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John P & Kathryn G Evans 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.

$137k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
96
Grants FY2024
64
Organizations funded FY2023
20%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$600
Largest grant, FY2024
$25,000
Organizations funded a year
45 to 69
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
22
Total assets, FY2024
$722k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 20% of the organizations John P & Kathryn G Evans Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 92% 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
EducationCivil RightsPublic BenefitHealthCrime & LegalPhilanthropyOther
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 arriving93$131k37%
FY202364$125k20%
FY202269$136k28%
FY202157$124k23%
FY202048$121k10%
FY201945$115k11%
FY201848$108k19%
FY201746$100kn/a
98% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Public Benefit$367kCivil Rights$284kCrime & Legal$101kSocial Science$70kArts & Culture$51kEducation$27kHuman Services$22kCommunity Improvement$22kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MN
IL
MI
NY
IA
IN
OH
PA
CA
CO
NE
WV
VA
MD
AZ
KS
TN
NC
DC
OK
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

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

Show all 104 grantees
All grantees of John P & Kathryn G Evans Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Reason Foundation$90,60080%
Cato Institute$74,10080%
Foundation for Economic Education Inc$55,50070%
Freedomworks Foundation Inc$53,00070%
Institute for Justice$39,60080%
Project Veritas$34,80050%
Pacific Legal Foundation$27,60060%
Judicial Watch Inc$24,80070%
Barry Goldwater Institute for Public Policy Research$15,00030%
The Independent Institute$14,20070%
Institute for Spending Reform Inc$12,00042%
Young America's Foundation$11,70080%
Media Research Center$11,05080%
Public Interest Legal Foundation$9,60030%
Tea Party Patriots Foundation Inc$9,60042%
Washington Policy Center$9,60080%
State Policy Network$9,40080%
Citizens Against Government Waste$6,50080%
The Center for American Liberty$6,12040%
United Service Organizations Inc$6,11070%
National Legal and Policy Center$5,84080%
American Legislative Exchange Council$5,70050%
The Claremont Institute for the Study of Statesmanship & Political Philosophy$5,55060%
Turning Point USA Inc$5,40040%
Conservative Partnership Institute$5,20060%
Southeastern Legal Foundation Inc$4,80030%
George Mason University Foundation Inc$4,50070%
Citizens for Self-Governance$4,40040%
Citizens United Foundation$4,34050%
The Heritage Foundation$4,30080%
Indianola Beach Improvement Club$4,16071%
Tax Foundation$3,66060%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$3,52060%
Students for Liberty Inc$3,25050%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$3,12040%
First Liberty Institute$3,00040%
The Future of Freedom Foundation$3,00020%
Capital Research Center$2,94070%
Institute for Humane Studies$2,88070%
Mackinac Center$2,84050%
American Majority Inc$2,40020%
The Fund for American Studies$2,40020%
EdChoice Inc$2,40040%
Center for Elders' Independence Inc$2,40010%
Americans for Prosperity Foundation$2,25030%
United States Justice Foundation$2,20030%
Cal Farley's Boys Ranch$1,70040%
Pacific Research Institute For Public Policy$1,70020%
Moving Picture Institute$1,55050%
Father Flanagan's Boys' Home$1,53070%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$1,44020%
Center for National Independence in Politics$1,24050%
American Cornerstone Institute Inc$1,21030%
Mountain States Legal Foundation$1,20010%
Center for Individual Rights$1,20030%
Freedom Center Foundation$1,20010%
The Center For Medical Progress$1,20030%
Kash Foundation Inc$1,20010%
Team Blueline Inc$1,20020%
National Taxpayers Union$1,08020%
Great Peninsula Conservancy$1,05040%
Co2 Coalition$96020%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$96050%
Marine Toys for Tots Foundation$86030%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$84030%
America First Legal Foundation$60010%
Kitsap Maritime Heritage Foundation$60011%
Thomas More Society$60010%
International Society for Individual Liberty$60020%
Friends of the Ashbrook Center$60010%
American Conservative Union Foundationinc$60010%
Stand in the Gap Foundation$6001n/a
Independent Women's Forum$60010%
Ashland University$60010%
Efi Foundation$60010%
Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund$60010%
Second Amendment Foundation$55020%
The Bloedel Reserve$52550%
And Then There Were None$50010%
International Republican Institute$50010%
Evergreen Goodwill of Northwest Washington$50020%
Auburn Public Schools Foundation$50011%
American Stewards of Liberty Inc$50010%
America First Policy Institute Inc$50010%
Mission of Our Lady of Mercy$5001n/a
American Civil Rights Institute$50020%
Patrick Henry College$50010%
Bill of Rights Institute$48020%
Kitsap Regional Library Foundation$36020%
The Flag Foundation$3001n/a
Parkinson Research Foundation Inc$30010%
Wikimedia Foundation Inc$30020%
Center for Security Policy Inc$25010%
Board of Trustees of Whitman College$25010%
America's Survival Inc$25010%
Seattle Children's Hospital$25010%
Freedom Alliance$25010%
American Heart Association Inc$24010%
Muscular Dystrophy Association Inc$24010%
Advocates for Self-Government Inc$24020%
Freedom Watch Inc Center for Economic Justice$24010%
American Constitutional Rights Union$24010%
Curepsp Inc$20010%
Port Gamble S'Klallam Foundation$3010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 40 recipients with no EIN on record ($303k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget John P & Kathryn G Evans Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Reason Foundation: $90,600 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetCato Institute: $74,100 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetFoundation for Economic Education Inc: $55,500 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetFreedomworks Foundation Inc: $53,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetInstitute for Justice: $39,600 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetProject Veritas: $34,800 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetPacific Legal Foundation: $27,600 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetJudicial Watch Inc: $24,800 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetBarry Goldwater Institute for Public Policy Research: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Independent Institute: $14,200 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetInstitute for Spending Reform Inc: $12,000 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetYoung America's Foundation: $11,700 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMedia Research Center: $11,050 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetPublic Interest Legal Foundation: $9,600 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTea Party Patriots Foundation Inc: $9,600 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetWashington Policy Center: $9,600 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetState Policy Network: $9,400 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCitizens Against Government Waste: $6,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetThe Center for American Liberty: $6,120 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Service Organizations Inc: $6,110 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetNational Legal and Policy Center: $5,840 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Legislative Exchange Council: $5,700 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Claremont Institute for the Study of Statesmanship & Political Philosophy: $5,550 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTurning Point USA Inc: $5,400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetConservative Partnership Institute: $5,200 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSoutheastern Legal Foundation Inc: $4,800 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGeorge Mason University Foundation Inc: $4,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCitizens for Self-Governance: $4,400 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCitizens United Foundation: $4,340 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetThe Heritage Foundation: $4,300 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetIndianola Beach Improvement Club: $4,160 over 7y, 1.5% of budgetTax Foundation: $3,660 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $3,520 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetStudents for Liberty Inc: $3,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $3,120 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFirst Liberty Institute: $3,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Future of Freedom Foundation: $3,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCapital Research Center: $2,940 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetInstitute for Humane Studies: $2,880 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMackinac Center: $2,840 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Majority Inc: $2,400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Fund for American Studies: $2,400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEdChoice Inc: $2,400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCenter for Elders' Independence Inc: $2,400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmericans for Prosperity Foundation: $2,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUnited States Justice Foundation: $2,200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCal Farley's Boys Ranch: $1,700 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPacific Research Institute For Public Policy: $1,700 over 2y, 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 101.

