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Full Circle Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$278
Granted FY2024still arriving
1
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$278
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0186% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Human Services$20kArts & Culture$11kPhilanthropy$7kCommunity Improvement$6kHealth$5kYouth Development$3kReligion$3kEducation$2kOther$0
02FY2024 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$278
Median grant
1
States reached
$168
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION$278
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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 28% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%GOFUND ME: $1k → 7%ANGEL FLIGHT: $1k → 14%SHARON SCHLAUCH: $1k → 16%EL PASO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION (VICTIMS RELIEF FUND): $3k → 21%LUPUS FOUNDATION: $500 → 14%K9 WARRIORS: $250 → 6%MICHELLE'S CLOSET INC: $1k → 16%GARRETTS PALCE INC: $500 → 16%CONVOY OF HOPE: $309 → 15%KEVIN JOLLY: $1k → 11%LEGACY HEALTH: $250 → 12%JACK HEISLER: $1k → 15%STOP SOLDIER SUICIDE: $258 → 11%SAMARITAN'S PURSE: $500 → 21%DAVOT JUJITSU ACADEMY: $250 → 9%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES: $1k → 14%KENTUCKIANA COLTS: $4k → 13%WREATH ACROSS AMERICA: $300 → 16%SHARON SCHLAUCH: $1k → 16%KGW STUDIOS - SCHOOL SUPPLY DRIVE: $250 → 12%SAMARITAN'S PURSE - OPERATION HEAL OUR PATRIOTS: $250 → 21%KENTUCKIANA COLTS: $2k → 13%LEADERSHIP CLARK COUNTY: $2k → 9%WEST HARDIN BASEBALL CLUB: $1k → 13%FAMILY READINESS GROUP: $2k → 9%CROWN ANCHOR CHURCH: $3k → 9%COMMUNITY ROOTS COLLABORATIVE: $1k → 9%COLUMBIA RIVER ECONOMIC COUNSEL: $1k → 9%LEADERSHIP CLARK COUNTY: $1k → 9%LEWIS AND CLARK YOUNG MARINES: $1k → 9%LEADERSHIP CLARK COUNTY: $975 → 9%LEADERSHIP CLARK COUNTY: $900 → 9%LEADERSHIP CLARK COUNTY: $500 → 9%THE HISTORIC TRUST-RESERVE: $10k → 9%FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION: $7k → 9%FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION: $5k → 9%THE NURTURE INITIATIVE: $2k → 9%FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION: $2k → 9%FOUNDATION FOR VANCOUVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $1k → 9%FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION: $834 → 9%POLICE ACTIVITIES LEAGUE: $600 → 9%FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION: $571 → 9%THE HISTORIC TRUST-RESERVE: $557 → 9%FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION: $278 → 9%VANCOUVER SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATION: $275 → 9%COLUMBIA RIVER MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES: $257 → 9%LEGACY SALMON CREEK FOUNDATION: $2k → 9%LEGACY SALMON CREEK FOUNDATION: $1k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
WA
IL
OR
CA
MO
KY
AR
NC
DC
AL
TX
FL
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.

55%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$44k · 9 repeat orgs$37k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +123% since the first grant, against +35% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
31

Total granted

$44k
$37k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+123%
+35%

Still filing today

33%
35%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
HealthEducationYouth DevelopmentPublic BenefitReligionPhilanthropyOther
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

  • LC
    LEADERSHIP CLARK COUNTY
    5× · 2017–2023 · $5k · revenue +62%
  • VS
    VANCOUVER SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATION
    2× · 2018–2022 · $1k · revenue +216%
  • SS
    SCHOOLHOUSE SUPPLIES INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $500 · revenue +123%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $10k
  • EP
    EL PASO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION (VICTIMS RELIEF FUND)
    one grant, 2019 · $3k
  • CA
    CROWN ANCHOR CHURCH
    one grant, 2018 · $3k
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
Columbia Wellness

CARE. Commitment to improving quality of life. Advocacy for mental health and overall well-being. Response to community needs. Effective treatment with measurable outcomes.

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2
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
3
Legacy Salmon Creek Hospital

Legacy Salmon Creek Hospital (LSCH), established in 2005, provides acute and critical care in Vancouver, with 165 licensed beds. LSCH operates adult, pediatric, and OB/GYN hospitalist programs, as well as four primary care physician…

Health
4
Transitions

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

Human Services
5
Volunteer Hospice of Clallam County

Volunteer Hospice of Clallam County's (VHOCC) mission is to provide physical, emotional, and spiritual support to terminally ill patients and their families with free around the clock registered nursing availability and trained volunteers.…

Health
6
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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7
Community Lendingworks

To develop economically vibrant, inclusive communities by providing accessible loans that help community members, small businesses, and affordable housing developers reach their goals regardless of income level, racial identity or location.

