· Private foundation
Koh-Lee Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| LOW INCOME HOUSING INITIATIVE | $1,000 |
| PLANNED PARENTHOOD | $1,000 |
| MARY'S PLACE | $1,000 |
| SAVE THE CHILDREN (TO GAZA CRISIS) | $900 |
| OXFAM - CHILDREN OF GAZA AND ISRAEL EMERGENCY APPEAL | $900 |
| CENTER FOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING | $500 |
| CHINESE FOR AFFIRMATIVE ACTION | $500 |
| DEMOCRACY FORWARD | $500 |
| INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS | $500 |
| SEATTLE UNIVERSITY FAMILY BUSINESS SCHOOL | $400 |
| CHINESE INFORMATION & SERVICE CENTER | $200 |
| KCTS 9 AKA CASCADE PBS | $200 |
| KUOW PUGET SOUND PUBLIC RADIO | $200 |
| BELLEVUE BOTANICAL GARDEN SOCIETY | $200 |
| SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY | $200 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY18–24, $7k) 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.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +34% since the first grant, against +22% for those funded once.
17 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 35% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- PAPAGE AHEAD CHILDRENS LITERACY PRGM2× · 2020–2023 · $31k · revenue +11%
- MPMaris Place5× · 2017–2024 · $10k · revenue +80%
- CIChinese Information and Service Center2× · 2021–2024 · $5k · revenue +70%
Funded once
- UEUW Engineering endowed professorshipone grant, 2021 · $500k
- AHASIAN HEALTH FUNDone grant, 2017 · $14k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2018 · $9k
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.
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.
The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.
To support equitable access to economic opportunities for immigrants, refugees, low-income, marginalized, and underserved communities in king county and the united states.
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.…
Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…
To protect and extend civil liberties and civil rights, and to take action to further those liberties and rights within the state of washington.
Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan "fact tank" that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world. Pew Research Center generates a foundation of facts that enriches the public dialogue and…
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…
Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…
MCF is a vibrant philanthropic community connecting, strengthening and mobilizing the power of philanthropy to advance prosperity and equity.
Council for court excellence's (cce's) mission is to bring people together to conduct research, educate, and advocate to make d.c.'s unique legal systems more just, equitable, and accountable to the community.
We take a joyful, community-oriented approach to raising engaged citizens, deep learners, and brave adventurers with the skills, creativity, and heart needed to better the world.
To protect and extend civil liberties and civil rights, and to take action to further those liberties and rights within the state of washington.
How this is measured
32 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. 32 of the 100 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 PAGE AHEAD CHILDRENS LITERACY PRGM ↗
- Who funds Maris Place ↗
- Who funds Chinese Information and Service Center ↗
- Who funds INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds NORTHWEST HARVEST EMM ↗
- Who funds PROTECT DEMOCRACY PROJECT ↗
- Who funds BABIES OF HOMELESSNESS ↗
- Who funds KUOW PUGET SOUND PUBLIC RADIO ↗
- Who funds BELLEVUE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY ↗
- Who funds HORIZONS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Jubilee REACH ↗
- Who funds Foundation for International Understanding Through ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY DISTRICT SERVICE LEAGUE ↗
- Who funds Chinese for Affirmative Action ↗
- Who funds BELLEVUE BOTANICAL GARDEN SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds COMMON CAUSE EDUCATION FUND ↗
- Who funds CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Seattle Foundation · Moccasin Lake Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Koh-Lee Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Koh-Lee Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
How this is measured
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