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Eleanor and Henry Jansen Foundation

The ELEANOR AND HENRY JANSEN FOUNDATION supports the well-being of youth and families in whatcom county by funding programs that strengthen basic needs, encourage volunteerism, and expand opportunities for children and young people to thrive.

$352k
Granted FY2024still arriving
18
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$65k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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 FY2017–2024.

Arts & Culture$530kFood & Nutrition$302kEducation$221kHousing & Shelter$178kHealth$172kHuman Services$159kYouth Development$77kRecreation & Sports$35kOther$0
02FY2024 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 18 grants below total $303,770 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $351,770 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $48,000 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 $10k4 grants · $30k
  • $10k–50k13 grants · $209k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $65k
$10,800
Median grant
1
States reached
$5.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PEACEHEALTH ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION$65,000
WHATCOM FAMILY YMCA$30,000
WHATCOM COUNCIL ON AGING$25,000
LYDIA PLACE$25,000
CHUCKANUT HEALTH FOUNDATION$22,870
WILD BIRD CHARITY$15,000
COMMON THREADS FARM$15,000
BELLINGHAM TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION$15,000
OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL$10,800
VAMOS OUTDOORS PROJECT$10,000
LIGHTHOUSE MISSION MINISTRIES$10,000
SOUTH FORK VALLEY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION$10,000
SKOOKUM KIDS$10,000
FRIENDS OF BIRCH BAY LIBRARY$10,000
NEW WAY MINISTRIES$9,100
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, $154k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, 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%WHATCOM FAMILY YMCA: $30k → 12%WHATCOM COUNCIL ON AGING: $25k → 12%Whatcom Family YMCA: $20k → 12%OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL: $11k → 12%OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL: $8k → 12%BLUE SKIES FOR CHILDREN: $8k → 12%OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL: $6k → 12%BLUE SKIES FOR CHILDREN: $6k → 12%Blue Skies for Children: $6k → 12%OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL: $6k → 12%Skookum Kids: $10k → 12%SKOOKUM KIDS: $10k → 12%ANIMALS AS NATURAL THERAPY: $9k → 12%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.

70%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$1.1M · 14 repeat orgs$477k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +7% since the first grant, against -6% for the ones you funded once.

14 repeat relationships — 9 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
13

Total granted

$1.1M
$331k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+7%
-6%

Still filing today

93%
69%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 49% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $146k 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 ServicesEducationHealthFood & NutritionCommunity ImprovementYouth DevelopmentOther

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

  • JA
    JANSEN ART CENTER
    3× · 2017–2023 · $530k · revenue +23% · 66% of their budget
  • LP
    LYDIA PLACE
    5× · 2020–2024 · $150k · revenue +51%
  • WF
    WHATCOM FAMILY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
    2× · 2022–2024 · $50k · revenue +28%

Funded once

  • NW
    NORTHWEST WASHINGTON FAIR FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2018 · $200k · revenue -88%
  • NC
    NORTHSIDE COMMUNITY CHURCH OF THE C&MA
    one grant, 2021 · $25k
  • KK
    Kornerstone Kids PS
    one grant, 2018 · $20k · revenue -103%

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
Wild Whatcom

Wild Whatcom's mission is to foster lifelong connections with nature and community through outdoor exploration and service.

Education
2
Whatcom Center for Early Learning

Whatcom Center for Early Learning's mission is to partner with families to provide high-quality, equitable, and comprehensive therapy and support to children experiencing developmental delays and disabilities.

Unclassified
3
Whatcom Dispute Resolution Center

Provide and promote constructive and collaborative approaches to conflict resolution through mediation, training, facilitation, supervised visits and community education.

Unclassified
4
Whatcom Alliance for Healthcare Access C/O Chuckanut Health Fdn

Waha is a nonprofit organization based in bellingham, washington whose mission is to connect people to health care and facilitate transformation of the current system into one that improves health, reduces cost and improves the experience…

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5
Whatcom Community College Foundation

The wcc foundation strengthens educational opportunities by providing student scholarships, supporting faculty and staff development, and assisting with key college initiatives.

Education
6
Whatcom Clubhouse

Whatcom clubhouse will provide support, community, opportunity, and hope for those with a mental health condition.

Health
7
United Way of Snohomish County

United way of snohomish county improves lives for families in snohomish county by bringing people, resources, and strategy together.

Philanthropy
8
Whatcom Land Trust

The mission of the Whatcom Land Trust is to preserve and protect wildlife habitat, scenic, agricultural and open space lands in Whatcom County for future generations by securing interests in land and promoting land stewardship.

Environment
9
Futurewise

Futurewise works throughout Washington state to encourage healthy, equitable and opportunity-rich communities, and to protect our most valuable farmlands, forests and water resources through wise land use policies and practices.

Environment
10
Washington Food Coalition

To strengthen hunger relief providers in WA State.

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11
Whatcom Mountain Bike Coalition

Whatcom Mountain Bike Coalition's (WMBC) mission is to preserve and enhance non-motorized trail access in Whatcom County through stewardship, education and advocacy.WMBC is a federal non-profit 501(c)(3) organization. We work with many…

Recreation & Sports
12
Project Access Northwest

Project Access Northwest provides low-income families access to medical, dental and Behavioral Health care so they can live a healthier and more productive life.

