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Loeb Charitable Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.2M
Granted FY2023
68
Itemized grants FY2023
57
Organizations funded FY2023
12%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2023
$1.1M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2023
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2023
$125,000
Organizations funded a year
50 to 57
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2023
13
Total assets, FY2023
$9.1M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 12% of the organizations Loeb Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $54k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
EducationHuman ServicesReligionRecreation & SportsCommunity ImprovementPhilanthropyOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY202357$835k12%
FY202251$836k31%
FY202151$618k29%
FY202050$720kn/a
96% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Philanthropy$874kEducation$677kHuman Services$543kReligion$448kArts & Culture$372kHealth$163kInternational$155kRecreation & Sports$137kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Pomona College$265,00030%
Jewish Family Service$188,00040%
United Way of King County$187,50040%
Temple de Hirsch Sinai$177,0004n/a
Amara$115,00031%
Hillel at the Claremont Colleges$110,000350%
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc$92,50040%
Northwestern University$86,00030%
College Success Foundation$80,00040%
Hebrew Free Loan Association of Washington State$71,000224%
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All grantees of Loeb Charitable Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Pomona College$265,00030%
Jewish Family Service$188,00040%
United Way of King County$187,50040%
Temple de Hirsch Sinai$177,0004n/a
Amara$115,00031%
Hillel at the Claremont Colleges$110,000350%
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc$92,50040%
Northwestern University$86,00030%
College Success Foundation$80,00040%
Hebrew Free Loan Association of Washington State$71,000224%
Israel Emergency Alliance$62,50040%
Kindering Center$62,00040%
The Friendship Circle of Washington$60,00041%
Holocaust Center For Humanity$60,00041%
5th Avenue Theatre Association$59,00040%
Outdoors for all Foundation$50,00021%
Wellspring Family Services$40,00040%
William J Brennan Center for Justice Inc$35,00010%
Alliance for Gun Responsibility$34,50041%
Seattle Repertory Theatre$32,50040%
Seattle Public Library Foundation$32,00040%
Youthcare$30,00030%
The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund$27,00030%
Seattle Children's Foundation$15,00020%
Artsfund$15,00030%
West Seattle Food Bank$12,00030%
Reproductive Freedom for All Foundation$11,00020%
Feminist Women's Health Center$11,00030%
Tilden School$10,00011%
St Mary's Food Bank Alliance$10,00010%
Pike Place Market Foundation$10,00010%
Kauai Food Bank Inc$10,00040%
Farestart$10,00010%
Seattle Indian Health Board$10,00040%
American Friends of Leket Israel Inc$10,00010%
Museum of Glass$8,00030%
University of Washington$7,5002n/a
University of Washington Foundation$6,00030%
Jewish Graduate Student Initiative$6,00020%
Sponsors for Educational Opportunity Inc$4,00020%
Midwest Access Coalition$4,00020%
Lakeside School$3,00030%
Pacific Public Media$2,50030%
Year Up Inc$2,50010%
Kuow Puget Sound Public Radio$2,50030%
Pratt Fine Arts Center$2,00020%
Advocates for Trans Equality Education Fund$1,33420%
Jewish Institute for Liberal Values Inc$1,00010%
National Yiddish Book Center Inc$1,00010%
Pioneer Human Services Inc$1,00010%
The Waterwheel Foundation$1,00010%
Food Finders Inc$1,00010%
Densho$1,00010%
Farmlink Project$1,00010%
The Audre Lorde Project Inc$1,00010%
Hawaii State Junior Golf Association In$50010%
501 Commons$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 31 recipients with no EIN on record ($860k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Loeb Charitable Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 55 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPomona College: $265,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetJewish Family Service: $188,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetUnited Way of King County: $187,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAmara: $115,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetHillel at the Claremont Colleges: $110,000 over 3y, 50% of budgetThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $92,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNorthwestern University: $86,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCollege Success Foundation: $80,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHebrew Free Loan Association of Washington State: $71,000 over 2y, 24% of budgetIsrael Emergency Alliance: $62,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetKindering Center: $62,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Friendship Circle of Washington: $60,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetHolocaust Center For Humanity: $60,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budget5th Avenue Theatre Association: $59,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetOutdoors for all Foundation: $50,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetWellspring Family Services: $40,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetWilliam J Brennan Center for Justice Inc: $35,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAlliance for Gun Responsibility: $34,500 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetSeattle Repertory Theatre: $32,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSeattle Public Library Foundation: $32,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetYouthcare: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund: $27,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSeattle Children's Foundation: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetArtsfund: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWest Seattle Food Bank: $12,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetReproductive Freedom for All Foundation: $11,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFeminist Women's Health Center: $11,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTilden School: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetSt Mary's Food Bank Alliance: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPike Place Market Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetKauai Food Bank Inc: $10,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetFarestart: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSeattle Indian Health Board: $10,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Friends of Leket Israel Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMuseum of Glass: $8,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Washington Foundation: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Graduate Student Initiative: $6,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSponsors for Educational Opportunity Inc: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMidwest Access Coalition: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLakeside School: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPacific Public Media: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetYear Up Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKuow Puget Sound Public Radio: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPratt Fine Arts Center: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAdvocates for Trans Equality Education Fund: $1,334 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Institute for Liberal Values Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNational Yiddish Book Center Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPioneer Human Services Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 55.

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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…United Way of King Co…Puget Sound Energy Fo…Moccasin Lake Foundat…M J Murdock Charitabl…Grousemont FoundationLucky Seven FoundationMightycause Charitabl…ArtsfundHerman & Faye Sarkows…Stroum Family Foundat…
Seattle FoundationWA42.5× affinity22 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Seattle Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · United Way of King County · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Moccasin Lake Foundation · M J Murdock Charitable Trust · Grousemont Foundation · Lucky Seven Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Artsfund · Herman & Faye Sarkowsky Charitable Foundation · Stroum Family 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.

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How do I get to Loeb Charitable Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Loeb Charitable 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.

About Loeb Charitable Foundation

How much does Loeb Charitable Foundation give?
Loeb Charitable Foundation reported 68 itemized grants totaling $1,090,000, out of $1,233,900 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 50 and 57 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does Loeb Charitable Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2023, its largest causes are Philanthropy (13%), Education (10%), Human Services (8%).
Who are Loeb Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2023: Pomona College ($265k), Jewish Family Service ($188k), United Way of King County ($188k).
Does Loeb Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 12% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Loeb Charitable Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Loeb Charitable Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Seattle Foundation, The Norcliffe Foundation, United Way of King County.
Where is Loeb Charitable Foundation based?
Loeb Charitable Foundation is based in WA.

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 90 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports $1.2M of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2023, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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