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John and Nancy Sabol Foundation at a glance

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John and Nancy Sabol 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.

$358k
Granted FY2024still arriving
22
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$200k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$732kPhilanthropy$494kHuman Services$300kArts & Culture$133kEnvironment$125kYouth Development$100kHealth$82kHousing & Shelter$62kOther$0
02FY2024 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k12 grants · $48k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $110k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $200k
$7,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$5.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
University of Washington Foundation$200,000
FUSE Innovation Fund$20,000
BrightSpark Early Learning Services$15,000
UNITED WORLD COLLEGE-USA$15,000
MAASAI CULTURAL CONSERVATION FNDN$10,280
Program for Early Parent Support$10,000
United Way of King County$10,000
ETHEL WALKER ANNUAL FUND$10,000
SOCIAL VENTURE PARTNERS$10,000
The JOSH Foundation$10,000
Downtown emergency service center$7,000
Woodland park zoological society$7,000
Seattle academy of arts and sciences$5,000
Seattle children's hospital fund$5,000
Washington Progress Fund$5,000
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 (FY17–24, $210k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CHILD CARE RESOURCES: $20k → 9%CHILD CARE RESOURCES: $20k → 9%CHILD CARE RESOURCES: $15k → 9%Child care resources: $15k → 9%Child care resources: $15k → 9%Child care resources: $15k → 9%CHILD CARE RESOURCES: $15k → 9%Program for Early Parent Support: $20k → 9%Program for Early Parent Support: $20k → 9%Program for Early Parent Support: $10k → 9%Program for Early Parent Support: $10k → 9%PEPS - PROGRAM FOR EARLY PARENT SUPPORT: $5k → 9%PEPS - PROGRAM FOR EARLY PARENT SUPPORT: $5k → 9%PEPS - PROGRAM FOR EARLY PARENT SUPPORT: $5k → 9%PEPS - PROGRAM FOR EARLY PARENT SUPPORT: $5k → 9%BrightSpark Early Learning Services: $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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.1M · 31 repeat orgs$90k to everyone else

31 repeat relationships: 21 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

31
4

Total granted

$2.1M
$86k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+39%

Still filing today

68%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationPhilanthropyHealthHuman ServicesInternationalOther
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

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION
    6× · 2019–2024 · $402k · revenue +28%
  • THE ARMAND HAMMER UNITED WORLD COLLEGE OF THE AMER
    7× · 2018–2024 · $235k · revenue +34%
  • BE
    Brightspark Early Learning Services
    8× · 2017–2024 · $130k · revenue +279%

Funded once

  • TB
    THE BUCKLEY SCHOOLgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $30k · revenue +39%
  • TJ
    THE JOSH FUND
    one grant, 2022 · $26k · revenue +2% · 44% of their budget
  • WE
    WASHINGTON EARLY LEARNING FUND DBA THRIVE WASHINGTON
    one grant, 2017 · $20k
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
Pathwaves Washington

Pathwaves Washington builds the collective power of leaders of color to transform early childhood systems so that every child and their community thrives.

Education
2
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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3
Washington Ethnic Studies Now

Washington Ethnic Studies Now WAESN is a multigenerational majority POC-led nonprofit advancing Ethnic Studies and racial justice in Washington. We center people of color build youth-centered leadership and learning and organize…

Education
4
Invest in Washington Now Campaign

Advocate for tax policy in Washington State

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5
Siff

Siff is a seattle-based 501(c)(3) arts nonprofit dedicated to the creation of vibrant experiences and spaces that champion film discovery and arts education.

Youth Development
6
Washington Society of Certified Public a

We are a community of cpas and financial professionals cultivating authentic relationships, unique learning experiences, and purposeful advocacy for our future.

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7
Seattle JazzED

Through Jazz education that liberates and inspires, Seattle JazzED increase access in the music room, celebrates student expression, and builds lasting connection rooted in community.

Arts & Culture
8
Friends of Kexp

Kexp's mission is to enrich your life by championing music and discovery.

Youth Development
9
Association of Washington Cities

The association of washington cities builds connections between our state's diverse cities and towns, while providing our members with the support needed to thrive through delivery of data-driven education, nationally recognized pooling…

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10
Washington Filmworks

To build and enhance the competitiveness of Washington State's film and associated creative industry. We accomplish this by marketing and managing the state's production incentive program, representing the state in national and…

Community Improvement
11
Washingtonians for Public Banking

Washingtonians for Public banking promotes education and civic engagement on public banking and banking reform within Washington state. The organization organizes, educates, and advocates for the establishment of public banking, and…

Community Improvement
12
Washington State Association of Head State and Ecea Programs

WSA champions high-quality early learning through professional development, collaboration and advocacy for head start, early head start and early childhood education and assistance programs (ECEAP).

