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Lenore Hanauer Foundation at a glance

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Lenore Hanauer Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.4M
Granted FY2024still arriving
52
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$400k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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.

Health$2.0MArts & Culture$1.6MEnvironment$1.5MInternational$875kHousing & Shelter$820kPublic Benefit$800kHuman Services$773kEducation$556kOther$0
02FY2024 · 52 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k14 grants · $53k
  • $10k–50k32 grants · $605k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $300k
  • $250k+1 grant · $400k
$10,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$1.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CIVIC EDUCATION FUND$400,000
MOVEMENT ADVANCEMENT PROJECT INC$75,000
WORKMONEY FOUNDATION INC$75,000
NEIGHBORCARE HEALTH$50,000
RAVE FOUNDATION$50,000
EARTHJUSTICE$50,000
KING COUNTY SEXUAL ASSAULT RESOURCE CENTER$45,000
CONSERVATION NORTHWEST$40,000
REPROHUB$40,000
RAINIER VALLEY FOOD BANK$30,000
LOW INCOME HOUSING INST$30,000
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS$25,000
AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS$25,000
SEATTLE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC$25,000
FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN$25,000
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 (FY17–24, $535k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 52% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $25k → 9%WORKMONEY FOUNDATION INC: $75k → 17%GROWING VETERANS: $20k → 12%WORKMONEY FOUNDATION INC: $75k → 17%GROWING VETERANS: $20k → 12%GROWING VETERANS: $20k → 12%GROWING VETERANS: $20k → 12%GROWING VETERANS: $20k → 12%GROWING VETERANS: $10k → 12%GROWING VETERANS: $10k → 12%GROWING VETERANS: $10k → 12%YOUTHCARE: $40k → 9%YOUTHCARE: $40k → 9%YOUTHCARE: $25k → 9%YOUTHCARE: $25k → 9%YOUTHCARE: $25k → 9%YOUTHCARE: $25k → 9%YOUTHCARE: $25k → 9%YOUTHCARE: $25k → 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
WI
NY
MA
IA
RI
CA
CO
AZ
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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$12M · 73 repeat orgs$175k to everyone else

73 repeat relationships: 50 still active in FY2024, 23 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

73
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Total granted

$12M
$125k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+24%
+56%

Still filing today

74%
80%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureAnimalsHuman ServicesHealthPhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • PP
    PLANNED PARENTHOOD GREAT NORTHWEST HAWAII ALASKA INDIANA AND KENTUCKY
    5× · 2017–2021 · $1.0M · revenue +8%
  • MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $725k · revenue +98%
  • NH
    NEIGHBORCARE HEALTH
    8× · 2017–2024 · $700k · revenue +9%

Funded once

  • AF
    ALLIANCE FOR GUN RESPONSIBILITY
    one grant, 2020 · $100k · revenue +14%
  • SC
    SEATTLE CARES CIRCLE OF THE NATIONAL CARES MENTORING MOVEMENT
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +23%
  • BS
    BAINBRIDGE SCHOOLS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $4k · revenue -12%
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
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
2
Artist Trust

Artist Trust supports the livelihoods of artists working in all disciplines to create a more vibrant and equitable Washington State.

Arts & Culture
3
Seattle Architectural Foundation

The Seattle Architecture Foundation connects people to the architecture, design, and history of Seattle. We believe the more you engage with design, the more you feel connected to your changing city. As a volunteer driven organization, we…

Arts & Culture
4
Washington Filmworks

To build and enhance the competitiveness of Washington State's film and associated creative industry. We accomplish this by marketing and managing the state's production incentive program, representing the state in national and…

Community Improvement
5
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
6
Invest in Washington Now Campaign

Advocate for tax policy in Washington State

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7
The Seattle Aquarium Society

Our mission is inspiring conservation of our marine environment.

Animals
8
Friends of Seattle Waterfront

To bring people, communities, and resources together to ensure waterfront park thrives as a vibrant gathering space - uplifting locals, fostering connections and honoring seattle's natural beauty and stories.

Community Improvement
9
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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10
Association of Washington Cities

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…

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11
Humanities Washington

Humanities washington (hw) opens minds and bridges divides by creating spaces to explore different perspectives. we envision a state where all people seek a deeper understanding of others, themselves, and the human experience, in order to…

Arts & Culture
12
Great Peninsula Conservancy

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

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Artsfund; the most unlike its peers is Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. 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

64 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. 64 of the 85 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
64/64
Grantees still filing
47/64
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

