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Kaleidoscope 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.

$159k
Granted FY2024still arriving
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Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$159k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Environment$1.2MEducation$149kAnimals$138kArts & Culture$77kCommunity Improvement$61kRecreation & Sports$34kScience & Tech$28kCivil Rights$15kOther$0
02FY2024 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$159,041
Median grant
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States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ECOTRUST$159,041
02The need
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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 (FY17–23, $14k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%CHARITY NAVIGATOR: $50 → 7%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $3k → 9%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $2k → 9%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $2k → 9%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $2k → 9%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $500 → 9%WELLSPRING FAMILY SERVICES: $3k → 9%WELLSPRING FAMILY SERVICES: $1k → 9%WELLSPRING FAMILY SERVICES: $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

AK
WA
ID
ND
MN
MI
NY
MA
OR
OH
NJ
CA
CO
VA
DE
TN
NC
DC
GA
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.

75%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.3M · 74 repeat orgs$444k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +56% since the first grant, against +30% for those funded once.

74 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2024, 74 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

74
96

Total granted

$1.3M
$285k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+56%
+30%

Still filing today

81%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $159k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’20’21’22’23’24
EnvironmentArts & CultureEducationAnimalsHuman ServicesCivil RightsOther
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

  • LT
    LAND TRUST ALLIANCE INC
    4× · 2017–2022 · $120k · revenue +45%
  • COLUMBIA LAND TRUST
    3× · 2017–2021 · $100k · revenue +70%
  • S
    STAND
    2× · 2017–2022 · $66k · revenue +157%

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $53k · revenue -50%
  • DU
    Ducks Unlimited Incgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue +105%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue +7%
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.

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Fsc I&P

Fsc i&p promotes environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial, and economically viable management of the world's forests. this mission aligns with the forest stewardship council (fsc), its network of offices, and other organizations.…

Philanthropy
2
Washington Wild

Washington wild protects and restores wild lands and waters in washington state through advocacy, education and civic engagement.

Animals
3
Center for Environmental Law & Policy

The Center for Environmental Law & Policy is a statewide organization whose mission is to protect, preserve and restore Washington's waters through education, advocacy, policy reform, and public interest litigation.

Environment
4
Whatcom Land Trust

The mission of the Whatcom Land Trust is to preserve and protect wildlife habitat, scenic, agricultural and open space lands in Whatcom County for future generations by securing interests in land and promoting land stewardship.

Environment
5
Great Peninsula Conservancy

Preserve in perpetuity the natural habitats, rural landscapes, and open spaces of the great peninsula of washington's puget sound.

Environment
6
Western Rivers Conservancy

Western rivers conservancy's mission is to protect outstanding river ecosystems in the western united states. continued on schedule o.we acquire land to conserve critical habitat, provide public access for compatible use and enjoyment, and…

Environment
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Oregon Agricultural Trust

Oregon agricultural trust partners with farmers and ranchers to protect agricultural lands for the benefit of oregons economy, communities, and landscapes.

Environment
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Cowiche Canyon Conservancy

Protecting our shrub-steppe and connecting people to this vanishing landscape.

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Nw Energy Coalition

The NW Energy Coalition is an alliance of over 100 environmental, civic, and human service organizations, utilities, and businesses in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, and British Columbia, plus many individual members. The NW Energy…

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Discover Your Northwest

Discover Your Northwest promotes the discovery of northwest public lands, enriches the experience of visitors and builds community stewardship of these special places today and for generations to come.

Recreation & Sports
11
Council of Western State Foresters

The council of western state foresters (cwsf) promotes the conservation, protection, and sustainable management of forests for today and generations to come by leading collective action, fostering learning, facilitating resource sharing,…

Environment
12
Clean Energy Transition Institute

The Clean Energy Transition Institute (CETI) is an independent, nonpartisan research and analysis nonprofit whose mission is to accelerate an equitable clean energy transition in the Northwest.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wild Salmon Center; the most unlike its peers is Island Press. 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

