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Fred & Gretel Biel Charitable Trust at a glance

· Private foundation

Fred & Gretel Biel Charitable Trust

Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$148k
Granted FY2026still arriving
28
Grants FY2026still arriving
2
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Human Services$306kHousing & Shelter$209kEmployment$87kFood & Nutrition$80kHealth$54kYouth Development$40kArts & Culture$35kReligion$24kOther$0
02FY2026 · 28 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2026

  • Under $10k26 grants · $128k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
$5,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$1.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MARY'S PLACE$10,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF SNOHOMISH COUNTY$10,000
LAHAI HEALTH$7,500
FARESTART$7,000
HOMAGE SENIOR SERVICES$6,500
AMARA PARENTING & ADOPTION SERVICES$5,000
DRESS FOR SUCCESS SEATTLE$5,000
WESTSIDE BABY$5,000
VINE MAPLE PLACE$5,000
SECOND CHANCE OUTREACH$5,000
NORTH HELPLINE$5,000
LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND INC$5,000
EILEEN & CALLIE'S PLACE$5,000
PIKE MARKET SENIOR CENTER$5,000
SEASHARE$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 (FY20–26, $316k) 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%SKAGIT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE & SEXUAL: $5k → 11%YWCA OF SEATTLE-KINGSNOHOMISH: $8k → 9%PIKE MARKET SENIOR CENTER: $5k → 9%SECOND CHANCE OUTREACH: $5k → 11%SECOND CHANCE OUTREACH: $5k → 11%HOMAGE SENIOR SERVICES: $7k → 9%HOMAGE SENIOR SERVICES: $5k → 9%PIKE MARKET SENIOR CENTER: $5k → 9%SENIOR SERVICES OF SNOHOMISH COUNTY: $5k → 9%PIKE MARKET SENIOR CENTER: $5k → 9%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $10k → 9%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $8k → 9%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $5k → 9%PIKE MARKET SENIOR CENTER: $5k → 9%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $5k → 9%WESTSIDE BABY: $5k → 9%YWCA OF SEATTLE-KINGSNOHOMISH: $5k → 9%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $5k → 9%PIKE MARKET SENIOR CENTER: $5k → 9%MILLIONAIR CLUB INC: $5k → 9%WESTSIDE BABY: $5k → 9%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $5k → 9%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $5k → 9%PARKVIEW SERVICES: $5k → 9%PARKVIEW SERVICES: $5k → 9%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $10k → 9%WELLSPRING FAMILY SERVICES: $5k → 9%VINE MAPLE PLACE: $5k → 9%VINE MAPLE PLACE: $5k → 9%VINE MAPLE PLACE: $5k → 9%VINE MAPLE PLACE: $5k → 9%HOPELINK: $5k → 9%HOPELINK: $5k → 9%HOPELINK: $5k → 9%HOPELINK: $5k → 9%HOPELINK: $5k → 9%CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON: $5k → 9%EILEEN & CALLIE'S PLACE: $5k → 9%EILEEN & CALLIE'S PLACE: $5k → 9%ELIZABETH GREGORY HOME: $5k → 9%ELIZABETH GREGORY HOME: $5k → 9%BREAD OF LIFE MISSION: $5k → 9%ELIZABETH GREGORY HOME: $5k → 9%BREAD OF LIFE MISSION: $5k → 9%ELIZABETH GREGORY HOME: $5k → 9%BREAD OF LIFE MISSION: $5k → 9%ELIZABETH GREGORY HOME: $5k → 9%BREAD OF LIFE MISSION: $5k → 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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$954k · 47 repeat orgs$128k to everyone else

47 repeat relationships: 26 still active in FY2026, 21 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

47
25

Total granted

$954k
$113k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+15%
+21%

Still filing today

77%
72%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2026, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
Human ServicesHousing & ShelterCommunity ImprovementHealthYouth DevelopmentEmploymentOther
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

  • JF
    JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE
    7× · 2020–2026 · $43k · revenue +97%
  • MP
    Maris Place
    7× · 2020–2026 · $40k · revenue +80%
  • BA
    BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF KING COUNTY
    7× · 2020–2026 · $40k · revenue +39%

Funded once

  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue +23%
  • WF
    WELLSPRING FAMILY SERVICES
    one grant, 2024 · $5k · revenue 0%
  • MA
    MAKING A DIFFERENCE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue +14%
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
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
2
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
3
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
4
Transitions

Transitions works to end poverty and homelessness for women and children in Spokane, Washington.