Health

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Whatcom Council On Aging and the most unlike its peers is Vamos Outdoors Project. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 24 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number18%0%<5yr15%13%5–10yr23%30%10–20yr18%30%20–35yr14%17%35–55yr12%10%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value18%0%<5yr15%6%5–10yr23%52%10–20yr18%26%20–35yr14%12%35–55yr12%4%55yr+

The field is 18% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 3% lost their exemption, against 12% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
3%1/37
the rest of the field
12%
147/1,230

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

31 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. 31 of the 37 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/31
Grantees still filing
16/31
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

JANSEN ART CENTER — $530,000 · Arts & CultureJANSEN ART CENTERLYDIA PLACE — $150,000 · OtherLYDIA PLACECHUCKANUT HEALTH FOUNDATION — $44,731 · OtherCHUCKANUT HEALTH FOUNDATIONLYNDEN SCHOOL DISTRICT 504 — $36,500 · OtherLYNDEN SCHOOL DISTRICT 504NORTHSIDE COMMUNITY CHURCH OF THE C&MA — $25,000 · OtherKornerstone Kids PS — $20,000 · OtherMERCY HOUSING NORTHWEST — $17,500 · OtherPEACEHEALTH ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION — $65,000 · OtherPEACEHEALTH ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CEN…Boys & Girls Clubs of Whatcom County — $50,000 · OtherBoys & Girls Clubs of Whatcom Cou…+11 more — $104,600 · Other+11 moreNORTHWEST WASHINGTON FAIR FOUNDATION — $200,000 · Food & NutritionNORTHWEST WAS…MIRACLE FOOD NETWORK INC — $7,000 · Food & NutritionWHATCOM FAMILY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION — $50,000 · Human ServicesWHATCOM FAM…OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL — $49,800 · Human ServicesOPPORTUNITY…WHATCOM COUNCIL ON AGING — $25,000 · Human ServicesWHATCOM COU…Skookum Kids — $20,000 · Human ServicesSkookum Kid…BLUE SKIES FOR CHILDREN — $19,500 · Human ServicesBLUE SKIES …ANIMALS AS NATURAL THERAPY — $15,724 · Human ServicesANIMALS AS …WHATCOM COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $100,000 · PhilanthropyBELLINGHAM CENTRAL LIONS CLUB FOUNDATION — $10,000 · PhilanthropyBellingham Technical College Foundation — $60,000 · EducationCOMMON THREADS FARM — $30,000 · EducationSkagit Preschool and Resource Center — $7,000 · EducationPARTNERS FOR SCHOOLS INTERNATIONAL — $7,000 · EducationTECHNIC TRAINING CENTER — $6,000 · EducationWILD BIRD CHARITY — $65,000 · Community ImprovementLYNDEN COMMUNITYSENIOR CENTER — $14,500 · Community Improvement
Arts & Culture$530,000Other$513,331Food & Nutrition$207,000Human Services$180,024Philanthropy$110,000Education$110,000Community Improvement$79,500

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 budgetJANSEN ART CENTER — $530,000 over 3y, 66% of budgetNORTHWEST WASHINGTON FAIR FOUNDATION — $200,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetLYDIA PLACE — $150,000 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetWHATCOM COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $100,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetWILD BIRD CHARITY — $65,000 over 5y, 14% of budgetPEACEHEALTH ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION — $65,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetBellingham Technical College Foundation — $60,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Whatcom County — $50,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetWHATCOM FAMILY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION — $50,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetOPPORTUNITY COUNCIL — $49,800 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCHUCKANUT HEALTH FOUNDATION — $44,731 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetCOMMON THREADS FARM — $30,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetWHATCOM COUNCIL ON AGING — $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetKornerstone Kids PS — $20,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetSkookum Kids — $20,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetBLUE SKIES FOR CHILDREN — $19,500 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetMERCY HOUSING NORTHWEST — $17,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetANIMALS AS NATURAL THERAPY — $15,724 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetLYNDEN COMMUNITYSENIOR CENTER — $14,500 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetMT BAKER PLANNED PARENTHOOD — $12,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBELLINGHAM CENTRAL LIONS CLUB FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetVAMOS OUTDOORS PROJECT — $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetDISH FOUNDATION INC — $10,000 over 1y, 20% of budgetUNITY CARE NORTHWEST — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLIGHTHOUSE MISSION MINISTRIES FOUND — $10,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetSkagit Preschool and Resource Center — $7,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF WASHINGTON — $7,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMIRACLE FOOD NETWORK INC — $7,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetREBOUND OF WHATCOM COUNTY — $6,000 over 1y, 1.7% 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.

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.

Whatcom Community Fou…Chuckanut Health Foun…Puget Sound Energy Fo…Mount Baker FoundationThe Norcliffe Foundat…First Fed FoundationNorth Sound Accountab…The Albertsons Compan…PeaceHealthJerry H Walton Founda…Mary H Storer Foundat…Medina Foundation
Whatcom Community FoundationWA52.9× affinity23 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Whatcom Community Foundation · Chuckanut Health Foundation · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Mount Baker Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · First Fed Foundation · North Sound Accountable Community of Health · The Albertsons Companies Foundation · PeaceHealth · Jerry H Walton Foundation · Mary H Storer Foundation · Medina 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 Eleanor and Henry Jansen Foundation 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%1%5%11%20%your share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
    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.

    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Eleanor and Henry Jansen Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Eleanor and Henry Jansen 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 37 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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