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Clark Family Legacy Foundation at a glance

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Clark Family Legacy 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.

$3k
Granted FY2024still arriving
1
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$3k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$1.2MHuman Services$288kArts & Culture$103kPhilanthropy$30kCommunity Improvement$25kYouth Development$18kReligion$16kRecreation & Sports$13kOther$0
02FY2024 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$5k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PONTIFICAL INSTITUTE OF RELIGIOUS TEACHERS FILIPPINI$2,500
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 (FY17–21, $289k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%RITTER CENTER: $5k → 8%RIP MEDICAL DEBT: $1k → 9%SOUND GENERATIONS: $25k → 9%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF SEATTLE: $1k → 9%OVERLAKE SERVICE LEAGUE: $1k → 9%VISION HOUSE: $3k → 9%BELLEVUE LIFESPRING: $250 → 9%THE POTATO SOUP FOUNDATION: $124k → 9%THE POTATO SOUP FOUNDATION: $91k → 9%THE POTATO SOUP FOUNDATION: $21k → 9%THE POTATO SOUP FOUNDATION: $10k → 9%THE POTATO SOUP FOUNDATION: $7k → 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
IL
WI
NY
MA
OR
PA
NJ
CA
MO
DC
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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.5M · 14 repeat orgs$203k to everyone else

14 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 13 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
30

Total granted

$1.5M
$203k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+59%

Still filing today

64%
63%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 ServicesYouth DevelopmentEducationHealthCommunity ImprovementAnimalsOther
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

  • ST
    ST THOMAS SCHOOL
    5× · 2018–2023 · $812k · revenue +17%
  • SIFF
    2× · 2018–2019 · $103k · revenue +61%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION
    2× · 2019–2020 · $90k · revenue +28%

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
    one grant, 2017 · $70k
  • SG
    SOUND GENERATIONS
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue +14%
  • PP
    PIKE PLACE MARKET FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue +40%
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
Seattle Children's Foundation

Seattle children's foundation exists to improve the quality of health care services to infants, children, and adolescents through contributions to organizations providing health care services, research and education.

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2
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation

To engage and catalyze global seafood supply chains in rebuilding depleted fish stocks and reducing the environmental impacts of fishing and fish farming.

Animals
3
The Humane Society for Seattleking County

Seattle humane promotes the human-animal bond by saving and serving pets in need, regardless of age, ability, circumstance or geography.

Animals
4
Seattle Children's Guild Association

Seattle children's guild association advocates for seattle children's hospital through volunteer, philanthropic and community endeavors to ensure hope, excellent care and advanced cures for children.

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5
Seattle Children's Hospital

Seattle children's hospital (seattle children's) will be an innovative leader in pediatric health and wellness through our unsurpassed quality, clinical care, relentless spirit of inquiry, and compassion for all children and their…

Health
6
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
7
Shield of Faith Missions

Sof is called to empower warriors to find purpose, be resilient, and live well. we develop and provide customized treatment plans for veterans through our national network of partners.

Religion
8
Perigee Fund

Our mission is to shift policies and systems to increasingly value and embed supports for caregiver and infant mental health in the places where families are during pregnancy and early childhood. perigee is organized & operated as a…

Health
9
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
10
Internet Society Foundation

At the internet society foundation, we focus on funding initiatives that strengthen the internet in function and reach so that it can effectively serve all people. our work advances the vision of the internet society (isoc): the internet…

International
11
Jewish Family and Children's Service of Minneapolis

Jewish family and children's service of minneapolis provides essential services to people of all ages and backgrounds to sustain healthy relationships, ease suffering and offer support in times of need.

Human Services
12
Seattle International Soccer Local Organizing Committee

Seattle international soccer local organizing committee exists to use the incredible platform of soccer (including the 2026 fifa world cup(tm)) to enrich and enhance the lives of everyone who visits or lives in the state of washington and…

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Seattle Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Dorvin & Betty Leis Family Charities Inc. 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

29 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. 29 of the 45 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)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/29
Grantees still filing
20/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST THOMAS SCHOOL: $812,000 · EducationST THOMAS SCHOOLUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION: $90,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION+1 more: $11,500 · EducationEASTSIDE CATHOLIC SCHOOL: $200,000 · OtherEASTSIDE CATHOLIC SCHO…UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON: $70,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGT…PONTIFICAL INSTITUTE OF RELIGIOUS TEACHERS FILIPPINI: $12,500 · Other+21 more: $57,150 · Other+21 morePOTATO SOUP FOUNDATION: $252,267 · Human ServicesPOTATO SOUP FOUNDAT…SOUND GENERATIONS: $25,000 · Human ServicesSOUND GENERATIONS+7 more: $19,750 · Human Services+7 moreSIFF: $102,500 · Youth DevelopmentSINCERELY ROYAL FOUNDATION: $9,080 · Youth DevelopmentJUST IN TIME FOR FOSTER YOUTH: $5,000 · Youth Development+2 more: $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentSEATTLE FOUNDATION: $28,200 · PhilanthropyDORVIN & BETTY LEIS FAMILY CHARITIES INC: $2,000 · PhilanthropyPIKE PLACE MARKET FOUNDATION: $25,000 · Community ImprovementWE CHARITY WILLIAM C MORAN & ASSOC PC: $10,000 · International
Education$913,500Other$339,650Human Services$297,017Youth Development$121,580Philanthropy$30,200Community Improvement$25,000International$10,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetST THOMAS SCHOOL: $812,000 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetPOTATO SOUP FOUNDATION: $252,267 over 5y, 45% of budgetSIFF: $102,500 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION: $90,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSEATTLE FOUNDATION: $28,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSOUND GENERATIONS: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPIKE PLACE MARKET FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetSawhorse Revolution: $11,500 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetWE CHARITY WILLIAM C MORAN & ASSOC PC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSINCERELY ROYAL FOUNDATION: $9,080 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetJUST IN TIME FOR FOSTER YOUTH: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEverstrong Prevention: $3,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetKITCHENS FOR GOOD: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVISION HOUSE: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDORVIN & BETTY LEIS FAMILY CHARITIES INC: $2,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOVERLAKE SERVICE LEAGUE: $1,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLENNY WILKENS FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHRISTIAN LEAGUE FOR THE HANDICAPPED DBA INSPIRATION MINISTRIES: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF METRO LOS ANGELES: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHARE OUR STRENGTH: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE OCEAN CLEANUP FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDICAL DEBT RESOLUTION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% 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 FoundationThe Norcliffe Foundat…Puget Sound Energy Fo…Lucky Seven FoundationUnited Way of King Co…M J Murdock Charitabl…The Albertsons Compan…Garneau Nicon Family …Apex FoundationMoccasin Lake Foundat…Medina FoundationGlassybaby White Ligh…
Seattle FoundationWA26.5× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Seattle Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Lucky Seven Foundation · United Way of King County · M J Murdock Charitable Trust · The Albertsons Companies Foundation · Garneau Nicon Family Foundation · Apex Foundation · Moccasin Lake Foundation · Medina Foundation · Glassybaby White Light Fund

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 Clark Family Legacy Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Clark Family Legacy Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%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
    0get no government money at all
    11report 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.
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    How do I get to Clark Family Legacy Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Clark Family Legacy 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 45 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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