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Horrigan Foundation Inc at a glance

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Horrigan Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$109k
Granted FY2025still arriving
18
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$70k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0190% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Philanthropy$753kEducation$474kReligion$41kFood & Nutrition$27kArts & Culture$22kHealth$14kInternational$13kYouth Development$10kOther$0
02FY2025 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k16 grants · $14k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $25k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $70k
$500
Median grant
4
States reached
$555k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GONZAGA UNIVERSITY$70,000
OUR LADY OF THE SNOWS$25,000
ST PATRICK CATHOLIC SCHOOL$4,500
GRACE CLINIC$3,450
BENTON FRANKLIN RECOVERY COALITION$1,500
ST VINCENT DE PAUL$500
NORTHWEST'S CHILD$500
CHRIST THE KING SCHOOL$500
CATHOLIC CHARITIES SERVING CENTRAL WASHINGTON$500
VIRGIE ROBINSON MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND$500
TRI CITIES FOOD BANK$500
FRANKLIN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY$500
SENIOR CONNECTION$250
INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE$200
CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES$100
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 (FY17–25, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, 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.

area typical 11%SENIOR CONNECTION: $250 → 7%FULL LIFE CARE: $2k → 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

WA
ID
IL
NY
MA
OR
PA
CT
CA
CO
MD
AL
GA
FL
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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$613k · 39 repeat orgs$55k to everyone else

39 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 28 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

39
26

Total granted

$613k
$25k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
+63%

Still filing today

49%
46%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationInternationalHuman ServicesHealthArts & CultureHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • CORPORATION OF GONZAGA UNIVERSITY
    9× · 2017–2025 · $431k · revenue +42%
  • SU
    SEATTLE UNIVERSITY
    3× · 2017–2019 · $9k · revenue +62%
  • IR
    International Rescue Committee INC
    4× · 2017–2025 · $3k · revenue +81%

Funded once

  • WM
    WOMEN MAKE MOVIES INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue +82%
  • SA
    SEATTLE ACADEMY
    one grant, 2018 · $5k
  • FL
    FULL LIFE CAREgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $2k · revenue +34%
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
Fsc I&P

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.…

Philanthropy
2
Legacy Salmon Creek Hospital

Legacy Salmon Creek Hospital (LSCH), established in 2005, provides acute and critical care in Vancouver, with 165 licensed beds. LSCH operates adult, pediatric, and OB/GYN hospitalist programs, as well as four primary care physician…

Health
3
Perigee Fund

Our mission is to shift policies and systems to increasingly value and embed supports for caregiver and infant mental health in the places where families are during pregnancy and early childhood. perigee is organized & operated as a…

Health
4
International Medical Corps

To save lives & relieve suffering through health interventions & related activities that strengthen communities affected by conflict, natural disasters & disease outbreaks.

International
5
Seattle International Foundation

Seattle international foundation (sif) champions equity and rule of law in central america through good governance and a robust civil society. sif works with other donors to the region to increase philanthropy and to promote collaboration,…

Philanthropy
6
Siff

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.

Youth Development
7
Swedish Edmonds

Swedish edmonds is part of swedish health services, a healthcare system committed to meeting the health-care needs of snohomish county.

Health
8
Mercy Health

Mercy Health will provide assistance, support and direction to all of the health care institutions and activities operated and maintained by its Subsidiaries. The mission of Mercy Health in performing these activities shall be to provide a…

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9
Sexual Violence Law Center

Sexual Violence Law Center (SVLC) is a nonprofit law firm that protects the safety, privacy, and civil rights of survivors of sexual and gender-based violence in Washington through holistic and trauma-informed practices rooted in race and…

Human Services
10
Western Healthconnect

Support significant improvements in health care delivery and outcomes within the context of nonprofit, charitable ownership.

Health
11
Senior Life Resources Northwest

To preserve and enhance the quality of life at home, with dignity and care.

