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Gorder Family 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.

$16k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
6
Grants FY2024
38
Organizations funded FY2023
13%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$1,030
Largest grant, FY2024
$10,177
Organizations funded a year
6 to 39
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
3
Total assets, FY2024
$18M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 13% of the organizations Gorder Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesEducationArts & CultureCrime & LegalHealthCommunity ImprovementOther
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 yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving6$16k67%
FY202338$368k13%
FY202235$454k29%
FY202139$456k33%
FY202028$180k54%
FY201918$306k67%
FY201813$19k77%
FY20176$70kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$920kCivil Rights$327kCrime & Legal$256kHousing & Shelter$132kHuman Services$64kYouth Development$35kArts & Culture$33kPhilanthropy$31kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MN
NY
MA
OR
OH
PA
CA
MD
AZ
DC

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
University of Washington$452,7114n/a
Seattle University$372,95270%
American Civil Liberties Union of Washington Found$320,84741%
Equal Justice Works$240,48960%
Saint Francis House Inc$100,55230%
Rainier Scholars$73,05270%
Youthcare$19,00050%
National Council for Community Development Inc$15,00010%
Recovery Cafe$11,77440%
Coyote Central$11,27431%
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All grantees of Gorder Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
University of Washington$452,7114n/a
Seattle University$372,95270%
American Civil Liberties Union of Washington Found$320,84741%
Equal Justice Works$240,48960%
Saint Francis House Inc$100,55230%
Rainier Scholars$73,05270%
Youthcare$19,00050%
National Council for Community Development Inc$15,00010%
Recovery Cafe$11,77440%
Coyote Central$11,27431%
Forterra Nw$11,10640%
Farestart$10,04620%
Sawhorse Revolution$10,00021%
King County Bar Foundation$9,50060%
Wing Luke Memorial Foundation$6,52540%
Mary's Place Seattle$6,00020%
The Seattle Aquarium Society$5,28810%
Classical 981$5,11010%
Amara$4,50030%
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$4,50030%
Real Escape From the Sex Trade$4,26350%
United Way of King County$4,20020%
The Evergreen State College Foundation$4,00030%
Seattle Girls' School$3,50020%
Seattle Country Day School$3,50020%
Plymouth Housing Group and Subsidiaries$3,50040%
Teens in Public Service$3,26440%
Food Lifeline$3,00030%
Seattle Nativity School$3,00030%
Northwest Harvest Emm$3,00030%
Lakeside School$3,00020%
Nwpv Youth Initiative$2,7501100%
LArche Twin Cities$2,5001n/a
Chinatown International District Preservation and Development Assoc$2,50011%
Seattle JazzED$2,00020%
The Aopa Foundation Inc$2,00020%
Angel Flight West Inc$2,00030%
The Bush School$2,00020%
Northwest Choirs$2,00040%
Tubman Center for Health & Freedom$2,00020%
Everstrong Prevention$1,51030%
Seattle Symphony Foundation$1,50020%
Old Dog Haven$1,50030%
Friends of Kexp$1,50030%
Washington Innocence Project$1,50010%
Kuow Puget Sound Public Radio$1,50030%
501 Commons$1,04920%
Copper Canyon Press$1,00010%
St Francis House$1,0001n/a
The San Juan Preservation Trust$1,00010%
Path With Art$1,00010%
Islandwood$1,00020%
National Park Foundation$1,00010%
Pioneer Human Services Inc$76710%
Operation Nightwatch Inc$75010%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$62910%
Artist Trust$50020%
Binaytara Foundation$50010%
Pike Place Market Foundation$50010%
Seattle Music Partners$50010%
Orion Sky Health and Wellness$25011%
St Mary's Food Bank Alliance$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($100k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Gorder Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 59 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSeattle University: $372,952 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Civil Liberties Union of Washington Found: $320,847 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetEqual Justice Works: $240,489 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetSaint Francis House Inc: $100,552 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetRainier Scholars: $73,052 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetYouthcare: $19,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetNational Council for Community Development Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRecovery Cafe: $11,774 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCoyote Central: $11,274 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetForterra Nw: $11,106 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFarestart: $10,046 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSawhorse Revolution: $10,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetKing County Bar Foundation: $9,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetWing Luke Memorial Foundation: $6,525 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMary's Place Seattle: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Seattle Aquarium Society: $5,288 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetClassical 981: $5,110 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmara: $4,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Federation of America Inc: $4,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetReal Escape From the Sex Trade: $4,263 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetUnited Way of King County: $4,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Evergreen State College Foundation: $4,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSeattle Girls' School: $3,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSeattle Country Day School: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPlymouth Housing Group and Subsidiaries: $3,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTeens in Public Service: $3,264 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetFood Lifeline: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSeattle Nativity School: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNorthwest Harvest Emm: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLakeside School: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNwpv Youth Initiative: $2,750 over 1y, 100% of budgetChinatown International District Preservation and Development Assoc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetSeattle JazzED: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Aopa Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAngel Flight West Inc: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Bush School: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNorthwest Choirs: $2,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTubman Center for Health & Freedom: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetEverstrong Prevention: $1,510 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSeattle Symphony Foundation: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOld Dog Haven: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Kexp: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWashington Innocence Project: $1,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetKuow Puget Sound Public Radio: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budget501 Commons: $1,049 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCopper Canyon Press: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe San Juan Preservation Trust: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPath With Art: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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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 59.

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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.

Seattle FoundationWA64.2× affinity37 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Seattle Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · United Way of King County · Moccasin Lake Foundation · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Lucky Seven Foundation · Wyman Youth Trust · Grousemont Foundation · Artsfund · Real Progress Foundation · Medina Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc

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 Gorder Family Foundation

How much does Gorder Family Foundation give?
Gorder Family Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $15,857 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 39 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Gorder Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (49%), Civil Rights (17%), Crime & Legal (14%).
Who are Gorder Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: University of Washington ($453k), Seattle University ($373k), American Civil Liberties Union of Washington Found ($321k).
Does Gorder Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Gorder Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Gorder Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Seattle Foundation, The Norcliffe Foundation, United Way of King County.
Where is Gorder Family Foundation based?
Gorder Family Foundation is based in WA.

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 78 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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