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Jean K Lafromboise 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.

$645k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
26
Grants FY2024
27
Organizations funded FY2023
4%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$15,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$100,000
Organizations funded a year
27 to 40
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
5
Total assets, FY2024
$9.0M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 4% of the organizations Jean K Lafromboise Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesEducationHealthYouth DevelopmentCommunity ImprovementRecreation & SportsOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving25$635k8%
FY202327$740k4%
FY202235$850k11%
FY202129$425k7%
FY202037$750k24%
FY201933$675k15%
FY201840$643k33%
FY201730$481kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$1.2MHuman Services$895kEducation$884kRecreation & Sports$640kEnvironment$640kPublic Safety & Disaster$160kYouth Development$150kHousing & Shelter$140kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
ID
IL
NY
NJ
CA
VA
DC

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Friends of Green Lake$550,0003n/a
Friends of Green Lake Crew$415,000470%
Childhaven$315,00081%
University of Washington Foundation$267,00040%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$160,00080%
University of Washington$135,0002n/a
Semper Fi & America's Fund$120,00040%
Northwest Harvest Emm$115,00070%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Alaska & Washington$75,00070%
Associated Recreation Council$75,00010%
Show all 40 grantees
All grantees of Jean K Lafromboise Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Friends of Green Lake$550,0003n/a
Friends of Green Lake Crew$415,000470%
Childhaven$315,00081%
University of Washington Foundation$267,00040%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$160,00080%
University of Washington$135,0002n/a
Semper Fi & America's Fund$120,00040%
Northwest Harvest Emm$115,00070%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Alaska & Washington$75,00070%
Associated Recreation Council$75,00010%
Pike Place Market Foundation$75,00061%
Farestart$60,00080%
Seattles Union Gospel Mission$55,0006n/a
Yosemite Foundation$55,00070%
Youthcare$50,00050%
Assistance League of Seattle$45,00062%
Sound Generations$45,00040%
Northwest Kidney Centers$40,00070%
The Heritage Foundation$35,00070%
Wood River Land Trust Co$35,00070%
American Council of Trustees and Alumni$35,00070%
Pacific Northwest Ballet Association$30,00030%
Bread of Life Mission$30,00050%
Ventures$25,00040%
LymeLight Foundation$20,00021%
Mary's Place Seattle$20,00040%
Maris Place$20,00013%
Community Day School Association$20,00020%
Pilchuck Glass School$15,00020%
Solid Ground Washington$15,00020%
Good Wishes$10,000225%
Project Lyme$10,00021%
Ignite$10,00010%
Washington State University$7,0001n/a
Bridgeways$5,00010%
Young Life$5,00010%
Marine Corps-Law Enforcement Founda Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Treehouse$5,00010%
Young Women Empowered$5,00010%
Pacific Lutheran University$3,50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 26 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.2M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Jean K Lafromboise Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 36 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFriends of Green Lake Crew: $415,000 over 4y, 70% of budgetChildhaven: $315,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetUniversity of Washington Foundation: $267,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $160,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSemper Fi & America's Fund: $120,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNorthwest Harvest Emm: $115,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetMake-A-Wish Foundation of Alaska & Washington: $75,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetAssociated Recreation Council: $75,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPike Place Market Foundation: $75,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetFarestart: $60,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetYosemite Foundation: $55,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetYouthcare: $50,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetAssistance League of Seattle: $45,000 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetSound Generations: $45,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNorthwest Kidney Centers: $40,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetThe Heritage Foundation: $35,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetWood River Land Trust Co: $35,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican Council of Trustees and Alumni: $35,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetPacific Northwest Ballet Association: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBread of Life Mission: $30,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetVentures: $25,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetLymeLight Foundation: $20,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetMary's Place Seattle: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMaris Place: $20,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetCommunity Day School Association: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPilchuck Glass School: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSolid Ground Washington: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGood Wishes: $10,000 over 2y, 25% of budgetProject Lyme: $10,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetIgnite: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBridgeways: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYoung Life: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMarine Corps-Law Enforcement Founda Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTreehouse: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYoung Women Empowered: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPacific Lutheran University: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 36.

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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 FoundationWA28.7× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Seattle Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · United Way of King County · The Albertsons Companies Foundation · Grousemont Foundation · Apex Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington · Real Progress Foundation · Medina Foundation · The Satterberg Foundation Inc · Lucky Seven 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.

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About Jean K Lafromboise Foundation

How much does Jean K Lafromboise Foundation give?
Jean K Lafromboise Foundation reported 26 grants totaling $645,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 27 and 40 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Jean K Lafromboise Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (23%), Human Services (17%), Education (17%).
Who are Jean K Lafromboise Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Friends of Green Lake ($550k), Friends of Green Lake Crew ($415k), Childhaven ($315k).
Does Jean K Lafromboise Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 4% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Jean K Lafromboise Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Jean K Lafromboise Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Seattle Foundation, The Norcliffe Foundation, Puget Sound Energy Foundation.
Where is Jean K Lafromboise Foundation based?
Jean K Lafromboise Foundation is based in WA.

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 68 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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