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Lynn and Bruce Gibson Foundation at a glance

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Lynn and Bruce Gibson Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$569k
Granted FY2024still arriving
37
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$80k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$545kHuman Services$488kEducation$422kInternational$349kAnimals$308kYouth Development$305kHousing & Shelter$162kEnvironment$148kOther$0
02FY2024 · 37 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k17 grants · $37k
  • $10k–50k18 grants · $388k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $144k
$10,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$1.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
OVERLAKE SCHOOL$80,000
SEVA FOUNDATION$63,600
The Watumull Family Children's Fund$45,500
YOUTHCARE$40,000
BRIDGE OF PROMISE$32,100
PASADO'S SAFE HAVEN$25,250
SEATTLE HUMANE SOCIETY$25,000
HOOLA NA PUA$25,000
Sudan Relief Fund$25,000
HOPELINK$25,000
TREEHOUSE FOR KIDS$20,000
SEATTLE FESTIVAL OF TREES FOR AUTISM$20,000
YOUTH EASTSIDE SERVICES$15,000
MULTI-SERVICE CENTER$15,000
RYTHER$15,000
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 (FY17–24, $523k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 12% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Cortney's Place: $5k → 11%Deliver Fund: $5k → 11%DELIVERFUND: $3k → 14%HOLT INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $5k → 12%GIDEON'S PROMISE INC: $1k → 13%THE MIDNIGHT MISSION: $5k → 14%American Red Cross: $5k → 14%MODEST NEEDS FOUNDATION: $12k → 17%MODEST NEEDS FOUNDATION: $8k → 17%MODEST NEEDS FOUNDATION: $6k → 17%MODEST NEEDS FOUNDATION: $5k → 17%MODEST NEEDS FOUNDATION: $5k → 17%RYTHER: $15k → 9%RYTHER: $10k → 9%RYTHER: $10k → 9%RYTHER: $10k → 9%RYTHER: $10k → 9%BRIDGE OF PROMISE: $40k → 9%RYTHER: $10k → 9%BRIDGE OF PROMISE: $32k → 9%RYTHER: $5k → 9%BRIDGE OF PROMISE: $25k → 9%RYTHER: $5k → 9%HOPELINK: $26k → 9%HOPELINK: $25k → 9%HOPELINK: $25k → 9%HOPELINK: $15k → 9%HOPELINK: $11k → 9%MULTI-SERVICE CENTER: $15k → 9%MULTI-SERVICE CENTER: $15k → 9%MULTI-SERVICE CENTER: $15k → 9%MULTI-SERVICE CENTER: $13k → 9%MULT-SERVICE CENTER: $3k → 9%MULTI-SERVICE CENTER: $2k → 9%BAYVIEW MANOR HOMES: $1k → 9%HOPELINK: $10k → 9%HOPELINK: $5k → 9%YOUTHCARE: $40k → 9%YOUTHCARE: $15k → 9%YOUTHCARE: $11k → 9%YOUTHCARE: $10k → 9%YOUTHCARE: $10k → 9%YOUTHCARE: $10k → 9%YOUTHCARE: $5k → 9%YOUTHCARE: $5k → 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

VT
WA
MI
NY
MA
OR
CT
CA
CO
VA
MD
AZ
DC
HI
AL
GA
TX
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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.8M · 63 repeat orgs$262k to everyone else

63 repeat relationships: 26 still active in FY2024, 37 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

63
51

Total granted

$2.8M
$198k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+55%
+69%

Still filing today

84%
65%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $64k 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
Human ServicesInternationalAnimalsEducationHealthEnvironmentOther
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

  • TO
    THE OVERLAKE SCHOOL
    8× · 2017–2024 · $371k · revenue +161%
  • SF
    SEVA FOUNDATION
    5× · 2020–2024 · $168k · revenue +50%
  • PS
    PASADO'S SAFE HAVEN
    8× · 2017–2024 · $154k · revenue +113%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $15k
  • DF
    Days For Girls Internationalgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $11k · revenue +45%
  • SF
    SEATTLE FESTIVAL OF TREES
    one grant, 2019 · $11k
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
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
2
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
3
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
4
Aquarium of the Pacific Corporation

The aquarium of the pacific's mission is to instill a sense of wonder, respect, and stewardship for the pacific ocean, its inhabitants, and ecosystems.

