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Lorna Jordan Charitable Organization AKA Lorna Jordan Foundation at a glance

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Lorna Jordan Charitable Organization AKA Lorna Jordan 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.

$2.7M
Granted FY2024still arriving
49
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$150k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$685kCrime & Legal$510kCommunity Improvement$470kEducation$340kHealth$335kFood & Nutrition$230kAnimals$195kYouth Development$180kOther$0
02FY2024 · 49 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k24 grants · $310k
  • $50k–250k25 grants · $2.4M
$75,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$52M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE FOUNDATION$150,000
SEATTLE CLEMENCY PROJECT$100,000
REHABILITATION THROUGH THE ARTS INC$100,000
COMMUNITY PARTNERS$100,000
LEGAL COUNSEL FOR YOUTH AND CHILDREN$100,000
TUBMAN CENTER FOR HEALTH & FREEDOM$100,000
ARTIST TRUST$100,000
WASHINGTON STEM CENTER$100,000
SPECTRUM DANCE THEATER$100,000
HELPLINE HOUSE$100,000
TUBMAN CENTER FOR HEALTH & FREEDOM$100,000
COMMUNITY PASSAGEWAYS$100,000
EASTSIDE LEGAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM$100,000
QUEER-ART$100,000
350 SEATTLE$100,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY23–24, $210k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 19% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%HELPLINE HOUSE: $100k → 10%HELPLINE HOUSE: $10k → 10%OLYMPIC COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAMS: $30k → 11%OLYMPIC COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAMS: $10k → 11%BYRD BARR PLACE: $50k → 9%BYRD BARR PLACE: $10k → 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.

23%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$760k · 4 repeat orgs$2.5M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +21% since the first grant, against +5% for those funded once.

4 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 22 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
8

Total granted

$760k
$400k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+21%
+5%

Still filing today

100%
88%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 19% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.1M went to new ones.

50%100%’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’23’24
Arts & CultureCrime & LegalCommunity ImprovementHuman ServicesEducationYouth 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

  • TE
    THE EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE FOUNDATION
    2× · 2023–2024 · $230k · revenue +21%
  • CP
    COMMUNITY PASSAGEWAYS
    2× · 2023–2024 · $180k · revenue -11%
  • UL
    URBAN LEAGUE OF METROPOLITAN SEATTLE
    2× · 2023–2024 · $180k · revenue +79%

Funded once

  • LT
    LAND TOGETHER DBA INSIGHT GARDEN PROGRAM
    one grant, 2023 · $70k · revenue -4%
  • AFRICAN COMMUNITY HOUSING & DEVELOPMENTgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $60k · revenue +69%
  • F
    FAMILYWORKS
    one grant, 2023 · $60k · revenue +5%
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
Community Credit Lab

To support equitable access to economic opportunities for immigrants, refugees, low-income, marginalized, and underserved communities in king county and the united states.

Human Services
2
Rainier Beach Cummunity Empowerment Coalition

Rainier Beach Action Coalition is a grassroot, Black-led organization devoted to locally driven development. It promotes quality education, living wage jobs, affordable transportation and housing, and building community capacity in…

Community Improvement
3
Dispute Resolution Center of King County

We promote meaningful pathways for everyone to engage with conflict, to learn from each other, and to grow in community.

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4
Washington Ethnic Studies Now

Washington Ethnic Studies Now WAESN is a multigenerational majority POC-led nonprofit advancing Ethnic Studies and racial justice in Washington. We center people of color build youth-centered leadership and learning and organize…

Education
5
Seattle JazzED

Through Jazz education that liberates and inspires, Seattle JazzED increase access in the music room, celebrates student expression, and builds lasting connection rooted in community.

Arts & Culture
6
Building Changes

Building changes advances equitable responses to homelessness in washington state, with a focus on children, youth, and families. we work at the intersection of housing, education, and health systems, partnering with communities and public…

Health
7
Disability Rights Washington

Disability rights washington's mission is to advance the dignity, equality, and self determination of people with disabilities. we work to pursue justice on matters related to human and legal rights.

Human Services
8
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
9
Civil Survival Project

Civil Survival organizes system-impacted people, provides legal representation and reentry support, and advocates for policy reform to restore opportunity to communities harmed by the criminal legal system in Washington State.

Community Improvement
10
We Heart Seattle

We Heart Seattle is an action-based, boots-on-the-ground movement that organizes trash cleanups in our public spaces and offers resources to those in need. Through our direct civic engagement we lead the way to a more compassionate and…

Community Improvement
11
Eastrail Partners

We bring together the diverse communities, governments, the private sector and nonprofits of Lake Washigtons Eastside to make the vision for the completed Eastrail a reality and improve equity through access.

