Washington · Public charity
Communities Rise
Communities Rise fosters movements to build power in communities impacted by systemic oppression. To create an equitable system, we pursue cross-sector collaboration, and provide capacity building and legal services for community organizations and microenterprises.
- $56k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2024
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 59%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $8,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $8,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 17
- FY2021 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $3.0M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 59% of the organizations Communities Rise funded were first-time grantees, receiving 32% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $65k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 7 | $56k | 71% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $204k | 59% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $361k | 58% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $225k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Byrd Barr Place | $155,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Rvc Seattle | $123,200 | 3 | 0% |
| Potlatch Fund | $115,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Latino Community Fund of Washington State | $115,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Center for Ethical Leadership | $115,000 | 3 | 47% |
| Puget Sound Sage | $40,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Northwest Film Forum | $16,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Casa Surya Healings | $15,150 | 2 | 8% |
| Cierra Sisters | $15,000 | 2 | 3% |
| West Hill Community Association | $15,000 | 2 | 11% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Byrd Barr Place | $155,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Rvc Seattle | $123,200 | 3 | 0% |
| Potlatch Fund | $115,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Latino Community Fund of Washington State | $115,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Center for Ethical Leadership | $115,000 | 3 | 47% |
| Puget Sound Sage | $40,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Northwest Film Forum | $16,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Casa Surya Healings | $15,150 | 2 | 8% |
| Cierra Sisters | $15,000 | 2 | 3% |
| West Hill Community Association | $15,000 | 2 | 11% |
| The Vera Project | $8,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Skyway Tutoring & Rop | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pan African Community Services | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| A Sacred Passing | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Jubilee House Ministries | $8,000 | 1 | 28% |
| Medhane-Alem Community Services | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Drivers Solidarity and Resource Center | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Yarrow Project | $7,733 | 1 | n/a |
| Fiscal Sponsorship Allies Inc | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Village of Hope | $7,000 | 1 | 4% |
| House of Hope 360 | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Khmer Community of Seattle King County | $7,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Bighug | $6,135 | 1 | 11% |
| Indian American Community Services | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Global Social Business Partners | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Vc Bynum Arts & Education | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Essentials First | $6,000 | 1 | 1% |
Where it is load-bearing
Communities Rise supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 18 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Seattle Foundation · Philanthropy Northwest · Inatai Foundation · The Satterberg Foundation Inc · Social Justice Fund Northwest · Proteus Fund Inc · United Way of King County · Artsfund · Washington State Microenterprise Association · Northwest Area Foundation · Credit Unions in the State of Washington · Gates Foundation
How this is measured
About Communities Rise
- How much does Communities Rise give?
- Communities Rise reported 7 grants totaling $56,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 17 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
- What does Communities Rise fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (35%), Community Improvement (17%), Philanthropy (16%).
- Who are Communities Rise's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2024: Byrd Barr Place ($155k), Rvc Seattle ($123k), Potlatch Fund ($115k).
- Does Communities Rise fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 59% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Communities Rise?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Seattle Foundation, Philanthropy Northwest, Inatai Foundation.
- Where is Communities Rise based?
- Communities Rise is based in WA.
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