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George & Audrey Rasmussen Family Foundation at a glance

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George & Audrey Rasmussen Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$85k
Granted FY2024still arriving
34
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0187% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Environment$318kAnimals$95kArts & Culture$26kHuman Services$22kInternational$18kReligion$14kEducation$14kRecreation & Sports$13kOther$0
02FY2024 · 34 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k31 grants · $35k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $50k
$750
Median grant
8
States reached
$842k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE NATURE CONSERVANCY$30,000
AUDUBON WASHINGTON$10,000
SAVE THE REDWOODS LEAGUE$10,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
NOOKSACK SALMON ENHANCEMENT ASSOCIATION$4,733
FEATHER RIVER TROUT UNLIMITED$4,200
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN$3,000
KUOW$2,000
FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTIST BELLINGHAM WA$2,000
EARTH JUSTICE$2,000
GUATEMALA HOUSING ALLIANCE$1,000
CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS$1,000
SKAGIT VALLEY LAND TRUST$1,000
PROPUBLICA$1,000
PALESTINE CHILDRENS RELIEF FUND$1,000
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 (FY17–24, $11k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 55% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%FIDELITY HOUSE: $1k → 8%FREEDOM OF THE PRESS FOUNDATION: $1k → 20%THINK OF US: $250 → 14%THE SEWING MACHINE PROJECT: $200 → 10%UNCHAINED AT LAST: $500 → 10%FREEDOM OF THE PRESS FOUNDATION: $500 → 20%SHE SHOULD RUN: $250 → 14%THE SEWING MACHINE PROJECT: $100 → 10%UNCHAINED AT LAST: $500 → 10%FREEDOM OF THE PRESS FOUNDATION: $500 → 20%THE SEWING MACHINE PROJECT: $100 → 10%FREEDOM OF THE PRESS FOUNDATION: $500 → 20%UPLIFT NORTHWEST: $1k → 9%MILLIONAIR CLUB CHARITY: $1k → 9%UPLIFT NORTHWEST: $1k → 9%MIRY'S LIST: $250 → 10%FREEDOM OF THE PRESS FOUNDATION: $500 → 10%FREEDOM OF THE PRESS FOUNDATION: $500 → 10%FREEDOM OF THE PRESS FOUNDATION: $500 → 10%WEST SIDE BABY: $500 → 9%WEST SIDE BABY: $250 → 9%WEST SIDE BABY: $250 → 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
VT
WA
ID
MT
WI
NY
MA
OR
IA
OH
PA
NJ
CA
UT
VA
AZ
DC
HI
OK
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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$453k · 81 repeat orgs$83k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +66% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

81 repeat relationships: 29 still active in FY2024, 52 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

81
87

Total granted

$453k
$71k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+66%
+13%

Still filing today

52%
37%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k 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
EnvironmentAnimalsHuman ServicesInternationalArts & CultureRecreation & 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.

Backed again, and grew

  • ST
    SAVE THE REDWOODS LEAGUE
    8× · 2017–2024 · $147k · revenue +267%
  • EARTHJUSTICE
    8× · 2017–2024 · $13k · revenue +82%
  • WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $11k · revenue ×15

Funded once

  • A
    AUDUBON
    one grant, 2018 · $20k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
  • TE
    THE EUPHRATES INSTITUTEgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $2k · revenue +161%
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
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
2
Wildearth Guardians

Wildearth guardians works to protect and restore the wildlife, wild places, wild rivers, and health of the american west.

Unclassified
3
Amazon Watch Inc

To protect the rainforest and advance the rights of Indigenous peoples in the Amazon Basin. We partner with Indigenous communities in campaigns for human rights, corporate accountability, and the preservation of the Amazon Basin's…

Environment
4
Wildlife Conservation Network Inc

Connect conservationists and supporters, deploy resources to the field, provide conservationists with tools and support they need to succeed.

