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Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce

The chamber is an organization which advocates for employers and that helps our members thrive in an equitable and inclusive regional economy.

$22k
Granted FY2024still arriving
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Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$6k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Education$1.7MCommunity Improvement$771kEmployment$750kPublic Safety & Disaster$501kHealth$200kHuman Services$100kArts & Culture$74kHousing & Shelter$44kOther$0
02FY2024 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 1 grants below total $6,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $22,371 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $16,371 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.
$6,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$28M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
INTENTIONALIST SPC$6,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY21–21, $30k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB: $30k → 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.
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.

40%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.7M · 4 repeat orgs$2.5M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +9% since the first grant, against +3% for those funded once.

4 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
61

Total granted

$1.7M
$2.5M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+9%
+3%

Still filing today

75%
21%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
Community ImprovementEducationPublic BenefitHousing & ShelterHuman ServicesOther
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

  • GC
    GM CRUISE LLC
    3× · 2019–2021 · $724k
  • AF
    Alliance for Education
    2× · 2021–2023 · $648k · revenue -11%
  • WC
    Washington Clean Technology Alliance
    2× · 2021–2023 · $171k · revenue +59%

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $1.1M · revenue -7%
  • GS
    GREATER SEATTLE PARTNERS
    one grant, 2019 · $750k · revenue 0% · 27% of their budget
  • WF
    Washington Filmworks
    one grant, 2023 · $74k · revenue +14%
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
Greater Seattle Business Association

To combine business development, leadership and social action to expand economic opportunities for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer community and those who support equality for all.

Community Improvement
2
Washington African American Chamber of Commerce

WAACOC nonprofit organization focuses on promoting economic development by providing crucial business development and technical assistance services. Through strategic partnerships and targeted programs we support entrepreneurs and small…

Human Services
3
Gig Harbor Chamber of Commerce

Serve the small business community and local development.

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4
Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce

The chamber is an organization which advocates for employers and that helps our members thrive in an equitable and inclusive regional economy.

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5
Economic Development Council of Seattle & King County

To enhance economic vitality, employment opportunities and quality of life throughout seattle and king county.

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6
Cowlitz Economic Development Council

Foster Growth in the Community

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7
Greater Spokane Valley Chamber of Commerce

Committed to fostering relationships between members and the community. to serve the interest of members by acting as a catalyst for a vibrant sustainable economy.

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8
Washington Chamber of Commerce

Business retention and development

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9
Invest in Washington Now Campaign

Advocate for tax policy in Washington State

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10
Seward Chamber of Commerce Conference and Visitors Bureau Inc

Promote and support our members in maintaining a diversified economy and positive business and living environment in the greater seward area.

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11
Seattle Economic Development Fund Business Impact Nw

To provide economic development financing to serve the needs of small businesses in the state of washington that would not qualify for private financing under conventional financing criteria.

Community Improvement
12
Central Washington Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

We increase access to economic opportunities for business owners, entrepreneurs, and individuals in Central Washington by connecting and providing them with resources, representation, and opportunities to build community.

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Greater Seattle Partners; the most unlike its peers is Chief Seattle Club. 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 66 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/17
Grantees still filing
10/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION: $1,050,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATIONAlliance for Education: $647,932 · EducationAlliance for Education+1 more: $8,000 · EducationGM CRUISE LLC: $724,382 · OtherGM CRUISE LLC+54 more: $522,000 · Other+54 moreGREATER SEATTLE PARTNERS: $750,279 · Community ImprovementGREATER SEATTLE PARTNERSWashington Clean Technology Alliance: $170,975 · Community ImprovementWashington Clean Technology …Washington Filmworks: $73,606 · Community ImprovementWashington FilmworksCENTER FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE FUND: $57,867 · Community ImprovementCENTER FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE…+1 more: $7,500 · Community ImprovementLEADERSHIP TOMORROW: $127,241 · Public BenefitHOUSING CONNECTOR: $34,209 · Housing & ShelterCHIEF SEATTLE CLUB: $30,000 · Human Services
Education$1,705,932Other$1,246,382Community Improvement$1,060,227Public Benefit$127,241Housing & Shelter$34,209Human Services$30,000

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 budgetUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION: $1,050,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetGREATER SEATTLE PARTNERS: $750,279 over 1y, 27% of budgetAlliance for Education: $647,932 over 2y, 5.1% of budgetWashington Clean Technology Alliance: $170,975 over 2y, 15% of budgetLEADERSHIP TOMORROW: $127,241 over 2y, 9.6% of budgetWashington Filmworks: $73,606 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCENTER FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE FUND: $57,867 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetHOUSING CONNECTOR: $34,209 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetCHIEF SEATTLE CLUB: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER KIRKLAND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $10,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetAFRICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF PACIFIC NORTHWEST: $10,000 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetGREATER RENTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $10,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetGREATER ISSAQUAH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $10,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetYEAR UP INC: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSEATTLE LATINO METROPOLITAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $7,500 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetSOUND CITIES ASSOCIATION: $6,000 over 1y, 0.7% 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 UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GREATER SEATTLE PARTNERS ↗
  • Who funds Alliance for Education ↗
  • Who funds Washington Clean Technology Alliance ↗
  • Who funds LEADERSHIP TOMORROW ↗
  • Who funds Washington Filmworks ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE FUND ↗
  • Who funds HOUSING CONNECTOR ↗
  • Who funds CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB ↗
  • Who funds GREATER KIRKLAND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ↗
  • Who funds Seattle Cares ↗
  • Who funds AFRICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF PACIFIC 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.

Scholar FundNdc Housing & Economi…Credit Unions in the …
Scholar FundWA14.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Scholar Fund · Ndc Housing & Economic Development Corporation - Group Return · Credit Unions in the State of Washington

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 Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Year Up Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
5report 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.

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 66 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 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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