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Crabby Beach 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.

$7.2M
Granted FY2024still arriving
46
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$500k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

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

International$8.8MEducation$6.1MEnvironment$5.3MHealth$4.0MArts & Culture$3.7MHousing & Shelter$3.6MPhilanthropy$2.2MFood & Nutrition$2.1MOther$0
02FY2024 · 46 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k8 grants · $170k
  • $50k–250k29 grants · $4.0M
  • $250k+9 grants · $3.0M
$125,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$56M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION$500,000
NORTHWEST HARVEST$375,000
FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER$350,000
BAINBRIDGE ARTISAN RESOURCE NETWORK$325,000
CARTER CENTER$300,000
NEPAL YOUTH FOUNDATION$300,000
SAN JUAN PRESERVATION TRUST$300,000
Individual grant recipient$300,000
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTL$300,000
AMERICAN RED CROSS$225,000
GLOBAL GIVING$200,000
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN$200,000
VIRGINIA MASON FOUNDATION$200,000
BAINBRIDGE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$200,000
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS$200,000
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, $2.1M) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%HEPPNER DAY CARE: $25k → 13%HEPPNER DAY CARE INC: $25k → 13%HEPPNER DAY CARE INC: $25k → 13%HEPPNER DAY CARE INC: $25k → 13%HEPPNER DAY CARE INC: $15k → 13%HEPPNER DAY CARE INC: $15k → 13%HEPPNER DAY CARE INC: $15k → 13%HEPPNER DAY CARE INC: $12k → 13%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $225k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $225k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $200k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $200k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $100k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $100k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $100k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $100k → 14%BAINBRIDGE YOUTH SERVICES: $125k → 10%BAINBRIDGE YOUTH SERVICES: $125k → 10%BAINBRIDGE YOUTH SERVICES: $100k → 10%BAINBRIDGE YOUTH SERVICES: $75k → 10%BAINBRIDGE YOUTH SERVICES: $75k → 10%BAINBRIDGE YOUTH SERVICES: $75k → 10%BAINBRIDGE YOUTH SERVICES: $75k → 10%BAINBRIDGE YOUTH SERVICES: $50k → 10%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
NY
OR
CT
CA
DC
HI
GA
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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$39M · 47 repeat orgs$475k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +37% since the first grant, against -8% for those funded once.

47 repeat relationships: 44 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

47
4

Total granted

$39M
$455k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
-8%

Still filing today

79%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k 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
InternationalEducationEnvironmentHuman ServicesArts & CultureHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · $2.7M · revenue +46%
  • FH
    FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER
    8× · 2017–2024 · $2.3M · revenue +27%
  • TC
    THE CARTER CENTER INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $2.1M · revenue +38%

Funded once

  • HI
    HAWAIIAN ISLANDS LAND TRUST
    one grant, 2019 · $250k · revenue 0%
  • TM
    THE MARGUERITE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $100k · revenue -42% · 35% of their budget
  • HF
    HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF KITSAP COUNTY
    one grant, 2017 · $100k · revenue -8%
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
National Public Radio Inc

National public radio, inc. ("npr") works collaboratively with member public radio station licensees ("member stations") to create a more informed public, one that is challenged and invigorated by a deeper understanding and appreciation of…

Arts & Culture
2
Humanities Washington

Humanities washington (hw) opens minds and bridges divides by creating spaces to explore different perspectives. we envision a state where all people seek a deeper understanding of others, themselves, and the human experience, in order to…

Arts & Culture
3
Aquarium of the Pacific Corporation

The aquarium of the pacific's mission is to instill a sense of wonder, respect, and stewardship for the pacific ocean, its inhabitants, and ecosystems.

Animals
4
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
5
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
6
University Cooperative School

We take a joyful, community-oriented approach to raising engaged citizens, deep learners, and brave adventurers with the skills, creativity, and heart needed to better the world.

—
7
North Olympic Land Trust

To conserve lands that sustain the communities of the olympic peninsula through grants and donations for fee simple ownership and purchased and donated conservation easements.

Environment
8
CRAFT3

To build a thriving, just and empowered pacific northwest using capital, relationships and voice.

