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Echo Bay 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.

$380k
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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 2025.

Health$1.7MInternational$670kHuman Services$638kEducation$215kFood & Nutrition$55kEnvironment$30kYouth Development$25kAnimals$21kOther$0
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $95k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $275k
$40,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$5.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL$100,000
FRED HUTCHISON CANCER CENTER$75,000
WATER 1ST INTERNATIONAL$50,000
LUTHERAN COMMUNITY SERVICES NORTHWEST$50,000
IN KIND BOXES$40,000
FDMAS ALLIANCE$20,000
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION$20,000
HOPE SPARKS$15,000
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF WHATCOM COUNTY$5,000
ASSISTANCE DOGS OF HAWAII$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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $598k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%HOPE SPARKS: $15k → 9%WHATCOM FAMILY YMCA: $5k → 12%HOPE SPARKS: $15k → 9%HOPE SPARKS: $10k → 9%HOPE SPARKS FAMILY SERVICES: $10k → 9%HOPE SPARKS: $10k → 9%HOPE SPARKS FAMILY SERVICES: $10k → 9%IN KIND BOXES: $62k → 8%HOPE SPARKS: $10k → 9%IN KIND BOXES: $56k → 8%HOPE SPARKS: $10k → 9%IN KIND BOXES: $40k → 8%IN KIND BOXES: $40k → 8%IN KIND BOXES: $40k → 8%IN KIND BOXES: $35k → 8%IN KIND BOXES: $25k → 8%LUTHERAN COMMUNITY SERVICES NORTHWEST: $50k → 9%LUTHERAN COMMUNITY SERVICES NORTHWEST: $50k → 9%LUTHERAN COMMUNITY SERVICES NORTHWEST: $25k → 9%LUTHERAN COMMUNITY SERVICES NORTHWEST: $25k → 9%LUTHERAN COMMUNITY SERVICES NORTHWEST: $20k → 9%LUTHERAN COMMUNITY SERVICES NORTHWEST: $20k → 9%LUTHERAN COMMUNITY SERVICES NORTHWEST: $15k → 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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.3M · 19 repeat orgs$60k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +46% since the first grant, against -16% for those funded once.

19 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
7

Total granted

$3.3M
$60k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+46%
-16%

Still filing today

68%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesPhilanthropyEnvironmentEducationYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • FH
    Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
    4× · 2022–2025 · $325k · revenue +97%
  • VG
    VIRGINIA GARCIA MEMORIAL FOUNDATION
    6× · 2017–2022 · $230k · revenue +30%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION
    9× · 2017–2025 · $215k · revenue +46%

Funded once

  • PH
    PAL HUMANITARIAN SERVICES RUBEN'S SHOES
    one grant, 2024 · $25k
  • CP
    CANUCK PLACE
    one grant, 2018 · $10k
  • WF
    WHATCOM FAMILY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue +18%
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
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
2
Waimanalo Health Center

Waimanalo health center is committed to providing the highest level of primary and preventive health services, with special attention to the needs of native hawaiians and the medically underserved, and improving the health and wellness of…

Health
3
Uhiwai O Haleakala

The mission of the corporation shall be to work with partners to protect and restore native ecosystems and watersheds, to improve the quality and quantity of freshwater resources to perpetuate hawaiian cultural resources and practices, to…

Environment
4
Kaua'i Medical Clinic

Kaua'i medical clinic, an affliate of hawai'i pacific health, is a multi-specialty clinic dedicated to providing world-class care for adults and children across hawai'i and the pacific region in partnership with kapi'olani medical center…

Health
5
University of Hawaii Foundation

To unite donors' passions with the university of hawai'i's (uh) aspirations by raising philanthropic support and managing investments to benefit uh, the people of hawai'i and our future generations.

Education
6
Kuakini Foundation

The mission of kuakini foundation is to improve the health status of the community by: providing comprehensive health care services and programs at reasonable cost; continuously improving the quality of health care services and programs;…

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7
Pacific Health Research & Education Institute

See schedule ophrei conducts health research and education that improves the health and well-being of veterans and all people in hawaii, central california, the pacific region, and throughout the u.s. driven by the values of excellence and…

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8
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.

