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Community Building Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$9k
Granted FY2024still arriving
4
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.

Human Services$58kCommunity Improvement$45kArts & Culture$29kEnvironment$24kCrime & Legal$19kCivil Rights$18kEducation$16kYouth Development$16kOther$0
02FY2024 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
INNOVIA FOUNDATION - PRIORITY SPOKANE$2,500
COMPASSIONATE ADDICTION TREATMENT$2,000
GREATER SPOKANE PROGRESS$2,000
BLUEPRINTS FOR LEARNING$2,000
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 (FY17–24, $44k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, 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%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SPOKANE: $2k → 12%SNAP: $500 → 12%SPECTRUM CENTER: $5k → 12%YWCA OF SPOKANE: $23k → 12%REFUGEE CONNECTIONS SPOKANE: $4k → 12%REFUGEE CONNECTIONS SPOKANE: $2k → 12%REFUGEE CONNECTIONS SPOKANE: $2k → 12%REFUGEE CONNECTIONS SPOKANE: $2k → 12%BLUEPRINTS FOR LEARNING: $2k → 12%REFUGEE CONNECTIONS SPOKANE: $2k → 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.

57%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$168k · 22 repeat orgs$124k to everyone else

22 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 19 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
48

Total granted

$168k
$122k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
+56%

Still filing today

64%
31%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k 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 ServicesArts & CultureEnvironmentCommunity ImprovementHousing & ShelterPublic BenefitOther
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

  • PJ
    PEACE & JUSTICE ACTION LEAGUE OF SPOKANE
    5× · 2019–2023 · $16k · revenue +799%
  • RA
    REFUGEE AND IMMIGRANT CONNECTIONS OF SPOKANE
    5× · 2017–2022 · $12k · revenue +745%
  • SR
    SPOKANE RIVERKEEPER
    4× · 2020–2023 · $10k · revenue +124%

Funded once

  • YW
    YOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $23k · revenue +65%
  • SL
    SARANAC LLC
    one grant, 2018 · $9k
  • VC
    VETERANS COMMUNITY RESPONSE
    one grant, 2021 · $5k
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
Spokane River Forum

The Spokane River Forums mission is to create materials, events and activities that promote regional dialogues for sustaining a healthy river system while meeting the needs of a growing population.

Environment
2
Spokane Turbine Center Dba Parkwater Foundation
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3
The Urbanist Fund

Support Public Interest Journalism in Washington State

Public Benefit
4
Iaf Northwest

In 2024, IAF Pacific continued its work of connecting and strengthening broad-based alliances throughout the Pacific region.Through its Building Partnerships for Collaborative Action initiativethe organization supported Indigenous and…

Community Improvement
5
Southwest Washington Center for the Arts
Philanthropy
6
Greater Spokane Action

Greater Spokane Action (GSA) is the political arm of Greater Spokane Progress (GSP), reshaping politics by educating, advocating and mobilizing to establish and strengthen equitable and progressive policies in our community.

Civil Rights
7
Manzanita House

To embrace, equip, and empower immigrants through access to culturally informed essential services, and facilitate covnnections to grow deeper roots and thrive in Spokane.

Arts & Culture
8
Visit Spokane

The mission of Visit Spokane is to help promote economic development for Spokane County through tourism and tourism promotion.

—
9
Northwest Progressive Institute

The Northwest Progressive Institute is a social welfare organization working to raise everyone's equality of life through insightful research and imaginative advocacy. NPI's projects and publications promote policy development based on…

Civil Rights
10
Willapa Bay AiR
Arts & Culture
11
Spark Northwest

Founded in 2001, Spark Northwest accelerates the just transition to clean energy in the Pacific Northwest. Spark Northwest uses two primary strategies: (1) on-the-ground project consulting, focusing on communities with limited financial…

Environment
12
Pacific Northwest Music Project
Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Spokane Alliance; the most unlike its peers is Smith-Barbieri Progressive Fund a Charitable Foundation. 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

35 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. 35 of the 72 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/35
Grantees still filing
23/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

