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Mariners Care

The primary exempt purpose of MARINERS CARE is to support youth-oriented community service programs & other worthy projects in the pacific northwest.

$1.0M
Granted FY2024still arriving
23
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$382k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Recreation & Sports$683kHealth$540kYouth Development$227kEmployment$225kPhilanthropy$170kEducation$140kFood & Nutrition$83kArts & Culture$71kOther$0
02FY2024 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 23 grants below total $787,712, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,044,938 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $257,226 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k7 grants · $53k
  • $10k–50k13 grants · $203k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $150k
  • $250k+1 grant · $382k
$10,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$332k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$382,354
DOWNTOWN EMERGENCY SERVICE CENTER$100,000
UNITED WAY OF KING COUNTY$50,000
SEATTLE PARKS FOUNDATION$37,000
PLAYWORKS EDUCATION ENERGIZED$28,000
SOUNDVIEW LITTLE LEAGUE$20,000
BASEBALL BEYOND BORDERS$17,850
FRIENDS OF BASEBALL$15,000
SOUTHEAST YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICES$12,184
BACKPACK BRIGADE$11,334
EL1 SPORTS$11,192
WAHLUKE HIGH SCHOOL$10,000
SEATTLE CENTRAL LITTLE LEAGUE$10,000
EL CENTRO DE LA RAZA$10,000
HARVEST AGAINST HUNGER$10,000
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, $45k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 35% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $16k → 14%YIC LAUNCH PAD: $10k → 9%HOPES AND DREAMS FOUNDATION: $10k → 9%EL CENTRO DE LA RAZA: $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.

Which US states its grants reach

AK
WA
NY
OR
CA
NC
DC
HI
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.

39%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$972k · 22 repeat orgs$1.5M to everyone else

22 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 12 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
32

Total granted

$972k
$932k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
+39%

Still filing today

86%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 25% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $590k 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
Recreation & SportsYouth DevelopmentHuman ServicesEducationHealthFood & NutritionOther
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

  • GM
    Greater Metro Parks Foundation dba Tacoma Parks Foundation
    4× · 2018–2022 · $102k · revenue +95%
  • BB
    BASEBALL BEYOND BORDERS
    5× · 2019–2024 · $99k · revenue +91%
  • SP
    SEATTLE PARKS FOUNDATION
    2× · 2021–2024 · $57k · revenue +36%

Funded once

  • UH
    UNITE HERE NORTHWEST HEALTH TRUST FUNDgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $348k · revenue +79%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
    one grant, 2021 · $225k
  • RA
    RAINIER ATHLETES
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue +9%
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
Fm Sports Baseball Club

FM Sports Baseball Club helps develop, train, and promotes players ages 13 to 18 for long term success in high school, college, and beyond.

Recreation & Sports
2
Absolute Blast Elite Youth Training and Playing Association

The organization annually fields highly competitive fastpitch teams at various age levels, with the end goal of placing our athletes in collegiate programs nationwide. By providing a safe and secure environment that aims to inspire and…

Recreation & Sports
3
Puyallup Babe Ruth & Cal Ripken Baseball League

Provide Baseball Leaugues and tournaments

Recreation & Sports
4
Little League Baseball Inc

adult volunteers helping on average ~300 children each year ages 4-12 in East Vancouver WA area to grow and develop by working as a team to achieve goals and have fun.

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5
Seattle United Fc

Soccer club that brings premier and select teams under one management. league play and academy training for all players.

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6
Seattle Youth Soccer Association

Provide organized soccer for the youth in seattle

Recreation & Sports
7
Lake Washington Youth Soccer Association

To provide opportunities for all youths under the age of 19 develop character and play affiliated soccer at a level commensurate with their ability and interest.

Recreation & Sports
8
Northwest United Fc

Northwest United is a premier youth soccer club serving Skagit County and surrounding areas. As one of the top clubs in the Pacific Northwest, we have grown to 41 teams across boys and girls' divisions, offering year-round development for…

Recreation & Sports
9
Northwest Girls Softball-Fastpitch

To foster, develop, and promote recreational girls youth softball.

Recreation & Sports
10
Bonney Lake Baseball Association

Organized youth sports

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11
Little League Baseball Inc

An athletic program for youth that teaches and reinforces the values of teamwork, sportsmanship, citizenship and physical well being. Our organization is guided by the leadership of community orientated volunteers. We serve over 600…

Recreation & Sports
12
Pacific Northwest Soccer Club

PacNW offers top-level soccer training and development opportunities for players aged U8 through U19, all of whom are trained using the club's deliberate, integrated, long-term plan for player development.