Animals
5
Washington Wild

Washington wild protects and restores wild lands and waters in washington state through advocacy, education and civic engagement.

Animals
6
Western Rivers Conservancy

Western rivers conservancy's mission is to protect outstanding river ecosystems in the western united states. continued on schedule o.we acquire land to conserve critical habitat, provide public access for compatible use and enjoyment, and…

Environment
7
Fsc I&P

Fsc i&p promotes environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial, and economically viable management of the world's forests. this mission aligns with the forest stewardship council (fsc), its network of offices, and other organizations.…

Philanthropy
8
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
9
Sustainable Conservation

Sustainable Conservation advances the collaborative stewardship of Californias land, air, and water for the benefit of nature and people. For over three decades, Sustainable Conservation has built coalitions of people with different…

Environment
10
CalWild

The California Wilderness Coalition protects the natural landscapes that make California unique, providing clean air and water, a home to wildlife, and a place for recreation and spiritual renewal.

—
11
Defenders of Wildlife

Defenders of Wildlife is a national, nonprofit membership organization dedicated to the protection of all native animals and plants in their natural communities.

Animals
12
Cascadia Wildlands

Cascadia wildlands defends and restores cacasia's wild ecosystems in the forests,in the courts, and in the streets. we envision vast old-growth forests, rivers full of wild salmon, wolves howling in the backcountry, a stable climate, and…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Think of Us; the most unlike its peers is Baseball Beyond Borders. 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

81 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. 81 of the 175 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)
21
Early backer (in before they grew)
79/81
Grantees still filing
57/81
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $80,000 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCYTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY (FROG LAKE): $30,000 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY (FROG LAKE)AUDUBON SOCIETY (GOLDEN GATE): $25,000 · OtherAUDUBON SOCIETY (GOLDEN GATE)NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY: $21,025 · OtherNATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETYAUDUBON: $20,000 · OtherAUDUBONNOOKSACK SALMON ENHANCEMENT ASSOCIATION: $12,733 · Other+113 more: $173,509 · Other+113 moreSAVE THE REDWOODS LEAGUE: $147,000 · EnvironmentSAVE THE REDWOODS LEAGUEEARTHJUSTICE: $13,250 · EnvironmentEARTHJUSTICENATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $10,000 · EnvironmentNATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC+13 more: $12,086 · Environment+13 moreWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $11,000 · InternationalHOPE INTERNATIONAL: $6,250 · InternationalPALESTINE CHILDREN'S RELIEF FUND: $3,000 · InternationalTHE EUPHRATES INSTITUTE: $1,600 · InternationalInternational Rescue Committee INC: $1,500 · International+2 more: $1,000 · InternationalCENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY INC: $4,000 · AnimalsNOOKSACK SALMON ENHANCEMENT ASSOCIATION: $3,250 · AnimalsTROUT UNLIMITED INC: $2,000 · AnimalsTHE INSTITUTE FOR BIRD POPULATIONS: $1,500 · AnimalsHAWKWATCH INTERNATIONAL INC: $1,500 · AnimalsPaws Helping People Inc: $1,000 · AnimalsOLD DOG HAVEN: $750 · AnimalsPASADO'S SAFE HAVEN: $750 · Animals+6 more: $2,800 · AnimalsKUOW PUGET SOUND PUBLIC RADIO: $8,000 · Arts & CulturePRO PUBLICA INC: $4,500 · Arts & CultureKQED INC: $1,254 · Arts & CultureSIERRA COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $1,000 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $1,150 · Arts & CultureFREEDOM OF THE PRESS FOUNDATION: $4,000 · Human ServicesUPLIFT NORTHWEST: $3,000 · Human ServicesUNCHAINED AT LAST INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesFIDELITY HOUSE INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesWESTSIDE BABY: $1,000 · Human ServicesThe Sewing Machine Project Inc: $400 · Human Services+3 more: $750 · Human ServicesRECREATION NORTHWEST: $6,850 · Recreation & SportsBASEBALL BEYOND BORDERS: $500 · Recreation & Sports+1 more: $250 · Recreation & Sports
Other$362,267Environment$182,336International$24,350Animals$17,550Arts & Culture$15,904Human Services$11,150Recreation & Sports$7,600