Animals
5
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
6
American Flood Coalition Inc

To drive transformational adaptation to protect communities across the country from higher seas, stronger storms, and more frequent flooding.

Environment
7
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
8
Western Healthconnect

Support significant improvements in health care delivery and outcomes within the context of nonprofit, charitable ownership.

Health
9
Eastern National

Eastern national promotes the public's understanding and support of america's national parks and other public trust partners by providing quality educational experiences, products and services.

Recreation & Sports
10
Seattle Foundation

Seattle foundation's mission is to ignite powerful and rewarding philanthropy to make greater seattle a stronger, more vibrant community for all.

Philanthropy
11
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

—
12
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Evidence Action; the most unlike its peers is West Hawaii Humane Society Inc. 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

99 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. 99 of the 130 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)
23
Early backer (in before they grew)
98/99
Grantees still filing
79/99
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TREEHOUSE FOR KIDS: $167,000 · OtherTREEHOUSE FOR KIDSCHILDHAVEN: $75,000 · OtherCHILDHAVENKINDERING CENTER: $65,000 · OtherKINDERING CENTERSEATTLE FESTIVAL OF TREES FOR AUTISM: $60,000 · OtherSEATTLE FESTIVAL OF TREES FOR AUTIS…NORTHWEST HARVEST EMM: $45,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $42,500 · Other+68 more: $528,115 · Other+68 moreHOPELINK: $117,000 · Human ServicesHOPELINKYOUTHCARE: $106,000 · Human ServicesYOUTHCAREBRIDGE OF PROMISE: $97,100 · Human ServicesBRIDGE OF PROMISEHO'OLA NA PUA: $95,000 · Human ServicesHO'OLA NA PUARYTHER: $75,000 · Human ServicesRYTHERMULTI-SERVICE CENTER: $62,000 · Human ServicesMULTI-SERVICE CENTERMODEST NEEDS FOUNDATION: $35,900 · Human ServicesMODEST NEEDS FOUNDATIO…+7 more: $29,500 · Human ServicesTHE OVERLAKE SCHOOL: $370,762 · EducationTHE OVERLAKE SCH…YEAR UP INC: $25,000 · EducationYEAR UP INCRAINIER SCHOLARS: $25,000 · EducationRAINIER SCHOLARS+6 more: $31,100 · Education+6 moreSEVA FOUNDATION: $168,100 · InternationalSEVA FOUNDAT…WATUMULL FAMILY CHILDRENS FUND: $45,500 · InternationalWATUMULL FAM…SUDAN RELIEF FUND INC: $40,000 · InternationalSUDAN RELIEF…VALENTINO ACHAK DENG FOUNDATION: $31,200 · InternationalVALENTINO AC…+9 more: $47,700 · International+9 morePASADO'S SAFE HAVEN: $154,250 · AnimalsPASADO'S SA…THE HUMANE SOCIETY FOR SEATTLEKING COUNTY: $66,500 · AnimalsTHE HUMANE …HAWAIIAN HUMANE SOCIETY: $61,000 · AnimalsHAWAIIAN HU…OLD DOG HAVEN: $12,000 · Animals+6 more: $11,500 · AnimalsYouth Eastside Services: $85,000 · HealthYouth East…SEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $77,600 · HealthSEATTLE CH…FRIENDS OF YOUTH: $55,000 · HealthFRIENDS OF…PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $53,000 · HealthPLANNED PA…+3 more: $8,060 · HealthCAMP KOREY: $70,000 · Youth DevelopmentCOMMUNITY PASSAGEWAYS: $51,000 · Youth DevelopmentCHOOSE 180: $27,500 · Youth Development
Other$982,615Human Services$617,500Education$451,862International$332,500Animals$305,250Health$278,660Youth Development$148,500