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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.

Donors Trust IncVA48.3× affinity23 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Donors Trust Inc · Farrell Family Foundation · Ebs Foundation · Bradley Impact Fund Inc · The Sandra & Lawrence Post Family Foundation · The Lewis Family Charitable Foundation · Garvey Kansas Foundation · Usher Family Foundation · Bailey Family Foundation Inc · Leoffler Trust · H & R Peters Family Foundation · The Chase Foundation of Virginia

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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How do I get to John P & Kathryn G Evans Foundation?

Find your warmest path to John P & Kathryn G Evans 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.

About John P & Kathryn G Evans Foundation

How much does John P & Kathryn G Evans Foundation give?
John P & Kathryn G Evans Foundation reported 96 grants totaling $136,590 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 45 and 69 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does John P & Kathryn G Evans Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Public Benefit (37%), Civil Rights (29%), Crime & Legal (10%).
Who are John P & Kathryn G Evans Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Reason Foundation ($91k), Cato Institute ($74k), Foundation for Economic Education Inc ($56k).
Does John P & Kathryn G Evans Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does John P & Kathryn G Evans 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 John P & Kathryn G Evans Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donors Trust Inc, Farrell Family Foundation, Ebs Foundation.
Where is John P & Kathryn G Evans Foundation based?
John P & Kathryn G Evans 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 147 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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