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Greater Tacoma Community Foundation

Acting as a catalyst, connector, and knowledge facilitator to build racially equitable, accessible, inclusive pierce county where all people can shape and activate the systems that affect our communities, now and for generations to come.

$19M
Granted FY2024still arriving
189
Grants FY2024still arriving
17
States reached
$2.2M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$11MHuman Services$11MArts & Culture$7.6MEnvironment$7.2MPhilanthropy$6.0MRecreation & Sports$5.8MFood & Nutrition$5.5MHealth$5.3MOther$0
02FY2024 · 189 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 189 grants below total $18,295,040, the rows itemized in this filing. The $18,966,072 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $671,032 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.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k29 grants · $210k
  • $10k–50k99 grants · $1.9M
  • $50k–250k48 grants · $4.2M
  • $250k+13 grants · $12M
$23,839
Median grant
17
States reached
$186M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BANK OF AMERICA CHARITABLE GIFT FUND$2,157,006
NOURISH PIERCE COUNTY$1,857,734
THE MUSTARD SEED PROJECT OF KEY PENINSULA$1,463,935
TACOMA PARKS FOUNDATION$1,319,000
YMCA OF PIERCE AND KITSAP COUNTIES$1,307,630
TURNING POINTE SURVIVOR ADVOCACY CENTER$850,000
JEFFERSON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$812,932
TACOMA PIERCE COUNTY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$424,500
GEORGE WEYERHAEUSER PACIFIC RIM BONSAI COLLECTION$402,800
CAL RIPKEN SR FOUNDATION INC$400,000
THE TACOMA EDUCATION DREAM FUND$350,000
TACOMA PUBLIC SCHOOLS$332,054
STEP BY STEP FAMILY SUPPORT CENTER$261,500
FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN TACOMA$200,000
LAKEWOLD GARDENS$197,145
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, $10.1M) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 3% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%SHARE AND CARE HOUSE: $76k → 9%PUYALLUP FOOD BANK: $45k → 9%CHILDREN OF THE NATIONS: $50k → 10%CHILDREN OF THE NATIONS: $50k → 10%CHILDREN OF THE NATIONS: $50k → 10%CHILDREN OF THE NATIONS: $50k → 10%BETHEL COMMUNITY SERVICES: $50k → 9%LUTHERAN COMMUNITY SERVICES NORTHWEST: $65k → 9%NORTHSTAR ADVOCATES: $96k → 9%NORTHSTAR ADVOCATES: $57k → 9%STEP BY STEP FAMILY SUPPORT CENTER: $262k → 9%STEP BY STEP FAMILY SUPPORT CENTER: $157k → 9%STEP BY STEP FAMILY SUPPORT CENTER: $52k → 9%STEP BY STEP FAMILY SUPPORT CENTER: $50k → 9%THE MUSTARD SEED PROJECT OF KEY PENINSULA: $1.5M → 9%THE MUSTARD SEED PROJECT OF KEY PENINSULA: $1.0M → 9%THE MUSTARD SEED PROJECT OF KEY PENINSULA: $234k → 9%THE MUSTARD SEED PROJECT OF KEY PENINSULA: $56k → 9%THE MUSTARD SEED PROJECT OF KEY PENINSULA: $52k → 9%YMCA OF PIERCE AND KITSAP COUNTIES: $1.3M → 9%YMCA OF PIERCE AND KITSAP COUNTIES: $326k → 9%TACOMA URBAN LEAGUE: $173k → 9%YMCA OF PIERCE AND KITSAP COUNTIES: $156k → 9%YMCA OF PIERCE AND KITSAP COUNTIES: $107k → 9%MULTICULTURAL CHILD AND FAMILY HOPE CENTER: $105k → 9%YMCA OF PIERCE AND KITSAP COUNTIES: $101k → 9%CATHOLIC COMMUNITY SERVICES OF WESTERN WASHINGTON: $100k → 9%TACOMA COMMUNITY HOUSE: $100k → 9%YMCA OF PIERCE AND KITSAP COUNTIES: $95k → 9%MULTICULTURAL CHILD AND FAMILY HOPE CENTER: $83k → 9%TACOMA URBAN LEAGUE: $75k → 9%TACOMA URBAN LEAGUE: $75k → 9%CENTRO LATINO: $75k → 9%YMCA OF PIERCE AND KITSAP COUNTIES: $72k → 9%TACOMA COMMUNITY HOUSE: $71k → 9%TACOMA URBAN LEAGUE: $55k → 9%CATHOLIC COMMUNITY SERVICES OF WESTERN WASHINGTON: $50k → 9%YMCA OF PIERCE AND KITSAP COUNTIES: $50k → 9%CENTRO LATINO: $50k → 9%SOUND OUTREACH: $50k → 9%CENTRO LATINO: $45k → 9%TACOMA AREA COALITION OF INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES (TACID): $70k → 9%HOPESPARKS: $53k → 9%NW FURNITURE BANK: $170k → 9%NW FURNITURE BANK: $77k → 9%NW FURNITURE BANK: $65k → 9%NW FURNITURE BANK: $63k → 9%NW FURNITURE BANK: $50k → 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

