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iQuest Charitable Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$95k
Granted FY2024still arriving
21
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Human Services$161kEnvironment$31kPublic Benefit$23kHealth$22kAnimals$20kEmployment$17kPhilanthropy$11kEducation$11kOther$0
02FY2024 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k20 grants · $45k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$2,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$2.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Mother Rosa Foundation$50,000
National Mobilization Against Sweatshops$5,000
Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust$5,000
Peninsula Humane Society$5,000
When We All Vote$3,000
Rock the Vote$3,000
Headcount$3,000
Mary's Place$2,000
Individual grant recipient$2,000
Low Income Housing Institute$2,000
Solid Ground$2,000
Earth Crops$2,000
Black Farmers Collective$2,000
Perinatal Support Washington$2,000
American Red Cross$1,000
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.

US giving: 58% of grant dollars ($209k). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 42% that went abroad ($154k) is mapped below.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 56% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%Charity Water: $1k → 4%Open Doors to Future Possibilities: $3k → 8%CHARITYWATER: $2k → 17%CHARITYWATER: $1k → 17%MARYS PLACE SEATTLE: $1k → 9%Youth 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
MN
IL
NY
MA
NV
IA
PA
CA
UT
CO
VA
MD
TN
DC
GA

Beyond the US: 42% of all-years giving ($154k)

1 country, by the recipient’s country on the filing.

grant dollars sentlessmore
Philippines$154k · 4 grants
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. International giving is mapped by the recipient’s country from the same 990 filings; comparable need data isn’t available at that grain.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

73%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$264k · 25 repeat orgs$99k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +27% since the first grant, against +6% for those funded once.

25 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2024, 14 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

25
47

Total granted

$264k
$80k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
+6%

Still filing today

72%
62%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $19k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Civil RightsEducationEnvironmentAnimalsHuman ServicesHealthOther
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

  • TM
    The Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust
    3× · 2022–2024 · $13k · revenue +75%
  • HS
    HUMANE SOCIETY SILICON VALLEY
    2× · 2022–2023 · $7k · revenue +9%
  • PRO PUBLICA INC
    3× · 2021–2023 · $5k · revenue +79%

Funded once

  • YL
    Young Living Foundation
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +13%
  • MR
    MOTHER ROSA MEMORIAL FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $4k
  • OD
    OPEN DOORS TO FUTURE POSSIBILITIES INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $3k · revenue +54%
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
Working Washington

We are workers, united across different industries to improve our working conditions and our lives. We come together as working people to build power through education, organizing, and enforcement. We work to raise and uphold standards in…

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2
The Climate Center

The Climate Center is a climate and energy policy nonprofit working to rapidly reduce climate pollution at scale, starting in California.

Education
3
Jobs with Justice San Francisco

A long-term, strategic alliance of labor, community, faith-based, and student organizations working together to build greater economic power for workers and community members through employee rights at work and access to good jobs,…

Employment
4
Disability Rights Washington

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.

Human Services
5
Partnership for Policy Integrity

Partnership for Policy Integrity (PFPI) uses data-driven advocacy and litigation to fight for forests, communities and the climate.

Environment
6
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
7
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
8
Women Donors Network

Women donors network advances a just, equitable, and sustainable world through the power of philanthropy, women's leadership, and collective and individual action.

Philanthropy
9
CarbonPlan

Improving the transparency and scientific integrity of climate solutions through open data and tools.

Environment
10
Partnership for Public Service Inc

Making our government work better is a daunting task, and we are a small organization seeking to transform a government that employs millions of civilians and manages trillions of dollars in taxpayer revenue needed to protect public…

Employment
11
Democracy Works Inc

The organization's mission is to leverage web-technologies to improve civic engagement and voter education.

Civil Rights
12
World Resources Institute

Wri is committed to creating change that improves people's lives and ensures the natural world can thrive. (see schedule o)wri's bold vision requires a formula for success we call "count it. change it. scale it.":- count it: our work is…

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is National Mobilization Against Sweatshops Sweatshops Inc; the most unlike its peers is Charity Global Inc. 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

