How much does Front and Centered give?

Front and Centered reported 14 itemized grants totaling $290,838, out of $352,967 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 52 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.

What does Front and Centered fund?

By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2023, its largest causes are Public Safety & Disaster (21%), Environment (14%), Human Services (11%).

Who are Front and Centered's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2020 to FY2023: Na'ah Illahee Fund ($143k), Institute for Washingtons Future ($139k), Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition - TAG ($90k).

Does Front and Centered fund new organizations?

In FY2023, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Which funders back the same organizations as Front and Centered?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Inatai Foundation, Seattle Foundation, Philanthropy Northwest.

Where is Front and Centered based?

Front and Centered is based in WA.

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Washington · Public charity

Front and Centered

Front and Centered is a statewide, community driven coalition working to achieve environmental justice by asserting policy solutions that center equity. Our members are the leadership of communities first and worst hit by environmental and climate impacts, communities of color and indigenous communities.

$353k
Granted FY2023: 14
Itemized grants FY2023: 14
Organizations funded FY2023: 43%
First-time grantees FY2023

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Itemized, FY2023: $291k; The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2023: $20,000
Largest grant, FY2023: $53,618
Organizations funded a year: 14 to 52; FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2023: 3
Total assets, FY2023: $2.6M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 43% of the organizations Front and Centered funded were first-time grantees, receiving 39% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $114k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

Human ServicesHousing & ShelterFood & NutritionYouth DevelopmentCommunity ImprovementRecreation & SportsOther

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.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2023	14	$291k	43%
FY2022	27	$356k	33%
FY2021	23	$257k	43%
FY2020	52	$740k	n/a

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2023.

Public Safety & Disaster$349kEnvironment$228kHuman Services$184kCommunity Improvement$175kInternational$158kCivil Rights$116kFood & Nutrition$84kArts & Culture$79kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Na'ah Illahee Fund	$142,500	4	2%
Institute for Washingtons Future	$138,620	4	4%
Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition - TAG	$89,539	4	3%
Villa Comunitaria	$79,300	3	2%
Food Oasis LLC	$58,600	1	n/a
Solid Ground Washington	$45,000	1	0%
Asia Pacific Cultural Center	$41,500	2	2%
Mother Africa	$40,800	4	1%
Drivers Union	$35,000	2	1%
Indigenous Creatives Collective	$35,000	1	28%