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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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 8% of Greater Tacoma Community Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Greater Tacoma Community Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$68M · 298 repeat orgs$7.3M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +35% since the first grant, against +24% for those funded once.

298 repeat relationships: 152 still active in FY2024, 146 since wound down; 32 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

298
206

Total granted

$68M
$4.9M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+24%

Still filing today

78%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.4M 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
Human ServicesHealthArts & CultureEducationYouth DevelopmentEnvironmentOther
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

  • TM
    THE MUSTARD SEED PROJECT OF KEY PENINSULA
    7× · 2017–2024 · $2.8M · revenue +474% · 60% of their budget
  • YM
    YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF PIERCE AND KITSAP COUNTIES
    8× · 2017–2024 · $2.5M · revenue +47%
  • FO
    Friends of Lakewood
    8× · 2017–2024 · $2.4M · revenue +144% · 60% of their budget

Funded once

  • TP
    TACOMA PUBLIC SCHOOLS - BUDGET OFFICE
    one grant, 2022 · $537k
  • GP
    GLOBAL PEACE FILM FESTIVAL INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $150k · revenue +40%
  • MA
    MAKING A DIFFERENCE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2020 · $115k · 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
Family Promise of Pierce County

To empower families experiencing housing insecurity through intervention, prevention,and stabilization services.

Housing & Shelter
2
Re Sources

RE Sources mobilizes people of Northwest Washington to build just and thriving communities and to protect the land, water, and climate on which we all depend.

Environment
3
Washington Progress Fund

Washington Progress Fund is building a permanent and powerful social change movement in Washington state supported by a network of committed donors. WPF envisions a Washington state where government serves the public interest and we all…

Philanthropy
4
The Community Foundation of South Puget Sound

To grow a lasting culture of generosity and well-being in the South Puget Sound through connection, leadership, and investment.

Philanthropy
5
Greater Tacoma Community Foundation

Acting as a catalyst, connector, and knowledge facilitator to build racially equitable, accessible, inclusive pierce county where all people can shape and activate the systems that affect our communities, now and for generations to come.

Philanthropy
6
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
7
House Our Neighbors

House Our Neighbors envisions a future where all people can afford to live and thrive in vibrant, cohesive, and climate resilient communities. To achieve this, we develop, advocate, and mobilize for policy to realize social housing for the…

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8
Pacific Northwest Economic Region Foundation

To increase the economic well-being and quality of life for all citizens of the region; to coordinate provincial, territorial, and state policies throughout the region; to identify and promote "models of success and to serve as a conduit…

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9
Rainier Beach Cummunity Empowerment Coalition

Rainier Beach Action Coalition is a grassroot, Black-led organization devoted to locally driven development. It promotes quality education, living wage jobs, affordable transportation and housing, and building community capacity in…

Community Improvement
10
Friends of Seattle Waterfront

To bring people, communities, and resources together to ensure waterfront park thrives as a vibrant gathering space - uplifting locals, fostering connections and honoring seattle's natural beauty and stories.