Community Improvement
9
Association of Washington Cities

The association of washington cities builds connections between our state's diverse cities and towns, while providing our members with the support needed to thrive through delivery of data-driven education, nationally recognized pooling…

—
10
Fsc I&P

Fsc i&p promotes environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial, and economically viable management of the world's forests. this mission aligns with the forest stewardship council (fsc), its network of offices, and other organizations.…

Philanthropy
11
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

—
12
Western University of Health Sciences

To produce, in a humanistic tradition, health care professionals and biomedical knowledge that will enhance and extend the quality of life in our communities.

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Bainbridge Island Land Trust; the most unlike its peers is The Marguerite 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

42 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. 42 of the 53 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)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
41/42
Grantees still filing
29/42
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER: $2,250,000 · OtherFRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTERHABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTL: $2,205,000 · OtherHABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTLNORTHWEST HARVEST EMM: $2,050,000 · OtherNORTHWEST HARVEST EMMNATURE CONSERVANCY OF WA: $1,300,000 · OtherNATURE CONSERVANCY OF WAIndividual grant recipient: $1,233,075 · OtherIndividual grant recipientSeattle Children's Foundation: $1,100,000 · OtherSeattle Children's FoundationVIRGINIA MASON FOUNDATION: $1,050,000 · OtherVIRGINIA MASON FOUNDATIONHELPLINE OF BAINBRIDGE ISLAND: $1,025,000 · OtherHELPLINE OF BAINBRIDGE ISLANDNPR FOUNDATION: $850,000 · OtherNPR FOUNDATIONNORTHWEST HOUSING ALTERNATIVES: $650,000 · Other+15 more: $2,168,000 · Other+15 moreTHE CARTER CENTER INC: $2,150,000 · InternationalTHE CARTER CENTER INCNEPAL YOUTH FOUNDATION: $2,075,000 · InternationalNEPAL YOUTH FOUNDATIONThe American Himalayan Foundation: $1,150,000 · InternationalThe American Himalayan Fo…GLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $1,100,000 · InternationalGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION I…CHILD AID: $550,000 · InternationalCHILD AIDSave The Children Federation Inc: $550,000 · InternationalSave The Children Federat…WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $535,000 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INCMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $450,000 · InternationalACUMEN FUND INC: $450,000 · InternationalUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION: $2,700,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF WASH…Bainbridge Artisan Resource Network: $1,425,000 · EducationBainbridge Artisan…ROOM TO READ: $975,000 · EducationROOM TO READMONTESSORI COUNTRY SCHOOLS: $800,000 · EducationMONTESSORI COUNTRY…Bainbridge Public Library: $675,000 · EducationBainbridge Public …+1 more: $100,000 · EducationTHE SAN JUAN PRESERVATION TRUST: $2,100,000 · EnvironmentTHE SAN JU…BAINBRIDGE ISLAND LAND TRUST: $1,075,000 · EnvironmentBAINBRIDGE…GREAT PENINSULA CONSERVANCY: $450,000 · EnvironmentGREAT PENI…HAWAIIAN ISLANDS LAND TRUST: $250,000 · EnvironmentHAWAIIAN I…American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $1,250,000 · Human ServicesBainbridge Youth Services: $700,000 · Human ServicesHeppner Day Care Inc: $157,000 · Human ServicesBAINBRIDGE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,125,000 · PhilanthropyOLYMPIC COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $330,000 · PhilanthropyWATER FIRST INTERNATIONAL: $290,000 · PhilanthropyBAINBRIDGE ISLAND MUSEUM OF ART: $600,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION INC: $400,000 · Arts & CultureKUOW PUGET SOUND PUBLIC RADIO: $335,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$15,881,075International$9,010,000Education$6,675,000Environment$3,875,000Human Services$2,107,000Philanthropy$1,745,000Arts & Culture$1,335,000