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Cascade Public Media; the most unlike its peers is Maasai Cultural Conservation Foundation. 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

25 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. 25 of the 37 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/25
Grantees still filing
18/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ETHEL WALKER ANNUAL FUND: $267,500 · OtherETHEL WALKER ANNUAL FUNDYOUTH AMBASSADOR: $100,000 · OtherYOUTH AMBASSADORBarnard Center for Infant and Early Childhood Ment: $90,000 · OtherBarnard Center for Infant and Early Childho…WASHINGTON PROGRESS FUND - PROGRESS ALLIANCE OF WA: $44,000 · OtherSeattle Children's Foundation: $40,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $39,000 · OtherTHE BUCKLEY SCHOOL: $30,000 · OtherDowntown Emergency Service Center: $62,000 · OtherDowntown Emergency Service CenterWOODLAND PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $58,500 · OtherWOODLAND PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY+10 more: $133,300 · Other+10 moreUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION: $401,600 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATIO…THE ARMAND HAMMER UNITED WORLD COLLEGE OF THE AMER: $235,000 · EducationTHE ARMAND HAMMER UNITED WORLD COL…THE SEATTLE ACADEMY OF ARTS & SCIENCES: $35,000 · EducationBrightspark Early Learning Services: $130,000 · Human ServicesBrightspar…PROGRAM FOR EARLY PARENT SUPPORT: $80,000 · Human ServicesPROGRAM FO…SOCIAL VENTURE PARTNERS: $90,000 · PhilanthropySOCIAL VEN…UNITED WAY OF KING COUNTY: $80,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY…Washington Progress Fund: $26,000 · PhilanthropyWashington…+1 more: $5,000 · PhilanthropyFuse Innovation Fund: $125,000 · EnvironmentMaasai Cultural Conservation Foundation: $27,980 · Arts & CultureTown Hall Association: $22,000 · Arts & CultureCASCADE PUBLIC MEDIA: $20,500 · Arts & CultureKUOW PUGET SOUND PUBLIC RADIO: $9,500 · Arts & CulturePATH WITH ART: $6,000 · Arts & CulturePACIFIC PUBLIC MEDIA: $6,000 · Arts & CultureWE CHARITY WILLIAM C MORAN & ASSOC PC: $40,000 · InternationalTHE JOSH FUND: $26,000 · International
Other$864,300Education$671,600Human Services$210,000Philanthropy$201,000Environment$125,000Arts & Culture$91,980International$66,000

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 budgetUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION: $401,600 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ARMAND HAMMER UNITED WORLD COLLEGE OF THE AMER: $235,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetBrightspark Early Learning Services: $130,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetFuse Innovation Fund: $125,000 over 8y, 3.1% of budgetSOCIAL VENTURE PARTNERS: $90,000 over 8y, 1.8% of budgetUNITED WAY OF KING COUNTY: $80,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetPROGRAM FOR EARLY PARENT SUPPORT: $80,000 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetDowntown Emergency Service Center: $62,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetWOODLAND PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $58,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetWE CHARITY WILLIAM C MORAN & ASSOC PC: $40,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSeattle Children's Foundation: $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SEATTLE ACADEMY OF ARTS & SCIENCES: $35,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BUCKLEY SCHOOL: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMaasai Cultural Conservation Foundation: $27,980 over 3y, 12% of budgetWashington Progress Fund: $26,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetTHE JOSH FUND: $26,000 over 1y, 44% of budgetTown Hall Association: $22,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetWin Win Network: $21,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetCASCADE PUBLIC MEDIA: $20,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetWASHINGTON ASSOCIATION FOR INFANT MENTAL HEALTH: $16,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetKUOW PUGET SOUND PUBLIC RADIO: $9,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPATH WITH ART: $6,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPACIFIC PUBLIC MEDIA: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTIDES FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEARING SPEECH AND DEAFNESS CENTER DBA HEARING SPEECH AND DEAF CENTER: $2,300 over 3y, 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.

  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE ARMAND HAMMER UNITED WORLD COLLEGE OF THE AMER ↗
  • Who funds Brightspark Early Learning Services ↗
  • Who funds Fuse Innovation Fund ↗
  • Who funds SOCIAL VENTURE PARTNERS ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF KING COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds PROGRAM FOR EARLY PARENT SUPPORT ↗
  • Who funds Downtown Emergency Service Center ↗
  • Who funds WOODLAND PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds WE CHARITY WILLIAM C MORAN & ASSOC PC ↗
  • Who funds Seattle Children's Foundation ↗
  • Who funds THE SEATTLE ACADEMY OF ARTS & SCIENCES ↗
  • Who funds THE BUCKLEY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds Maasai Cultural Conservation Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Washington Progress Fund ↗
  • Who funds THE JOSH FUND ↗
  • Who funds Town Hall Association ↗
  • Who funds Win Win Network ↗
  • Who funds CASCADE PUBLIC MEDIA ↗
  • Who funds WASHINGTON ASSOCIATION FOR INFANT MENTAL HEALTH ↗
  • Who funds KUOW PUGET SOUND PUBLIC RADIO ↗
  • Who funds PATH WITH ART ↗
  • Who funds PACIFIC PUBLIC MEDIA ↗
  • Who funds TIDES FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HEARING SPEECH AND DEAFNESS CENTER DBA HEARING SPEECH AND DEAF CENTER ↗

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 FoundationRidge Road FoundationPuget Sound Energy Fo…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Anthony-Maymudes Fami…The Bullitt FoundationGates FoundationTides FoundationDavid & Cathy Habib F…Stolte Family Foundat…Raikes FoundationThe Satterberg Founda…
Seattle FoundationWA28.9× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Seattle Foundation · Ridge Road Foundation · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Anthony-Maymudes Family Foundation · The Bullitt Foundation · Gates Foundation · Tides Foundation · David & Cathy Habib Foundation · Stolte Family Foundation · Raikes Foundation · The Satterberg Foundation Inc

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 John and Nancy Sabol Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from John and Nancy Sabol Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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 37 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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