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Keta Legacy Foundation

KETA LEGACY FOUNDATION is dedicated to passing the best possible environmental legacy to ensuing generations.

$59k
Granted FY2024still arriving
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Grants FY2024still arriving
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States reached
$11k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Environment$190kRecreation & Sports$56kAnimals$30kHealth$15k
02FY2024 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 1 grants below total $10,867 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $59,277 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $48,410 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

$10,867
Median grant
1
States reached
$4.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE SALISH SEA SCHOOL$10,867
02The need
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Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

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Dollar for dollar, your grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of your dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE: $15k → 14%NOT AN ALTERNATIVE: $15k → 9%KWIAHT: $15k → 10%SEA DISCOVERY CENTER: $15k → 10%THE SALISH SEA SCHOOL: $11k → 11%RE SOURCES FOR SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES: $13k → 12%KILLER WHALE TALES: $15k → 9%GREAT PENINSULA CONSERVANCY: $15k → 10%WILD WHATCOM: $10k → 12%WASHINGTON CONSERVATION ACTION EDUCATION FUND: $16k → 9%BEAVERS NORTHWEST: $14k → 9%THE MOUNTAINEERS: $39k → 9%EARTHCORPS: $15k → 9%BRAIDED RIVER: $15k → 9%BRAIDED RIVER: $10k → 9%WORLD RELIEF SEATTLE: $15k → 9%WHALE SCOUT: $15k → 9%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Grants abroad, by region — $16k on the FY2024 return

Schedule F, as filed: 1 region. The IRS asks for region and purpose, not the recipient, so no country or grantee can be named here.

North America (Canada and Mexico)$16k · 100% · 2 grants

Stated purpose: CONSERVATION EDUCATION

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving. Grants abroad on Schedule F are filed by region, purpose and amount with no recipient name, so they are shown by region and cannot be placed on the country map or matched to a grantee.

03Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

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Pacific Marine Research

The organization's mission is to promote respect and appreciation for Puget Sound by teaching principles of environmental stewardship and inspire observation of and involvement with Puget Sound. Through its Marine Science Afloat program,…

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Washington Wild

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

Animals
3
Alaska Wildlife Alliance

Support ecosystem-based wildlife management by increasing public awareness of wildlife issues, responding to information requests, advocating for science-based wildlife habitat management through proposal and comment submissions, and…

Environment
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Washington Wildlife & Recreation Coalition

Creating a greener, healthier, more equitable, and better Washington for all through community outreach, network building, and advocacy for conservation and outdoor recreation funding.

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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
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10000 Years Institute

10,000 Years Institute evaluates the ecological effects of human activities on natural environments, and promotes the maintenance and restoration of ecological integrity through the integration of reliable scientific information, sound…

Unclassified
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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
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Southeast Alaska Conservation Council Inc-Seacc

SEACC's mission is to protect the special places of the world's largest temperate rainforest, promote conservation, and advocate for sustainability in human use of natural resources. Inspired by the land, wildlife, cultures, and…

Environment
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Coast Fork Willamette Watershed Council

The Coast Fork Willamette Watershed Council is a local nonprofit organization that strives to enhance and restore habitat for fish and wildlife our community and for future generations. Our Board of Directors consists of seven members with…

Environment
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Northwest Environmental Advocates

Work through advocacy and education to use federal environmental laws such as the Clean Water Act to protect and restore water quality and habit in the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.

Environment
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Wild Orca

Translating science into action to save Southern Resident killer whales from extinction.

Animals
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Wildcoast

The mission of wildcoast is to conserve coastal and marine ecosystems and address climate change through natural solutions. our staff is dedicated to conserving threatened and endangered coastlines and wildlife in california and mexico.…

Environment

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Great Peninsula Conservancy and the most unlike its peers is Not an Alternative 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

16 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 16 of the 18 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

THE MOUNTAINEERS — $39,375 · EnvironmentTHE MOUNTAINEERSBRAIDED RIVER — $25,420 · EnvironmentBRAIDED RIVERWASHINGTON CONSERVATION ACTION EDUCATION FUND — $16,466 · EnvironmentWASHINGTON CONSERVATION ACTION EDUCATION FUNDKILLER WHALE TALES — $15,000 · EnvironmentKILLER WHALE TALESGREAT PENINSULA CONSERVANCY — $15,000 · EnvironmentGREAT PENINSULA CONSERVANCYRE SOURCES — $12,908 · EnvironmentRE SOURCESTHE SALISH SEA SCHOOL — $10,867 · EnvironmentTHE SALISH SEA SCHOOLSOUTH SOUND ESTUARY ASSOCIATION — $10,390 · EnvironmentSOUTH SOUND ESTUARY ASSOCIATIONDefenders of Wildlife — $15,000 · AnimalsDefenders of Wild…WHALE SCOUT INC — $15,000 · AnimalsWHALE SCOUT INCBEAVERS NORTHWEST — $14,440 · AnimalsBEAVERS NORTHWESTCENTENNIAL TRAIL COALITION OF SNOHOMISH COUNTY — $16,875 · OtherCENTENNIAL T…WORLD RELIEF SEATTLE — $15,000 · OtherWORLD RELIEF…FOUNDATION FOR WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY AND ALUMNI — $15,000 · EducationFOUNDATIO…WILD WHATCOM — $9,610 · EducationWILD WHAT…NOT AN ALTERNATIVE INC — $15,000 · Arts & CultureKWIAHT CENTER FOR SALISH SEA — $15,000 · HealthEarthcorps — $15,000 · International
Environment$145,426Animals$44,440Other$31,875Education$24,610Arts & Culture$15,000Health$15,000International$15,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetTHE MOUNTAINEERS — $39,375 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetBRAIDED RIVER — $25,420 over 2y, 4.2% of budgetWASHINGTON CONSERVATION ACTION EDUCATION FUND — $16,466 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNOT AN ALTERNATIVE INC — $15,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetKILLER WHALE TALES — $15,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetKWIAHT CENTER FOR SALISH SEA — $15,000 over 1y, 9.5% of budgetEarthcorps — $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetDefenders of Wildlife — $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY AND ALUMNI — $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGREAT PENINSULA CONSERVANCY — $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWHALE SCOUT INC — $15,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetRE SOURCES — $12,908 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE SALISH SEA SCHOOL — $10,867 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetSOUTH SOUND ESTUARY ASSOCIATION — $10,390 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetWILD WHATCOM — $9,610 over 1y, 1.3% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Rose Foundation f…The Norcliffe Foundat…The Hugh and Jane Fer…Puget Sound Energy Fo…Mightycause Charitabl…Seattle FoundationGary E Milgard Family…Kaleidoscope Foundati…The Russell Family Fo…The Satterberg Founda…ArtsfundPatagoniaorg
The Rose Foundation for Communities the EnvironmentCA26.1× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Rose Foundation for Communities the Environment · The Norcliffe Foundation · The Hugh and Jane Ferguson Foundation · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Seattle Foundation · Gary E Milgard Family Foundation - Mark · Kaleidoscope Foundation · The Russell Family Foundation · The Satterberg Foundation Inc · Artsfund · Patagoniaorg

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Keta Legacy Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

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no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%your share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 18 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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