Community Improvement
11
Economic Opportunity Institute

Equip the public and public decision-makers with the policy research and practical tools they need to embed the values of fairness, care, and opportunity into the foundations of Washington's economy.

Community Improvement
12
Bike Works Seattle

Bike Works promotes the bicycle as a vehicle for change to empower youth and build resilient communities.

Recreation & Sports
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Philanthropy Northwest; the most unlike its peers is The Raven Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

422 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. 422 of the 549 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.

29
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
118
Early backer (in before they grew)
404/422
Grantees still filing
280/422
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TACOMA PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $3,422,432 · OtherTACOMA PUBLIC SCHOOLSIndividual grant recipient: $2,906,300 · OtherIndividual grant recipientPUYALLUP WATERSHED INITIATIVE: $2,605,857 · OtherPUYALLUP WATERSHED INITIATIVENourish Pierce County: $2,169,569 · OtherNourish Pierce CountyGreater Metro Parks Foundation dba Tacoma Parks Foundation: $1,600,450 · OtherMetro Parks District of Tacom: $1,553,007 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $1,279,278 · Other+104 more: $21,908,614 · Other+104 moreTHE MUSTARD SEED PROJECT OF KEY PENINSULA: $2,848,008 · Human ServicesTHE MUSTARD SEE…YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF PIERCE AND KITSAP COUNTIES: $2,529,339 · Human ServicesYOUNG MEN'S CHR…Tacoma Urban League: $629,441 · Human ServicesTacoma Urban Le…STEP BY STEP FAMILY SUPPORT CENTER: $622,716 · Human ServicesSTEP BY STEP FA…Tacoma Community House: $457,835 · Human ServicesNW FURNITURE BANK: $426,750 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC COMMUNITY SERVICES OF WESTERN WASHINGTON: $400,385 · Human Services+19 more: $2,432,679 · Human Services+19 moreGEORGE WEYERHAEUSER PACIFIC RIM BONSAI COLLECTION: $3,584,300 · Arts & CultureGEORGE WEYER…GREENTRIKE: $1,267,593 · Arts & CultureGREENTRIKETACOMA ARTS LIVE: $537,166 · Arts & CultureTACOMA ARTS …SYMPHONY TACOMA: $315,605 · Arts & CultureLEMAY-AMERICAS CAR MUSEUM: $265,205 · Arts & Culture+12 more: $1,855,940 · Arts & Culture+12 moreJEFFERSON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $2,400,915 · PhilanthropyJEFFERSON…BANK OF AMERICA CHARITABLE GIFT FD: $2,157,006 · PhilanthropyBANK OF A…UNITED WAY OF PIERCE COUNTY: $775,767 · PhilanthropyUNITED WA…KITSAP COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $335,500 · PhilanthropyKITSAP CO…+4 more: $488,050 · Philanthropy+4 moreR MERLE PALMER MINORITY SCHOLARSHIP: $697,949 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION: $650,957 · EducationTHE UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND: $588,476 · EducationPacific Lutheran University: $533,148 · EducationCAL RIPKEN SR FOUNDATION INC: $400,000 · EducationCollege Success Foundation: $364,120 · EducationThe Tacoma Education Dream Fund: $350,000 · EducationSUMNER-BONNEY LAKE EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $225,153 · EducationWASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $218,864 · EducationTACOMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $180,736 · EducationGEORGE FOX UNIVERSITY: $165,000 · Education+4 more: $383,814 · EducationFriends of Lakewood: $2,365,075 · EnvironmentGREAT PENINSULA CONSERVANCY: $309,954 · EnvironmentSUSTAINABLE CONNECTIONS: $210,686 · EnvironmentTAHOMA BIRD ALLIANCE: $203,672 · EnvironmentCOMMUNITIES FOR A HEALTHY BAY: $138,958 · Environment+5 more: $413,577 · EnvironmentBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $600,000 · HealthMARY BRIDGE CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $555,940 · HealthMULTICARE HEALTH SYSTEM: $555,125 · HealthMULTICARE FOUNDATIONS: $505,876 · HealthCOMPREHENSIVE MENTAL HEALTH CENTER OF TACOMA-PIERCE COUNTY: $318,879 · HealthMARY BRIDGE BRIGADE: $236,610 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD GREAT NORTHWEST HAWAII ALASKA INDIANA AND KENTUCKY: $179,878 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $145,000 · Health+5 more: $455,295 · Health
Other$37,445,507Human Services$10,347,153Arts & Culture$7,825,809Philanthropy$6,157,238Education$4,758,217Environment$3,641,922Health$3,552,603

