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Credit Unions in the State of Washington

As a cooperative we bring people together to improve the financial well-being of our members and their communities.

$9.9M
Granted FY2024still arriving
192
Grants FY2024still arriving
17
States reached
$2.3M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0179% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant clustered by its grantee’s IRS cause code (NTEE), by year — across FY2017–2024.

Education$15MPhilanthropy$8.4MHuman Services$3.7MCommunity Improvement$3.2MInternational$2.4MHousing & Shelter$1.7MYouth Development$1.7MEmployment$796kArts & Culture$784kOther$14M
02FY2024 · 192 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 192 grants below total $9,630,734 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $9,910,569 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $279,835 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k58 grants · $315k
  • $10k–50k102 grants · $1.9M
  • $50k–250k26 grants · $2.5M
  • $250k+6 grants · $4.9M
$15,000
Median grant
17
States reached
$29.4B
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BECU FOUNDATION$2,292,848
AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC$1,150,000
FRIENDS OF KEXP$543,351
SEATTLE FOUNDATION$325,000
EXPRESS CREDIT UNION$300,000
BUSINESS IMPACT NW$278,000
NATIONAL CREDIT UNION FOUNDATION INC$210,000
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF WASHINGTON$205,000
WSU FOUNDATION$200,000
SEATTLE COLLEGES FOUNDATION$170,000
DENKYEM SPC$150,000
AFRICAN AMERICAN CREDIT UNION COALITION$115,000
FAMILY FIRST COMMUNITY CENTER FOUNDATION$107,500
INTENTIONALIST SPC$106,000
POSSIBILITY LABS$100,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–24, $3.6M) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 33% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CHARLESTON AREA URBAN LEAGUE: $73k → 12%POSSIBILITY LABS: $100k → 10%PARKVIEW SERVICES: $41k → 9%FINANCIAL BEGINNINGS: $30k → 12%OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL: $25k → 12%SPOKANE NEIGHBORHOOD ACTION PARTNERS: $213k → 12%SPOKANE NEIGHBORHOOD ACTION PARTNERS: $129k → 12%SPOKANE NEIGHBORHOOD ACTION PARTNERS: $108k → 12%ADVOCATES FOR IMMIGRANTS IN DETENTION NW: $44k → 9%SPOKANE NEIGHBORHOOD ACTION PARTNERS: $100k → 12%TACOMA URBAN LEAGUE: $31k → 9%SOUTH SOUND OUTREACH SERVICES: $30k → 9%SPOKANE NEIGHBORHOOD ACTION PARTNERS: $99k → 12%SOUTH SOUND OUTREACH SERVICES: $30k → 9%OUR SISTERS HOUSE: $30k → 9%SPOKANE NEIGHBORHOOD ACTION PARTNERS: $98k → 12%SOUTH SOUND OUTREACH SRVCS: $20k → 9%SPOKANE NEIGHBORHOOD ACTION PARTNERS: $98k → 12%NORTHWEST FAMILY LIFE: $21k → 9%SPOKANE NEIGHBORHOOD ACTION PARTNERS: $109k → 9%NORTHWEST CREDIT UNION FOUNDATION: $30k → 9%TEENAGERS PLUS: $21k → 9%TUKWILA CHILDRENS FOUNDATION: $25k → 9%SUMMIT COMMUNITY CENTER: $25k → 9%CATHOLIC COMM SVCS OF WESTERN WA: $30k → 9%THE SILENT TASK FORCE: $50k → 9%MOTHER AFRICA: $91k → 9%MOTHER AFRICA: $73k → 9%OPEN DOORS FOR MULTICULTURAL FAMILIES: $35k → 9%OPEN DOORS FOR MULTICULTURAL FAMILIES: $25k → 9%VISION HOUSE: $20k → 9%NORTHWEST CREDIT UNION FOUNDATION: $156k → 9%GOWEST FOUNDATION: $131k → 9%NW CREDIT UNION FOUNDATION: $100k → 9%HORN OF AFRICA SERVICES: $30k → 9%GOWEST FOUNDATION: $62k → 9%FILIPINO COMMUNITY OF SEATTLE: $30k → 9%THE PROSPERITY AGENDA: $206k → 9%NORTHWEST CREDIT UNION FOUNDATION: $45k → 9%COMMUNITY CREDIT LAB: $50k → 9%GOWEST FOUNDATION: $30k → 9%NORTHWEST CREDIT UNION FOUNDATION: $25k → 9%YOUTH CARE: $21k → 9%YOUTHCARE: $20k → 9%YOUTH CARE: $20k → 9%YOUTH CARE: $20k → 9%YOUTHCARE: $20k → 9%YOUTH CARE: $20k → 9%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

NH
WA
ID
MN
IL
WI
NY
MA
OR
NV
CA
VA
MD
DE
AZ
NC
SC
DC
GA
TX
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$38M · 185 repeat orgs$5.5M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +30% since the first grant, against +26% for the ones you funded once.

