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Humanities Washington

HUMANITIES WASHINGTON (hw) opens minds and bridges divides by creating spaces to explore different perspectives.

$1.0M
Granted FY2021
101
Grants FY2021
1
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01FY2021 · 101 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 101 grants below total $927,929, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,027,139 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $99,210 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 · FY2021

  • Under $10k47 grants · $338k
  • $10k–50k54 grants · $590k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$2.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CENTRO CULTURAL MEXICANO$15,000
NORTHWEST RAILWAY MUSEUM$15,000
NORTHWEST AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM$15,000
FOSS WATERWAY SEAPORT$15,000
SPOKANE PUBLIC RADIO$15,000
DENSHO JAPANESE AMERICAN LEGACY PROJECT$15,000
WING LUKE MUSEUM OF THE ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN EXPERIENCE$15,000
NORDIC MUSEUM$15,000
WASHINGTON STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY$15,000
NORTHWEST MUSEUM OF ARTS AND CULTURE$15,000
YAKIMA VALLEY MUSEUM$10,000
CONFLUENCE$10,000
VILLAGE THEATRE$10,000
POLSON PARK & MUSEUM HISTORICAL SOCIETY$10,000
EVERETT MUSEUM OF HISTORY$10,000
02The need
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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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY21–21) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 98% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%HEDGEBROOK: $10k → 7%WASHINGTON'S NATIONAL PARK FUND: $10k → 9%IMAGINE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $10k → 9%CLARK COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY & MUSEUM: $10k → 9%WINDOW SEAT MEDIA: $10k → 9%WENATCHEE VALLEY MUSEUM AND CULTURAL CENTER: $10k → 9%ORCAS CENTER: $10k → 10%PORT GAMBLE S'KLALLAM FOUNDATION: $10k → 10%SKAGIT RIVER POETRY PROJECT: $10k → 11%GONZAGA UNIVERSITY: $10k → 12%QUILLISASCUT EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $10k → 13%FORT WALLA WALLA MUSEUM: $10k → 13%TIETON ARTS AND HUMANITIES: $10k → 17%METHOW ARTS ALLIANCE: $10k → 17%POLSON PARK & MUSEUM HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $10k → 18%WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY: $10k → 20%206 ZULU: $10k → 9%THE HISTORIC TRUST: $10k → 9%VOICES OF THE CHILDREN: $10k → 11%NORTHWEST MUSEUM OF ARTS AND CULTURE: $15k → 12%HERITAGE UNIVERSITY: $10k → 17%GRIEF DIALOGUES: $10k → 9%CONFLUENCE: $10k → 9%YAKIMA VALLEY MUSEUM: $10k → 17%HOLOCAUST CENTER FOR HUMANITY: $10k → 9%SOUTH SOUND READING FOUNDATION: $10k → 9%CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF SKAGIT COUNTY: $10k → 11%SPOKANE ARTS: $10k → 12%SEATTLE LATINO FILM FESTIVAL: $10k → 9%HARBOR HISTORY MUSEUM: $10k → 9%THE FAMILY GUIDE: $10k → 12%NORDIC MUSEUM: $15k → 9%WASHINGTON STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $15k → 9%FOSS WATERWAY SEAPORT: $15k → 9%SPOKANE PUBLIC RADIO: $15k → 12%KIDSQUEST CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $10k → 9%BELLEVUE ARTS MUSEUM: $10k → 9%DENSHO JAPANESE AMERICAN LEGACY PROJECT: $15k → 9%NORTHWEST AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM: $15k → 9%TASVEER: $10k → 9%ORQUESTA NORTHWEST: $10k → 9%CENTRO CULTURAL MEXICANO: $15k → 9%NORTHWEST RAILWAY MUSEUM: $15k → 9%KUOW: $10k → 9%SOUND THEATRE COMPANY: $10k → 9%ISSAQUAH HISTORY MUSEUMS: $10k → 9%HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF SEATTLE & KING COUNTY: $10k → 9%WING LUKE MUSEUM OF THE ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: $15k → 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 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.

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Southwest Washington Center for the Arts
Philanthropy
2
Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art C/O Denver Art Museu
Arts & Culture
3
Chelan County Historical Society

Developed by, for, and in conjunction with the community, the cashmere museum and pioneer village seeks to engage, educate, and entertain visitors both local and international. hundreds of volunteers have worked thousands of hours to make…

Arts & Culture
4
Seaside Museum & Historical Society

Preserve and interpret the History & culture of Seaside Oregon by operating a Museum and outreach programs.

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5
Highline Heritage Museum

To collect, preserve and tell the stories of the Highline region and its people.

Unclassified
6
Bainbridge Island Historical Society

Preserve and share the stories of Bainbridge Island to promote a greater understanding of our community and the world in which we live; And, to operate a Historic Museum and Library

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7
Southwest Seattle Historical Society

The mission of the Southwest Seattle Historical Society is to promote inclusive local history through education, preservation, and advocacy. The Southwest Seattle area includes all of the West Seattle Peninsula form Puget Sound on the west…

Arts & Culture
8
Pacific County Historical Society & Museum Foundation

The Pacific County Historical Society & Museum Foundation was formed to create a museum displaying antiques and memorabilia which presents the heritage of Pacific County. The organization promotes tourism in the County and provides…

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9
Willapa Bay AiR
Arts & Culture
10
Forks Timber Museum

Educate public about heritage of the olympic peninsula emphasizing timber industry and forestry

Arts & Culture
11
Historical Society of Seattle & King County dba Museum of History & Industry

Collect and preserve the diverse history of Seattle, the Puget Sound region and beyond. Highlighting innovation and education, MOHAI enriches lives by sharing the individual and collective stories of our communities.

