Washington · Public charity
Island Thrift
ISLAND THRIFT is a nonprofit dedicated to helping whidbey islanders thrive. Through our effeciently run thrift store we offer an affordable shopping experience, a convenient way to donate gently used items, and a genrous community grants program.
- $211k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 14
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 29
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 34%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $188k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $12,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 29
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.7M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 34% of the organizations Island Thrift funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $29k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 14 | $188k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 29 | $229k | 34% |
| FY2022 | 22 | $221k | 27% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $222k | 20% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $163k | 14% |
| FY2019 | 23 | $284k | 13% |
| FY2018 | 28 | $392k | 29% |
| FY2017 | 25 | $342k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Snohomish County | $350,833 | 8 | 0% |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Island County | $162,500 | 8 | 14% |
| Oak Harbor Music Festival | $156,000 | 7 | 13% |
| City of Oak Harbor | $128,514 | 8 | n/a |
| Pby Memorial Foundation | $123,000 | 8 | 12% |
| Steps | $105,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Citizen's Against Domestic & Sexual Abuse | $99,900 | 7 | 3% |
| Whidbey Island Hospital Foundation | $90,000 | 6 | 6% |
| Whidbey Island Women's Clinic | $89,200 | 8 | 5% |
| North Whidbey Help House | $51,000 | 7 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Snohomish County | $350,833 | 8 | 0% |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Island County | $162,500 | 8 | 14% |
| Oak Harbor Music Festival | $156,000 | 7 | 13% |
| City of Oak Harbor | $128,514 | 8 | n/a |
| Pby Memorial Foundation | $123,000 | 8 | 12% |
| Steps | $105,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Citizen's Against Domestic & Sexual Abuse | $99,900 | 7 | 3% |
| Whidbey Island Hospital Foundation | $90,000 | 6 | 6% |
| Whidbey Island Women's Clinic | $89,200 | 8 | 5% |
| North Whidbey Help House | $51,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Spin Cafe | $45,000 | 4 | 13% |
| Senior Services of Island County | $44,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Mother Mentors of Whidbey Island | $42,500 | 5 | 8% |
| Oak Harbor Pig Fest | $42,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Coupeville Farm to School | $37,500 | 6 | 5% |
| Oak Harbor Educational Foundation | $37,000 | 6 | 8% |
| Soroptimist International of Oak Harbor Foundation | $32,500 | 5 | 16% |
| United Way of Island County | $30,000 | 2 | 13% |
| Washington First Robotics | $30,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Saratoga Chamber Orchestra | $30,000 | 3 | 8% |
| South Whidbey Homeless Coalition | $25,835 | 2 | 2% |
| Opportunity Council | $25,033 | 4 | 0% |
| Whidbey Health Hospital | $22,750 | 3 | n/a |
| Whidbey Playhouse Association | $22,690 | 2 | 7% |
| Oak Harbor Rotary Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Readiness To Learn | $13,750 | 3 | 2% |
| Deception Pass Park Foundation | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Compass Health | $11,300 | 2 | 0% |
| Island Affordable Housing Trust | $11,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Candid | $10,065 | 2 | 0% |
| Mighty to Save Ministries | $10,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Mother Mentors | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Island Senior Resources | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ryan's House | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Impaired Driving Impact Panel of Island County | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| South Whidbey Parks and Aquatics Foundation | $8,500 | 2 | 2% |
| Oak Harbor Main Street Association | $8,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Male Ensemble Northwest | $7,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Meerkerk Rhododendron Gardens | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of Ebeys Landing National Historical Reserve | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Skagit Valley College Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Island County Historical Society | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Oak Harbor Garry Oak Society | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Agrarian Land Trust | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Positively Linked Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Central Whidbey Volleyball Clug | $4,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Officers Spouses Club of Whidbey Island | $3,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Whidbey Royalty | $3,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Oak Harbor High School | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| All Island Comminity Band | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Central Whidbey Cooperative Preschool | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| North Whidbey Hearts & Hammers | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Backyard Whidbey Island | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Click Community | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Whidbey Childrens Theater | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Meander Dance Collective | $500 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($10k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Island Thrift supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Whidbey Community Foundation · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · The Albertsons Companies Foundation · North Sound Accountable Community of Health · Goosefoot Community Fund · Medina Foundation · Windermere Foundation · Lucky Seven Foundation · Artsfund · United Way of Island County · NW Childrens Foundation
How this is measured
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About Island Thrift
- How much does Island Thrift give?
- Island Thrift reported 14 itemized grants totaling $188,400, out of $211,227 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 29 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Island Thrift fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Youth Development (26%), Arts & Culture (18%), Health (14%).
- Who are Island Thrift's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Boys and Girls Clubs of Snohomish County ($351k), Big Brothers Big Sisters of Island County ($163k), Oak Harbor Music Festival ($156k).
- Does Island Thrift fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 34% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Island Thrift?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Whidbey Community Foundation, Puget Sound Energy Foundation, The Norcliffe Foundation.
- Where is Island Thrift based?
- Island Thrift is based in WA.
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