INNOVIA FOUNDATION - PRIORITY SPOKANE: $12,250 · OtherINNOVIA FOUNDATION - PRIORITY SPOKANEPEACE JUSTICE ACTION LEAGUE: $10,150 · OtherPEACE JUSTICE ACTION LEAGUECENTER FOR JUSTICE: $9,200 · OtherCENTER FOR JUSTICESARANAC LLC: $8,732 · OtherSARANAC LLCEASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $8,000 · OtherKYRS: $6,000 · Other+47 more: $107,899 · Other+47 moreYOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $22,500 · Human ServicesYOUNG WOMENS CHR…REFUGEE AND IMMIGRANT CONNECTIONS OF SPOKANE: $12,000 · Human ServicesREFUGEE AND IMMI…Spectrum: $5,000 · Human ServicesSpectrumCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SPOKANE: $2,000 · Human ServicesBLUE PRINTS FOR LEARNING: $2,000 · Human Services+1 more: $500 · Human ServicesPEACE & JUSTICE ACTION LEAGUE OF SPOKANE: $16,000 · Arts & CulturePEACE & JU…Spark Central: $4,000 · Arts & CultureSpark Cent…Carl Maxey Center: $3,000 · Arts & CultureCarl Maxey…Terrain Programs: $2,500 · Arts & CultureTerrain Pr…SPOKANE INTERACTIVE ARTS: $2,000 · Arts & CultureSPOKANE IN…+1 more: $98 · Arts & CultureSPOKANE RIVERKEEPER: $10,250 · EnvironmentSPOKANE R…FUTUREWISE: $9,000 · EnvironmentFUTUREWIS…THE LANDS COUNCIL: $4,550 · EnvironmentTHE LANDS…Greater Spokane Progress: $18,000 · Civil RightsSMITH-BARBIERI PROGRESSIVE FUND A CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $8,240 · Housing & ShelterBuilding Ohana: $2,000 · Housing & ShelterCompassionate Addiction Treatment: $9,000 · Health
Other$162,231Human Services$44,000Arts & Culture$27,598Environment$23,800Civil Rights$18,000Housing & Shelter$10,240Health$9,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetYOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $22,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGreater Spokane Progress: $18,000 over 7y, 4.6% of budgetPEACE & JUSTICE ACTION LEAGUE OF SPOKANE: $16,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetREFUGEE AND IMMIGRANT CONNECTIONS OF SPOKANE: $12,000 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetSPOKANE RIVERKEEPER: $10,250 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetCENTER FOR JUSTICE: $9,200 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetCompassionate Addiction Treatment: $9,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetFUTUREWISE: $9,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetSMITH-BARBIERI PROGRESSIVE FUND A CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $8,240 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetIF YOU COULD SAVE JUST ONE: $5,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetSpectrum: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE LANDS COUNCIL: $4,550 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetODYSSEY YOUTH CENTER: $4,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetSpark Central: $4,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCENTER FOR EMERGENT DIPLOMACY: $3,506 over 1y, 29% of budgetTHE NATIVE PROJECT: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE FIG TREE: $3,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetCarl Maxey Center: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTerrain Programs: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetInnovia Foundation: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SPOKANE: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPOKANE ARTS FUND: $2,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetRIVER CITY YOUTH: $2,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetSPOKANE EDIBLE TREE PROJECT: $2,000 over 1y, 8.5% of budgetBLUE PRINTS FOR LEARNING: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHEALTH EQUITY CIRCLE: $2,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetFriends of the Centennial Trail: $500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSPOKANE NEIGHBORHOOD ACTION PARTNERS: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCREATE YOUR STATEMENT: $500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE FILMMAKERS COLLABORATIVE INC: $98 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.

  • Who funds YOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds Greater Spokane Progress ↗
  • Who funds PEACE & JUSTICE ACTION LEAGUE OF SPOKANE ↗
  • Who funds REFUGEE AND IMMIGRANT CONNECTIONS OF SPOKANE ↗
  • Who funds SPOKANE RIVERKEEPER ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR JUSTICE ↗
  • Who funds Compassionate Addiction Treatment ↗
  • Who funds FUTUREWISE ↗
  • Who funds SMITH-BARBIERI PROGRESSIVE FUND A CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds IF YOU COULD SAVE JUST ONE ↗
  • Who funds Spectrum ↗
  • Who funds THE LANDS COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds ODYSSEY YOUTH CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Spark Central ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR EMERGENT DIPLOMACY ↗
  • Who funds THE NATIVE PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH ↗
  • Who funds THE FIG TREE ↗
  • Who funds Carl Maxey Center ↗
  • Who funds Terrain Programs ↗
  • Who funds Innovia Foundation ↗
  • Who funds SPOKANE INTERACTIVE ARTS ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SPOKANE ↗
  • Who funds SPOKANE ARTS FUND ↗

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.

Innovia FoundationThe Avista FoundationSmith-Barbieri Progre…Empire Health Foundat…Better Health TogetherInatai FoundationEmpire Health Communi…Women Helping Women F…Multicare Health Syst…Seattle FoundationBnsf Railway Foundati…R & R Geller Foundati…
Innovia FoundationWA54.5× affinity28 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Innovia Foundation · The Avista Foundation · Smith-Barbieri Progressive Fund a Charitable Foundation · Empire Health Foundation · Better Health Together · Inatai Foundation · Empire Health Community Advocacy Fund · Women Helping Women Fund · Multicare Health System · Seattle Foundation · Bnsf Railway Foundation · R & R Geller Foundation Inc

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • The Filmmakers Collaborative Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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 Community Building Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Community Building 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 72 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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