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9
Holani Hana Inc

To reclaim Hawai'i as a beacon of Aloha for the world by activating our four pillars: (1)Pu'uhonua: Create a safe, welcoming, and culturally-rooted space at our site in Papaauhau where individuals, families, organizations, and groups can…

Recreation & Sports
10
Health Care Without Harm

The mission of health care without harm (hcwh) is to transform health care worldwide so that it reduces its environmental footprint, becomes a community anchor for sustainability and a leader in the global movement for environmental health…

Environment
11
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
12
Alaska Whale Foundation

Alaska Whale Foundation is dedicated to marine mammal conservation through research monitoring and education.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; the most unlike its peers is In Kind Boxes. 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 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. 18 of the 27 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/18
Grantees still filing
10/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $875,000 · OtherSEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITALFRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER: $135,000 · OtherFRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTERIndividual grant recipient: $120,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientFDMAS ALLIANCE: $70,000 · OtherFDMAS ALLIANCE+6 more: $100,000 · Other+6 moreFred Hutchinson Cancer Center: $325,000 · HealthFred Hutchinson Canc…VIRGINIA GARCIA MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $230,000 · HealthVIRGINIA GARCIA MEMO…THE FIBROUS DYSPLASIA FOUNDATION: $50,000 · HealthTHE FIBROUS DYSPLASI…+1 more: $5,000 · HealthIn Kind Boxes: $298,054 · Human ServicesIn Kind BoxesLutheran Community Services Northwest: $205,000 · Human ServicesLutheran Community …HopeSparks: $90,000 · Human ServicesHopeSparks+1 more: $5,000 · Human ServicesWATER FIRST INTERNATIONAL: $525,000 · PhilanthropyWATER FIRST INTERNA…THE MAUI FARM INC: $50,000 · PhilanthropyTHE MAUI FARM INC+2 more: $14,250 · PhilanthropyUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION: $215,000 · EducationHAWAIIAN ISLANDS LAND TRUST: $30,000 · EnvironmentAINA MOMONA: $5,000 · EnvironmentBoys & Girls Clubs of Whatcom County: $25,000 · Youth DevelopmentASSISTANCE DOGS OF HAWAII: $21,000 · Animals
Other$1,300,000Health$610,000Human Services$598,054Philanthropy$589,250Education$215,000Environment$35,000Youth Development$25,000Animals$21,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWATER FIRST INTERNATIONAL: $525,000 over 9y, 3.2% of budgetFred Hutchinson Cancer Center: $325,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetIn Kind Boxes: $298,054 over 7y, 74% of budgetVIRGINIA GARCIA MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $230,000 over 6y, 2.5% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION: $215,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetLutheran Community Services Northwest: $205,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetFRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER: $135,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHopeSparks: $90,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetTHE FIBROUS DYSPLASIA FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 2y, 6.3% of budgetTHE MAUI FARM INC: $50,000 over 4y, 4.0% of budgetHAWAIIAN ISLANDS LAND TRUST: $30,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Whatcom County: $25,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetASSISTANCE DOGS OF HAWAII: $21,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWHATCOM FAMILY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOLORECTAL CANCER ALLIANCE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAINA MOMONA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNorthwest Wine Benefit Foundation DBA Auction of Washington Wines: $4,250 over 2y, 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.

  • Who funds WATER FIRST INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center ↗
  • Who funds In Kind Boxes ↗
  • Who funds VIRGINIA GARCIA MEMORIAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Lutheran Community Services Northwest ↗
  • Who funds FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER ↗
  • Who funds HopeSparks ↗
  • Who funds THE FIBROUS DYSPLASIA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE MAUI FARM INC ↗
  • Who funds HAWAIIAN ISLANDS LAND TRUST ↗
  • Who funds Boys & Girls Clubs of Whatcom County ↗
  • Who funds ASSISTANCE DOGS OF HAWAII ↗
  • Who funds HAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WHATCOM FAMILY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds COLORECTAL CANCER ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds AINA MOMONA ↗
  • Who funds Northwest Wine Benefit Foundation DBA Auction of Washington Wines ↗

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 FoundationGs Donor Advised Phil…American Online Givin…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…American Endowment Fo…Donor Advised Charita…The Bank of America C…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Seattle FoundationWA14.5× affinity5 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Seattle Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Echo Bay Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Echo Bay Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%6%25%56%100%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
    3get no government money at all
    3report 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.

    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 27 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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