· Private foundation
Hanlon Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of Hanlon Foundation’s FY2026 grant dollars went to Schwab Charitable Fund, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2026 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2025, the last year Hanlon Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 11 organizations, $55k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2026.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k22 grants · $45k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| WOODLAND PARK ZOO | $10,000 |
| HELPLINE HOUSE | $6,000 |
| HABITAT FOR HUMANITY (PA) | $5,900 |
| YWCA | $5,000 |
| CCFA | $5,000 |
| FRIENDS OF THE WATERFRONT | $4,000 |
| HELPLINE HOUSE | $2,500 |
| HELPLINE HOUSE | $2,500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,000 |
| KITSAP RESCUE MISSION | $1,000 |
| DENSHO | $1,000 |
| PEPS | $1,000 |
| BAINBRIDGE WRESTLING CLUB | $1,000 |
| SHARENET FOOD BANK | $1,000 |
| SHARENET FOOD BANK | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $28k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
25 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 17 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call). Read against FY2025, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 54% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- WPWOODLAND PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY9× · 2017–2025 · $98k · revenue +89%
- VAVILLA ACADEMY3× · 2017–2019 · $75k · revenue +50%
- BSBAINBRIDGE SCHOOLS FOUNDATION4× · 2022–2025 · $13k · revenue +42%
Funded once
- UWUW Women's Centerone grant, 2019 · $5k
- TATECHNOLOGY ACCESS FUNDone grant, 2022 · $3k
- CCCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INCone grant, 2017 · $3k · revenue +12%
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.
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.
Seattle humane promotes the human-animal bond by saving and serving pets in need, regardless of age, ability, circumstance or geography.
Building changes advances equitable responses to homelessness in washington state, with a focus on children, youth, and families. we work at the intersection of housing, education, and health systems, partnering with communities and public…
The Seattle Architecture Foundation connects people to the architecture, design, and history of Seattle. We believe the more you engage with design, the more you feel connected to your changing city. As a volunteer driven organization, we…
School's out washington (sowa) drives positive systemic change so that all washington's children and youth, particularly those furthest from justice, have access to a robust ecosystem of high-quality expanded learning programs.
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.…
Siff is a seattle-based 501(c)(3) arts nonprofit dedicated to the creation of vibrant experiences and spaces that champion film discovery and arts education.
KCSARC is the largest and most comprehensive non-profit provider of sexual assault services in King County and Washington State. Our vision is a community free of sexual violence. Our mission is to: give voice to victims, their families,…
Disability rights washington's mission is to advance the dignity, equality, and self determination of people with disabilities. we work to pursue justice on matters related to human and legal rights.
The washington area community investment fund (wacif) is a nonprofit community loan fund focused on increasing equity and economic opportunity in the washington, dc area's underserved communities. wacif's mission is driven is driven by…
Seattle jobs initiative (sji) creates opportunities for people to support themselves and their families through living-wage careers.
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.
Support people with disabilities and low incomes to realize their purpose, potential and strength.
How this is measured
38 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 38 of the 59 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ↗
- Who funds FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ↗
- Who funds WOODLAND PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds VILLA ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds Zeno ↗
- Who funds NORTHWEST HARVEST EMM ↗
- Who funds LifeWire ↗
- Who funds BAINBRIDGE SCHOOLS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Sharenet Food Bank ↗
- Who funds THE BLOEDEL RESERVE ↗
- Who funds FOOD LIFELINE ↗
- Who funds HELPLINE HOUSE ↗
- Who funds DENSHO ↗
- Who funds TECHNOLOGY ACCESS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds KINDERING CENTER ↗
- Who funds PLYMOUTH HOUSING GROUP AND SUBSIDIARIES ↗
- Who funds TREEHOUSE ↗
- Who funds CROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds CATALYST FOR PAYMENT REFORM ↗
- Who funds PAGE AHEAD CHILDRENS LITERACY PRGM ↗
- Who funds MUSICARES FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds FACING HOMELESSNESS ↗
- Who funds College Success Foundation ↗
- Who funds PANORAMA GLOBAL ↗
- Who funds WASHINGTON TRAILS ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds KITSAP RESCUE MISSION ↗
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: Seattle Foundation · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · United Way of King County · Moccasin Lake Foundation · One Call for All · Medina Foundation · Credit Unions in the State of Washington · Employees Community Fund of the Boeing Company · Bny Mellon Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Hanlon Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Hanlon Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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