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 budgetSAVE THE REDWOODS LEAGUE: $147,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $80,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetEARTHJUSTICE: $13,250 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $11,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKUOW PUGET SOUND PUBLIC RADIO: $8,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetRECREATION NORTHWEST: $6,850 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetHOPE INTERNATIONAL: $6,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGUATEMALA HOUSING ALLIANCE: $6,000 over 5y, 2.5% of budgetOHANA OASIS INC: $5,000 over 7y, 2.2% of budgetWILD WHATCOM: $5,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetTREEHOUSE: $4,750 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPRO PUBLICA INC: $4,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SKAGIT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $4,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFREEDOM OF THE PRESS FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern Utah Wilderness Alliance: $4,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY INC: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNOOKSACK SALMON ENHANCEMENT ASSOCIATION: $3,250 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPALESTINE CHILDREN'S RELIEF FUND: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUPLIFT NORTHWEST: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetART WITH HEART: $2,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetWest Seattle Food Bank: $2,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFIBERSHED: $2,250 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTROUT UNLIMITED INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEVERY MOTHER COUNTS: $1,750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWILDERNESS WATCH INC: $1,600 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTHE EUPHRATES INSTITUTE: $1,600 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE INSTITUTE FOR BIRD POPULATIONS: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMaris Place: $1,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHAWKWATCH INTERNATIONAL INC: $1,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetKQED INC: $1,254 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEarth Island Institute Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNCHAINED AT LAST INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHELPING HANDS FOOD BANK: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNON-VIOLENCE INTERNATIONAL: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetONE TREE PLANTED INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSIERRA COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $1,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetTRANS CASCADIA INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFIDELITY HOUSE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREEN PLATE SPECIAL: $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNETWORK FOR GOOD: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWESTSIDE BABY: $1,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BRONX DEFENDERS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPaws Helping People Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetStill She Rises Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWEST SEATTLE JUNCTION ASSOCIATION: $1,000 over 1y, 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 SAVE THE REDWOODS LEAGUE ↗
  • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds EARTHJUSTICE ↗
  • Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds KUOW PUGET SOUND PUBLIC RADIO ↗
  • Who funds RECREATION NORTHWEST ↗
  • Who funds HOPE INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds GUATEMALA HOUSING ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds OHANA OASIS INC ↗
  • Who funds WILD WHATCOM ↗
  • Who funds TREEHOUSE ↗
  • Who funds PRO PUBLICA INC ↗
  • Who funds THE SKAGIT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FREEDOM OF THE PRESS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY INC ↗
  • Who funds NOOKSACK SALMON ENHANCEMENT ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds PALESTINE CHILDREN'S RELIEF FUND ↗
  • Who funds UPLIFT NORTHWEST ↗

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.

Puget Sound Energy Fo…Seattle FoundationThe Norcliffe Foundat…Lucky Seven FoundationThe Albertsons Compan…PatagoniaorgRaikes FoundationMightycause Charitabl…Liberty Mutual Founda…ArtsfundMarin Community Found…Gordon E and Betty I …
Puget Sound Energy FoundationDE29.3× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Seattle Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · Lucky Seven Foundation · The Albertsons Companies Foundation · Patagoniaorg · Raikes Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc · Artsfund · Marin Community Foundation · Gordon E and Betty I Moore 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 George & Audrey Rasmussen Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from George & Audrey Rasmussen Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 61%
  • Fidelity House Inc: 91% of income from government
  • Oregon Timber Trail Alliance: 61% of income from government
  • Linfield University: 4% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
20report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
2rely 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 175 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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