Human Services
12
Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital and Medical Center

Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital and Medical Center (LGSHMC), founded in 1875 is one of the earliest hospitals in the Pacific Northwest. LGSHMC provides acute and tertiary care in Portland, OR with 539 licensed beds. LGSHMC provides a…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Seattle Public Library Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Virgie Robinson Memorial Scholarship Fund. 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

36 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. 36 of the 74 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)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
36/36
Grantees still filing
30/36
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM: $750,601 · PhilanthropyVANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM+2 more: $2,000 · PhilanthropyCORPORATION OF GONZAGA UNIVERSITY: $430,835 · EducationCORPORATION OF GONZAGA UNIVERSITY+5 more: $5,000 · EducationEKARI: $35,700 · OtherEKARIOUR LADY OF THE SNOWS: $25,000 · OtherOUR LADY OF TH…CHRIST THE KING CHURCH: $11,600 · OtherCHRIST THE KIN…GIRL SCOUTS: $10,000 · OtherGIRL SCOUTSHOLY NAMES ACADEMY: $9,550 · OtherHOLY NAMES ACA…ST PATRICK CATHOLIC SCHOOL: $9,500 · OtherST PATRICK CAT…SEATTLE UNIVERSITY: $9,200 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $8,100 · OtherFRANKLIN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $7,500 · Other+38 more: $50,017 · Other+38 moreSAINT FRANCES CABRINI CHARITABLE SERVICES: $26,500 · Human ServicesFULL LIFE CARE: $2,000 · Human Services+3 more: $2,200 · Human ServicesInternational Rescue Committee INC: $3,300 · InternationalTHE CARTER CENTER INC: $2,000 · InternationalRAINBOW OF MAGNOLIA FOUNTAINS OF LIFE: $1,500 · InternationalMercy Corps: $1,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $700 · InternationalSave The Children Federation Inc: $500 · InternationalGRACE CLINIC: $3,450 · HealthBENTON FRANKLIN RECOVERY COALITION: $2,500 · HealthPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $1,000 · HealthWORLDWIDE FISTULA FUND: $1,000 · HealthWOMEN MAKE MOVIES INC: $5,300 · Arts & CultureSEATTLE REPERTORY THEATRE: $1,500 · Arts & CultureCASCADE PUBLIC MEDIA: $250 · Arts & Culture
Philanthropy$752,601Education$435,835Other$176,167Human Services$30,700International$9,000Health$7,950Arts & Culture$7,050

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 budgetCORPORATION OF GONZAGA UNIVERSITY: $430,835 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetSAINT FRANCES CABRINI CHARITABLE SERVICES: $26,500 over 4y, 3.3% of budgetSEATTLE UNIVERSITY: $9,200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFRANKLIN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $7,500 over 3y, 7.6% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $3,300 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBENTON FRANKLIN RECOVERY COALITION: $2,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFULL LIFE CARE: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CARTER CENTER INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSEATTLE REPERTORY THEATRE: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHWEST'S CHILD: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Corps: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLDWIDE FISTULA FUND: $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetVIRGIE ROBINSON MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $1,000 over 2y, 7.4% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SPOKANE: $950 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $700 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTRI-CITIES FOOD BANK: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget3 Rivers Community Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPLYMOUTH HEALING COMMUNITIES: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAlliance for Education: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetELIJAH FAMILY HOMES: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCASCADE PUBLIC MEDIA: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSECOND HARVEST INLAND NORTHWEST: $100 over 1y, 0.0% 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 VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ↗
  • Who funds CORPORATION OF GONZAGA UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds SAINT FRANCES CABRINI CHARITABLE SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds SEATTLE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds FRANKLIN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds WOMEN MAKE MOVIES INC ↗
  • Who funds GRACE CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds International Rescue Committee INC ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CENTER FOR HUMANS AND NATURE ↗
  • Who funds BENTON FRANKLIN RECOVERY COALITION ↗
  • Who funds FULL LIFE CARE ↗
  • Who funds THE CARTER CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds ROOTS OF SOUTH SUDAN ↗
  • Who funds THE SEATTLE TIMES COMMUNITY IMPACT FUND ↗
  • Who funds RAINBOW OF MAGNOLIA FOUNTAINS OF LIFE ↗
  • Who funds SEATTLE REPERTORY THEATRE ↗
  • Who funds PARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds RESCUE- FREEDOM INTERNATIONAL ↗

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 FoundationLamb Weston Charitabl…The Norcliffe Foundat…Puget Sound Energy Fo…3 Rivers Community Fo…Raikes FoundationThe US Charitable Gif…Baird Foundation IncAmerican Gift FundColumbus FoundationEdward Jones Foundati…Gs Donor Advised Phil…
Seattle FoundationWA24.1× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Seattle Foundation · Lamb Weston Charitable Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · 3 Rivers Community Foundation · Raikes Foundation · The US Charitable Gift Trust · Baird Foundation Inc · American Gift Fund · Columbus Foundation · Edward Jones Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management 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 Horrigan Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Horrigan Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • Mercy Corps: 47% of income from government
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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 74 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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