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Larry Benaroya Family Foundation at a glance

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Larry Benaroya Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$17M
Granted FY2025still arriving
18
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$8.6M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Health$27MHuman Services$1.2MArts & Culture$812kEducation$779kCivil Rights$613kPhilanthropy$532kInternational$155kFood & Nutrition$50kOther$0
02FY2025 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $14k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $125k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
  • $250k+4 grants · $17M
$15,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION$8,645,422
FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER CENTER$7,400,000
OVERLAKE SERVICE LEAGUE$500,000
CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER$300,000
COLLEGE SUCCESS FOUNDATION$50,000
JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER SEATTLE$30,000
BELLEVUE SCHOOLS FOUNDATION$25,000
MUSEUM OF NW ART$15,000
BERTSCHI FUND$15,000
FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE ASSOCIATION$10,000
RAINIER SCHOLARS$10,000
ARBORETUM FOUNDATION$10,000
AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE$10,000
CENTER FOR NEW AMERICAN MEDIA$5,000
Individual grant recipient$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 (FY19–25, $781k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 3% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $1k → 14%ANGEL BAND PROJECT: $18k → 11%WINLOCK-VADER FOODBANK: $5k → 12%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $1k → 14%ANGEL BAND PROJECT: $5k → 11%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $1k → 14%ANGEL BAND PROJECT: $5k → 11%WINLOCK-VADAR FOOD BANK: $5k → 12%ANGEL BAND PROJECT: $5k → 11%WINLOCK-VADAR FOOD BANK: $5k → 12%WINLOCK-VADAR FOOD BANK: $5k → 12%LIFEWIRE: $50k → 9%HEBREW FREE LOAN ASSOCIATION: $14k → 9%HEBREW FREE LOAN ASSOCIATION: $10k → 9%RWANDA GIRLS INITIATIVE: $50k → 9%RWANDA GIRLS INITIATIVE: $26k → 9%RWANDA GIRLS INITIATIVE: $25k → 9%RWANDA GIRLS INITIATIVE: $25k → 9%RWANDA GIRLS INITIATIVE: $25k → 9%OVERLAKE SERVICE LEAGUE: $500k → 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

WA
IL
NY
OR
PA
CA
MO
MD
NC
DC
FL
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.

12%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.7M · 33 repeat orgs$28M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +41% since the first grant, against +32% for those funded once.

33 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 27 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

33
34

Total granted

$3.7M
$11M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+41%
+32%

Still filing today

67%
53%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 4% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16M went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureEducationPhilanthropyCivil 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

  • OS
    OVERLAKE SERVICE LEAGUE
    4× · 2019–2025 · $1.0M · revenue +180%
  • CS
    College Success Foundation
    6× · 2020–2025 · $265k · revenue +93%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION
    2× · 2020–2023 · $251k · revenue +7%

Funded once

  • PC
    PROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2024 · $10M · revenue 0%
  • AL
    ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUEgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $500k · revenue +253%
  • BN
    BARROW NEUROLOGICAL FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2024 · $250k
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
Achievement Rewards for College Scientists Seattle Chapter

Arcs foundation advances science and technology in the united states by providing financial awards to academically outstanding u.s. citizens studying to complete degrees in science, engineering and medical research.

Education
2
Uw Physicians Network

To improve the health of the public.

Education
3
The George Washington University

The mission of the george washington university (gw) is to educate individuals in liberal arts, languages, sciences, learned professions, and other courses and subjects of study, and to conduct scholarly research and publish the findings…

Education
4
Emergency Medical Services at the University of Washington
Health
5
The Seattle Academy of Arts & Sciences

Seattle academy is a dynamic community that challenges students to question, imagine, and create in order to contribute to a changing world.

Education
6
Seattle Biomedical Research Institute

We conduct fundamental infectious disease research to generate critical new knowledge about pathogens and their interactions with see schedule o for continuationhumans to enable the discovery and development of novel interventions,…

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7
Portland State University Foundation

Portland state university foundation is responsible for raising and managing private resources to advance psu's priorities and mission to be a leading urban university.

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8
The Northwest School of the Arts Humanities and Environment

We offer an outstanding international college preparatory program for grades 6-12.

Education
9
Seattle Children's Foundation

Seattle children's foundation exists to improve the quality of health care services to infants, children, and adolescents through contributions to organizations providing health care services, research and education.

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10
Western University of Health Sciences

To produce, in a humanistic tradition, health care professionals and biomedical knowledge that will enhance and extend the quality of life in our communities.

