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Hanson Family Foundation at a glance

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Hanson Family Foundation

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$463k
Granted FY2023
1
Grants FY2023
1
States reached
$463k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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 2023.

Arts & Culture$2.7MEducation$900kHealth$800kYouth Development$310kInternational$210kHuman Services$200kPhilanthropy$115kFood & Nutrition$80kOther$0
02FY2023 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$462,515
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PORT TOWNSEND AERO MUSEUM$462,515
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 (FY20–20, $50k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%CHINESE INFORMATION AND SERVICE CENTER: $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.
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.

50%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.7M · 3 repeat orgs$2.7M to everyone else

3 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2023, 2 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

3
19

Total granted

$2.7M
$2.7M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-19%
+27%

Still filing today

67%
89%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
Arts & CultureHealthYouth DevelopmentHousing & ShelterEducationPhilanthropyOther
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

  • PT
    PORT TOWNSEND AERO MUSEUM
    5× · 2019–2023 · $2.0M · revenue -19% · 71% of their budget
  • NC
    NORTH CASCADES VINTAGE AIRCRAFT MUSEUM
    2× · 2017–2018 · $500k · 96% of their budget
  • SG
    Solid Ground Washington
    3× · 2020–2022 · $210k · revenue -13%

Funded once

  • BS
    BELLEVUE SCHOOLS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2020 · $750k · revenue -47% · 28% of their budget
  • OH
    OVERLAKE HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $500k · revenue +27%
  • YE
    Youth Eastside Servicesgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $250k · revenue +80%
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
Seattle Architectural Foundation

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…

Arts & Culture
2
King County Sexual Assault Resource Center

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,…

—
3
Community Foundation of Snohomish County

The Community Foundation of Snohomish County (the Foundation) is a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization incorporated under the laws of the State of Washington. The Foundation serves as a community foundation, supporting a broad spectrum of…

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
Kirkland Arts Center

Cultivating quality arts experiences, connecting communities, and increasing creative engagement.

Arts & Culture
6
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…

—
7
The Alliance for Pioneer Square

Neighborhood revitalization and community economic development within the Pioneer Square district of Seattle

Community Improvement
8
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
9
Snoqualmie Valley Food Bank

Our mission is to provide food and key resources to help our neighbors and community thrive. we lead the effort to feed, educated and advocate ending hunger in the snoqualmie valley and beyond.

Food & Nutrition
10
Northwest Film Forum

Northwest Film Forum incites public dialogue and creative action through collective cinematic experiences. A nonprofit film and arts center located in Seattle, Northwest Film Forum presents hundreds of films, festivals, community events,…

Arts & Culture
11
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
12
Olympic Peninsula Community Clinic

Improving the quality of life for the people in the Olympic Peninsula Community by providing increased access to health and wellness services for the underserved

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Kitsap Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is North Cascades Vintage Aircraft Museum. 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

21 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. 21 of the 23 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.

5
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/21
Grantees still filing
15/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PORT TOWNSEND AERO MUSEUM: $1,973,010 · Arts & CulturePORT TOWNSEND AERO MUSEUMWest African Community Council: $100,000 · Arts & CultureADMIRAL THEATRE FOUNDATION: $100,000 · Arts & CultureNORTH CASCADES VINTAGE AIRCRAFT MUSEUM: $500,000 · OtherNORTH CASCADES VINTAG…TOGETHER CENTER: $100,000 · OtherTOGETHER CENTERPORT ORCHARD ROTARY FOUNDATION CO TODD EGGERS CPA: $50,000 · OtherSOROPTIMIST INTERNATIONAL OF PORT ORCHARD: $50,000 · OtherBREMERTON PILOTS ASSOCIATION: $35,000 · OtherSOUTH KITSAP ROTARY FOUNDATION: $50,000 · OtherFARESTART: $50,000 · OtherFOOD LIFELINE: $50,000 · OtherAtlantic Street Center: $50,000 · OtherChinese Information and Service Center: $50,000 · Other+1 more: $30,000 · OtherBELLEVUE SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $750,000 · EducationBELLEVUE SCHOOL…OVERLAKE HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $500,000 · HealthOVERLAKE HOSPIT…Youth Eastside Services: $250,000 · HealthYouth Eastside …BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SOUTH PUGET SOUND: $250,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SNOHOMISH COUNTY: $60,000 · Youth DevelopmentSolid Ground Washington: $210,000 · Housing & ShelterCOMPASS HOUSING ALLIANCE: $50,000 · Housing & ShelterKITSAP COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $115,000 · PhilanthropySOUTH KITSAP PUBLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $100,000 · Philanthropy
Arts & Culture$2,173,010Other$1,015,000Education$750,000Health$750,000Youth Development$310,000Housing & Shelter$260,000Philanthropy$215,000

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 budgetPORT TOWNSEND AERO MUSEUM: $1,973,010 over 5y, 71% of budgetBELLEVUE SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $750,000 over 1y, 28% of budgetOVERLAKE HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $500,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetNORTH CASCADES VINTAGE AIRCRAFT MUSEUM: $500,000 over 2y, 96% of budgetYouth Eastside Services: $250,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SOUTH PUGET SOUND: $250,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetSolid Ground Washington: $210,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetKITSAP COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $115,000 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetSOUTH KITSAP PUBLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 88% of budgetWest African Community Council: $100,000 over 1y, 5.4% of budgetTOGETHER CENTER: $100,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetADMIRAL THEATRE FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 8.6% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SNOHOMISH COUNTY: $60,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPORT ORCHARD ROTARY FOUNDATION CO TODD EGGERS CPA: $50,000 over 1y, 25% of budgetCOMPASS HOUSING ALLIANCE: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFARESTART: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFOOD LIFELINE: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAtlantic Street Center: $50,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetChinese Information and Service Center: $50,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetBALLARD FOOD BANK: $30,000 over 1y, 0.4% 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.

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.

Puget Sound Energy Fo…Seattle FoundationUnited Way of King Co…Medina FoundationThe Norcliffe Foundat…The Foster FoundationSchool's Out Washingt…Overlake Medical Cent…Aven FoundationDiscuren FoundationJoshua Green Foundati…Kitsap Community Foun…
Puget Sound Energy FoundationDE23.3× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Seattle Foundation · United Way of King County · Medina Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · The Foster Foundation · School's Out Washington · Overlake Medical Center & Clinics · Aven Foundation · Discuren Foundation · Joshua Green Foundation Inc · Kitsap Community 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 Hanson Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Hanson Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Hanson Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Hanson Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 23 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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