Arts & Culture
12
Rainier Oregon Historical Museum

Preserving the past via a local museum.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Northwest Railway Museum; the most unlike its peers is Quillisascut Education Fund. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

84 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. 84 of the 99 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)
28
Early backer (in before they grew)
82/84
Grantees still filing
61/84
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

+50 more: $493,269 · Arts & Culture+50 moreWING LUKE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $15,000 · OtherWASHINGTON STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $15,000 · OtherCENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $14,000 · OtherGIG HARBOR PENINSULA HISTORICAL SOC: $10,000 · OtherHolocaust Center For Humanity: $10,000 · OtherWASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY: $10,000 · OtherSKAGIT RIVER POETRY PROJECT: $10,000 · OtherCLARK COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $10,000 · OtherPOLSON PARK AND MUSEUM HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $10,000 · OtherMethow Arts Alliance: $10,000 · OtherSPOKANE ARTS FUND: $10,000 · OtherFort Walla Walla Museum Walla Walla Valley Historical Society: $10,000 · OtherMOHAI Foundation: $10,000 · OtherIssaquah History Museums: $10,000 · OtherCASCADIA COLLEGE: $10,000 · OtherCITY OF MOSES LAKE: $9,983 · Other+17 more: $120,927 · Other+17 moreSOUTH SOUND READING FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationSOUTH SOUND…FORT VANCOUVER REGIONAL LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationFORT VANCOU…206 UNIVERSAL DBA 206 ZULU: $10,000 · Education206 UNIVERS…QUILLISASCUT EDUCATION FUND: $10,000 · EducationQUILLISASCU…CORPORATION OF GONZAGA UNIVERSITY: $10,000 · EducationCORPORATION…HERITAGE UNIVERSITY: $10,000 · EducationHERITAGE UN…WOW CHINA INC: $7,500 · EducationWOW CHINA I…COASTAL INTERPRETIVE CENTER: $7,000 · EducationCOASTAL INT…ARBUTUS FOLK SCHOOL: $7,000 · EducationARBUTUS FOL…Steilacoom Tribal Museum Association: $7,000 · EducationSteilacoom …ASOTIN COUNTY LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $7,000 · EducationASOTIN COUN…Tasveer: $10,000 · Civil RightsFAMILY GUIDE: $10,000 · Public BenefitWASHINGTON'S NATIONAL PARK FUND: $10,000 · Recreation & SportsRACHEL CORRIE FOUNDATION FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE: $7,250 · InternationalMethow Field Institute: $7,000 · Environment
Arts & Culture$493,269Other$294,910Education$95,500Civil Rights$10,000Public Benefit$10,000Recreation & Sports$10,000International$7,250Environment$7,000

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 budgetCENTRO CULTURAL MEXICANO: $15,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetNational Nordic Museum: $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWING LUKE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNORTHWEST RAILWAY MUSEUM: $15,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetEASTERN WASHINGTON STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFOSS WATERWAY SEAPORT: $15,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetDENSHO: $15,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSpokane Public Radio: $15,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetNORTHWEST AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM: $15,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetKitsap County Historical Society: $14,000 over 1y, 7.8% of budgetGIG HARBOR PENINSULA HISTORICAL SOC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetKUOW PUGET SOUND PUBLIC RADIO: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTasveer: $10,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetSOUTH SOUND READING FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetHolocaust Center For Humanity: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetWENATCHEE VALLEY MUSEUM & CULTURAL CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetBELLEVUE ART MUSEUM: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetIMAGINE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWindow Seat Media: $10,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetCLARK COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $10,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetPOLSON PARK AND MUSEUM HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $10,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetORQUESTA NORTHWEST: $10,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetEVERETT MUSEUM OF HISTORY: $10,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetVANCOUVER NATIONAL HISTORIC RESERVE TRUST: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMethow Arts Alliance: $10,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetFAMILY GUIDE: $10,000 over 1y, 24% of budgetSPOKANE ARTS FUND: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetFORT VANCOUVER REGIONAL LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetEXPERIENCE LEARNING COMMUNITY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget206 UNIVERSAL DBA 206 ZULU: $10,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetFort Walla Walla Museum Walla Walla Valley Historical Society: $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetSEATTLE LATINO FILM FESTIVAL: $10,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetCHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF SKAGIT COUNTY: $10,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetORCAS CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetSOUND THEATRE COMPANY: $10,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetMOHAI Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetYAKIMA VALLEY MUSEUM & HISTORICAL ASSOC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCONFLUENCES INC CONFLUENCE PROJECT: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetTIETON ARTS AND HUMANITIES: $10,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetHEDGEBROOK: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetIssaquah History Museums: $10,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetKIDSQUEST CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWASHINGTON'S NATIONAL PARK FUND: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCORPORATION OF GONZAGA UNIVERSITY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHERITAGE UNIVERSITY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVOICES OF THE CHILDREN: $10,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetPORT GAMBLE S'KLALLAM FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetVILLAGE THEATRE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

ArtsfundSeattle FoundationThe Norcliffe Foundat…M J Murdock Charitabl…School's Out Washingt…Inatai FoundationThe Hugh and Jane Fer…Puget Sound Energy Fo…Raynier Institute & F…Moccasin Lake Foundat…Philanthropy NorthwestDv & Ida McEachern Ch…
ArtsfundWA128.9× affinity71 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Artsfund · Seattle Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · M J Murdock Charitable Trust · School's Out Washington · Inatai Foundation · The Hugh and Jane Ferguson Foundation · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Raynier Institute & Foundation · Moccasin Lake Foundation · Philanthropy Northwest · Dv & Ida McEachern Charitable Tr

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

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no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    39report 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 99 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 2021, released 2021. 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 $25k 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 FY2021, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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