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Health Commons Project

Health Commons Project mission is to close health equity gaps in underinvested communities.

$2.7M
Granted FY2023
21
Grants FY2023
1
States reached
$436k
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, FY2021 to 2023.

Health$2.6MInternational$896kCivil Rights$463kCommunity Improvement$436kEmployment$402kEducation$343kPublic Safety & Disaster$6k
02FY2023 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 21 grants below total $2,433,428, the rows itemized in this filing. The $2,729,443 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $296,015 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 · FY2023

  • Under $10k3 grants · $19k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $173k
  • $50k–250k9 grants · $1.2M
  • $250k+3 grants · $1.0M
$64,201
Median grant
1
States reached
$3.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Angels for Angels$436,145
Mission Africa$355,503
Safe Homes$255,654
New World International$240,091
Clearwater School$215,974
Latino Civic Alliance$210,209
El Siete Dias$156,830
Gifts of Hope$95,237
Channel A TV$89,822
KD Hall$70,889
Somali Health Board$64,201
Noble Foundation$51,340
Tricities Diveristy & Inclusion Council$43,745
DOCFD15$33,703
Advanced Life Systems$31,339
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 (FY21–23, $373k) 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%Helping Hands Project Organization: $60k → 9%Helping Hands Project Organization: $30k → 9%Afghan Health Initiative: $81k → 9%Gifts of Hope: $95k → 9%East African Community Services: $42k → 9%Somali Health Board: $64k → 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.
$2.6M · 7 repeat orgs$2.6M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +49% since the first grant, against +30% for those funded once.

7 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2023, 1 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
10

Total granted

$2.6M
$1.4M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+49%
+30%

Still filing today

57%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 52% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.2M went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
Human ServicesEducationCommunity ImprovementInternationalHealthCivil RightsOther
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

  • LC
    LATINO CIVIC ALLIANCE
    2× · 2022–2023 · $463k · revenue +49% · 26% of their budget
  • CS
    CLEARWATER SCHOOL
    2× · 2022–2023 · $343k · revenue +62% · 25% of their budget
  • HH
    HELPING HANDS PROJECT ORGANIZATION
    2× · 2021–2022 · $91k · revenue +20%

Funded once

  • HC
    Health Commons Project
    one grant, 2021 · $658k · revenue -65%
  • EI
    Entrepreneurial Institute of Washington
    one grant, 2022 · $402k
  • YS
    YAKIMA SCHOOL DISTRICT
    one grant, 2022 · $106k
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
Wakulima Usa

Our Food Production Center will serve as our primary storage production and distribution facility. The coop will aggregate purchase store and distribute farm inputs for members and will act as an integrator collecting the output from…

Food & Nutrition
2
Somali Cultural Center

Amplifying Somali Voices & Building Communities

Arts & Culture
3
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
4
Comunidades Sin Fronteras Washington

To provide services needed in the community

Community Improvement
5
Iaf Northwest

In 2024, IAF Pacific continued its work of connecting and strengthening broad-based alliances throughout the Pacific region.Through its Building Partnerships for Collaborative Action initiativethe organization supported Indigenous and…

Community Improvement
6
Ocheami

Ocheami is an African Arts organization that aspires to promote healthy lifestyle practices, cultural competency through education and cultural development

—
7
Black Owned Business Excellence

Help create a more equitable entrepreneurial ecosystem in Washington State.

Community Improvement
8
Horn of Africa Services

Provide support and advocacy services in response to health, employment, housing, education, and other social services

Human Services
9
Pacific Islander Health Board of Washington

The Pacific Islander Health Board (PIHB) seeks to cultivate resilience within our communities to achieve health equity through culturally safe and community-driven solutions, traditions, advocacy, and policy.

Human Services
10
Reclaiming Our Greatness

Reclaiming Our Greatness's mission is to create transformative outcomes for the families we serve by providing proactive case management coupled with creative resource development.

