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Mark Torrance 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.

$820k
Granted FY2024still arriving
16
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$250k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Education$2.6MHuman Services$1.1MHealth$461kArts & Culture$324kInternational$226kPhilanthropy$197kEnvironment$100kCommunity Improvement$57kOther$0
02FY2024 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $11k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $127k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $433k
  • $250k+1 grant · $250k
$24,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$11M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UW FOUNDATION$250,000
SEATTLE CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION$100,000
MAKEWAY FOUNDATION$100,000
RECOVERY CAFE$82,500
NEW VENTURE FUND$50,000
ISLANDWOOD$50,000
SAN JUAN ISLANDS MUSEUM OF ART$50,000
ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC$24,000
HEALTHPOINT$22,500
TREEHOUSE FUND INC$20,000
TERRACYCLE GLOBAL FOUNDATION$20,000
AFRICAN COMMUNITY HOUSING & DEVELOPMENT$20,000
STREET BUSINESS SCHOOL$20,000
SEATTLE CHILDREN'S THEATER ASSOCIATION$7,500
MOUNTAIN CLIMATE FUND$2,500
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–20, $16k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%ALVIS: $5k → 15%NORTHWEST YOUTH SERVICES: $10k → 12%NORTHWEST YOUTH SERVICES: $1k → 12%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

WA
MN
NY
OH
NJ
CA
CO
MD
AZ
HI

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$4.4M · 27 repeat orgs$614k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +32% since the first grant, against +17% for the ones you funded once.

27 repeat relationships — 5 still active in FY2024, 22 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

27
24

Total granted

$4.4M
$361k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+32%
+17%

Still filing today

81%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $254k 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
EducationCommunity ImprovementCrime & LegalInternationalHealthHousing & ShelterOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION
    7× · 2018–2024 · $1.8M · revenue +46%
  • T
    TREEHOUSE
    6× · 2017–2024 · $328k · revenue +172%
  • D
    DONORSCHOOSEORG
    3× · 2017–2020 · $305k · revenue +24%

Funded once

  • UF
    UW FOUNDATION- SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK
    one grant, 2017 · $79k
  • CF
    Center For Wooden Boats
    one grant, 2017 · $74k · revenue +2%
  • TE
    THE EVERGREEN SCHOOLgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $33k · revenue +65%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Sustainable Path Foundation

Sustainable Path Foundation promotes sustainability and health in the Puget Sound region through collaborative approaches informed by scientific understanding and systems thinking.

Social Science
2
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
3
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
4
Earthcorps

To cultivate leaders and community partnerships to advance environmental justice.

International
5
Seattle Economic Development Fund Business Impact Nw

To provide economic development financing to serve the needs of small businesses in the state of washington that would not qualify for private financing under conventional financing criteria.

Community Improvement
6
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
7
Spark Northwest

Founded in 2001, Spark Northwest accelerates the just transition to clean energy in the Pacific Northwest. Spark Northwest uses two primary strategies: (1) on-the-ground project consulting, focusing on communities with limited financial…

Environment
8
Invest in Washington Now Campaign

Advocate for tax policy in Washington State

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9
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
10
Re Sources

RE Sources mobilizes people of Northwest Washington to build just and thriving communities and to protect the land, water, and climate on which we all depend.

Environment
11
Economic Opportunity Institute

Equip the public and public decision-makers with the policy research and practical tools they need to embed the values of fairness, care, and opportunity into the foundations of Washington's economy.

Community Improvement
12
Clean Energy Transition Institute

The Clean Energy Transition Institute (CETI) is an independent, nonpartisan research and analysis nonprofit whose mission is to accelerate an equitable clean energy transition in the Northwest.

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Islandwood and the most unlike its peers is Mountain Climate Fund. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 26 years old; the field is 17. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number20%2%<5yr14%14%5–10yr20%19%10–20yr20%23%20–35yr13%33%35–55yr12%9%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value20%0%<5yr14%3%5–10yr20%4%10–20yr20%19%20–35yr13%73%35–55yr12%2%55yr+

The field is 20% startups (under 5 years old) — 2% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 12% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/51
the rest of the field
12%
4,609/38,517