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetGEORGE WEYERHAEUSER PACIFIC RIM BONSAI COLLECTION: $3,584,300 over 8y, 73% of budgetTHE MUSTARD SEED PROJECT OF KEY PENINSULA: $2,848,008 over 7y, 60% of budgetPUYALLUP WATERSHED INITIATIVE: $2,605,857 over 4y, 95% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF PIERCE AND KITSAP COUNTIES: $2,529,339 over 8y, 1.6% of budgetJEFFERSON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $2,400,915 over 8y, 29% of budgetFriends of Lakewood: $2,365,075 over 8y, 60% of budgetNourish Pierce County: $2,169,569 over 8y, 13% of budgetBANK OF AMERICA CHARITABLE GIFT FD: $2,157,006 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGreater Metro Parks Foundation dba Tacoma Parks Foundation: $1,600,450 over 5y, 31% of budgetGREENTRIKE: $1,267,593 over 8y, 16% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SOUTH PUGET SOUND: $1,216,427 over 8y, 4.6% of budgetEMERGENCY FOOD NETWORK OF TACOMA AND PIERCE COUNTY: $1,050,085 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetTACOMAPIERCE COUNTY HABITAT FOR HUMANIT: $1,016,600 over 8y, 3.0% of budgetTURNING POINTE SURVIVOR ADVOCACY CENTER: $850,000 over 1y, 44% of budgetUNITED WAY OF PIERCE COUNTY: $775,767 over 8y, 5.2% of budgetTHE RESCUE MISSION: $728,927 over 8y, 2.4% of budgetSCHOOL'S OUT WASHINGTON: $709,070 over 6y, 3.7% of budgetR MERLE PALMER MINORITY SCHOLARSHIP: $697,949 over 8y, 10% of budgetYWCA PIERCE COUNTY: $652,304 over 8y, 4.2% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION: $650,957 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTacoma Urban League: $629,441 over 7y, 17% of budgetSTEP BY STEP FAMILY SUPPORT CENTER: $622,716 over 6y, 4.0% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $600,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND: $588,476 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetMARY BRIDGE CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $555,940 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetMULTICARE HEALTH SYSTEM: $555,125 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTACOMA ARTS LIVE: $537,166 over 8y, 2.5% of budgetPacific Lutheran University: $533,148 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTH PUGET SOUND SALMON ENHANCEMENT GROUP: $514,689 over 3y, 14% of budgetMULTICARE FOUNDATIONS: $505,876 over 7y, 1.7% of budgetTacoma Community House: $457,835 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN TACOMA: $450,000 over 2y, 51% of budgetNW FURNITURE BANK: $426,750 over 5y, 3.8% of budgetCATHOLIC COMMUNITY SERVICES OF WESTERN WASHINGTON: $400,385 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetCAL RIPKEN SR FOUNDATION INC: $400,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetPEACE COMMUNITY CENTER: $397,000 over 5y, 9.6% of budgetPOINT DEFIANCE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $395,686 over 8y, 4.5% of budgetCollege Success Foundation: $364,120 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetKITSAP COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $335,500 over 2y, 7.5% of budgetCOLLABORATIVE EFFORT INC: $328,100 over 3y, 20% of budgetCOMPREHENSIVE MENTAL HEALTH CENTER OF TACOMA-PIERCE COUNTY: $318,879 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetSYMPHONY TACOMA: $315,605 over 7y, 8.6% of budgetNORTHWEST IMMIGRANT RIGHTS PROJECT: $311,500 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetTACOMA HOUSING DEVELOPMENT GROUP: $311,465 over 4y, 36% of budgetGREAT PENINSULA CONSERVANCY: $309,954 over 8y, 1.4% of budgetLIGHTHOUSE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $300,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetWORLD VISION INC: $291,660 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetHopeSparks: $280,750 over 8y, 1.0% 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 GEORGE WEYERHAEUSER PACIFIC RIM BONSAI COLLECTION ↗