EARTHJUSTICE: $1,150,000 · OtherEARTHJUSTICESEATTLE OPERA ASSOCIATION: $550,000 · OtherSEATTLE OPERA ASSOCIATIONUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON: $525,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONMERCY CORPS: $525,000 · OtherMERCY CORPSKing County Sexual Assault Resource Center: $385,000 · OtherKing County Sexual Assault Resource CenterHABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $350,000 · OtherSEATTLE SYMPHONY: $325,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN: $320,000 · OtherLOW INCOME HOUSING INSTITUTE: $240,000 · OtherCONSERVATION NW: $325,000 · OtherUNITED WAY OF KING COUNTY: $250,000 · Other+44 more: $1,958,400 · Other+44 morePLANNED PARENTHOOD GREAT NORTHWEST HAWAII ALASKA INDIANA AND KENTUCKY: $1,000,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHO…NEIGHBORCARE HEALTH: $700,000 · HealthNEIGHBORCARE HEA…Upstream USA Inc: $110,000 · HealthUpstream USA Inc+1 more: $1,000 · HealthMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $725,000 · InternationalMEDECINS …THE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC: $300,000 · InternationalTHE UNION…Civic Education Fund: $800,000 · EmploymentFARESTART: $40,000 · Employment+1 more: $15,000 · EmploymentYOUTHCARE: $230,000 · Human ServicesWORKMONEY FOUNDATION INC: $150,000 · Human ServicesGROWING VETERANS: $130,000 · Human ServicesEverstrong Prevention: $25,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $25,000 · Human ServicesSEATTLE ART MUSEUM: $165,000 · Arts & CultureCASCADE PUBLIC MEDIA: $70,000 · Arts & CultureKUOW PUGET SOUND PUBLIC RADIO: $70,000 · Arts & CultureNORTHWEST FILM FORUM: $50,000 · Arts & CultureARTSFUND: $40,000 · Arts & CultureTUCSON MUSEUM OF ART AND HISTORIC BLOCK INC: $32,500 · Arts & CultureSeattle Chamber Music Festival: $32,000 · Arts & CultureSEATTLE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $25,000 · Arts & CultureKBTC ASSOCIATION: $20,000 · Arts & Culture+5 more: $22,425 · Arts & CultureRave Foundation: $370,000 · Recreation & SportsBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF KING COUNTY: $110,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$6,903,400Health$1,811,000International$1,025,000Employment$855,000Human Services$560,000Arts & Culture$526,925Recreation & Sports$480,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD GREAT NORTHWEST HAWAII ALASKA INDIANA AND KENTUCKY: $1,000,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetCivic Education Fund: $800,000 over 2y, 100% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $725,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetNEIGHBORCARE HEALTH: $700,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetKing County Sexual Assault Resource Center: $385,000 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetRave Foundation: $370,000 over 5y, 16% of budgetCONSERVATION NW: $325,000 over 8y, 2.1% of budgetTHE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC: $300,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF KING COUNTY: $250,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetLOW INCOME HOUSING INSTITUTE: $240,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetYOUTHCARE: $230,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetSEATTLE ART MUSEUM: $165,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetWORKMONEY FOUNDATION INC: $150,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetMOVEMENT ADVANCEMENT PROJECT: $150,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetGROWING VETERANS: $130,000 over 8y, 10% of budgetUpstream USA Inc: $110,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF KING COUNTY: $110,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetRAINIER VALLEY FOOD BANK: $101,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetALLIANCE FOR GUN RESPONSIBILITY: $100,000 over 1y, 7.4% of budgetTHE HUMANE SOCIETY FOR SEATTLEKING COUNTY: $90,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetKITSAP HUMANE SOCIETY: $90,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetHOMEWARD PET ADOPTION CENTER: $90,000 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetWATER FIRST INTERNATIONAL: $85,000 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetBIRDS CONNECT SEATTLE: $80,000 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetCHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT ASSOC: $72,500 over 5y, 3.2% of budgetCASCADE PUBLIC MEDIA: $70,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetKUOW PUGET SOUND PUBLIC RADIO: $70,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetREPROHUB: $65,000 over 2y, 8.3% of budgetWOODLAND PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $60,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetWest Seattle Food Bank: $56,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetNORTHWEST FILM FORUM: $50,000 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetRURAL DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE: $50,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN TACOMA: $45,000 over 3y, 3.1% of budgetYOUTH IN FOCUS: $40,000 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetFARESTART: $40,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTune In To Nature org: $40,000 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetARTSFUND: $40,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetMOHAI Foundation: $35,000 over 5y, 3.5% of budgetTUCSON MUSEUM OF ART AND HISTORIC BLOCK INC: $32,500 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetSeattle Chamber Music Festival: $32,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetTHE BLOEDEL RESERVE: $30,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetProgressive Animal Welfare Society aka PAWS: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHIGHLINE AREA FOOD BANK: $26,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetEverstrong Prevention: $25,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSEATTLE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNorthwest Community Bail Fund: $20,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetKBTC ASSOCIATION: $20,000 over 4y, 1.4% 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.

  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD GREAT NORTHWEST HAWAII ALASKA INDIANA AND KENTUCKY ↗
  • Who funds Civic Education Fund ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds NEIGHBORCARE HEALTH ↗
  • Who funds King County Sexual Assault Resource Center ↗
  • Who funds Rave Foundation ↗
  • Who funds CONSERVATION NW ↗
  • Who funds THE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF KING COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds LOW INCOME HOUSING INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds YOUTHCARE ↗
  • Who funds SEATTLE ART MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds WORKMONEY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MOVEMENT ADVANCEMENT PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds GROWING VETERANS ↗
  • Who funds Upstream USA Inc ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF KING COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds RAINIER VALLEY FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds ALLIANCE FOR GUN RESPONSIBILITY ↗
  • Who funds THE HUMANE SOCIETY FOR SEATTLEKING COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds KITSAP HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds HOMEWARD PET ADOPTION CENTER ↗
  • Who funds WATER FIRST INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds BIRDS CONNECT SEATTLE ↗
  • Who funds CHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT ASSOC ↗
  • Who funds CASCADE PUBLIC MEDIA ↗
  • Who funds KUOW PUGET SOUND PUBLIC RADIO ↗
  • Who funds REPROHUB ↗

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 FoundationPuget Sound Energy Fo…The Norcliffe Foundat…Real Progress Foundat…Moccasin Lake Foundat…Mightycause Charitabl…ArtsfundLucky Seven FoundationUnited Way of King Co…Medina FoundationGrousemont FoundationImpactassetsinc
Seattle FoundationWA56.1× affinity32 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Seattle Foundation · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · Real Progress Foundation · Moccasin Lake Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Artsfund · Lucky Seven Foundation · United Way of King County · Medina Foundation · Grousemont Foundation · Impactassetsinc

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 Lenore Hanauer Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lenore Hanauer Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Upstream Usa Inc: 4% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
19report 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.

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 85 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.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2024, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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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