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James & Grace Cain Foundation at a glance

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James & Grace Cain Foundation

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.

$59k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$28k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$245kArts & Culture$135kHealth$47kYouth Development$42kHuman Services$21kAnimals$20kPhilanthropy$20kFood & Nutrition$7kOther$0
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k7 grants · $31k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $28k
$5,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$1.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST DAVID'S SCHOOL$28,000
ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY$6,000
CHILDREN'S HEALTH DEFENSE$5,000
FOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION$5,000
7TH STREET THEATRE ASSOCIATION$5,000
RALEIGH LITTLE THEATRE$5,000
LITERARY SOCIETY OF THE SOUTHWEST$2,500
CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY$2,500
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–22, $23k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, 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%GROWING VETERANS: $7k → 12%HOPE FOR PRISONERS: $5k → 13%MISSION WORKING DOGS: $5k → 13%HOPE FOR PRISONERS: $5k → 13%BELLEVUE LIFESPRING: $500 → 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

ME
WA
IL
NY
OR
NV
NJ
CA
MD
AZ
NC
DC
OK
TX
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.

68%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$378k · 12 repeat orgs$174k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +25% since the first grant, against -17% for those funded once.

12 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
19

Total granted

$378k
$164k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+25%
-17%

Still filing today

67%
63%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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
EducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureHealthEnvironmentAnimalsOther
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

  • SD
    ST DAVID'S SCHOOL
    6× · 2020–2025 · $138k · revenue +25%
  • FO
    FOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION
    7× · 2019–2025 · $61k · revenue +117%
  • TR
    THOROUGHBRED RETIREMENT FOUNDATION INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $20k · revenue +14%

Funded once

  • TC
    TATEUCHI CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS
    one grant, 2018 · $60k
  • TC
    TATEUCHI CENTER
    one grant, 2017 · $25k
  • PA
    PERFORMING ARTS CENTER EASTSIDE
    one grant, 2019 · $15k · revenue -94%
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
Trillium Academy

The mission of trillium academy is to break away from conventional schooling and celebrate the incredible capabilities of twice-exceptional (2e) students, providing them with the learning environment they need to discover and develop their…

Education
2
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
3
Humanities Washington

Humanities washington (hw) opens minds and bridges divides by creating spaces to explore different perspectives. we envision a state where all people seek a deeper understanding of others, themselves, and the human experience, in order to…

Arts & Culture
4
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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5
Troops First Foundation Incorporated

To develop, operate, and support a synergistic group of wellness, quality of life, and event-based initiatives in support of today's combat-wounded military personnel and their families, while facilitating a greater recognition and…

Public Benefit
6
Oregon Shakespeare Festival Association Inc

The oregon shakespeare festival creates world-class theater, revealing our collective humanity through illuminating interpretations of new and classic plays, and inspiring a love of our art form for current and future generations.

Arts & Culture
7
The Humane Society for Seattleking County

Seattle humane promotes the human-animal bond by saving and serving pets in need, regardless of age, ability, circumstance or geography.

Animals
8
Washington Vocational Services

To provide job development, job seeking skills and job placement for persons with disabilities. we are dedicated to providing outstanding quality services that result in successful community involvement and employment for persons with…

Employment
9
University Cooperative School

We take a joyful, community-oriented approach to raising engaged citizens, deep learners, and brave adventurers with the skills, creativity, and heart needed to better the world.

—
10
Worldwide Vets Incorporated

Our goal is to sustainably improve animal welfare, provide veterinary care, and improve veterinary education globally. in order to achieve this goal, we work in over 10 countries, across 5 continents, supporting local people and animals,…

Animals
11
Western Healthconnect

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

Health
12
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Fisher House Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Nrcc Foundation 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

21 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. 21 of the 34 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/21
Grantees still filing
10/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST DAVID'S SCHOOL: $138,000 · EducationST DAVID'S SCHOOLFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $61,054 · EducationFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION+2 more: $4,500 · EducationTATEUCHI CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS: $60,000 · OtherTATEUCHI CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTSIndividual grant recipient: $30,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientTATEUCHI CENTER: $25,000 · OtherTATEUCHI CENTERROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL: $20,000 · OtherROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOLHOLY NAMES ACADEMY: $15,000 · OtherHOLY NAMES ACADEMYCLICKIT4LIFE INC: $11,500 · OtherCLICKIT4LIFE INC+13 more: $52,000 · Other+13 morePERFORMING ARTS CENTER EASTSIDE: $15,000 · Arts & CulturePERFORMIN…7TH STREET THEATRE ASSOCIATION: $15,000 · Arts & Culture7TH STREE…Arizona Theatre Company: $12,000 · Arts & CultureArizona T…RALEIGH LITTLE THEATRE INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureRALEIGH L…CHILDREN'S HEALTH DEFENSE: $25,000 · EnvironmentHOPE FOR PRISONERS INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesGROWING VETERANS: $7,000 · Human ServicesMission Working Dogs: $5,000 · Human Services+1 more: $500 · Human ServicesTHOROUGHBRED RETIREMENT FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · AnimalsNRCC FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · Philanthropy
Education$203,554Other$213,500Arts & Culture$47,000Environment$25,000Human Services$22,500Animals$20,000Philanthropy$20,000

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 budgetST DAVID'S SCHOOL: $138,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $61,054 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S HEALTH DEFENSE: $25,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHOROUGHBRED RETIREMENT FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetNRCC FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 2y, 7.1% of budgetPERFORMING ARTS CENTER EASTSIDE: $15,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budget7TH STREET THEATRE ASSOCIATION: $15,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetArizona Theatre Company: $12,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHOPE FOR PRISONERS INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetGROWING VETERANS: $7,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetTUCSON COMMITTE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 6.7% of budgetMission Working Dogs: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetHELPING HORSE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetWOODSON CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRALEIGH LITTLE THEATRE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetVictory Academy Inc: $4,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOVERLAKE SERVICE LEAGUE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetORGANIZATION OF PARENTS AND TEACHERS OF EVERGREEN: $500 over 1y, 1.0% 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.

The Pfizer Foundation…American Endowment Fo…The Blackbaud Giving …Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…Natl Christian Charit…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Pfizer Foundation IncNY8.3× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Pfizer Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 James & Grace Cain Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from James & Grace Cain Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 46%
  • Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing Inc: 46% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
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 34 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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