  • Who funds THE MUSTARD SEED PROJECT OF KEY PENINSULA ↗
  • Who funds PUYALLUP WATERSHED INITIATIVE ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF PIERCE AND KITSAP COUNTIES ↗
  • Who funds JEFFERSON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Friends of Lakewood ↗
  • Who funds Nourish Pierce County ↗
  • Who funds BANK OF AMERICA CHARITABLE GIFT FD ↗
  • Who funds Greater Metro Parks Foundation dba Tacoma Parks Foundation ↗
  • Who funds GREENTRIKE ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SOUTH PUGET SOUND ↗
  • Who funds EMERGENCY FOOD NETWORK OF TACOMA AND PIERCE COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds TACOMAPIERCE COUNTY HABITAT FOR HUMANIT ↗
  • Who funds TURNING POINTE SURVIVOR ADVOCACY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF PIERCE COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds THE RESCUE MISSION ↗
  • Who funds SCHOOL'S OUT WASHINGTON ↗
  • Who funds R MERLE PALMER MINORITY SCHOLARSHIP ↗
  • Who funds YWCA PIERCE COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Tacoma Urban League ↗
  • Who funds STEP BY STEP FAMILY SUPPORT CENTER ↗
  • Who funds BREAKTHROUGH T1D ↗
  • Who funds THE UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND ↗
  • Who funds MARY BRIDGE CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MULTICARE HEALTH SYSTEM ↗
  • Who funds TACOMA ARTS LIVE ↗
  • Who funds Pacific Lutheran University ↗
  • Who funds SOUTH PUGET SOUND SALMON ENHANCEMENT GROUP ↗
  • Who funds MULTICARE FOUNDATIONS ↗
  • Who funds Tacoma Community House ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN TACOMA ↗
  • Who funds NW FURNITURE BANK ↗

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.

The Bamford FoundationFuchsg & M Fdn TaiWoodworth Family Foun…Gary E Milgard Family…Kilworth Florence Cha…The Russell Family Fo…The Norcliffe Foundat…Forest FoundationPuget Sound Energy Fo…Sequoia FoundationMulticare Health Syst…Korum for Kids Founda…
The Bamford FoundationWA210.6× affinity116 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Bamford Foundation · Fuchsg & M Fdn Tai · Woodworth Family Foundation · Gary E Milgard Family Foundation- Sunshine · Kilworth Florence Char Tr Fndn · The Russell Family Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · Forest Foundation · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Sequoia Foundation · Multicare Health System · Korum for Kids 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 Greater Tacoma Community Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Greater Tacoma Community Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • Medical Teams International: 14% of income from government
  • Cal Ripken Sr Foundation Inc: 12% of income from government
  • White Oak Farm & Education Center: 5% of income from government
  • George Fox University: 2% of income from government
  • Truckers Against Trafficking: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
84report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely 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 549 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
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The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home