokane, Washington.

Human Services
6
Family Promise of Pierce County

To empower families experiencing housing insecurity through intervention, prevention,and stabilization services.

Housing & Shelter
7
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
8
Southwest Youth and Family Services

SWYFS partners with youth and families to transform their futures.

Human Services
9
Family Promise of Cowlitz County

To help families with children in our community who are situationally homeless achieve sustainable independence through a community based response by providing temporary housing, usually 60-90 days, along with case management.

Human Services
10
Recovery Cafe Skagit

Provide a safe, healing, and restorative community that empowers long-term transformation through human connection for those recovering from the trauma of homelessness, addictions, and mental health challenges.

Education
11
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
12
Northwest Fair Housing Alliance

The mission of the Northwest Fair Housing Alliance is to eliminate housing discrimination and to ensure equal housing opportunity for the people of Washington State through education, counseling and advocacy.

Civil Rights
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Catholic Charities of Spokane; the most unlike its peers is DARE2BE Project. 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

171 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. 171 of the 242 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.

9
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
56
Early backer (in before they grew)
166/171
Grantees still filing
124/171
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

KING COUNTY REGIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITY: $5,618,193 · OtherKING COUNTY REGIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITYSNOHOMISH HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT: $1,303,042 · OtherSNOHOMISH HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENTSamish Indian Nation: $1,010,000 · OtherSamish Indian NationCOWLITZ INDIAN TRIBE: $850,000 · OtherCOWLITZ INDIAN TRIBEFOUNDATION FOR YOUTH RESILIENCY AND ENGA: $540,120 · OtherShelton Family Center: $630,000 · Other+108 more: $5,905,143 · Other+108 moreCATHOLIC COMMUNITY SERVICES OF WESTERN WASHINGTON: $1,321,048 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC COMMUNITY SERV…NORTHWEST YOUTH SERVICES: $1,034,580 · Human ServicesNORTHWEST YOUTH SERVICE…Mother Nation: $1,009,575 · Human ServicesMother NationTacoma Community House: $723,958 · Human ServicesTacoma Community HouseCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SPOKANE: $671,879 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF S…THE COFFEE OASIS: $352,091 · Human ServicesCHIEF SEATTLE CLUB: $349,575 · Human ServicesTHE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER SEATTLE (6871): $339,982 · Human Services+39 more: $2,124,564 · Human Services+39 moreAFRICATOWN INTERNATIONAL: $4,942,512 · Community ImprovementAFRICATOWN INTER…INTERIM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION: $500,000 · Community ImprovementINTERIM COMMUNIT…+5 more: $177,110 · Community ImprovementBUILDING CHANGES: $1,679,710 · HealthBUILDING CHAN…YAKIMA NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH SERVICES: $995,271 · HealthYAKIMA NEIGHB…TOGETHER: $595,300 · HealthTOGETHERCOMPREHENSIVE MENTAL HEALTH CENTER OF TACOMA-PIERCE COUNTY: $569,473 · HealthCOMPREHENSIVE…SEATTLE INDIAN HEALTH BOARD: $500,000 · HealthSEATTLE INDIA…QUALITY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH: $310,000 · HealthQUALITY BEHAV…+4 more: $126,750 · HealthCOUNCIL FOR THE HOMELESS: $1,072,232 · Housing & ShelterSERENITY HOUSE OF CLALLAM COUNTY: $572,857 · Housing & ShelterPOS PORT OF SUPPORT & PATHWAYZ TO SUCCESS: $240,000 · Housing & ShelterHELPING HAND HOUSE: $174,812 · Housing & ShelterTHE RESCUE MISSION: $128,640 · Housing & Shelter+9 more: $190,000 · Housing & ShelterPANORAMA GLOBAL: $1,185,615 · International+1 more: $15,460 · InternationalUNITED WAY OF PIERCE COUNTY: $623,328 · PhilanthropyBLUE MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $193,483 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF KING COUNTY: $120,000 · PhilanthropyCommunity Foundation of Snohomish County: $100,000 · Philanthropy+2 more: $51,750 · Philanthropy
Other$15,856,498Human Services$7,927,252Community Improvement$5,619,622Health$4,776,504Housing & Shelter$2,378,541International$1,201,075Philanthropy$1,088,561