120 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. 120 of the 173 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)
40
Early backer (in before they grew)
118/120
Grantees still filing
83/120
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LAND TRUST ALLIANCE INC: $120,000 · EnvironmentLAND TRUST ALLIANCE INCCOLUMBIA LAND TRUST: $100,000 · EnvironmentCOLUMBIA LAND TRUSTFORTERRA NW: $69,537 · EnvironmentFORTERRA NWSTAND: $66,000 · EnvironmentSTANDNATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $65,522 · EnvironmentNATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INCDucks Unlimited Inc: $50,000 · EnvironmentDucks Unlimited IncNORTHWEST NATURAL RESOURCE GROUP: $41,522 · EnvironmentNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $40,000 · EnvironmentCOMMUNITIES FOR A HEALTHY BAY: $35,100 · EnvironmentCONSERVATION NW: $29,012 · Environment+41 more: $242,348 · Environment+41 moreECOTRUST: $159,041 · OtherECOTRUSTFoundation for Sustainability and Peacemaking in MesoAmerica: $56,000 · OtherFoundation for Sustainability and…TROUT UNLIMITED: $50,000 · OtherTROUT UNLIMITEDNATIONAL FISHERIES CONSERVATION CENTER: $42,500 · OtherNATIONAL FISHERIES CONSERVATION C…AMERICAN BIRD CONSERVANCY: $31,000 · OtherAMERICAN BIRD CONSERVANCYCLIMATE SOLUTIONS: $29,050 · OtherCLIMATE SOLUTIONS+81 more: $168,285 · Other+81 moreUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $60,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY …UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FOUNDATION: $52,632 · EducationUNIVERSITY …WASHINGTON ASSOCIATION OF LAND TRUSTS: $29,223 · EducationWASHINGTON …UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION: $25,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY …+5 more: $12,600 · Education+5 moreMuseum of Glass: $40,500 · Arts & CulturePACIFIC SCIENCE CENTER FOUNDATION: $27,500 · Arts & CultureSYMPHONY TACOMA: $3,500 · Arts & CultureSEATTLE OPERA: $3,043 · Arts & Culture+13 more: $10,111 · Arts & CultureTHE SEATTLE AQUARIUM SOCIETY: $35,000 · AnimalsWOODLAND PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $20,000 · AnimalsWILD SALMON CENTER: $13,000 · AnimalsLONG LIVE THE KINGS: $6,500 · AnimalsWILD FISH CONSERVANCY: $3,123 · AnimalsWashington State Parks Foundation: $32,574 · Recreation & SportsEarthcorps: $20,843 · InternationalWashington Physicians for Social Responsibility: $1,106 · International+1 more: $100 · International
Environment$859,041Other$535,876Education$179,455Arts & Culture$84,654Animals$77,623Recreation & Sports$32,574International$22,049

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 budgetECOTRUST: $159,041 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetLAND TRUST ALLIANCE INC: $120,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetCOLUMBIA LAND TRUST: $100,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetFORTERRA NW: $69,537 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetSTAND: $66,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetNATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $65,522 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $60,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFoundation for Sustainability and Peacemaking in MesoAmerica: $56,000 over 3y, 42% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FOUNDATION: $52,632 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDucks Unlimited Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHWEST NATURAL RESOURCE GROUP: $41,522 over 3y, 2.8% of budgetMuseum of Glass: $40,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITIES FOR A HEALTHY BAY: $35,100 over 5y, 2.6% of budgetTHE SEATTLE AQUARIUM SOCIETY: $35,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWashington State Parks Foundation: $32,574 over 4y, 3.0% of budgetWASHINGTON ASSOCIATION OF LAND TRUSTS: $29,223 over 4y, 4.8% of budgetCLIMATE SOLUTIONS: $29,050 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetCONSERVATION NW: $29,012 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetFUTUREWISE: $27,670 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetPACIFIC SCIENCE CENTER FOUNDATION: $27,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL FISHERIES CONSERVATION CENTER: $27,500 over 2y, 33% of budgetLIGHTHAWK: $25,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEarthcorps: $20,843 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetWOODLAND PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFuse Innovation Fund: $19,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetSightline Institute: $18,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetWASHINGTON CONSERVATION ACTION EDUCATION FUND: $15,720 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetNISQUALLY LAND TRUST: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWILD SALMON CENTER: $13,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetPrince William Sound Science & Technology Institute: $13,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetRESTORE AMERICA'S ESTUARIES: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetJEFFERSON LAND TRUST: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHOH RIVER TRUST: $10,000 over 1y, 70% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $9,700 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetInfact DBA Corporate Accountability: $7,530 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPUGET SOUND RESTORATION FUND: $7,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetLONG LIVE THE KINGS: $6,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDowntown Emergency Service Center: $6,015 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES FOR ALASKA: $5,040 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Civil Liberties Union of Washington: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetRE SOURCES: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetINLAND NORTHWEST LAND TRUST: $4,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFOOD LIFELINE: $4,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHWEST HARVEST EMM: $4,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION NETWORK: $4,000 over 3y, 0.3% 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.

Seattle FoundationThe Bullitt FoundationThe Norcliffe Foundat…The Russell Family Fo…The Hugh and Jane Fer…Puget Sound Energy Fo…The Satterberg Founda…Grousemont FoundationThe Rose Foundation f…M J Murdock Charitabl…PatagoniaorgTreeline Foundation
Seattle FoundationWA75.8× affinity55 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Seattle Foundation · The Bullitt Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · The Russell Family Foundation · The Hugh and Jane Ferguson Foundation · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · The Satterberg Foundation Inc · Grousemont Foundation · The Rose Foundation for Communities the Environment · M J Murdock Charitable Trust · Patagoniaorg · Treeline 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 Kaleidoscope Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Kaleidoscope Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 14%
  • Wild Salmon Center: 49% of income from government
  • Ecotrust: 14% of income from government
  • Infact Dba Corporate Accountability: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
44report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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.
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How do I get to Kaleidoscope Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Kaleidoscope 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.

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 173 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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More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home