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

50 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 50 of the 63 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
50/50
Grantees still filing
33/50
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION — $1,802,154 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATIONBELLEVUE SCHOOLS FOUNDATION — $339,300 · EducationBELLEVUE SCHOOLS FOUNDATIONDONORSCHOOSEORG — $305,300 · EducationDONORSCHOOSEORG+10 more — $144,633 · Education+10 moreSeattle Children's Foundation — $300,000 · OtherSeattle Children's FoundationFOREFRONTUW FOUNDATION — $222,000 · OtherFOREFRONTUW FOUNDATIONMAKEWAY FOUNDATION — $150,000 · OtherMAKEWAY FOUNDATIONBEECHER'S FLAGSHIP FOUNDATION — $150,000 · OtherBEECHER'S FLAGSHIP FOUNDATIONUW FOUNDATION- SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK — $78,500 · OtherUW FOUNDATION- SCHOOL OF EDUCATION — $54,747 · OtherTIDES FOUNDATION — $95,000 · OtherTIDES FOUNDATIONCenter For Wooden Boats — $74,000 · Other+30 more — $441,725 · Other+30 moreTREEHOUSE — $327,500 · Youth DevelopmentMaris Place — $30,000 · Youth DevelopmentAGROS INTERNATIONAL — $204,124 · International+2 more — $4,375 · InternationalFuse Innovation Fund — $77,500 · EnvironmentNEW VENTURE FUND — $50,000 · EnvironmentISLANDWOOD — $50,000 · EnvironmentKUOW PUGET SOUND PUBLIC RADIO — $162,500 · Arts & CultureRECOVERY CAFE — $82,500 · HealthHEALTHPOINT — $47,500 · HealthPediatric Interim Care Center — $25,000 · Health
Education$2,591,387Other$1,565,972Youth Development$357,500International$208,499Environment$177,500Arts & Culture$162,500Health$155,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION — $1,802,154 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetBELLEVUE SCHOOLS FOUNDATION — $339,300 over 2y, 12% of budgetTREEHOUSE — $327,500 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetDONORSCHOOSEORG — $305,300 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetSeattle Children's Foundation — $300,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAGROS INTERNATIONAL — $204,124 over 4y, 3.3% of budgetKUOW PUGET SOUND PUBLIC RADIO — $162,500 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetTIDES FOUNDATION — $95,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRECOVERY CAFE — $82,500 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetFuse Innovation Fund — $77,500 over 3y, 2.7% of budgetCenter For Wooden Boats — $74,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetNEW VENTURE FUND — $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetISLANDWOOD — $50,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSan Juan Islands Museum of Art — $50,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetHEALTHPOINT — $47,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNW Childrens Foundation — $45,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetVENTURES — $35,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetTHE EVERGREEN SCHOOL — $33,333 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMaris Place — $30,000 over 2y, 4.9% of budgetGREEN PLATE SPECIAL — $26,275 over 3y, 3.3% of budgetPediatric Interim Care Center — $25,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC — $24,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWashington Progress Fund — $22,500 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetTerraCycle Global Foundation Inc — $20,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetPERSPECTIVES INC — $20,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetAFRICAN COMMUNITY HOUSING & DEVELOPMENT — $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSTREET BUSINESS SCHOOL — $20,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetFOOD LIFELINE — $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEVERGREEN GOODWILL OF NORTHWEST WASHINGTON — $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCommunities Rise — $15,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetCENTER FOR INCLUSIVE ENTREPRENEURSHIP — $15,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetJUSTICE AND SOUL FOUNDATION — $12,500 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetRidge 2 River Animal Haven — $12,300 over 1y, 14% of budgetNORTHWEST YOUTH SERVICES — $11,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetKING COUNTY BAR FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSEATTLE CHILDREN'S THEATRE ASSOCIATION — $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetANIMAL PROTECTION SOCIETY OF FRIDAY HARBOR — $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetWASHINGTON STATE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES — $5,000 over 1y, 6.9% of budgetALVIS INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEO Philanthropy Inc — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPUAKO COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION — $4,000 over 2y, 10% of budgetMOUNTAIN CLIMATE FUND — $2,500 over 1y, 6.3% of budgetPacific Lutheran University — $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL — $1,875 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNORTH KOHALA COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER — $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLAKE FOREST PARK P T A 6-12-40 — $1,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetMALA'AI — $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPLYMOUTH HOUSING GROUP AND SUBSIDIARIES — $850 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Seattle FoundationThe Norcliffe Foundat…Puget Sound Energy Fo…United Way of King Co…Moccasin Lake Foundat…The Russell Family Fo…Medina FoundationRaikes FoundationThe Satterberg Founda…Gates FoundationWyman Youth TrustStolte Family Foundat…
Seattle FoundationWA42.6× affinity23 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Seattle Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · United Way of King County · Moccasin Lake Foundation · The Russell Family Foundation · Medina Foundation · Raikes Foundation · The Satterberg Foundation Inc · Gates Foundation · Wyman Youth Trust · Stolte Family Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Mark Torrance Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%4%8%15%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    20report 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

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Mark Torrance Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Mark Torrance 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 63 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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