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$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAFRICATOWN INTERNATIONAL: $4,942,512 over 5y, 89% of budgetBUILDING CHANGES: $1,679,710 over 2y, 12% of budgetCATHOLIC COMMUNITY SERVICES OF WESTERN WASHINGTON: $1,321,048 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetPANORAMA GLOBAL: $1,185,615 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetCOUNCIL FOR THE HOMELESS: $1,072,232 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetNORTHWEST YOUTH SERVICES: $1,034,580 over 5y, 17% of budgetMother Nation: $1,009,575 over 5y, 9.5% of budgetYAKIMA NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH SERVICES: $995,271 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetTacoma Community House: $723,958 over 2y, 7.8% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SPOKANE: $671,879 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetShelton Family Center: $630,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetTOGETHER: $595,300 over 4y, 7.0% of budgetSERENITY HOUSE OF CLALLAM COUNTY: $572,857 over 3y, 18% of budgetCOMPREHENSIVE MENTAL HEALTH CENTER OF TACOMA-PIERCE COUNTY: $569,473 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR YOUTH RESILIENCY AND ENGA: $540,120 over 3y, 25% of budgetINTERIM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION: $500,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetFREEDOM PROJECT: $500,000 over 4y, 6.3% of budgetSEATTLE INDIAN HEALTH BOARD: $500,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetTHE COFFEE OASIS: $352,091 over 2y, 11% of budgetCHIEF SEATTLE CLUB: $349,575 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetTHE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER SEATTLE (6871): $339,982 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetQUALITY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH: $310,000 over 2y, 7.0% of budgetPOS PORT OF SUPPORT & PATHWAYZ TO SUCCESS: $240,000 over 2y, 89% of budgetReadiness To Learn: $221,719 over 3y, 34% of budgetMULTI-SERVICE CENTER: $215,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetSHARE: $200,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetBLUE MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $193,483 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetTRIUMPH TEEN LIFE CENTER: $189,476 over 1y, 29% of budgetMIA MUJERES IN ACTION: $183,328 over 1y, 10% of budgetCommunities of Color Coalition: $179,900 over 1y, 19% of budgetNEW AMERICANS ALLIANCE FOR POLICY AND RE: $175,333 over 1y, 25% of budgetHELPING HAND HOUSE: $174,812 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetSecond Chance Outreach Hope for Homies: $167,400 over 1y, 13% of budgetThe Silent Task Force: $166,680 over 1y, 15% of budgetLASA: $145,395 over 2y, 13% of budgetTHE RESCUE MISSION: $128,640 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetHELPING HANDS PROJECT ORGANIZATION: $122,688 over 2y, 10% of budgetUNITED WAY OF KING COUNTY: $120,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCHAPIN HALL CENTER FOR CHILDREN: $106,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTACOMA MINISTERIAL ALLIANCE: $101,595 over 2y, 38% of budgetCommunity Foundation of Snohomish County: $100,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetMULTICULTURAL CHILD AND FAMILY HOPE CENTER: $96,231 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetMETROPOLITAN DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL: $88,110 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetKOREAN WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION: $84,320 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFINANCIAL SERVICES COALITION- % REGUS BUSINESS CENTER: $80,000 over 2y, 26% of budgetAlliance for Education: $73,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetSOUTHEAST YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICES: $71,750 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetWAKULIMA USA: $60,000 over 2y, 17% 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.

School's Out Washingt…Medina FoundationPuget Sound Energy Fo…Seattle FoundationInatai FoundationPhilanthropy NorthwestThe Norcliffe Foundat…United Way of King Co…Northwest Harvest EmmGreater Tacoma Commun…Credit Unions in the …Lucky Seven Foundation
School's Out WashingtonWA129.1× affinity76 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: School's Out Washington · Medina Foundation · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Seattle Foundation · Inatai Foundation · Philanthropy Northwest · The Norcliffe Foundation · United Way of King County · Northwest Harvest Emm · Greater Tacoma Community Foundation · Credit Unions in the State of Washington · Lucky Seven 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 Building Changes funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Building Changes. 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
    81report 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.

    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 242 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 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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