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Cooper-MacGrath Foundation at a glance

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Cooper-MacGrath 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.

$385k
Granted FY2024still arriving
11
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$75k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$550kHousing & Shelter$350kHuman Services$265kHealth$205kYouth Development$95kCrime & Legal$85kEmployment$25kCivil Rights$10kOther$0
02FY2024 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k9 grants · $255k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $130k
$30,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$5.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
RAINIER SCHOLARS$75,000
ROOTS YOUNG ADULT SHELTER$55,000
RAINIER PREP$40,000
API CHAYA$35,000
HEALING LODGE OF THE SEVEN NATIONS$35,000
MARYS PLACE SEATTLE$30,000
CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB$30,000
OLIVE CREST$30,000
YOUTH EASTSIDE SERVICES$20,000
FRIENDS OF YOUTH$20,000
RECOVERY CAFE$15,000
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, $265k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%MARYS PLACE SEATTLE: $30k → 9%MILLIONAIR CLUB INC: $25k → 9%THE SOPHIA WAY: $25k → 9%THE SOPHIA WAY: $10k → 9%THE SOPHIA WAY: $10k → 9%THE SOPHIA WAY: $10k → 9%HOPELINK: $30k → 9%HOPELINK: $20k → 9%HOPELINK: $15k → 9%HOPELINK: $10k → 9%EASTSIDE BABY CORNER: $15k → 9%YOUTHCARE: $20k → 9%EASTSIDE BABY CORNER: $10k → 9%EASTSIDE BABY CORNER: $5k → 9%CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB: $30k → 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.
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.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.3M · 12 repeat orgs$320k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +21% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.

12 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
11

Total granted

$1.3M
$145k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+21%
+12%

Still filing today

100%
73%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 55% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $175k 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 ServicesEducationHealthCrime & LegalHousing & ShelterReligionOther
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

  • RS
    RAINIER SCHOLARS
    8× · 2017–2024 · $405k · revenue +359%
  • H
    HOPELINK
    7× · 2017–2023 · $150k · revenue +74%
  • YE
    Youth Eastside Services
    8× · 2017–2024 · $130k · revenue +126%

Funded once

  • UN
    UPLIFT NORTHWEST
    one grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue +12%
  • OC
    OLIVE CREST - SEATTLE BRANCH
    one grant, 2023 · $20k
  • Y
    YOUTHCARE
    one grant, 2018 · $20k · 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
Building Changes

Building changes advances equitable responses to homelessness in washington state, with a focus on children, youth, and families. we work at the intersection of housing, education, and health systems, partnering with communities and public…

Health
2
Network Services

Network services has been serving homeless families in the puget sound area since 1990, with a focus on families with children. network services aims to break the cycle of homelessness by providing assistance to families with children to…

Human Services
3
School's Out Washington

School's out washington (sowa) drives positive systemic change so that all washington's children and youth, particularly those furthest from justice, have access to a robust ecosystem of high-quality expanded learning programs.

Youth Development
4
Southwest Youth and Family Services

SWYFS partners with youth and families to transform their futures.

Human Services
5
King County Sexual Assault Resource Center

KCSARC is the largest and most comprehensive non-profit provider of sexual assault services in King County and Washington State. Our vision is a community free of sexual violence. Our mission is to: give voice to victims, their families,…

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6
Washington Ethnic Studies Now

Washington Ethnic Studies Now WAESN is a multigenerational majority POC-led nonprofit advancing Ethnic Studies and racial justice in Washington. We center people of color build youth-centered leadership and learning and organize…

Education
7
Nexus Youth and Families

Restoring hope, building futures, and strengthening our communities through programs with youth, young adults and families. we support the behavioral health of at-risk and in-crisis youth across the greater south king county area. we take…

Human Services
8
Pioneer Human Services Inc

To provide individuals with criminal histories the opportunity to lead healthy, productive lives, and further the fostering of low income housing.

Human Services
9
Pathways Kitchen

Pathways kitchen helps justice-impacted youth thrive over survive by providing training, work opportunities and individualized support to ensure they can chart their own path forward

Crime & Legal
10
Youth Progress Association

Youth progress is a nonprofit organization that is licensed as a child caring agency (cca) to serve youth ages 12-25 in the custody of the oregon youth authority (oya) or the oregon department of human services (dhs). youth progress uses…

Health
11
Real Escape From the Sex Trade

We exist to provide pathways to freedom, safety, and hope for victims of sex trafficking and people involved in the sex trade.