185 repeat relationships — 126 still active in FY2024, 59 since wound down; 61 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

185
202

Total granted

$38M
$4.3M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+30%
+26%

Still filing today

94%
78%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.2M 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 ServicesEducationArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementYouth DevelopmentHealthOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • BF
    BECU FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · $8.3M · revenue +232% · 78% of their budget
  • CU
    CREDIT UNIONS IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON
    6× · 2017–2024 · $3.3M · revenue +91% · 41% of their budget
  • WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
    5× · 2019–2024 · $1.5M · revenue +42%

Funded once

  • WI
    WASHINGTON INSTITUTE FOR FINANCIAL SECURITY
    one grant, 2018 · $206k · revenue -19% · 34% of their budget
  • WS
    WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2021 · $190k
  • BI
    BEHAVIORAL IDEAS LAB INC
    one grant, 2018 · $157k · revenue -44%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Rainier Beach Cummunity Empowerment Coalition

Rainier Beach Action Coalition is a grassroot, Black-led organization devoted to locally driven development. It promotes quality education, living wage jobs, affordable transportation and housing, and building community capacity in…

Community Improvement
2
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
3
Re Sources

RE Sources mobilizes people of Northwest Washington to build just and thriving communities and to protect the land, water, and climate on which we all depend.

Environment
4
Economic Opportunity Institute

Equip the public and public decision-makers with the policy research and practical tools they need to embed the values of fairness, care, and opportunity into the foundations of Washington's economy.

Community Improvement
5
House Our Neighbors

House Our Neighbors envisions a future where all people can afford to live and thrive in vibrant, cohesive, and climate resilient communities. To achieve this, we develop, advocate, and mobilize for policy to realize social housing for the…

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6
Working Washington

We are workers, united across different industries to improve our working conditions and our lives. We come together as working people to build power through education, organizing, and enforcement. We work to raise and uphold standards in…

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7
We Heart Seattle

We Heart Seattle is an action-based, boots-on-the-ground movement that organizes trash cleanups in our public spaces and offers resources to those in need. Through our direct civic engagement we lead the way to a more compassionate and…

Community Improvement
8
Seattle Architectural Foundation

The Seattle Architecture Foundation connects people to the architecture, design, and history of Seattle. We believe the more you engage with design, the more you feel connected to your changing city. As a volunteer driven organization, we…

Arts & Culture
9
Washingtonians for Public Banking

Washingtonians for Public banking promotes education and civic engagement on public banking and banking reform within Washington state. The organization organizes, educates, and advocates for the establishment of public banking, and…

Community Improvement
10
Washington Community Action Network

To achieve economic fairness in order to establish a more democratic society characterized by racial, social & gender justice, with respect for diversity, & a decent quality of life for those who reside in WA. We are building a movement of…

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11
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
12
Washington Progress Fund

Washington Progress Fund is building a permanent and powerful social change movement in Washington state supported by a network of committed donors. WPF envisions a Washington state where government serves the public interest and we all…

Philanthropy

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Leadership Tomorrow and the most unlike its peers is America's Credit Union Museum Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyFamily Philanthropic Founda…Faith-Based International A…Food Banks and PantriesImmigrant & Refugee Communi…Regional Business ChambersMuseums and Historical Soci…Faith-Based Health SystemsUnion Health & Welfare Trus…Professional & Trade Associ…Independent SchoolsAnimal Rescue and WelfareYouth Sports LeaguesHealthcare Delivery & Suppo…Youth Mentoring & Developme…Washington Education AccessIntellectual Disability Ser…Live Theatre & Performing A…Pacific Northwest Conservat…Supportive Housing & Servic…
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 25 years old; the field is 15. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number23%4%<5yr14%14%5–10yr19%19%10–20yr18%33%20–35yr13%20%35–55yr13%10%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value23%1%<5yr14%8%5–10yr19%21%10–20yr18%46%20–35yr13%16%35–55yr13%8%55yr+

The field is 23% startups (under 5 years old) — 4% of your grantees by number, and just 1% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 1% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
1%5/458
the rest of the field
13%
3,221/24,548

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

400 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 400 of the 458 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

12
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
109
Early backer (in before they grew)
390/400
Grantees still filing
273/400
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