54 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. 54 of the 82 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
54/54
Grantees still filing
30/54
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Mother Rosa Foundation: $150,000 · OtherMother Rosa Foundation+47 more: $100,500 · Other+47 moreNATIONAL MOBILIZATION AGAINST SWEATSHOPS SWEATSHOPS INC: $16,050 · Civil RightsNATIONAL …HEAD COUNT INC: $5,000 · Civil RightsHEAD COUN…THE VOTER PARTICIPATION CENTER: $3,000 · Civil RightsTHE VOTER…ROCK THE VOTE: $3,000 · Civil RightsROCK THE …Fair Elections Center: $2,000 · Civil RightsFair Elec…+2 more: $2,000 · Civil Rights+2 moreThe Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust: $13,000 · EnvironmentUS CLIMATE ACTION NETWORK: $3,500 · EnvironmentCOASTAL WATERSHED INSTITUTE: $3,000 · EnvironmentEAGLE RIVER WATERSHED COUNCIL: $3,000 · Environment350ORG: $2,000 · EnvironmentSUSTAINABLE SEATTLE: $1,000 · EnvironmentHUMANE SOCIETY SILICON VALLEY: $7,150 · AnimalsSEA SHEPHERD CONSERVATION SOCIETY: $2,500 · AnimalsSWEET FARM FOUNDATION: $2,500 · AnimalsTHE SATO PROJECT: $2,500 · AnimalsTHE SEATTLE AQUARIUM SOCIETY: $1,000 · AnimalsDONEY MEMORIAL PET CLINIC DBA DONEY COE PET CLINIC: $1,000 · AnimalsYoung Living Foundation: $10,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $3,000 · HealthPERINATAL SUPPORT WASHINGTON: $2,000 · HealthCHARITY GLOBAL INC: $4,000 · Human ServicesOPEN DOORS TO FUTURE POSSIBILITIES INC: $3,300 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $3,000 · Human ServicesYOUTHCARE: $1,500 · Human ServicesMARY'S PLACE SEATTLE: $1,000 · Human ServicesPAGE AHEAD CHILDRENS LITERACY PRGM: $2,500 · EducationTHE NEWS LITERACY PROJECT INC: $2,000 · EducationThe Education Trust Inc: $2,000 · EducationTNTP INC: $2,000 · EducationDenise Louie Education center: $1,000 · EducationYoga Behind Bars: $1,000 · EducationWILLIAM J BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE INC: $1,000 · Education
Other$250,500Civil Rights$31,050Environment$25,500Animals$16,650Health$15,000Human Services$12,800Education$11,500

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 budgetNATIONAL MOBILIZATION AGAINST SWEATSHOPS SWEATSHOPS INC: $16,050 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetThe Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust: $13,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetYoung Living Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY SILICON VALLEY: $7,150 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPRO PUBLICA INC: $5,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHEAD COUNT INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSolid Ground Washington: $4,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCHARITY GLOBAL INC: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUS CLIMATE ACTION NETWORK: $3,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetOPEN DOORS TO FUTURE POSSIBILITIES INC: $3,300 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetTHE VOTER PARTICIPATION CENTER: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetROCK THE VOTE: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLOW INCOME HOUSING INSTITUTE: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLavender Rights Project: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOASTAL WATERSHED INSTITUTE: $3,000 over 1y, 6.0% of budgetEAGLE RIVER WATERSHED COUNCIL: $3,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSEA SHEPHERD CONSERVATION SOCIETY: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSWEET FARM FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetPAGE AHEAD CHILDRENS LITERACY PRGM: $2,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SATO PROJECT: $2,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBLACK FARMERS COLLECTIVE: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMaris Place: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNATIONAL CIVIC LEAGUE: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE NEWS LITERACY PROJECT INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF WASHINGTON STATE: $2,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetEarthcorps: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPERINATAL SUPPORT WASHINGTON: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDHAVEN: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFair Elections Center: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Education Trust Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR PUBLIC INTEGRITY: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget350ORG: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTNTP INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJUBILEE WOMEN'S CENTER: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPrison Yoga Project Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetYOUTHCARE: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDenise Louie Education center: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR LAW AND SOCIAL POLICY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SEATTLE AQUARIUM SOCIETY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDONEY MEMORIAL PET CLINIC DBA DONEY COE PET CLINIC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREEN PLATE SPECIAL: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFOOD LIFELINE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARY'S PLACE SEATTLE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFARESTART: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION INC: $1,000 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.

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 FoundationThe Satterberg Founda…The Norcliffe Foundat…Moccasin Lake Foundat…Lucky Seven FoundationThe Bullitt FoundationImpactassetsincCredit Unions in the …Puget Sound Energy Fo…Gates FoundationMightycause Charitabl…Helen Martha Schiff F…
Seattle FoundationWA29.1× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Seattle Foundation · The Satterberg Foundation Inc · The Norcliffe Foundation · Moccasin Lake Foundation · Lucky Seven Foundation · The Bullitt Foundation · Impactassetsinc · Credit Unions in the State of Washington · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Gates Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Helen Martha Schiff 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 iQuest Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from iQuest Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%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
    1get no government money at all
    15report 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 iQuest Charitable Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to iQuest Charitable 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 82 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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