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 OVERLAKE SCHOOL: $370,762 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetSEVA FOUNDATION: $168,100 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetPASADO'S SAFE HAVEN: $154,250 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetHOPELINK: $117,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetYOUTHCARE: $106,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetBRIDGE OF PROMISE: $97,100 over 3y, 3.7% of budgetHO'OLA NA PUA: $95,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetYouth Eastside Services: $85,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetSEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $77,600 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDHAVEN: $75,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetRYTHER: $75,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetCAMP KOREY: $70,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetTHE HUMANE SOCIETY FOR SEATTLEKING COUNTY: $66,500 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetKINDERING CENTER: $65,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetMULTI-SERVICE CENTER: $62,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetHAWAIIAN HUMANE SOCIETY: $61,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetFRIENDS OF YOUTH: $55,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $53,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY PASSAGEWAYS: $51,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetWATUMULL FAMILY CHILDRENS FUND: $45,500 over 1y, 11% of budgetNORTHWEST HARVEST EMM: $45,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSUDAN RELIEF FUND INC: $40,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetMODEST NEEDS FOUNDATION: $35,900 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetVALENTINO ACHAK DENG FOUNDATION: $31,200 over 4y, 5.2% of budgetROOTS YOUNG ADULT SHELTER: $30,500 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetWASHINGTON CONSERVATION ACTION EDUCATION FUND: $30,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetHUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN INC: $30,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetREEF GUARDIANS HAWAII: $30,000 over 3y, 9.2% of budgetGREAT PENINSULA CONSERVANCY: $28,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCHOOSE 180: $27,500 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetYEAR UP INC: $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRAINIER SCHOLARS: $25,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetKULEANA CORAL REEFS: $21,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetNW Childrens Foundation: $20,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetLITTLE BIT THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER: $16,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetFARESTART: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNORTHWEST AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM: $12,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetOLD DOG HAVEN: $12,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetTHE PRISON SCHOLAR FUND: $12,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetSEATTLE NATIVITY SCHOOL: $12,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetDays For Girls International: $11,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCHAPMAN UNIVERSITY: $10,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetRAINIER VALLEY FOOD BANK: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCROSSROADS HOUSING: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEVIDENCE ACTION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBUILDON INC: $10,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEARTHJUSTICE: $10,000 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.

  • Who funds THE OVERLAKE SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds SEVA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PASADO'S SAFE HAVEN ↗
  • Who funds HOPELINK ↗
  • Who funds YOUTHCARE ↗
  • Who funds BRIDGE OF PROMISE ↗
  • Who funds HO'OLA NA PUA ↗
  • Who funds Youth Eastside Services ↗
  • Who funds SEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL ↗
  • Who funds CHILDHAVEN ↗
  • Who funds RYTHER ↗
  • Who funds CAMP KOREY ↗
  • Who funds THE HUMANE SOCIETY FOR SEATTLEKING COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds KINDERING CENTER ↗
  • Who funds MULTI-SERVICE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds HAWAIIAN HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF YOUTH ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY PASSAGEWAYS ↗
  • Who funds WATUMULL FAMILY CHILDRENS FUND ↗
  • Who funds NORTHWEST HARVEST EMM ↗
  • Who funds SUDAN RELIEF FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds MODEST NEEDS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds VALENTINO ACHAK DENG FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ROOTS YOUNG ADULT SHELTER ↗
  • Who funds WASHINGTON CONSERVATION ACTION EDUCATION FUND ↗
  • Who funds HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN INC ↗
  • Who funds REEF GUARDIANS HAWAII ↗
  • Who funds GREAT PENINSULA CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds CHOOSE 180 ↗
  • Who funds YEAR UP INC ↗
  • Who funds RAINIER SCHOLARS ↗
  • Who funds KULEANA CORAL REEFS ↗
  • Who funds NW Childrens Foundation ↗
  • Who funds LITTLE BIT THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER ↗

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…United Way of King Co…The Norcliffe Foundat…Moccasin Lake Foundat…Raikes FoundationGrousemont FoundationM J Murdock Charitabl…Medina FoundationLucky Seven FoundationMightycause Charitabl…Gs Donor Advised Phil…
Seattle FoundationWA44.2× affinity25 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 · United Way of King County · The Norcliffe Foundation · Moccasin Lake Foundation · Raikes Foundation · Grousemont Foundation · M J Murdock Charitable Trust · Medina Foundation · Lucky Seven Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc

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 Lynn and Bruce Gibson Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lynn and Bruce Gibson Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Year Up Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
30report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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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How do I get to Lynn and Bruce Gibson Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Lynn and Bruce Gibson 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 130 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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