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George & Dorothy Babare Family Foundatio at a glance

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George & Dorothy Babare Family Foundatio

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.

$322k
Granted FY2024still arriving
29
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0189% classified

What it funded, over time

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

International$595kHuman Services$320kFood & Nutrition$277kArts & Culture$251kHealth$111kAnimals$97kHousing & Shelter$73kEnvironment$57kOther$0
02FY2024 · 29 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k12 grants · $47k
  • $10k–50k17 grants · $275k
$10,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$3.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS$25,000
EMERGENCY FOOD NETWORK$25,000
PARTNERS IN HEALTH$25,000
DIRECT RELIEF$20,000
MEDSHARE MEDSHARE WESTERN REGION$20,000
Individual grant recipient$20,000
KBTC$15,000
YWCA OF PIERCE COUNTY$15,000
TACOMA PIERCE COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY$15,000
KCTS$15,000
NOURISH PIERCE COUNTY$15,000
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB TACOMA$15,000
KNKX$10,000
THE MOUNTAINEERS$10,000
NW FURNITURE BANK$10,000
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 (FY19–24, $62k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%CATHOLIC CHARITIES HAWAII: $2k → 9%NW FURNITURE BANK: $10k → 9%NW FURNITURE BANK: $10k → 9%NW FURNITURE BANK: $10k → 9%NW FURNITURE BANK: $10k → 9%NW FURNITURE BANK: $10k → 9%NW FURNITURE BANK: $10k → 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

WA
NY
MA
OR
CA
MD
DC
HI
GA
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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.0M · 43 repeat orgs$89k to everyone else

43 repeat relationships: 27 still active in FY2024, 16 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

43
14

Total granted

$2.0M
$88k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+36%

Still filing today

56%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k 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
Arts & CultureInternationalEnvironmentFood & NutritionHealthHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • EF
    EMERGENCY FOOD NETWORK OF TACOMA AND PIERCE COUNTY
    8× · 2017–2024 · $210k · revenue +34%
  • MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $185k · revenue +98%
  • PARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · $170k · revenue +120%

Funded once

  • SS
    SOUTH SOUND UNITY CHURCH
    one grant, 2023 · $30k
  • CN
    CCS NATIVITY HOUSE
    2× · 2017–2018 · $20k
  • K8
    KNKX 885
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
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
The Humane Society for Seattleking County

Seattle humane promotes the human-animal bond by saving and serving pets in need, regardless of age, ability, circumstance or geography.

Animals
2
Friends of Kexp

Kexp's mission is to enrich your life by championing music and discovery.

Youth Development
3
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
4
Port Angeles Food Bank

Nourishing our community. the port angeles food bank is the main food bank in clallam county, providing food to 13 other area pantries and meal programs as well as providing food to over 5,000 individuals per month.

Food & Nutrition
5
Northwest Harvest Emm

The organization's mission is growing food justice through collective action. the organization's vision is ending hunger in washington state.

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6
North Olympic Healthcare Network

To provide patient-centered, quality-driven, whole-person healthcare services, accessible to everyone in our community.

Health
7
Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences

Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences educates and trains health care professionals emphasizing service among rural and medically under-served communities throughout the Northwest.

Education
8
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
9
Museum of Northwest Art

The museum of northwest art collects, preserves, interprets and exhibits art created in the pacific northwest, supports artists, and strives to integrate art into the lives of all people. the museum is free and open to the public seven…

Arts & Culture
10
Senior Life Resources Northwest

To preserve and enhance the quality of life at home, with dignity and care.

Human Services
11
Peninsula Community Health Services of Alaska

Strengthening the community by providing accessible and affordable health care.

Health
12
Northwest Power Pool

The northwest power pool ("nwpp") mission is to support electric reliability by providing cost-effective reliablity services, developed in cooperation with members, to member organizations across the west.

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Emergency Food Network of Tacoma and Pierce County; the most unlike its peers is Up for Arts. 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

