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McElevey Charitable Foundation at a glance

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McElevey 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.

$21k
Granted FY2024still arriving
9
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$6k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$16kHuman Services$16kHousing & Shelter$8kHealth$7kPublic Benefit$5kEnvironment$3kArts & Culture$2kFood & Nutrition$2kOther$0
02FY2024 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$394k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WEST HILLS CHRISTIAN SCHOOL$6,000
WITH LOVE OREGON$4,000
THE FRESH WATER TRUST$3,000
WILD SHEEP FOUNDATION$2,000
LOVE INC OF LEWIS COUNTY$2,000
BREAD OF LIFE MISSION$1,000
VISION HOUSE$1,000
TUALATIN FOOD PANTRY$1,000
LITTLE BIT RIDING CENTER$1,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $21k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 44% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 8%WITH LOVE OREGON: $4k → 8%VISION HOUSE: $1k → 9%QUILCEDA COMMUNITY SERVICES: $1k → 9%WITH LOVE OREGON: $3k → 8%VISION HOUSE: $1k → 9%QUILCEDA COMMUNITY SERVICES: $1k → 9%WITH LOVE OREGON: $3k → 8%VISION HOUSE: $1k → 9%WITH LOVE OREGON: $2k → 8%VISION HOUSE: $1k → 9%BREAD OF LIFE MISSION: $1k → 9%BREAD OF LIFE MISSION: $1k → 9%BREAD OF LIFE MISSION: $1k → 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

WA
MT
MI
OR
SD
CA
VA
TN
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.

81%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$43k · 11 repeat orgs$10k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +85% since the first grant, against -35% for those funded once.

11 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
4

Total granted

$43k
$4k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+85%
-35%

Still filing today

55%
25%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’23’24
Human ServicesAnimalsArts & CultureEducationOther
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

  • WITH LOVE OREGON INC
    4× · 2020–2024 · $12k · revenue +122%
  • WH
    WEST HILLS CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
    2× · 2023–2024 · $9k · revenue +10%
  • VH
    VISION HOUSE
    4× · 2020–2024 · $4k · revenue +43%

Funded once

  • NH
    NORTHWEST HARVEST EMM
    one grant, 2020 · $1k · revenue -35%
  • BO
    BREAD OF LIFE MISSION
    one grant, 2020 · $1k
  • BI
    BRIALLE INSTITUTE
    one grant, 2020 · $1k
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
The Humane Society for Seattleking County

Seattle humane promotes the human-animal bond by saving and serving pets in need, regardless of age, ability, circumstance or geography.

Animals
2
Washington Wild

Washington wild protects and restores wild lands and waters in washington state through advocacy, education and civic engagement.

Animals
3
Senior Life Resources Northwest

To preserve and enhance the quality of life at home, with dignity and care.

Human Services
4
Washington Leadership Academy Public Charter School

Wla combines best practices in teaching and learning, with the latest in educational technology to create an unparalleled high school experience. students will graduate from wla prepared for college, career, and lives of public leadership.

Education
5
Coast Fork Willamette Watershed Council

The Coast Fork Willamette Watershed Council is a local nonprofit organization that strives to enhance and restore habitat for fish and wildlife our community and for future generations. Our Board of Directors consists of seven members with…

Environment
6
Westwind Stewardship Group

The westwind stewardship group inspires people to be stewards of the environment and their communities by conserving westwind's diverse ecosystems in perpetuity and fostering life-changing experiences for children, families, individuals,…

Environment
7
Washington Vocational Services

To provide job development, job seeking skills and job placement for persons with disabilities. we are dedicated to providing outstanding quality services that result in successful community involvement and employment for persons with…

Employment
8
Life Science Washington

Life science washington is a non-profit trade and professional association dedicated to promoting innovation and responsible growth in the life sciences and biomedical industries in the state of washington. promotion and education are…

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9
Northwest University

We, the people of northwest university, carry the call of god by continually building a learning community dedicated to spiritual vitality, academic excellence, and empowered engagement with human need.