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All grantees of Front and Centered by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Na'ah Illahee Fund	$142,500	4	2%
Institute for Washingtons Future	$138,620	4	4%
Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition - TAG	$89,539	4	3%
Villa Comunitaria	$79,300	3	2%
Food Oasis LLC	$58,600	1	n/a
Solid Ground Washington	$45,000	1	0%
Asia Pacific Cultural Center	$41,500	2	2%
Mother Africa	$40,800	4	1%
Drivers Union	$35,000	2	1%
Indigenous Creatives Collective	$35,000	1	28%
Sunyata Agency Inc	$35,000	2	n/a
Puget Sound Sage	$34,850	3	2%
Pears People Empowerment and Renewal Services	$32,000	4	n/a
Khmer Samaki Corporation	$31,600	1	n/a
The Noble Foundation	$29,600	1	n/a
Refugee & Immigrant Services Northwest	$28,550	3	1%
Disability Rights Washington	$27,950	1	0%
Latino Community Fund of Washington State	$25,850	3	0%
Nuestra CASA	$25,400	1	7%
Living Well Kent Collaborative	$25,000	1	2%
Kitsap Black Student Union	$25,000	1	n/a
Entre Hermanos	$23,600	1	2%
Food Empowerment Education Sustainability Team	$22,450	1	1%
NAACP Empowerment Programs Inc	$22,350	3	0%
Washington State Coalition of African Community Leaders	$22,000	2	9%
Asian Counseling and Referral Service	$21,800	2	0%
Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle	$21,450	2	0%
Nickelsville	$20,000	1	7%
Tacoma Ministerial Alliance	$19,450	3	2%
Washington State Family And Community Engagement Trust	$18,500	2	1%
Sustainable Seattle	$17,450	2	2%
Somali Health Board	$17,000	1	1%
United Territories of Pacific Islanders Washington-Utopia Wa	$16,450	2	0%
To God Be the Glory House of Worship	$16,450	1	n/a
Afghan Health Initiative	$16,150	1	3%
Northwest Alliance for Alternative Media&Education	$15,450	2	2%
United Indians of All Tribes Foundation	$15,000	1	0%
Eritrean Association in Greater Seattle	$15,000	2	1%
African Community Housing & Development	$14,000	1	0%
Community Health Worker Coalition	$12,000	2	1%
Got Green	$10,950	1	1%
Africatown Community Land Trust	$10,450	1	1%
Chinese Information and Service Center	$10,450	1	0%
Champion Kidz	$10,000	1	n/a
Hmong Association of Washington	$10,000	1	3%
George Floyd Memorial Foundation George Floyd Memorial Foundation	$10,000	1	3%
Seattle Parks Foundation	$10,000	1	0%
West African Community Council	$10,000	1	1%
Filipino Community of Seattle	$10,000	1	0%
The Revive Center for Returning Citizens	$8,450	1	4%
La Casa Hogar	$7,450	1	0%
Colectiva Legal del Pueblo	$7,450	1	0%
Oneamerica	$7,450	1	0%
Oromo Cultural Center	$7,000	1	n/a
Somali Family Safety Task Force Somali Family Safety Task Force	$7,000	1	1%
Hilltop Urban Gardens	$7,000	1	1%
Icna Relief USA Programs Inc	$7,000	1	0%
Muslim American Society of White Center	$7,000	1	n/a
Afghan American Community of Washington	$7,000	1	n/a
Millennia Ministries	$7,000	1	2%
Multimedia Resources and Training Institute (MMRTI)	$7,000	1	n/a
Kona Kai Coffee	$7,000	1	6%
Climate Justice Initiative	$7,000	1	n/a
Pan African Center For Empowerment Inc	$7,000	1	1%
United Way of Kitsap County	$6,880	1	1%
A Philip Randolph Institute Tacoma Chapter	$6,450	1	n/a
Comite Civico del Valle Inc	$6,000	1	0%
Familias Unidas Por la Justica	$5,450	1	n/a
Casa Latina	$5,450	1	n/a
Key Tech Labs	$5,450	1	43%
Peace Works United Inc	$5,450	1	n/a
Resource Media	$5,000	1	0%
Guanajuatenses En Washington	$5,000	1	n/a
Global Rights Advocacy	$5,000	1	n/a
Anthony R Benton Dba Musica Dba Rainier Avenue Radio World	$5,000	1	n/a
The Kicheko Project	$5,000	1	n/a
Our Place Multicultural Community Center Nuestra Casa Centro Multi C	$5,000	1	3%

Front and Centered supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 56 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 56.

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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.

Inatai FoundationWA85.2× affinity42 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Inatai Foundation · Seattle Foundation · Philanthropy Northwest · United Way of King County · School's Out Washington · Social Justice Fund Northwest · The Satterberg Foundation Inc · Gates Foundation · Sheng-Yen Lu Foundation · Washington Progress Fund · The Bullitt Foundation · Puget Sound Energy 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.

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About Front and Centered

How much does Front and Centered give?: Front and Centered reported 14 itemized grants totaling $290,838, out of $352,967 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 52 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does Front and Centered fund?: By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2023, its largest causes are Public Safety & Disaster (21%), Environment (14%), Human Services (11%).
Who are Front and Centered's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2020 to FY2023: Na'ah Illahee Fund ($143k), Institute for Washingtons Future ($139k), Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition - TAG ($90k).
Does Front and Centered fund new organizations?: In FY2023, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Front and Centered?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Inatai Foundation, Seattle Foundation, Philanthropy Northwest.
Where is Front and Centered based?: Front and Centered is based in WA.