BECU FOUNDATION — $8,342,282 · EducationBECU FOUNDATIONWASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $1,508,000 · EducationWASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDA…SEATTLE COLLEGES FOUNDATION — $1,045,000 · EducationSEATTLE COLLEGES FOUNDATIONCollege Success Foundation — $660,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON ALUMNI ASSOCIATION — $647,500 · Education+25 more — $2,168,434 · Education+25 moreCREDIT UNIONS IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON — $3,311,081 · OtherCREDIT UNIONS IN THE STATE OF WASH…NATIONAL CREDIT UNION FOUNDATION — $1,686,225 · OtherNATIONAL CREDIT UNION FOUNDATIONUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON — $1,511,841 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONFRIENDS OF KEXP — $1,006,737 · OtherFRIENDS OF KEXP+97 more — $7,039,820 · Other+97 moreAMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC — $5,349,681 · PhilanthropyAMERICAN ONLINE GIV…SEATTLE FOUNDATION — $1,407,811 · PhilanthropySEATTLE FOUNDATIONUNITED WAY OF SNOHOMISH COUNTY — $500,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF SNOHO…+17 more — $1,092,900 · Philanthropy+17 moreSPOKANE NEIGHBORHOOD ACTION PARTNERS — $955,391 · Human ServicesGOWEST FOUNDATION — $584,018 · Human ServicesWASHINGTON INSTITUTE FOR FINANCIAL SECURITY — $205,750 · Human ServicesMOTHER AFRICA — $163,125 · Human ServicesSOUTH SOUND OUTREACH SERVICES — $140,100 · Human ServicesYOUTHCARE — $125,500 · Human ServicesOPEN DOORS FOR MULTICULTURAL FAMILIES — $116,900 · Human Services+19 more — $856,528 · Human ServicesSEATTLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND BUSINESS IMPACT NW — $1,266,000 · Community ImprovementAFRICAN AMERICAN CREDIT UNION COALITION — $555,000 · Community ImprovementSeattle Good Business Network DBA Good Business Network of Washington — $367,500 · Community ImprovementNORTHWEST INNOVATION RESOURCE CTR — $235,000 · Community ImprovementTECHNOLOGY ACCESS FOUNDATION — $145,000 · Community ImprovementOpening Opportunities dba O2 — $145,000 · Community Improvement+6 more — $317,000 · Community ImprovementJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF WASHINGTON — $1,754,000 · InternationalJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF OREGON AND SW WASHINGTON INC — $400,000 · InternationalWORLDWIDE FOUNDATION FOR CREDIT UNIONS INC — $125,000 · International+2 more — $103,000 · InternationalHOUSING HOPE — $1,046,172 · Housing & ShelterPLYMOUTH HOUSING GROUP AND SUBSIDIARIES — $212,000 · Housing & ShelterRebuilding Together South Sound — $160,000 · Housing & ShelterHOUSING DEVELOPMENT CONSORTIUM OF SEATTLE - KING COUNTY — $126,294 · Housing & Shelter+2 more — $70,000 · Housing & Shelter
Education$14,371,216Other$14,555,704Philanthropy$8,350,392Human Services$3,147,312Community Improvement$3,030,500International$2,382,000Housing & Shelter$1,614,466