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 budgetUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION: $2,700,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetFRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER: $2,250,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CARTER CENTER INC: $2,150,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetTHE SAN JUAN PRESERVATION TRUST: $2,100,000 over 8y, 7.9% of budgetNEPAL YOUTH FOUNDATION: $2,075,000 over 8y, 11% of budgetNORTHWEST HARVEST EMM: $2,050,000 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetBainbridge Artisan Resource Network: $1,425,000 over 8y, 17% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $1,250,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetThe American Himalayan Foundation: $1,150,000 over 8y, 4.8% of budgetBAINBRIDGE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,125,000 over 8y, 5.9% of budgetGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $1,100,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetSeattle Children's Foundation: $1,100,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetBAINBRIDGE ISLAND LAND TRUST: $1,075,000 over 8y, 15% of budgetROOM TO READ: $975,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetNPR FOUNDATION: $850,000 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetMONTESSORI COUNTRY SCHOOLS: $800,000 over 8y, 13% of budgetBainbridge Youth Services: $700,000 over 8y, 19% of budgetBainbridge Public Library: $675,000 over 8y, 23% of budgetNORTHWEST HOUSING ALTERNATIVES: $650,000 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetBAINBRIDGE ISLAND MUSEUM OF ART: $600,000 over 8y, 3.3% of budgetCHILD AID: $550,000 over 5y, 6.4% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $550,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $535,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetBAINBRIDGE PERFORMING ARTS: $495,000 over 8y, 2.9% of budgetHyla Middle School: $475,000 over 8y, 2.3% of budgetGREAT PENINSULA CONSERVANCY: $450,000 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $450,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetACUMEN FUND INC: $450,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION INC: $400,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetKUOW PUGET SOUND PUBLIC RADIO: $335,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetOLYMPIC COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $330,000 over 7y, 4.7% of budgetWATER FIRST INTERNATIONAL: $290,000 over 7y, 3.7% of budgetHAWAIIAN ISLANDS LAND TRUST: $250,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetHARMONY HILL OF UNION: $225,000 over 7y, 5.2% of budgetHeppner Day Care Inc: $157,000 over 8y, 18% of budgetTHE MARGUERITE FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 35% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF KITSAP COUNTY: $100,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetTHE OREGON CITY FARMER'S MARKET: $92,000 over 8y, 10% of budgetNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $85,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMETROPOLITAN AFFORDABLE HOUSING CORPORATION: $80,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetISLAND VOLUNTEER CAREGIVERS: $75,000 over 2y, 6.4% of budgetKITSAP HUMANE SOCIETY: $47,500 over 5y, 0.3% 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 UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER ↗
  • Who funds THE CARTER CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds THE SAN JUAN PRESERVATION TRUST ↗
  • Who funds NEPAL YOUTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NORTHWEST HARVEST EMM ↗
  • Who funds Bainbridge Artisan Resource Network ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds The American Himalayan Foundation ↗
  • Who funds BAINBRIDGE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Seattle Children's Foundation ↗
  • Who funds BAINBRIDGE ISLAND LAND TRUST ↗
  • Who funds ROOM TO READ ↗
  • Who funds NPR FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MONTESSORI COUNTRY SCHOOLS ↗
  • Who funds Bainbridge Youth Services ↗
  • Who funds Bainbridge Public Library ↗
  • Who funds NORTHWEST HOUSING ALTERNATIVES ↗
  • Who funds BAINBRIDGE ISLAND MUSEUM OF ART ↗
  • Who funds CHILD AID ↗
  • Who funds Save The Children Federation Inc ↗
  • Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds BAINBRIDGE PERFORMING ARTS ↗
  • Who funds Hyla Middle School ↗
  • Who funds GREAT PENINSULA CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds ACUMEN FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION INC ↗
  • Who funds KUOW PUGET SOUND PUBLIC RADIO ↗
  • Who funds OLYMPIC COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WATER FIRST INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds HAWAIIAN ISLANDS LAND TRUST ↗
  • Who funds HARMONY HILL OF UNION ↗

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.

One Call for AllBainbridge Community …Seattle FoundationKitsap Community Foun…Rotary Club of Bainbr…Brown Family Private …Veterane Family Found…Marks Family Foundati…Archarios FoundationFirst Fed FoundationDeupree Family Founda…The Norcliffe Foundat…
One Call for AllWA32.6× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: One Call for All · Bainbridge Community Foundation · Seattle Foundation · Kitsap Community Foundation · Rotary Club of Bainbridge Island Trust · Brown Family Private Foundation · Veterane Family Foundation · Marks Family Foundation · Archarios Foundation · First Fed Foundation · Deupree Family Foundation · The Norcliffe 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 Crabby Beach Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Crabby Beach Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 24%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Metropolitan Affordable Housing Corporation: 24% of income from government
  • Heppner Day Care Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Northwest Housing Alternatives: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
10report 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

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How do I get to Crabby Beach Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Crabby Beach 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 53 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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