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Nakajima Foundation at a glance

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Nakajima 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.

$180k
Granted FY2024still arriving
22
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$50k
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.

Arts & Culture$540kHealth$165kHuman Services$80kPhilanthropy$32kFood & Nutrition$25kInternational$20kEducation$18kAnimals$8kOther$0
02FY2024 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k16 grants · $23k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $57k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $100k
$2,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$4.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SEATTLE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC$50,000
SEATTLE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC$50,000
OVERLAKE HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$25,000
SEATTLE OPERA$12,000
BELLEVUE LIFESPRING$10,000
B H MUSIC CENTER$10,000
KUKIO HOOMANA FUND$3,500
OVERLAKE HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$3,500
OVERLAKE HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$2,500
CLASSICAL 98 1$2,000
CLAREMONT-MCKENNA COLLEGE$2,000
OVERLAKE HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$1,100
SEATTLE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL$1,000
WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC$1,000
FARESTART$1,000
02The need
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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, $80k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%OVERLAKE SERVICE LEAGUE DBA BELLEVUE LIFESPRING: $20k → 9%OVERLAKE SERVICE LEAGUE DBA BELLEVUE LIFESPRING: $10k → 9%OVERLAKE SERVICE LEAGUE DBA BELLEVUE LIFESPRING: $10k → 9%BELLEVUE LIFESPRING: $10k → 9%OVERLAKE SERVICE LEAGUE DBA BELLEVUE LIFESPRING: $10k → 9%BELLEVUE LIFESPRING: $10k → 9%OVERLAKE SERVICE LEAGUE DBA BELLEVUE LIFESPRING: $2k → 9%OVERLAKE SERVICE LEAGUE DBA BELLEVUE LIFESPRING: $2k → 9%OVERLAKE SERVICE LEAGUE DBA BELLEVUE LIFESPRING: $1k → 9%KIDVANTAGE: $2k → 9%KIDVANTAGE: $1k → 9%KIDVANTAGE: $1k → 9%EASTSIDE BABY CORNER: $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.
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$831k · 19 repeat orgs$47k to everyone else

19 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
11

Total granted

$831k
$37k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
+48%

Still filing today

89%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureAnimalsEducationHuman ServicesInternationalPhilanthropyOther
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

  • SS
    SEATTLE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $453k · revenue +3%
  • OH
    OVERLAKE HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
    5× · 2020–2024 · $160k · revenue +61%
  • OS
    OVERLAKE SERVICE LEAGUE
    5× · 2020–2024 · $75k · revenue +74%

Funded once

  • Save The Children Federation Inc
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue -13%
  • RAZOM INC
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue -65%
  • SP
    SUGINOKO PRESCHOOLgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue +48%
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
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
2
Association of Washington Cities

The association of washington cities builds connections between our state's diverse cities and towns, while providing our members with the support needed to thrive through delivery of data-driven education, nationally recognized pooling…

—
3
Hawaii Symphony Orchestra

To present the highest-quality performances of great music, bringing national and international distinction to the orchestra and its community; to delight and educate audiences of all ages and backgrounds, and enhance the cultural vitality…

Arts & Culture
4
Friends of Kexp

Kexp's mission is to enrich your life by championing music and discovery.

Youth Development
5
Kqed Inc

See schedule okqed serves the people of northern california with a community-supported alternative to commercial media, providing the knowledge needed to make informed decisions; convening community dialogue; bringing the arts to everyone;…

Arts & Culture
6
University Cooperative School

We take a joyful, community-oriented approach to raising engaged citizens, deep learners, and brave adventurers with the skills, creativity, and heart needed to better the world.

—
7
Sacramento Zoological Society

The sacramento zoo inspires appreciation, respect and a connection with wildlife and nature through education, recreation and conservation.

Animals
8
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
9
The Seattle Academy of Arts & Sciences

Seattle academy is a dynamic community that challenges students to question, imagine, and create in order to contribute to a changing world.

Education
10
School's Out Washington

School's out washington (sowa) drives positive systemic change so that all washington's children and youth, particularly those furthest from justice, have access to a robust ecosystem of high-quality expanded learning programs.

Youth Development
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
Seattle Public Library Foundation

The seattle public library foundation inspires the community's philanthropic support, advocacy for, and pride in the library.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Seattle Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Friends of Washington Music. 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

29 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. 29 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/29
Grantees still filing
18/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SEATTLE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $453,410 · Arts & CultureSEATTLE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INCSEATTLE OPERA: $53,000 · Arts & CultureSEATTLE OPERA+6 more: $34,000 · Arts & Culture+6 moreOVERLAKE HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $160,100 · HealthOVERLAKE HOSPITAL FO…OVERLAKE SERVICE LEAGUE: $75,000 · Human ServicesOVERLAKE S…KIDVANTAGE: $5,000 · Human ServicesKIDVANTAGENORTHWEST HARVEST EMM: $25,000 · OtherClaremont McKenna College: $9,000 · OtherSEATTLE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL: $5,000 · OtherAMERICAN RED CROSS - KING & KITSAP COUNTIES: $2,000 · OtherBRAJ BHUMI GROUP INC: $2,000 · OtherTHE HUMANE SOCIETY FOR SEATTLEKING COUNTY: $5,000 · OtherPASADO'S SAFE HAVEN: $2,000 · OtherFARESTART: $5,000 · Other+6 more: $4,200 · OtherSEATTLE FOUNDATION: $20,000 · PhilanthropyKUKIO HOOMANA FUND: $7,000 · PhilanthropyHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $4,000 · PhilanthropyOPENCOLLECTIVE FOUNDATION: $3,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $1,000 · PhilanthropySave The Children Federation Inc: $10,000 · InternationalRAZOM INC: $10,000 · InternationalSUGINOKO PRESCHOOL: $5,000 · EducationWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 · EducationRAINIER SCHOLARS: $1,000 · Education
Arts & Culture$540,410Health$160,100Human Services$80,000Other$59,200Philanthropy$35,000International$20,000Education$8,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSEATTLE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $453,410 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetOVERLAKE HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $160,100 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetOVERLAKE SERVICE LEAGUE: $75,000 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetSEATTLE OPERA: $53,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetNORTHWEST HARVEST EMM: $25,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSEATTLE FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCLASSICAL 981: $13,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetB H MUSIC CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRAZOM INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetClaremont McKenna College: $9,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetKUKIO HOOMANA FUND: $7,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSUGINOKO PRESCHOOL: $5,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetKIDVANTAGE: $5,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFARESTART: $5,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSEATTLE ART MUSEUM: $5,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HUMANE SOCIETY FOR SEATTLEKING COUNTY: $5,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOPENCOLLECTIVE FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetASUNARO: $2,000 over 2y, 6.0% of budgetCASCADE PUBLIC MEDIA: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPASADO'S SAFE HAVEN: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF WASHINGTON MUSIC: $2,000 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetInland Empire Community Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRAINIER SCHOLARS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetARBORETUM FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SEATTLE AQUARIUM SOCIETY: $350 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOODLAND PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $350 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.

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…The US Charitable Gif…Thurston Charitable F…Gs Donor Advised Phil…The Norcliffe Foundat…Mightycause Charitabl…Apex FoundationM J Murdock Charitabl…Morgan Stanley Global…American Gift Fund
Seattle FoundationWA21.7× affinity9 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 · The US Charitable Gift Trust · Thurston Charitable Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Norcliffe Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Apex Foundation · M J Murdock Charitable Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Gift Fund

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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 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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