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Chas Health Foundation

The mission of the CHAS HEALTH FOUNDATION is to promote healthy communities by strategically investing in patients, partners, and programs that support overall wellbeing.

$1.2M
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$90k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.

Health$138kEducation$67kFood & Nutrition$27kHuman Services$26kPhilanthropy$10kYouth Development$8k
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 4 grants below total $120,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,212,493 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $1,092,493 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 · FY2025

  • $10k–50k3 grants · $30k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $90k
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$3.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COMMUNITY HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF SPOKANE$90,000
LEWIS-CLARK STATE COLLEGE$10,000
SPOKANE COLLEGES FOUNDATION$10,000
EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$10,000
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 (FY24–24, $8k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%Partners Inland Northwest: $8k → 12%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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

58%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$226k · 6 repeat orgs$160k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +75% since the first grant, against +19% for those funded once.

6 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
7

Total granted

$226k
$60k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+75%
+19%

Still filing today

67%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 17% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100k went to new ones.

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

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

’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHealthFood & NutritionPhilanthropyCrime & LegalHuman ServicesOther
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

  • Community Health Association of Spokane
    3× · 2021–2023 · $121k · revenue +75%
  • SH
    SECOND HARVEST INLAND NORTHWEST
    2× · 2023–2024 · $27k · revenue +11%
  • SC
    SPOKANE COLLEGES FOUNDATION
    2× · 2024–2025 · $20k · revenue +136%

Funded once

  • I
    INVESTEDgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $11k · revenue +168%
  • VB
    VANESSA BEHAN
    one grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue 0%
  • UO
    University of Idaho Foundation Inc
    one grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue +19%
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
Innovation Spokane Schools

To prepare a diverse range of students for a life of learning in post-secondary education, citizenship, and leadership.

Education
2
Community Foundation of Snohomish County

The Community Foundation of Snohomish County (the Foundation) is a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization incorporated under the laws of the State of Washington. The Foundation serves as a community foundation, supporting a broad spectrum of…

Philanthropy
3
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
4
Foundation for the Seattle Colleges

The Foundation for the Seattle Colleges exists to advance fundraising efforts for the Seattle Community College District. We seek to attract financial resources which support students so they may be successful; maintain the quality and…

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5
Spokane Parks Foundation

The Spokane Parks Foundation cultivates the health, growth, and continued enjoyment of our communities by inspiring giving and passion for our parks.

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6
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
7
Central Washington University Foundation

In partnership with cwu and our donors, our mission is to transform the lives of current and future generations of students by developing and stewarding resources that provide access, opportunity, and hope.

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8
United Way of Spokane County

The mission of Spokane County United Way is to mobilize our community resources to create measurable results that improve the lives of the people living in our community and advance the idea of the common good. (Continued on Schedule O)Our…

Philanthropy
9
Independent Colleges of Washington

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

Education
10
Emergency Medical Services at the University of Washington
Health
11
Central Washington Health Services Association

Local care by and for our community.

Health
12
Second Harvest Inland Northwest Foundation

The foundation is dedicated to supporting the mission of second harvest inland northwest, the nonprofit hunger solution center based in spokane, washington.

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Communities in Schools of Spokane County; the most unlike its peers is Mshh Donor Closet. 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

14 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. 14 of the 16 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)
14/14
Grantees still filing
8/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Community Health Association of Spokane: $120,986 · HealthCommunity Health Association of SpokaneCHAS Health Foundation: $90,000 · HealthCHAS Health FoundationMSHH DONOR CLOSET: $17,250 · HealthMSHH DONOR CLOSETSPOKANE COLLEGES FOUNDATION: $20,000 · EducationSPOKANE COLLEGE…Eastern Washington University Foundation: $10,000 · EducationEastern Washing…University of Idaho Foundation Inc: $10,000 · EducationUniversity of I…Teen Closet: $7,500 · EducationTeen ClosetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF SPOKANE COUNTY: $6,000 · EducationCOMMUNITIES IN …LEWIS-CLARK STATE COLLEGE: $20,000 · OtherLEWIS-CLARK S…EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $20,000 · OtherEASTERN WASHI…TWIN COUNTY UNITED WAY INC: $7,500 · OtherTWIN COUNTY U…SECOND HARVEST INLAND NORTHWEST: $27,270 · Food & NutritionINVESTED: $11,000 · PhilanthropyInnovia Foundation: $10,000 · PhilanthropyVANESSA BEHAN: $10,000 · Crime & LegalPARTNERS INLAND NORTHWEST: $8,000 · Human Services
Health$228,236Education$53,500Other$47,500Food & Nutrition$27,270Philanthropy$21,000Crime & Legal$10,000Human Services$8,000

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 budgetCommunity Health Association of Spokane: $120,986 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCHAS Health Foundation: $90,000 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetSECOND HARVEST INLAND NORTHWEST: $27,270 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSPOKANE COLLEGES FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMSHH DONOR CLOSET: $17,250 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetINVESTED: $11,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetVANESSA BEHAN: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetEastern Washington University Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Idaho Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInnovia Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARTNERS INLAND NORTHWEST: $8,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTWIN COUNTY UNITED WAY INC: $7,500 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetTeen Closet: $7,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF SPOKANE COUNTY: $6,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

The Avista FoundationInnovia FoundationFirst Interstate Banc…Women Helping Women F…Numerica Credit UnionProject Beauty ShareMulticare Health Syst…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Avista FoundationWA21.8× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Avista Foundation · Innovia Foundation · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · Women Helping Women Fund · Numerica Credit Union · Project Beauty Share · Multicare Health System · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Chas Health Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Chas Health Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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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    How do I get to Chas Health Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Chas Health 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.

    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 16 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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