Environment
12
Pathwaves Washington

Pathwaves Washington builds the collective power of leaders of color to transform early childhood systems so that every child and their community thrives.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Rvc Seattle; the most unlike its peers is Jefferson Community Counseling Cent Dba Discovery Behavioral Healthcare. 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

34 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. 34 of the 35 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
34/34
Grantees still filing
11/34
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

REHABILITATION THROUGH THE ARTS INC: $110,000 · Arts & CultureREHABILITATION THROUG…Artist Trust: $110,000 · Arts & CultureArtist TrustQUEER ART INC: $100,000 · Arts & CultureQUEER ART INCSpectrum Dance Theater: $100,000 · Arts & CultureSpectrum Dance Theate…EUROPEAN CULTURAL CENTRE - USA INC: $75,000 · Arts & CultureEUROPEAN CULTURAL CEN…ALLIES IN ARTS: $75,000 · Arts & CultureALLIES IN ARTSFRACTURED ATLAS INC: $50,000 · Arts & CultureFRACTURED ATLAS INCCentral District Forum for Arts & Ideas: $25,000 · Arts & CultureEASTSIDE LEGAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM: $110,000 · Crime & LegalEASTSIDE LEGA…SEATTLE CLEMENCY PROJECT: $110,000 · Crime & LegalSEATTLE CLEME…LEGAL COUNSEL FOR YOUTH AND CHILDREN: $110,000 · Crime & LegalLEGAL COUNSEL…LAND TOGETHER DBA INSIGHT GARDEN PROGRAM: $70,000 · Crime & LegalLAND TOGETHER…THE EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $230,000 · EducationTHE EVERGRE…THE WASHINGTON STEM CENTER: $110,000 · EducationTHE WASHING…TUBMAN CENTER FOR HEALTH & FREEDOM: $220,000 · HealthTUBMAN CENT…CARDEA SERVICES: $110,000 · HealthCARDEA SERV…URBAN LEAGUE OF METROPOLITAN SEATTLE: $180,000 · OtherURBAN LEAGUE OF METROPOLITAN SEATTLEARTIST TRUST: $60,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY PARTNERS: $100,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY PARTNERSFAMILYWORKS: $60,000 · OtherDONEY MEMORIAL PET CLINIC DBA DONEY COE PET CLINIC: $110,000 · OtherDONEY MEMORIAL PET CLINIC DBA DONEY COE P…ASSISTANCE DOGS OF HAWAII: $85,000 · OtherASSISTANCE DOGS OF HAWAIIRENTON REGIONAL COMMUNITY FNDN: $110,000 · OtherRENTON REGIONAL COMMUNITY FNDNURBAN ARTWORKS: $75,000 · OtherURBAN ARTWORKSFOOD LIFELINE: $170,000 · OtherFOOD LIFELINE350 Seattle: $100,000 · Other350 SeattleTREVOR PROJECT INC: $75,000 · OtherTREVOR PROJECT INCAFRICAN COMMUNITY HOUSING & DEVELOPMENT: $60,000 · Other+2 more: $65,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY PASSAGEWAYS: $180,000 · Youth DevelopmentJEFFERSON COMMUNITY COUNSELING CENT DBA DISCOVERY BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE: $40,000 · Youth DevelopmentHELPLINE HOUSE: $110,000 · Human ServicesBYRD BARR PLACE: $60,000 · Human ServicesOLYMPIC COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAMS: $40,000 · Human Services
Arts & Culture$645,000Crime & Legal$400,000Education$340,000Health$330,000Other$1,250,000Youth Development$220,000Human Services$210,000

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 budgetTHE EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $230,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetTUBMAN CENTER FOR HEALTH & FREEDOM: $220,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetCOMMUNITY PASSAGEWAYS: $180,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetURBAN LEAGUE OF METROPOLITAN SEATTLE: $180,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetFOOD LIFELINE: $170,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCARDEA SERVICES: $110,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetEASTSIDE LEGAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM: $110,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetREHABILITATION THROUGH THE ARTS INC: $110,000 over 1y, 6.8% of budgetRENTON REGIONAL COMMUNITY FNDN: $110,000 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetTHE WASHINGTON STEM CENTER: $110,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetSEATTLE CLEMENCY PROJECT: $110,000 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetLEGAL COUNSEL FOR YOUTH AND CHILDREN: $110,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetDONEY MEMORIAL PET CLINIC DBA DONEY COE PET CLINIC: $110,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetHELPLINE HOUSE: $110,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetArtist Trust: $110,000 over 1y, 8.8% of budgetCOMMUNITY PARTNERS: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetQUEER ART INC: $100,000 over 1y, 8.0% of budget350 Seattle: $100,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetSpectrum Dance Theater: $100,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetASSISTANCE DOGS OF HAWAII: $85,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetURBAN ARTWORKS: $75,000 over 1y, 6.4% of budgetEUROPEAN CULTURAL CENTRE - USA INC: $75,000 over 1y, 8.3% of budgetTREVOR PROJECT INC: $75,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetALLIES IN ARTS: $75,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetLAND TOGETHER DBA INSIGHT GARDEN PROGRAM: $70,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetAFRICAN COMMUNITY HOUSING & DEVELOPMENT: $60,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetFAMILYWORKS: $60,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetBYRD BARR PLACE: $60,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFRACTURED ATLAS INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOLYMPIC COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAMS: $40,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetRVC SEATTLE: $40,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetJEFFERSON COMMUNITY COUNSELING CENT DBA DISCOVERY BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE: $40,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCentral District Forum for Arts & Ideas: $25,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetON THE BOARDS: $25,000 over 1y, 2.4% 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.

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…The Satterberg Founda…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Gates FoundationGrousemont FoundationRaikes FoundationCredit Unions in the …Puget Sound Energy Fo…Marie Lamfrom Charita…Byrd Barr Place
Seattle FoundationWA43× 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 · The Satterberg Foundation Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Gates Foundation · Grousemont Foundation · Raikes Foundation · Credit Unions in the State of Washington · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust · Byrd Barr Place

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 Lorna Jordan Charitable Organization AKA Lorna Jordan Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lorna Jordan Charitable Organization AKA Lorna Jordan Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    22report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    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.
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    Find your warmest path to Lorna Jordan Charitable Organization AKA Lorna Jordan 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 35 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.

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