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Ncw Tech Alliance

NCW TECH ALLIANCE encourages the use and development of technology in north central washington by connecting people and resources, providing access to expert information, facilitating the exchange of ideas, and recognizing local innovators.

$182k
Granted FY2023
12
Grants FY2023
1
States reached
$26k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its 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 2023.

Community Improvement$34kEducation$32kHuman Services$22kAnimals$20kPhilanthropy$10kCivil Rights$7kHealth$7k
02FY2023 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 12 grants below total $118,181, the rows itemized in this filing. The $182,181 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $64,000 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 · FY2023

  • Under $10k9 grants · $62k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $56k
$8,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ECONOMIC ALLIANCE$26,000
BIGFOOT COMMUNICATIONS LLC$20,000
WENATCHEE VALLEY SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER$10,000
COLUMBIA BASIN FOUNDATION$9,681
NCW LIBRARIES$8,500
OUR VALLEY OUR FUTURE$8,000
UNIDOS NUEVA ALIANZA FOUNDATION$7,000
THRIVING NCW$6,500
CHELAN-DOUGLAS COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL$6,000
RURAL RESOURCES COMMUNITY ACTION$5,500
BIG BEND COMMUNITY COLLEGE$5,500
WENATCHEE VALLEY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC$5,500
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 (FY23–23, $38k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 58% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%RURAL RESOURCES COMMUNITY ACTION: $6k → 13%COLUMBIA BASIN FOUNDATION: $10k → 14%WENATCHEE VALLEY SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER: $10k → 9%UNIDOS NUEVA ALIANZA FOUNDATION: $7k → 14%CHELAN-DOUGLAS COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL: $6k → 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 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
Central Washington Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

We increase access to economic opportunities for business owners, entrepreneurs, and individuals in Central Washington by connecting and providing them with resources, representation, and opportunities to build community.

Community Improvement
2
Cowlitz Economic Development Council

Foster Growth in the Community

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3
Whatcom Community College Foundation

The wcc foundation strengthens educational opportunities by providing student scholarships, supporting faculty and staff development, and assisting with key college initiatives.

Education
4
Columbia Pacific Economic Developme

The columbia pacific economic development district is to diversify and expand the economic base of the district by actively supporting existing businesses and promoting new business development.

Community Improvement
5
Nw Energy Coalition

The NW Energy Coalition is an alliance of over 100 environmental, civic, and human service organizations, utilities, and businesses in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, and British Columbia, plus many individual members. The NW Energy…

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6
Washington State Rural Development Council

The primary purpose of Washington State Rural Development Council is to work with rural partners around Washington State to coordinate services to rural communities and promote initiatives that support rural community and economic…

Community Improvement
7
Community Action Center

The center provides subsidized housing, weatherization services, emergency services, energy assistance and nutrition education and supplemental food to low income individuals and families in whitman county.

Human Services
8
Community Foundation of Snohomish County

The Community Foundation of Snohomish County (the Foundation) is a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization incorporated under the laws of the State of Washington. The Foundation serves as a community foundation, supporting a broad spectrum of…

Philanthropy
9
Northwest California Resource Conservation & Development Council

Activities within trinity, humboldt, del norte county, siskiyou and mendocino counties and to recruit and administer financial capital for such purposes.

Community Improvement
10
Latino Community Fund of Washington State

Improve the well-being of the Latinos in Washington State

Human Services
11
Clackamas River Basin Council Inc

The council is organized to foster partnerships for clean water, healthy streams, and abundant fisheries in the Clackamas Watershed

Environment
12
Washington Health Care Association

Trade association dedicated to providing educational opportunities, legal and regulatory advice, quality compliance assistance, lobbying and discounted group member benefits for long-term care facilities.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Rural Resources Community Action; the most unlike its peers is Alliance 2005. 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

10 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. 10 of the 12 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/10
Grantees still filing
6/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NORTH CENTRAL REGIONAL LIBRARY DISTRICT: $20,500 · OtherNORTH CENTRAL REGIONAL LIBRARY DIST…BIGFOOT COMMUNICATIONS LLC: $20,000 · OtherBIGFOOT COMMUNICATIONS LLCWenatchee Valley Senior Activity Center: $10,000 · Human ServicesWenatchee Valley Senior Activity …COLUMBIA BASIN FOUNDATION: $9,681 · Human ServicesCOLUMBIA BASIN FOUNDATIONUnidos Nueva Alianza Foundation: $7,000 · Human ServicesUnidos Nueva Alianza FoundationCHELAN-DOUGLAS COMMUNITY ACTION COU: $6,000 · Human ServicesCHELAN-DOUGLAS COMMUNITY ACTION C…RURAL RESOURCES COMMUNITY ACTION: $5,500 · Human ServicesRURAL RESOURCES COMMUNITY ACTIONALLIANCE 2005: $26,000 · Community ImprovementALLIANCE 2005OUR VALLEY OUR FUTURE: $8,000 · Community ImprovementOUR VALLEY OUR FUTUREBIG BEND COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $5,500 · EducationBIG BEND …WENATCHEE VALLEY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $5,500 · EducationWENATCHEE…NORTH CENTRAL ACCOUNTABLE COMMUNITY OF HEALTH: $6,500 · Health
Other$40,500Human Services$38,181Community Improvement$34,000Education$11,000Health$6,500

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetALLIANCE 2005: $26,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetWenatchee Valley Senior Activity Center: $10,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetCOLUMBIA BASIN FOUNDATION: $9,681 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetOUR VALLEY OUR FUTURE: $8,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetUnidos Nueva Alianza Foundation: $7,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetNORTH CENTRAL ACCOUNTABLE COMMUNITY OF HEALTH: $6,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHELAN-DOUGLAS COMMUNITY ACTION COU: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBIG BEND COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $5,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetWENATCHEE VALLEY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $5,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetRURAL RESOURCES COMMUNITY ACTION: $5,500 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.

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.

Community Foundation …North Central Account…Inatai FoundationAmerican Online Givin…Amazonsmile Foundation
Community Foundation of NcwWA19.8× affinity7 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Ncw · North Central Accountable Community of Health · Inatai Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · 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 Ncw Tech Alliance funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ncw Tech Alliance. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    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 12 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $114k of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2023, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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