Showing your 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetBECU FOUNDATION — $8,342,282 over 8y, 78% of budgetAMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC — $5,349,681 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetCREDIT UNIONS IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON — $3,311,081 over 6y, 41% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF WASHINGTON — $1,754,000 over 8y, 8.8% of budgetNATIONAL CREDIT UNION FOUNDATION — $1,686,225 over 7y, 8.9% of budgetWASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $1,508,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetSEATTLE FOUNDATION — $1,407,811 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetSEATTLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND BUSINESS IMPACT NW — $1,266,000 over 8y, 6.6% of budgetHOUSING HOPE — $1,046,172 over 8y, 1.8% of budgetSEATTLE COLLEGES FOUNDATION — $1,045,000 over 6y, 4.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF KEXP — $1,006,737 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetSPOKANE NEIGHBORHOOD ACTION PARTNERS — $955,391 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetCollege Success Foundation — $660,000 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON ALUMNI ASSOCIATION — $647,500 over 3y, 9.3% of budgetGOWEST FOUNDATION — $584,018 over 8y, 18% of budgetAFRICAN AMERICAN CREDIT UNION COALITION — $555,000 over 5y, 9.7% of budgetUNITED WAY OF SNOHOMISH COUNTY — $500,000 over 5y, 3.9% of budgetFORTERRA NW — $401,000 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF OREGON AND SW WASHINGTON INC — $400,000 over 7y, 6.5% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY SEATTLE-KING COUNTY — $394,590 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetSeattle Good Business Network DBA Good Business Network of Washington — $367,500 over 8y, 9.5% of budgetHOPEWORKS SOCIAL ENTERPRISES — $285,648 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetYOUR MONEY MATTERS — $280,000 over 4y, 21% of budgetCOLLEGE POSSIBLE INC — $275,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetNORTHWEST INNOVATION RESOURCE CTR — $235,000 over 7y, 21% of budgetFARESTART — $225,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetPLYMOUTH HOUSING GROUP AND SUBSIDIARIES — $212,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetFAMILY FIRST COMMUNITY CENTER FOUNDATION — $207,500 over 2y, 15% of budgetWASHINGTON INSTITUTE FOR FINANCIAL SECURITY — $205,750 over 1y, 34% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of the Lowcountry — $200,000 over 4y, 11% of budgetAlliance for Education — $193,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetEastern Washington University Foundation — $181,234 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetMOTHER AFRICA — $163,125 over 2y, 4.9% of budgetFINANCIAL BEGINNINGS WASHINGTON — $160,000 over 6y, 6.8% of budgetRebuilding Together South Sound — $160,000 over 7y, 3.9% of budgetBEHAVIORAL IDEAS LAB INC — $157,200 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetWASHINGTON ALLIANCE FOR BETTER SCHOOLS — $148,000 over 6y, 2.0% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR TACOMA STUDENTS — $145,000 over 2y, 5.0% of budgetTECHNOLOGY ACCESS FOUNDATION — $145,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetOpening Opportunities dba O2 — $145,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetSOUTH SOUND OUTREACH SERVICES — $140,100 over 7y, 2.3% of budgetCollege Access Now — $128,246 over 3y, 3.2% of budgetHOUSING DEVELOPMENT CONSORTIUM OF SEATTLE - KING COUNTY — $126,294 over 8y, 3.6% of budgetYOUTHCARE — $125,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetLavender Rights Project — $125,000 over 1y, 5.4% of budgetWORLDWIDE FOUNDATION FOR CREDIT UNIONS INC — $125,000 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetSPOKANE COLLEGES FOUNDATION — $120,000 over 7y, 1.5% of budgetOPEN DOORS FOR MULTICULTURAL FAMILIES — $116,900 over 6y, 2.7% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds BECU FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CREDIT UNIONS IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON ↗
  • Who funds JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF WASHINGTON ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL CREDIT UNION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SEATTLE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SEATTLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND BUSINESS IMPACT NW ↗
  • Who funds HOUSING HOPE ↗
  • Who funds SEATTLE COLLEGES FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF KEXP ↗
  • Who funds SPOKANE NEIGHBORHOOD ACTION PARTNERS ↗
  • Who funds College Success Foundation ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON ALUMNI ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds GOWEST FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds AFRICAN AMERICAN CREDIT UNION COALITION ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF SNOHOMISH COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds FORTERRA NW ↗
  • Who funds JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF OREGON AND SW WASHINGTON INC ↗
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY SEATTLE-KING COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds Seattle Good Business Network DBA Good Business Network of Washington ↗
  • Who funds HOPEWORKS SOCIAL ENTERPRISES ↗
  • Who funds YOUR MONEY MATTERS ↗
  • Who funds COLLEGE POSSIBLE INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTHWEST INNOVATION RESOURCE CTR ↗
  • Who funds FARESTART ↗
  • Who funds PLYMOUTH HOUSING GROUP AND SUBSIDIARIES ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY FIRST COMMUNITY CENTER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WASHINGTON INSTITUTE FOR FINANCIAL SECURITY ↗
  • Who funds Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Lowcountry ↗
  • Who funds Alliance for Education ↗
  • Who funds Eastern Washington University Foundation ↗
  • Who funds MOTHER AFRICA ↗
  • Who funds FINANCIAL BEGINNINGS WASHINGTON ↗
  • Who funds Rebuilding Together South Sound ↗
  • Who funds BEHAVIORAL IDEAS LAB INC ↗

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Norcliffe Foundat…Puget Sound Energy Fo…Medina FoundationSeattle FoundationUnited Way of King Co…School's Out Washingt…Moccasin Lake Foundat…The Satterberg Founda…Inatai FoundationPhilanthropy NorthwestLucky Seven FoundationMulticare Health Syst…
The Norcliffe FoundationWA159.2× affinity130 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Norcliffe Foundation · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Medina Foundation · Seattle Foundation · United Way of King County · School's Out Washington · Moccasin Lake Foundation · The Satterberg Foundation Inc · Inatai Foundation · Philanthropy Northwest · Lucky Seven Foundation · Multicare Health System

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Credit Unions in the State of Washington funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Mercy Corps — 47% of income from government
  • Financial Beginnings — 1% of income from government
  • Year Up Inc — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
94report 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

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 458 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
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