32 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. 32 of the 58 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/32
Grantees still filing
22/32
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $106,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientCATHOLIC COMMUNITY SERVICES: $72,000 · OtherCATHOLIC COMMUNITY SERVICESNourish Pierce County: $60,000 · OtherNourish Pierce CountyKBTC: $60,000 · OtherKBTCYWCA PIERCE COUNTY: $45,000 · OtherMEDSHARE MEDSHARE WESTERN REGION: $40,000 · OtherMED SHARE: $40,000 · OtherLARCHE: $40,000 · OtherYWCA: $35,000 · OtherTACOMA PIERCE COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY: $35,000 · Other+28 more: $398,258 · Other+28 moreMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $185,100 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIER…DIRECT RELIEF: $160,000 · InternationalDIRECT RELIEFMEDSHARE INTERNATIONAL INC: $80,000 · InternationalMEDSHARE INTERNATIONAL…+1 more: $2,000 · InternationalEMERGENCY FOOD NETWORK OF TACOMA AND PIERCE COUNTY: $210,000 · Food & NutritionEMERGENCY F…+1 more: $2,000 · Food & NutritionPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $170,000 · HealthPARTNERS …PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO: $15,000 · HealthPLANNED P…CASCADE PUBLIC MEDIA: $70,000 · Arts & CultureCASCADE P…PACIFIC PUBLIC MEDIA: $55,000 · Arts & CulturePACIFIC P…OREGON SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION INC: $20,000 · Arts & CultureOREGON SH…Tacoma Art Museum: $15,000 · Arts & CultureTacoma Ar…KUOW PUGET SOUND PUBLIC RADIO: $6,500 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $7,500 · Arts & CultureNEW PHOEBE HOUSE: $95,000 · Housing & ShelterTHE RESCUE MISSION: $43,000 · Housing & ShelterNW FURNITURE BANK: $60,000 · Human Services+1 more: $2,000 · Human Services
Other$931,258International$427,100Food & Nutrition$212,000Health$185,000Arts & Culture$174,000Housing & Shelter$138,000Human Services$62,000

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 budgetEMERGENCY FOOD NETWORK OF TACOMA AND PIERCE COUNTY: $210,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $185,100 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $170,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetDIRECT RELIEF: $160,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetNEW PHOEBE HOUSE: $95,000 over 8y, 2.9% of budgetMEDSHARE INTERNATIONAL INC: $80,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCASCADE PUBLIC MEDIA: $70,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetNourish Pierce County: $60,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetNW FURNITURE BANK: $60,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetPACIFIC PUBLIC MEDIA: $55,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetYWCA PIERCE COUNTY: $45,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetTHE RESCUE MISSION: $43,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetShared Housing Services: $30,000 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetTHE MOUNTAINEERS: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPRISON PET PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM: $28,000 over 8y, 3.6% of budgetCENTERFORCE: $23,500 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $21,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetOREGON SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION INC: $20,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER VALLEY ANIMAL RESCUE: $12,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetKUOW PUGET SOUND PUBLIC RADIO: $6,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHWEST WATERSHED INSTITUTE: $6,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTACOMA ARTS LIVE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNORTHWEST AVALANCHE CENTER: $5,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAUI UNITED WAY: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTacoma Musical Playhouse: $2,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMAUI HUMANE SOCIETY: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAUI FOOD BANK INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES HAWAII: $2,000 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 EMERGENCY FOOD NETWORK OF TACOMA AND PIERCE COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds PARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds DIRECT RELIEF ↗
  • Who funds NEW PHOEBE HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds MEDSHARE INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
  • Who funds CASCADE PUBLIC MEDIA ↗
  • Who funds Nourish Pierce County ↗
  • Who funds NW FURNITURE BANK ↗
  • Who funds PACIFIC PUBLIC MEDIA ↗
  • Who funds YWCA PIERCE COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds THE RESCUE MISSION ↗
  • Who funds Shared Housing Services ↗
  • Who funds THE MOUNTAINEERS ↗
  • Who funds PRISON PET PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM ↗
  • Who funds CENTERFORCE ↗
  • Who funds NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds OREGON SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO ↗
  • Who funds Tacoma Art Museum ↗
  • Who funds CENTER VALLEY ANIMAL RESCUE ↗

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.

LT Murray Family Foun…Gary E Milgard Family…Fuchsg & M Fdn TaiThe Bamford FoundationGreater Tacoma Commun…The Norcliffe Foundat…Oscar T and Olivann H…Kilworth Florence Cha…Puget Sound Energy Fo…Seattle FoundationWm Kilworth Fdn TwHeidner Marco J Char …
LT Murray Family FoundationDE22.1× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: LT Murray Family Foundation · Gary E Milgard Family Foundation- Sunshine · Fuchsg & M Fdn Tai · The Bamford Foundation · Greater Tacoma Community Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · Oscar T and Olivann Hokold Foundation · Kilworth Florence Char Tr Fndn · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Seattle Foundation · Wm Kilworth Fdn Tw · Heidner Marco J Char Trust

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 & Dorothy Babare Family Foundatio funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from George & Dorothy Babare Family Foundatio. 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%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Oregon Shakespeare Festival Association Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
17report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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.
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Find your warmest path to George & Dorothy Babare Family Foundatio 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 58 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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