Community Improvement
8
Welcome Home Coalition

Welcome Home is a diverse coalition in the Portland metropolitan region that uses its collective resources to create healthy communities by ensuring everyone has an affordable and stable home. We use community education and collaboration…

Community Improvement
9
Washington Home of Your Own

Washington Home of Your Own and its wholly owned subsidiary, Robinson Lane LLC, are organized to provide affordable housing opportunities and financial management services that enhance the dignity and quality of life for persons living…

Housing & Shelter
10
Family Promise of Cowlitz County

To help families with children in our community who are situationally homeless achieve sustainable independence through a community based response by providing temporary housing, usually 60-90 days, along with case management.

Human Services
11
Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital and Medical Center

Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital and Medical Center (LGSHMC), founded in 1875 is one of the earliest hospitals in the Pacific Northwest. LGSHMC provides acute and tertiary care in Portland, OR with 539 licensed beds. LGSHMC provides a…

Health
12
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Western Washington & Alaska

Ronald McDonald House Charities of Western Washington & Alaska supports families with seriously ill children by providing a caring home-away-from-home at the SEattle Ronald McDonald House and operating a house and a van service in…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Convoy of Hope; the most unlike its peers is Garretts Place Inc. 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

17 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. 17 of the 41 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/17
Grantees still filing
12/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION: $15,925 · OtherFISHER HOUSE FOUNDATIONTHE HISTORIC TRUST-RESERVE: $10,557 · OtherTHE HISTORIC TRUST-RESERVEIndividual grant recipient: $9,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientLEADERSHIP CLARK COUNTY: $5,485 · OtherLEADERSHIP CLARK COUNTYIndividual grant recipient: $5,300 · OtherIndividual grant recipientEL PASO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION (VICTIMS RELIEF FUND): $3,000 · OtherCROWN ANCHOR CHURCH: $3,000 · OtherLEGACY SALMON CREEK FOUNDATION: $2,850 · Other+22 more: $18,084 · Other+22 moreVANCOUVER SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATION: $1,275 · EducationSCHOOLHOUSE SUPPLIES INC: $500 · EducationRonald McDonald House Global: $1,000 · HealthSTOP SOLDIER SUICIDE INC: $258 · HealthCOLUMBIA RIVER MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES: $257 · HealthLEGACY HEALTH: $250 · HealthCOMMUNITY ROOTS COLLABORATIVE: $1,414 · Housing & ShelterPOLICE ACTIVITIES LEAGUE OF SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON: $600 · Youth DevelopmentGarretts Place Inc: $500 · Youth DevelopmentGOFUNDMEORG: $1,050 · PhilanthropySAMARITAN'S PURSE: $500 · Religion
Other$73,701Education$1,775Health$1,765Housing & Shelter$1,414Youth Development$1,100Philanthropy$1,050Religion$500

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 budgetLEADERSHIP CLARK COUNTY: $5,485 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY ROOTS COLLABORATIVE: $1,414 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVANCOUVER SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATION: $1,275 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGOFUNDMEORG: $1,050 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRonald McDonald House Global: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSCHOOLHOUSE SUPPLIES INC: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCONVOY OF HOPE: $309 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTOP SOLDIER SUICIDE INC: $258 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOLUMBIA RIVER MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES: $257 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetA WARRIORS WAY: $250 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetLEGACY HEALTH: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARTNERS IN CAREERS: $250 over 1y, 0.0% 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 LEADERSHIP CLARK COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds Columbia River Mental Health Foundation ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY ROOTS COLLABORATIVE ↗
  • Who funds VANCOUVER SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GOFUNDMEORG ↗
  • Who funds Ronald McDonald House Global ↗
  • Who funds POLICE ACTIVITIES LEAGUE OF SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON ↗
  • Who funds Garretts Place Inc ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
  • Who funds SCHOOLHOUSE SUPPLIES INC ↗
  • Who funds CONVOY OF HOPE ↗
  • Who funds Wreaths Across America ↗
  • Who funds STOP SOLDIER SUICIDE INC ↗
  • Who funds COLUMBIA RIVER MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds A WARRIORS WAY ↗
  • Who funds LEGACY HEALTH ↗
  • Who funds PARTNERS IN CAREERS ↗

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 Firstenburg Found…Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
The Firstenburg FoundationWA15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Firstenburg Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 Full Circle Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Full Circle Foundation. 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%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Legacy Health: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
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 41 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home