Washington · Public charity
Gowest Foundation
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- $11M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 9
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $316k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $136,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 13
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $12M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 29% of the organizations Gowest Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 36% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 64% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $145k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 8 | $316k | 38% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $406k | 29% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $146k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $281k | 60% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $66k | 86% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $635k | 46% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $279k | 58% |
| FY2017 | 8 | $152k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urban League of Portland Inc | $413,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Central Willamette Credit Union | $140,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Mid Oregon Fcu | $129,157 | 3 | n/a |
| Marion and Polk Schools Credit Union | $112,863 | 3 | 0% |
| Peninsula Community Fcu | $111,424 | 2 | n/a |
| Consolidated Community Cu | $110,900 | 2 | n/a |
| National Credit Union Foundation | $107,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Nuvista Fcu | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sound Credit Union | $88,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Connections Credit Union | $85,128 | 2 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urban League of Portland Inc | $413,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Central Willamette Credit Union | $140,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Mid Oregon Fcu | $129,157 | 3 | n/a |
| Marion and Polk Schools Credit Union | $112,863 | 3 | 0% |
| Peninsula Community Fcu | $111,424 | 2 | n/a |
| Consolidated Community Cu | $110,900 | 2 | n/a |
| National Credit Union Foundation | $107,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Nuvista Fcu | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sound Credit Union | $88,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Connections Credit Union | $85,128 | 2 | 1% |
| Greater Spokane Low Income Housing | $65,000 | 2 | 39% |
| Worldwide Foundation for Credit Unions Inc | $59,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Frontier Credit Union | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Clarity Credit Union | $45,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Financial Beginnings Oregon | $45,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Credit Union West | $45,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Icon Credit Union | $21,125 | 1 | 0% |
| Leap Charities Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Vantage West Credit Union | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Canopy Credit Union | $17,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Junior Achievement of Washington | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Financial Beginnings | $15,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Clackamas Fcu | $14,750 | 1 | n/a |
| Global Credit Union | $13,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Financial Beginnings Washington | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Junior Achievement of Idaho Inc | $10,500 | 1 | 4% |
| Old West Fcu | $10,300 | 1 | n/a |
| World Council of Credit Unions | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Junior Achievement of Oregon and Sw Washington Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Newrizons Fcu | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wyhy Fcu | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sunset Federal Credit Union | $5,879 | 1 | n/a |
| Sei Fcu | $5,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Spokane Media Fcu | $5,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Young Womens Christian Association of Seattle-King County-Snohomish County | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Credit Unions in the State of Washington | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($346k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Gowest Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 22 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Credit Unions in the State of Washington · Umpqua Bank Charitable Foundation · Wells Fargo Foundation · Onpoint Community Credit Union · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · Washington Federal Foundation · Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust · National Credit Union Foundation · Opus Community Foundation · M J Murdock Charitable Trust · The Oregon Community Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation
How this is measured
About Gowest Foundation
- How much does Gowest Foundation give?
- Gowest Foundation reported 9 itemized grants totaling $315,500, out of $11,253,477 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 13 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Gowest Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Housing & Shelter (29%), Human Services (20%), Community Improvement (14%).
- Who are Gowest Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Urban League of Portland Inc ($414k), Central Willamette Credit Union ($140k), Mid Oregon Fcu ($129k).
- Does Gowest Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Gowest Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Credit Unions in the State of Washington, Umpqua Bank Charitable Foundation, Wells Fargo Foundation.
- Where is Gowest Foundation based?
- Gowest Foundation is based in WA.
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