Recreation & Sports
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Friends of Baseball; the most unlike its peers is Dragon Elite Baseball Club. 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

52 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. 52 of the 68 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)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
50/52
Grantees still filing
32/52
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $382,354 · OtherIndividual grant recipientUNITE HERE NORTHWEST HEALTH TRUST FUND: $347,960 · OtherUNITE HERE NORTHWEST HEALTH TRUST FUNDUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON: $225,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONGreater Metro Parks Foundation dba Tacoma Parks Foundation: $102,284 · OtherGreater Metro Parks Foundation dba Tacoma Parks FoundationELYSIAN ONE INC: $70,896 · OtherFRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER: $55,000 · Other+32 more: $444,467 · Other+32 moreBASEBALL BEYOND BORDERS: $99,425 · Recreation & SportsBASEBALL BEY…SEATTLE PARKS FOUNDATION: $57,000 · Recreation & SportsSEATTLE PARK…Bandits Breer Fastpitch: $32,375 · Recreation & SportsBandits Bree…Pro Baseball Club: $23,637 · Recreation & SportsPro Baseball…Seattle Fastpitch Club: $18,740 · Recreation & SportsSeattle Fast…WASHINGTON LADYHAWKS FASTPITCH ORGANIZATION: $17,369 · Recreation & SportsWASHINGTON L…Gamers Sports Travel: $10,000 · Recreation & Sports+6 more: $39,275 · Recreation & Sports+6 morePLAYWORKS EDUCATION ENERGIZED: $68,229 · Youth DevelopmentPLAYWORKS …CHOOSE 180: $50,000 · Youth DevelopmentCHOOSE 180FRIENDS OF BASEBALL: $49,800 · Youth DevelopmentFRIENDS OF…You Grow Girl: $30,000 · Youth DevelopmentYou Grow G…RAINIER ATHLETES: $25,000 · Youth DevelopmentRAINIER AT…BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SNOHOMISH COUNTY: $25,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND G…SEATTLE FOUNDATION: $125,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF KING COUNTY: $60,000 · PhilanthropyDowntown Emergency Service Center: $100,000 · HealthSOUTHEAST YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICES: $27,184 · HealthPOSITIVE COACHING ALLIANCE: $41,000 · EducationYOUR MONEY MATTERS: $25,000 · EducationCollege Success Foundation: $22,500 · EducationAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $15,654 · Human ServicesHOPES AND DREAMS FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Human ServicesEL CENTRO DE LA RAZA: $10,000 · Human ServicesYIC Launchpad: $9,503 · Human Services
Other$1,627,961Recreation & Sports$297,821Youth Development$248,029Philanthropy$185,000Health$127,184Education$88,500Human Services$45,157

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 budgetUNITE HERE NORTHWEST HEALTH TRUST FUND: $347,960 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetSEATTLE FOUNDATION: $125,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGreater Metro Parks Foundation dba Tacoma Parks Foundation: $102,284 over 4y, 4.0% of budgetDowntown Emergency Service Center: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBASEBALL BEYOND BORDERS: $99,425 over 5y, 8.0% of budgetPLAYWORKS EDUCATION ENERGIZED: $68,229 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF KING COUNTY: $60,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSEATTLE PARKS FOUNDATION: $57,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetFRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER: $55,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHOOSE 180: $50,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetFRIENDS OF BASEBALL: $49,800 over 3y, 7.9% of budgetNORTHWEST HARVEST EMM: $41,726 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPOSITIVE COACHING ALLIANCE: $41,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetBandits Breer Fastpitch: $32,375 over 2y, 5.5% of budgetYou Grow Girl: $30,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetSOUTHEAST YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICES: $27,184 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetRAINIER ATHLETES: $25,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetYOUR MONEY MATTERS: $25,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SNOHOMISH COUNTY: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPro Baseball Club: $23,637 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetCollege Success Foundation: $22,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetKent Little League: $20,101 over 1y, 17% of budgetLITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL INC: $20,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFEDERAL WAY NATIONAL LITTLE LEAGUE: $20,000 over 1y, 7.5% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS WASHINGTON: $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSeattle Fastpitch Club: $18,740 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetWASHINGTON LADYHAWKS FASTPITCH ORGANIZATION: $17,369 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $15,654 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGreater Seattle Business Assn Scholarship Fund: $15,250 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetSUSTAINABLE SEATTLE: $15,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetHISPANIC FEDERATION INC: $12,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBACKPACK BRIGADE: $11,334 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL (DBA FRIENDS OF COSTCO GUILD): $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPLYMOUTH HOUSING GROUP AND SUBSIDIARIES: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBELLEVUE BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHARVEST AGAINST HUNGER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEL CENTRO DE LA RAZA: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGamers Sports Travel: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF WASHINGTON: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLESCHI PTA: $10,000 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetYIC Launchpad: $9,503 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetDRAGON ELITE BASEBALL CLUB: $7,850 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetMIGUEL CABRERA FOUNDATION INC: $7,500 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetCALIFORNIA GRAPETTES GRLS SOFTBALL: $7,157 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSeattle Baseball Academy: $6,039 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWASHINGTON STATE COALITION AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: $6,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetALL PONO: $5,490 over 1y, 2.9% 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…School's Out Washingt…The Norcliffe Foundat…Moccasin Lake Foundat…Credit Unions in the …Medina FoundationLucky Seven FoundationAven FoundationFales Foundation TrustBuilding Changes
Seattle FoundationWA30× affinity17 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 · School's Out Washington · The Norcliffe Foundation · Moccasin Lake Foundation · Credit Unions in the State of Washington · Medina Foundation · Lucky Seven Foundation · Aven Foundation · Fales Foundation Trust · Building Changes

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Miguel Cabrera Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
15report 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 Mariners Care?

Find your warmest path to Mariners Care 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 68 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 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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