Crime & Legal
12
Ywca Pierce County

Transforming lives through safety, healing and empowerment.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mary's Place Seattle; the most unlike its peers is Chief Seattle Club. 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

28 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. 28 of the 30 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/28
Grantees still filing
18/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

RAINIER SCHOLARS: $405,000 · EducationRAINIER SCHOLARSBELLEVUE SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $60,000 · EducationBELLEVUE SCHOOLS FOUNDATIONRAINIER PREP: $60,000 · EducationRAINIER PREP+2 more: $25,000 · EducationHOPELINK: $150,000 · Human ServicesHOPELINKTHE SOPHIA WAY: $55,000 · Human ServicesTHE SOPHIA WAYMARY'S PLACE SEATTLE: $30,000 · Human ServicesMARY'S PLACE SEATTLECHIEF SEATTLE CLUB: $30,000 · Human ServicesCHIEF SEATTLE CLUBKIDVANTAGE: $30,000 · Human ServicesKIDVANTAGEUPLIFT NORTHWEST: $25,000 · Human ServicesUPLIFT NORTHWESTYOUTHCARE: $20,000 · Human ServicesYOUTHCAREOPERATION SACK LUNCH: $15,000 · Human ServicesYouth Eastside Services: $130,000 · HealthYouth Eastside Ser…FRIENDS OF YOUTH: $65,000 · HealthFRIENDS OF YOUTHOLIVE CREST: $30,000 · HealthOLIVE CRESTPLANNED PARENTHOOD GREAT NORTHWEST HAWAII ALASKA INDIANA AND KENTUCKY: $25,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD…RECOVERY CAFE: $15,000 · HealthRECOVERY CAFEROOTS YOUNG ADULT SHELTER: $230,000 · Housing & ShelterROOTS YOUNG ADUL…FREEDOM PROJECT: $50,000 · Crime & LegalAPI CHAYA: $35,000 · Crime & LegalSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $10,000 · Crime & LegalSTREET YOUTH MINITRIES: $5,000 · Crime & LegalOLIVE CREST - SEATTLE BRANCH: $20,000 · OtherAMERICAN RED CROSS IN GREATER NEW YORK: $10,000 · OtherLAMBERT HOUSE: $10,000 · OtherKINDERING CENTER: $5,000 · OtherCHOOSE 180: $15,000 · OtherSEATTLE FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherHEALING LODGE OF THE SEVEN NATIONS: $35,000 · Religion
Education$550,000Human Services$355,000Health$265,000Housing & Shelter$230,000Crime & Legal$100,000Other$70,000Religion$35,000

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 budgetRAINIER SCHOLARS: $405,000 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetROOTS YOUNG ADULT SHELTER: $230,000 over 6y, 2.9% of budgetHOPELINK: $150,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetYouth Eastside Services: $130,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetFRIENDS OF YOUTH: $65,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBELLEVUE SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $60,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetRAINIER PREP: $60,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetTHE SOPHIA WAY: $55,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetFREEDOM PROJECT: $50,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetAPI CHAYA: $35,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetHEALING LODGE OF THE SEVEN NATIONS: $35,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMARY'S PLACE SEATTLE: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHIEF SEATTLE CLUB: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOLIVE CREST: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKIDVANTAGE: $30,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetUPLIFT NORTHWEST: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD GREAT NORTHWEST HAWAII ALASKA INDIANA AND KENTUCKY: $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetYOUTHCARE: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOPERATION SACK LUNCH: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRECOVERY CAFE: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCHOOSE 180: $15,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetWILLIAM J BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSEATTLE FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLAMBERT HOUSE: $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEASTSIDE PATHWAYS: $10,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetKINDERING CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTREET YOUTH MINITRIES: $5,000 over 1y, 1.4% 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.

United Way of King Co…Seattle FoundationMedina FoundationLiberty Mutual Founda…The Norcliffe Foundat…Puget Sound Energy Fo…Gates FoundationMoccasin Lake Foundat…Lucky Seven FoundationMcKinstry Charitable …Mightycause Charitabl…David & Cathy Habib F…
United Way of King CountyWA31.6× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way of King County · Seattle Foundation · Medina Foundation · Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc · The Norcliffe Foundation · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Gates Foundation · Moccasin Lake Foundation · Lucky Seven Foundation · McKinstry Charitable Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · David & Cathy Habib 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 Cooper-MacGrath Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Cooper-MacGrath 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%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    16report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Cooper-MacGrath Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Cooper-MacGrath 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 30 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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