Washington · Public charity
Community Roots Housing Foundation
Community Roots Housing Foundation is a 501(c)(3) raising funds to support Community Roots Housing, a Seattle-area public development authority that creates inclusive housing and fosters thriving, just communities. (See Schedule O for further detail)
- $2.0M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2024
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $30,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,958,672
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 5
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $654k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 67% of the organizations Community Roots Housing Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k 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 | 4 | $2.0M | 75% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $1.4M | 67% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $1.7M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $2.1M | 50% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $4.5M | 60% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $927k | 67% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $786k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community Roots Housing | $11,844,243 | 7 | n/a |
| White Center Community Development Association | $1,005,000 | 1 | 51% |
| Byrd Barr Place | $150,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Africatown Community Land Trust | $115,000 | 2 | 62% |
| Generations With Pride | $112,867 | 2 | 14% |
| Southwest Youth And Family Services | $90,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Velocity Dance Center | $30,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Forever Safe Spaces | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle | $17,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Birds Connect Seattle | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 13 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community Roots Housing | $11,844,243 | 7 | n/a |
| White Center Community Development Association | $1,005,000 | 1 | 51% |
| Byrd Barr Place | $150,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Africatown Community Land Trust | $115,000 | 2 | 62% |
| Generations With Pride | $112,867 | 2 | 14% |
| Southwest Youth And Family Services | $90,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Velocity Dance Center | $30,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Forever Safe Spaces | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle | $17,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Birds Connect Seattle | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Board & Vellum LLC | $14,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Gay City Health Project | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chinatown International District Preservation and Development Assoc | $7,500 | 1 | 1% |
Where it is load-bearing
Community Roots Housing Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 10 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 · Inatai Foundation · United Way of King County · Gates Foundation · Moccasin Lake Foundation · Medina Foundation · Philanthropy Northwest · Credit Unions in the State of Washington · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Crescent Collaborative · Byrd Barr Place · Stolte Family Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Community Roots Housing Foundation with peer funders
About Community Roots Housing Foundation
- How much does Community Roots Housing Foundation give?
- Community Roots Housing Foundation reported 4 grants totaling $2,026,172 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 5 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Community Roots Housing Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Housing & Shelter (90%), Community Improvement (8%), Human Services (1%).
- Who are Community Roots Housing Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Community Roots Housing ($12M), White Center Community Development Association ($1.0M), Byrd Barr Place ($150k).
- Does Community Roots Housing Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Community Roots Housing Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Seattle Foundation, Inatai Foundation, United Way of King County.
- Where is Community Roots Housing Foundation based?
- Community Roots Housing Foundation is based in WA.
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