Human Services
5
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
6
Housing Connector

Housing connector partners with property owners and managers to lower barriers to housing and increase our region's affordable housing capacity.

Housing & Shelter
7
St Francis House

St. Francis House provides food clothing and necessities at no cost to people with low income or experiencing homelessness in King County Washington. Single men women and families are welcome.

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8
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…

—
9
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
10
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
11
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
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Senior Services of Snohomish County; the most unlike its peers is Second Chance Outreach Hope for Homies. 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

57 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 57 of the 74 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)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
56/57
Grantees still filing
39/57
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DALE TURNER YMCA OF GREATER: $65,000 · OtherDALE TURNER YMCA OF GREATERAMARA PARENTING & ADOPTION SERVICES: $40,000 · OtherAMARA PARENTING & ADOPTION SERVICESTHE LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND INC: $34,000 · OtherTHE LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND INCASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF THE EASTSIDE: $24,000 · OtherASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF THE EASTSIDENorth Helpline: $24,000 · OtherNorth HelplineNORTHWEST HARVEST EMM: $15,000 · OtherBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF KING COUNTY: $40,000 · OtherBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF KING COUNTYHIAS INC: $15,000 · Other+25 more: $181,500 · Other+25 moreJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $42,500 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMILY SERVICEElizabeth Home: $35,000 · Human ServicesElizabeth HomePIKE MARKET SENIOR CENTER: $29,000 · Human ServicesPIKE MARKET SENIOR CENTERBREAD OF LIFE MISSION: $29,000 · Human ServicesBREAD OF LIFE MISSIONHOPELINK: $29,000 · Human ServicesHOPELINKOperation Warm Inc: $25,000 · Human ServicesOperation Warm IncVINE MAPLE PLACE: $20,000 · Human ServicesVINE MAPLE PLACEWESTSIDE BABY: $19,000 · Human ServicesWESTSIDE BABYYOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF SEATTLE-KING COUNTY-SNOHOMISH COUNTY: $17,000 · Human ServicesSecond Chance Outreach Hope for Homies: $16,500 · Human ServicesSENIOR SERVICES OF SNOHOMISH COUNTY: $16,500 · Human Services+11 more: $64,500 · Human Services+11 moreJUBILEE WOMEN'S CENTER: $39,500 · Housing & ShelterJUBILEE W…HOUSING HOPE: $17,500 · Housing & ShelterHOUSING H…Skagit Valley Hospitality House Association: $10,000 · Housing & ShelterSkagit Va…Humble Design Inc: $7,500 · Housing & ShelterHumble De…PLYMOUTH HEALING COMMUNITIES: $7,500 · Housing & ShelterPLYMOUTH …PLYMOUTH HOUSING GROUP AND SUBSIDIARIES: $5,000 · Housing & ShelterPLYMOUTH …LAHAI HEALTH: $29,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD GREAT NORTHWEST HAWAII ALASKA INDIANA AND KENTUCKY: $22,500 · HealthVALLEY CITIES COUNSELING AND CONSULTATION: $5,000 · HealthHIGHLINE MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $2,500 · HealthMaris Place: $40,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SNOHOMISH COUNTY: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentTREEHOUSE: $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentFARESTART: $32,000 · EmploymentDress for Success Seattle: $22,500 · EmploymentSEASHARE: $25,000 · Community ImprovementORION INDUSTRIES: $10,000 · Community ImprovementCIS OF GREATER KING COUNTY DBA COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS: $7,500 · Community ImprovementPhinney Neighborhood Association: $2,500 · Community Improvement
Other$438,500Human Services$343,000Housing & Shelter$87,000Health$59,000Youth Development$55,000Employment$54,500Community Improvement$45,000

