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Danica Childrens Foundation at a glance

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Danica Childrens Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$39k
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$15k
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.

Youth Development$50kHuman Services$35kInternational$21kCrime & Legal$19kEducation$16kArts & Culture$15kHousing & Shelter$15kRecreation & Sports$13kOther$0
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $24k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $15k
$5,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$177k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
lOPEZ EDUCATIONAL fOUNDATION$15,000
concern for girl child$9,000
Angels in Sport$5,000
YMCA of Greater Seattle$5,000
Teen Feed$5,000
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 (FY17–25, $26k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%NORTHWEST YOUTH SERVICES: $5k → 12%LOPEZ ISLAND FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER FOOD BANK: $2k → 10%AMARA: $5k → 9%YMCA of Greater Seattle: $5k → 9%YMCA of Greater Seattle: $5k → 9%AMARA: $4k → 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.

69%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$161k · 10 repeat orgs$74k to everyone else

10 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
11

Total granted

$161k
$50k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+15%
+29%

Still filing today

70%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 38% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $24k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesReligionInternationalArts & 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

  • TF
    TEEN FEED
    5× · 2020–2025 · $45k · revenue +15%
  • King County Sexual Assault Resource Center
    3× · 2017–2019 · $19k · revenue +56%
  • CF
    Concern for the Girl Child North America
    3× · 2017–2019 · $16k · revenue +11%

Funded once

  • EY
    E&F YOUTH SPORTS INC
    one grant, 2024 · $8k
  • SM
    ST MARY'S FOOD BANK
    one grant, 2020 · $5k
  • NY
    NORTHWEST YOUTH SERVICESgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue +114%
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
Southwest Youth and Family Services

SWYFS partners with youth and families to transform their futures.

Human Services
2
Youth Empowerment Shelter

To provide youth in crisis a place of physical and emotional safety while assisting them to build positive relationships and develop their individual potentials.

Youth Development
3
Youthcare

Youthcare works to end youth homelessness and to ensure that young people are valued for who they are and empowered to achieve their potential.

Human Services
4
Volunteers of America Western Washington

We serve and empower individuals, families, and communities. we respond to over 200,000 comprehensive human service requests for assistance each year in the following service areas: basic needs, community information & referral,…

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5
Brightspark Early Learning Services

To nurture and sustain child-centered, antiracist early learning communities.Our work is to:1) Help families access high quality childcare and after-school care.2) Increase the availability of high-quality care through coaching and…

Human Services
6
Lutheran Community Services Northwest

LCSNW partners with individuals, families and communities for health, justice and hope. LCSNW provides a wide variety of social services in Oregon, Washington and Idaho and serves people of all ages, cultures and faiths.

Human Services
7
Jewish Family Service

Mission: Inspired by their history and values, Jewish Family Service supports the needs of Jewish individuals and families, refugees and immigrants, and the broader community to achieve well-being, health, and stability. From food security…

Human Services
8
Nourish Pierce County

To provide food to individuals in need with compassion, dignity and respect. No one needing assistance is turned away.

—
9
Cocoon House

Partners with young people, families and the community to break the cycle of homelessness through outreach, housing, prevention, education and employment.

Housing & Shelter
10
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
11
Impact Nw

Impact nw prevents homelessness by supporting people as they navigate their journey to stability and strength. founded in portland in 1966, impact nw now serves 26,944 people a year in the greater portland, oregon metro area, including…

Human Services
12
Snoqualmie Valley Shelter Services

Reclaim is a community resource providing pathways to stability, opportunity & connection.

Housing & Shelter
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Lopez Island Family Resource Center; the most unlike its peers is Concern for the Girl Child North America. 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

14 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. 14 of the 23 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
11/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

King County Sexual Assault Resource Center: $19,000 · OtherKing County Sexual Assault Resource CenterFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN: $16,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF THE CHILDRENlOPEZ EDUCATIONAL fOUNDATION: $15,000 · OtherlOPEZ EDUCATIONAL fOUNDATIONBUREAU OF FEARLESS IDEAS: $15,000 · OtherBUREAU OF FEARLESS IDEASANGELS IN SPORTS: $10,000 · OtherANGELS IN SPORTSconcern for girl child: $9,000 · Otherconcern for girl childE&F YOUTH SPORTS INC: $7,500 · OtherE&F YOUTH SPORTS INCST MARY'S FOOD BANK: $5,000 · OtherRAINIER VALLEY FOOD BANK: $5,000 · OtherHAND IN HAND: $5,000 · OtherLOPEZ CHILDREN'S CENTER: $5,000 · Other+2 more: $5,000 · OtherTEEN FEED: $45,000 · ReligionTEEN FEEDTHE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER SEATTLE (6871): $10,000 · Human ServicesTHE YOUNG MEN'S C…AMARA: $9,000 · Human ServicesAMARAMULTI-SERVICE CENTER: $6,000 · Human ServicesMULTI-SERVICE CEN…NORTHWEST YOUTH SERVICES: $5,000 · Human ServicesNORTHWEST YOUTH S…DOMESTIC ABUSE WOMEN'S NETWORK: $5,000 · Human ServicesDOMESTIC ABUSE WO…LOPEZ ISLAND FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $2,000 · Human ServicesLOPEZ ISLAND FAMI…Concern for the Girl Child North America: $15,500 · InternationalArts Corps: $15,000 · Arts & CultureSolid Ground Washington: $5,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$116,500Religion$45,000Human Services$37,000International$15,500Arts & Culture$15,000Housing & Shelter$5,000

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 budgetTEEN FEED: $45,000 over 5y, 2.2% of budgetKing County Sexual Assault Resource Center: $19,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetConcern for the Girl Child North America: $15,500 over 3y, 3.8% of budgetArts Corps: $15,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetTHE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER SEATTLE (6871): $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMARA: $9,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMULTI-SERVICE CENTER: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHWEST YOUTH SERVICES: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRAINIER VALLEY FOOD BANK: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHAND IN HAND: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLOPEZ CHILDREN'S CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetSolid Ground Washington: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDOMESTIC ABUSE WOMEN'S NETWORK: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLOPEZ ISLAND FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

Seattle FoundationMedina FoundationThe Norcliffe Foundat…Puget Sound Energy Fo…NW Childrens Foundati…Lucky Seven FoundationReal Progress Foundat…Laird Norton Family F…The Satterberg Founda…OnefamilyRenton Regional Commu…Dv & Ida McEachern Ch…
Seattle FoundationWA24.2× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Seattle Foundation · Medina Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · NW Childrens Foundation · Lucky Seven Foundation · Real Progress Foundation · Laird Norton Family Foundation · The Satterberg Foundation Inc · Onefamily · Renton Regional Community Fndn · Dv & Ida McEachern Charitable Tr

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 Danica Childrens Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Danica Childrens 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%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    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 Danica Childrens Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Danica Childrens 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 23 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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