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Lillehei Nogawa Family Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Lillehei Nogawa Family Charitable 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.

$64k
Granted FY2025still arriving
11
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$106kInternational$63kEnvironment$39kFood & Nutrition$35kEducation$14kArts & Culture$12kRecreation & Sports$10kHousing & Shelter$5k
02FY2025 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k8 grants · $14k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $50k
$1,500
Median grant
4
States reached
$1.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC$20,000
NATURE CONSERVANCY$20,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD MINNESOTA NORTH DAKOTA SOUTH DA$10,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER WASHINGTON AND NORTH$5,000
KUOW-PUGET SOUND PUBLIC RADIO$2,500
WASHINGTON TRAILS ASSOCIATION$1,500
FAMILY WORKS$1,000
BALLARD FOOD BANK$1,000
KING COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM FOUNDATION$1,000
NORTHWEST HARVEST E M M$1,000
SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION$1,000
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 (FY20–21, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%UNIVERSITY DISTRICT SERVICE LEAGUE: $3k → 9%UNIVERSITY DISTRICT SERVICE LEAGUE: $1k → 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.
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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$223k · 13 repeat orgs$21k to everyone else

13 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
3

Total granted

$223k
$21k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+120%

Still filing today

85%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
HealthEducationInternationalCommunity ImprovementHuman ServicesArts & CultureOther
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

  • MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $45k · revenue +1%
  • PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC
    3× · 2021–2023 · $25k · revenue +26%
  • KP
    KUOW PUGET SOUND PUBLIC RADIO
    6× · 2019–2025 · $12k · revenue +35%

Funded once

  • PP
    PLANNED PARENTHOOD
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
  • PP
    PLANNED PARENTHOOD MINNESOTA NORTH DAKOTA SOUTH DAKOTA
    one grant, 2019 · $6k · revenue -5%
  • LI
    LOW INCOME HOUSING INSTITUTEgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue +120%
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
Planned Parenthood North Central States Foundation

To build and maintain financial support for planned parenthood north central states to advance and protect sexual and reproductive health care for all.

Human Services
2
Midwest Dairy Association

Midwest dairy works with others to give consumers an excellent dairy experience increasing sales, fostering innovation, and inspiring consumer confidence of dairy products and practices.

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3
The Humane Society for Seattleking County

Seattle humane promotes the human-animal bond by saving and serving pets in need, regardless of age, ability, circumstance or geography.

Animals
4
Planned Parenthood Alliance Advocates Serving Ak Hi Id in Ky and Wa

Ppaa promotes and protects reproductive health, rights, and justice.

Health
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
National Association of Clean Water Agencies

Nacwa is the national voice of public clean water utilities, shaping water policy, convening a vibrant peer network, and empowering water leaders.

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7
American Water Works Association

To promote public health, safety, and welfare through the improvement of the quality and quantity of drinking water and the development and furtherance of understanding of the problems relating thereto.

Public Benefit
8
Healthpoint

Healthpoint strengthens communities and improves people's health by delivering quality services, breaking down barriers and providing access to all.

Health
9
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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10
Kqed Inc

See schedule okqed serves the people of northern california with a community-supported alternative to commercial media, providing the knowledge needed to make informed decisions; convening community dialogue; bringing the arts to everyone;…

Arts & Culture
11
Partnership for Public Service Inc

Making our government work better is a daunting task, and we are a small organization seeking to transform a government that employs millions of civilians and manages trillions of dollars in taxpayer revenue needed to protect public…

Employment
12
Planned Parenthood Advocates of Greater Washington and North Idaho

Ppagwni works to protect and advance reproductive healthcare and rights on a local, state and national level through advocacy.

Civil Rights
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Planned Parenthood of Greater Washington and North Idaho; the most unlike its peers is Planned Parenthood Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota. 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

14 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. 14 of the 17 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
11/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $39,000 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCYPLANNED PARENTHOOD MINNESOTA NORTH DAKOTA SOUTH DA: $38,000 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOOD MINNESOTA NORTH DAKOTA SOUTH DAMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC - DOCTORS WITHOUT: $18,000 · OtherMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC - DOCTORS WITHOUTNORTHWEST HARVEST EMM: $12,700 · OtherNORTHWEST HARVEST EMMPLANNED PARENTHOOD: $10,000 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOODWASHINGTON TRAILS ASSOCIATION: $9,500 · OtherWASHINGTON TRAILS ASSOCIATIONBALLARD FOOD BANK: $9,500 · OtherBALLARD FOOD BANKLOW INCOME HOUSING INSTITUTE: $5,000 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO: $26,500 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF G…PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $25,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDE…PLANNED PARENTHOOD MINNESOTA NORTH DAKOTA SOUTH DAKOTA: $6,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD MINN…MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $45,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRON…King County Library System Foundation: $7,500 · EducationSEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $6,000 · EducationKUOW PUGET SOUND PUBLIC RADIO: $12,000 · Arts & CultureFAMILYWORKS: $9,500 · Community ImprovementUNIVERSITY DISTRICT SERVICE LEAGUE: $3,500 · Human Services
Other$141,700Health$57,500International$45,000Education$13,500Arts & Culture$12,000Community Improvement$9,500Human Services$3,500

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $45,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $39,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO: $26,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHWEST HARVEST EMM: $12,700 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetKUOW PUGET SOUND PUBLIC RADIO: $12,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWASHINGTON TRAILS ASSOCIATION: $9,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetBALLARD FOOD BANK: $9,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILYWORKS: $9,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetKing County Library System Foundation: $7,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD MINNESOTA NORTH DAKOTA SOUTH DAKOTA: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $6,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLOW INCOME HOUSING INSTITUTE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY DISTRICT SERVICE LEAGUE: $3,500 over 2y, 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 FoundationUnited Way of King Co…Puget Sound Energy Fo…Gates FoundationThe Blackbaud Giving …Mightycause Charitabl…Morgan Stanley Global…The Pfizer Foundation…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…American Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…
Seattle FoundationWA15.2× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Seattle Foundation · United Way of King County · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Gates Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust

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 Lillehei Nogawa Family Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lillehei Nogawa Family Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    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 17 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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