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 budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $42,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetMaris Place: $40,000 over 7y, 2.4% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF KING COUNTY: $40,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetJUBILEE WOMEN'S CENTER: $39,500 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetElizabeth Home: $35,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetTHE LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND INC: $34,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFARESTART: $32,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPIKE MARKET SENIOR CENTER: $29,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetLAHAI HEALTH: $29,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetBREAD OF LIFE MISSION: $29,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetHOPELINK: $29,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSEASHARE: $25,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetOperation Warm Inc: $25,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF THE EASTSIDE: $24,000 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetNorth Helpline: $24,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetDress for Success Seattle: $22,500 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD GREAT NORTHWEST HAWAII ALASKA INDIANA AND KENTUCKY: $22,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetVINE MAPLE PLACE: $20,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetWESTSIDE BABY: $19,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHOUSING HOPE: $17,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetYOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF SEATTLE-KING COUNTY-SNOHOMISH COUNTY: $17,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSecond Chance Outreach Hope for Homies: $16,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetSENIOR SERVICES OF SNOHOMISH COUNTY: $16,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHWEST HARVEST EMM: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHIAS INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLITERACY SOURCE A COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTER: $14,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetQUEEN ANNE HELPLINE: $12,500 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetORION INDUSTRIES: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEileen & Callies Place: $10,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetPARKVIEW SERVICES: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSkagit Valley Hospitality House Association: $10,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetSKAGIT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT SERVICES: $9,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetHumble Design Inc: $7,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPLYMOUTH HEALING COMMUNITIES: $7,500 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetCIS OF GREATER KING COUNTY DBA COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS: $7,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSouth Park Senior Citizens: $6,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetWELLSPRING FAMILY SERVICES: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAKING A DIFFERENCE FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDRENS HOME SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMuseum of Glass: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPLYMOUTH HOUSING GROUP AND SUBSIDIARIES: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBANCHERO DISABILITY PARTNERS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVALLEY CITIES COUNSELING AND CONSULTATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUPLIFT NORTHWEST: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTREEHOUSE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF SEATTLE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% 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 JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE ↗
  • Who funds Maris Place ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF KING COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds JUBILEE WOMEN'S CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Elizabeth Home ↗
  • Who funds THE LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND INC ↗
  • Who funds FARESTART ↗
  • Who funds PIKE MARKET SENIOR CENTER ↗
  • Who funds LAHAI HEALTH ↗
  • Who funds BREAD OF LIFE MISSION ↗
  • Who funds HOPELINK ↗
  • Who funds SEASHARE ↗
  • Who funds Operation Warm Inc ↗
  • Who funds ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF THE EASTSIDE ↗
  • Who funds North Helpline ↗
  • Who funds Dress for Success Seattle ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD GREAT NORTHWEST HAWAII ALASKA INDIANA AND KENTUCKY ↗
  • Who funds VINE MAPLE PLACE ↗
  • Who funds WESTSIDE BABY ↗
  • Who funds HOUSING HOPE ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF SEATTLE-KING COUNTY-SNOHOMISH COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds Second Chance Outreach Hope for Homies ↗
  • Who funds SENIOR SERVICES OF SNOHOMISH COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds NORTHWEST HARVEST EMM ↗
  • Who funds HIAS INC ↗
  • Who funds LITERACY SOURCE A COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTER ↗
  • Who funds QUEEN ANNE HELPLINE ↗
  • Who funds ORION INDUSTRIES ↗
  • Who funds Eileen & Callies Place ↗
  • Who funds PARKVIEW SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SNOHOMISH COUNTY ↗

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.

The Norcliffe Foundat…Seattle FoundationPuget Sound Energy Fo…Liberty Mutual Founda…Fales Foundation TrustWilkins Charitable Fo…Medina FoundationKawabe Memorial FundWashington Federal Fo…Employees Community F…Moccasin Lake Foundat…Lucky Seven Foundation
The Norcliffe FoundationWA54.2× affinity25 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Norcliffe Foundation · Seattle Foundation · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc · Fales Foundation Trust · Wilkins Charitable Foundation · Medina Foundation · Kawabe Memorial Fund · Washington Federal Foundation · Employees Community Fund of Boeing-Puget Sound · Moccasin Lake Foundation · Lucky Seven 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 Fred & Gretel Biel Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Fred & Gretel Biel Charitable Trust. 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%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 88%
  • Hias Inc: 88% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
31report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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 74 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 2026, released 2026. Filings run roughly 12 to 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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