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Eastside Retirement Association

Emerald heights is a not-for-profit non-denominational life plan retirement community providing a continuum of living accommodations, supportive services, and health care for residents 55 years of age and older.

$1.2M
Granted FY2024still arriving
12
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$1.0M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2018–2024.

Human Services$14MHealth$285kHousing & Shelter$278kPublic Safety & Disaster$100kPublic Benefit$100kPhilanthropy$60kFood & Nutrition$58kEducation$10kOther$0
02FY2024 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k11 grants · $200k
  • $250k+1 grant · $1.0M
$20,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$368M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
EMERALD COMMUNITIES$1,043,672
MEDIC ONE FOUNDATION$40,000
CONGREGATIONS FOR THE HOMELESS$25,000
THE SOPHIA WAY$25,000
VINE MAPLE PLACE$20,000
NORTHWEST PARKINSONS FOUNDATION$20,000
SOUND GENERATIONS$20,000
NORTHWEST LGBT SENIOR CARE$10,000
EASTSIDE FRIENDS OF SENIORS$10,000
OLD FRIENDS CLUB$10,000
THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF THE HOLY CROSS$10,000
PRIDE ACROSS THE BRIDGE$10,000
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 (FY19–24, $14.0M) 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 your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%SOUND GENERATIONS: $25k → 9%SOUND GENERATIONS: $20k → 9%THE SOPHIA WAY: $50k → 9%THE SOPHIA WAY: $25k → 9%BELLEVUE LIFESPRING: $25k → 9%SOPHIA WAY: $15k → 9%EASTSIDE FRIENDS OF SENIORS: $10k → 9%VINE MAPLE PLACE: $20k → 9%EMERALD COMMUNITIES: $10.4M → 9%EMERALD COMMUNITIES: $1.5M → 9%EMERALD COMMUNITIES: $1.0M → 9%EMERALD COMMUNITIES: $695k → 9%EVERGREEN HEALTH FOUNDATION: $150k → 9%EVERGREEN HEALTH FOUNDATION: $25k → 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.

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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$14M · 6 repeat orgs$560k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +51% since the first grant, against -32% for the ones you funded once.

6 repeat relationships — 5 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
13

Total granted

$14M
$470k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+51%
-32%

Still filing today

100%
54%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $90k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthEducationHousing & ShelterFood & NutritionPhilanthropyOther

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

  • EF
    EVERGREENHEALTH FOUNDATION
    2× · 2019–2020 · $175k · revenue +136%
  • MO
    MEDIC ONE FOUNDATION
    3× · 2019–2024 · $100k · revenue +115%
  • TS
    THE SOPHIA WAY
    3× · 2019–2024 · $90k · revenue +22%

Funded once

  • CO
    CITY OF REDMOND WASHINGTON
    one grant, 2023 · $100k
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON ALZHEIMERS DISEASE RESEARCH CENTER
    one grant, 2020 · $80k
  • HF
    HABITAT FOR HUMANITY SEATTLE-KING COUNTYgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $75k · revenue +577%

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.

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Emergency Medical Services at the University of Washington
Health
2
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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3
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
4
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
5
Solid Ground Washington

At Solid Ground, we work passionately to end poverty and build a more equitable community. Our services support people experiencing poverty by helping them achieve stability and expand their skills to realize their dreams. And that's just…

Housing & Shelter
6
Nourish Pierce County

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

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7
Downtown Emergency Service Center

DESC helps people with the complex needs of homelessness, substance use disorders, and serious mental illness achieve their highest potential for health and well-being through comprehensive services, treatment, and housing.

Health
8
Olympic Peninsula Community Clinic

Improving the quality of life for the people in the Olympic Peninsula Community by providing increased access to health and wellness services for the underserved

Health
9
Anything Helps

Anything Helps creates and clears pathways to stability for individuals experiencing homelessness in Washington State. The organization provides Foundational Community Supports services through Washington State Medicaid, using a by-and-for…

Human Services
10
Recovery Cafe Skagit

Provide a safe, healing, and restorative community that empowers long-term transformation through human connection for those recovering from the trauma of homelessness, addictions, and mental health challenges.

Education
11
West Seattle Food Bank

West Seattle Food Bank strengthens the community through the power of neighbors helping neighbors, working to ensure all in our community have access to the essential necessities of living.

Food & Nutrition
12
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

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Philanthropy Northwest and the most unlike its peers is Pride Across the Bridge. 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

18 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. 18 of the 26 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
10/18
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

EMERALD COMMUNITIES — $13,660,553 · Human ServicesEMERALD COMMUNITIES+7 more — $377,500 · Human ServicesCITY OF REDMOND WASHINGTON — $100,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON ALZHEIMERS DISEASE RESEARCH CENTER — $80,000 · OtherHABITAT FOR HUMANITY SEATTLE-KING COUNTY — $75,000 · OtherPHILANTHROPY NORTHWEST — $50,000 · OtherREDMOND SENIOR CENTER — $25,000 · OtherPRESBYTERIAN COUNSELING SERVICE DBA SAMARITAN CENTER OF PUGET SOUND — $25,000 · OtherEPISCOPAL PARISH CHURCH OF THE HOLY CROSS — $22,500 · Other+4 more — $40,000 · OtherMEDIC ONE FOUNDATION — $100,000 · HealthNorthwest Parkinsons Foundation — $20,000 · HealthOLD FRIENDS CLUB — $10,000 · HealthCONGREGATIONS FOR THE HOMELESS — $80,000 · Housing & ShelterEastWest Food Rescue — $25,000 · Food & NutritionKing County Library System Foundation — $10,000 · EducationPride Across the Bridge — $10,000 · Philanthropy
Human Services$14,038,053Other$417,500Health$130,000Housing & Shelter$80,000Food & Nutrition$25,000Education$10,000Philanthropy$10,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetEMERALD COMMUNITIES — $13,660,553 over 4y, 71% of budgetEVERGREENHEALTH FOUNDATION — $175,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetMEDIC ONE FOUNDATION — $100,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetTHE SOPHIA WAY — $90,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetCONGREGATIONS FOR THE HOMELESS — $80,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY SEATTLE-KING COUNTY — $75,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetPHILANTHROPY NORTHWEST — $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSOUND GENERATIONS — $45,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetEastWest Food Rescue — $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOVERLAKE SERVICE LEAGUE — $25,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetPRESBYTERIAN COUNSELING SERVICE DBA SAMARITAN CENTER OF PUGET SOUND — $25,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetVINE MAPLE PLACE — $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNorthwest Parkinsons Foundation — $20,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetOPERATION NIGHTWATCH INC — $12,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetKing County Library System Foundation — $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetEASTSIDE FRIENDS OF SENIORS — $10,000 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetPride Across the Bridge — $10,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetOLD FRIENDS CLUB — $10,000 over 1y, 13% 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.

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.

Puget Sound Energy Fo…The Norcliffe Foundat…Seattle FoundationUnited Way of King Co…Glassybaby White Ligh…Kawabe Memorial FundGarneau Nicon Family …Charis FundMoccasin Lake Foundat…Lucky Seven FoundationLiberty Mutual Founda…Mightycause Charitabl…
Puget Sound Energy FoundationDE33.2× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Puget Sound Energy Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · Seattle Foundation · United Way of King County · Glassybaby White Light Fund · Kawabe Memorial Fund · Garneau Nicon Family Foundation · Charis Fund · Moccasin Lake Foundation · Lucky Seven Foundation · Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc · Mightycause Charitable Foundation

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 Eastside Retirement Association 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 · 00%5%19%42%75%your 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
    8report 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 26 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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