Housing & Shelter
11
Seattle Indian Center
Human Services
12
Filipino American Educators of Washington

The Filipino American Educators of Washington (FAEW) is a professional organization of educators and those involved in education that promotes and advocates for the recruitment, growth, development, advancement, and contributions of…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Afghan Health Initiative; the most unlike its peers is Giving Gifts of Hope Wa. 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 32 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.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
10/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Safe Homes: $459,968 · OtherSafe HomesEl Siete Dias: $318,261 · OtherEl Siete DiasTHE NOBLE FOUNDATION: $249,301 · OtherTHE NOBLE FOUNDATIONYAKIMA SCHOOL DISTRICT: $106,346 · OtherYAKIMA SCHOOL DISTRICTChannel ATV: $89,822 · OtherGIVING GIFTS OF HOPE WA: $95,237 · OtherHELPING HANDS PROJECT ORGANIZATION: $90,663 · OtherAFGHAN HEALTH INITIATIVE: $80,666 · OtherSOMALI HEALTH BOARD: $64,201 · Other+12 more: $268,607 · Other+12 moreMission Africa: $656,248 · InternationalMission AfricaNEW WORLD INTERNATIONAL: $240,091 · InternationalNEW WORLD INTERNATI…Health Commons Project: $657,558 · HealthHealth Commons…Angels For Angels: $436,145 · Community ImprovementAngels For…TRI-CITIES DIVERSITY & INCLUSION COUNCIL: $43,745 · Community ImprovementTRI-CITIES…RVC SEATTLE: $20,288 · Community ImprovementLATINO CIVIC ALLIANCE: $463,198 · Civil RightsLATINO CIV…CLEARWATER SCHOOL: $342,590 · EducationCLEARWATE…KD HALL FOUNDATION: $70,889 · EducationKD HALL F…+1 more: $7,500 · EducationEntrepreneurial Institute of Washington: $401,527 · Employment
Other$1,823,072International$896,339Health$657,558Community Improvement$500,178Civil Rights$463,198Education$420,979Employment$401,527

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHealth Commons Project: $657,558 over 1y, 12% of budgetMission Africa: $656,248 over 3y, 26% of budgetLATINO CIVIC ALLIANCE: $463,198 over 2y, 26% of budgetAngels For Angels: $436,145 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetCLEARWATER SCHOOL: $342,590 over 2y, 25% of budgetHELPING HANDS PROJECT ORGANIZATION: $90,663 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetAFGHAN HEALTH INITIATIVE: $80,666 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetKD HALL FOUNDATION: $70,889 over 2y, 35% of budgetSOMALI HEALTH BOARD: $64,201 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetTRI-CITIES DIVERSITY & INCLUSION COUNCIL: $43,745 over 2y, 4.6% of budgetEast African Community Services: $42,097 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetRVC SEATTLE: $20,288 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOMPRAKASH INC: $19,949 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLHAQ'TEMISH FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetWA-GRO FOUNDATION: $7,500 over 1y, 10% 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 Health Commons Project ↗
  • Who funds Mission Africa ↗
  • Who funds LATINO CIVIC ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds Angels For Angels ↗
  • Who funds Entrepreneurial Institute of Washington ↗
  • Who funds CLEARWATER SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds NEW WORLD INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds HELPING HANDS PROJECT ORGANIZATION ↗
  • Who funds AFGHAN HEALTH INITIATIVE ↗
  • Who funds KD HALL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SOMALI HEALTH BOARD ↗
  • Who funds TRI-CITIES DIVERSITY & INCLUSION COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds East African Community Services ↗
  • Who funds RVC SEATTLE ↗
  • Who funds OMPRAKASH INC ↗
  • Who funds LHAQ'TEMISH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WA-GRO FOUNDATION ↗

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.

Seattle FoundationPhilanthropy NorthwestInatai FoundationSchool's Out Washingt…Building ChangesUnited Way of King Co…Puget Sound Energy Fo…Ken Birdwell Foundati…Northwest Harvest EmmGates FoundationPaypal Charitable Giv…American Online Givin…
Seattle FoundationWA25× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Seattle Foundation · Philanthropy Northwest · Inatai Foundation · School's Out Washington · Building Changes · United Way of King County · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Ken Birdwell Foundation (Dba Magic Cabinet) C/O Clark Nuber Ps · Northwest Harvest Emm · Gates Foundation · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc

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 Health Commons Project funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Health Commons Project. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    11report 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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Health Commons Project?

    Find your warmest path to Health Commons Project 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 32 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports $851k of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2023, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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