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10
Pacific Shellfish Institute

Fostering sustainable shellfish resources and a healthy marine environment through research and education.

Science & Tech
11
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
12
Western Valley Waldorf Association Dba Cedarwood Waldorf School

Cedarwood school brings waldorf education to life and strives to instill a love for learning. our curriculum weaves together the arts, academics and movement, with a reverence for the developing child. we nurture our children's…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Northwest Harvest Emm; the most unlike its peers is Hillsdale College. 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

11 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. 11 of the 20 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
9/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WITH LOVE OREGON INC: $11,500 · Human ServicesWITH LOVE OREGON INCVISION HOUSE: $4,000 · Human ServicesVISION HOUSEBREAD OF LIFE MISSION: $3,000 · Human ServicesBREAD OF LIFE MISSIONQUILCEDA COMMUNITY SERVICES: $2,000 · Human ServicesQUILCEDA COMMUNITY SERVICESLOVE INC OF LEWIS COUNTY: $4,000 · OtherLOVE INC OF LEWIS COUNTYLITTLE BIT RIDING CENTER: $2,000 · OtherLITTLE BIT RIDING CENTERST JOSEPHS INDIAN SCHOOL: $2,000 · OtherST JOSEPHS INDIAN SCHOOLGIDEONS INTERNATIONAL: $2,000 · OtherGIDEONS INTERNATIONALPROVIDENCE HOSPICE OF SEATTLE FOUND: $2,000 · OtherPROVIDENCE HOSPICE OF SEATTLE F…NORTHWEST HARVEST EMM: $1,000 · OtherNORTHWEST HARVEST EMMTUALATIN FOOD PANTRY: $1,000 · OtherTUALATIN FOOD PANTRYBREAD OF LIFE MISSION: $1,000 · OtherBREAD OF LIFE MISSIONBRIALLE INSTITUTE: $1,000 · OtherBRIALLE INSTITUTEST JOESEPHS INDIAN SCHOOL: $1,000 · OtherST JOESEPHS INDIAN SCHOOLWEST HILLS CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $8,500 · EducationWEST HILLS CHRISTIAN SC…HILLSDALE COLLEGE: $4,000 · EducationHILLSDALE COLLEGETHE FRESHWATER TRUST: $3,000 · AnimalsTHE FRESH…WILD SHEEP FOUNDATION: $2,000 · AnimalsWILD SHEE…Leadership Institute: $4,500 · Public BenefitPORT GAMBLE S'KLALLAM FOUNDATION: $2,000 · Arts & Culture
Human Services$20,500Other$17,000Education$12,500Animals$5,000Public Benefit$4,500Arts & Culture$2,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWITH LOVE OREGON INC: $11,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetWEST HILLS CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $8,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLeadership Institute: $4,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVISION HOUSE: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBREAD OF LIFE MISSION: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FRESHWATER TRUST: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPORT GAMBLE S'KLALLAM FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWILD SHEEP FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetQUILCEDA COMMUNITY SERVICES: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHWEST HARVEST EMM: $1,000 over 1y, 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 WITH LOVE OREGON INC ↗
  • Who funds WEST HILLS CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds Leadership Institute ↗
  • Who funds VISION HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds HILLSDALE COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds BREAD OF LIFE MISSION ↗
  • Who funds THE FRESHWATER TRUST ↗
  • Who funds PORT GAMBLE S'KLALLAM FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WILD SHEEP FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds QUILCEDA COMMUNITY SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds NORTHWEST HARVEST EMM ↗

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.

The Blackbaud Giving …Natl Christian Charit…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Blackbaud Giving FundSC10.1× affinity4 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization McElevey Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from McElevey Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 17%
  • The Freshwater Trust: 17% of income from government
  • With Love Oregon Inc: 16% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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.

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 20 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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