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11
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
12
Waldorf School Assoc of Seattle

The seattle waldorf school mission is: daily we strive to inspire learning, courage, and joy in the developing human being.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Bellevue Schools Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Greater Tacoma Christian Laymens Outreach. 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

48 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. 48 of the 80 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
48/48
Grantees still filing
35/48
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION: $8,645,422 · OtherPROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATIONIndividual grant recipient: $508,890 · Other+44 more: $1,741,860 · Other+44 morePROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION: $10,000,000 · PhilanthropyPROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION+2 more: $220,100 · PhilanthropyFred Hutchinson Cancer Center: $7,400,000 · HealthFred Hutchinson Cancer Cent…CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER: $300,000 · Health+6 more: $165,000 · HealthOVERLAKE SERVICE LEAGUE: $1,020,000 · Human ServicesRwanda Girls Initiative: $151,070 · Human ServicesLifeWire: $50,000 · Human Services+5 more: $80,875 · Human ServicesCollege Success Foundation: $265,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION: $251,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $100,000 · EducationRAINIER SCHOLARS: $70,000 · EducationBELLEVUE SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $61,000 · EducationBERTSCHI SCHOOL: $27,000 · Education+1 more: $10,000 · EducationANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $500,000 · Civil Rights+1 more: $10,000 · Civil RightsMuseum of Glass: $170,000 · Arts & CultureNORTHWEST AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM: $60,000 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF NORTHWEST ART: $30,000 · Arts & CultureGAGE ACADEMY OF ART: $30,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $12,500 · Arts & Culture
Other$10,896,172Philanthropy$10,220,100Health$7,865,000Human Services$1,301,945Education$784,000Civil Rights$510,000Arts & Culture$302,500

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 budgetPROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION: $10,000,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetFred Hutchinson Cancer Center: $7,400,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetOVERLAKE SERVICE LEAGUE: $1,020,000 over 4y, 16% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $500,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetCEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER: $300,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCollege Success Foundation: $265,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION: $251,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER SEATTLE: $220,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetMuseum of Glass: $170,000 over 3y, 2.8% of budgetRwanda Girls Initiative: $151,070 over 5y, 4.6% of budgetDIABETES RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOUNDATION INC: $150,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMaris Place: $100,000 over 2y, 23% of budgetRAINIER SCHOLARS: $70,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetBELLEVUE SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $61,000 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetNORTHWEST AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM: $60,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetLifeWire: $50,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTHE ANGEL BAND PROJECT: $33,125 over 4y, 5.6% of budgetMUSEUM OF NORTHWEST ART: $30,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetGAGE ACADEMY OF ART: $30,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetBERTSCHI SCHOOL: $27,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetGoodwill of the Olympics and Rainier Region: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEBREW FREE LOAN ASSOCIATION OF WASHINGTON STATE: $23,750 over 2y, 7.1% of budgetHolocaust Center For Humanity: $21,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetSEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL (DBA FRIENDS OF COSTCO GUILD): $20,100 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWinlock-Vader Food Bank: $20,000 over 4y, 3.4% of budgetARBORETUM FOUNDATION: $13,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPLYMOUTH HOUSING GROUP AND SUBSIDIARIES: $11,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNorthwest Parkinsons Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetSEATTLE CHILDREN'S THEATRE ASSOCIATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget5TH AVENUE THEATRE ASSOCIATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER TACOMA CHRISTIAN LAYMENS OUTREACH: $5,000 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetCENTER FOR NEW AMERICAN MEDIA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSEATTLE THEATRE GROUP: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARKINSON'S RESOURCES OF OREGON: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWHIDBEY ISLAND HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNORTHEND JEWISH SCHOOL: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSEATTLE UNIVERSITY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBELLWETHER HOUSING: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMIGHTYCAUSE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $100 over 1y, 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.

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 Norcliffe Foundat…Moccasin Lake Foundat…United Way of King Co…ArtsfundPuget Sound Energy Fo…Jewish Federation of …Lucky Seven FoundationLott FoundationSamis FoundationWyman Youth TrustGrousemont Foundation
Seattle FoundationWA36.5× affinity19 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Seattle Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · Moccasin Lake Foundation · United Way of King County · Artsfund · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle · Lucky Seven Foundation · Lott Foundation · Samis Foundation · Wyman Youth Trust · Grousemont 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 Larry Benaroya Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Larry Benaroya Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    3get no government money at all
    11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Larry Benaroya Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Larry Benaroya Family 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 80 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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