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Norberg Family 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.

$185k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
43
Grants FY2024
44
Organizations funded FY2023
16%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$60,000
Organizations funded a year
29 to 45
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
7
Total assets, FY2024
$2.3M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 16% of the organizations Norberg Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Arts & CultureEducationRecreation & SportsYouth DevelopmentEnvironmentHealthOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving42$184k10%
FY202344$142k16%
FY202230$141k7%
FY202133$108k15%
FY202042$137k17%
FY201929$122k3%
FY201845$128k24%
FY201742$122kn/a
97% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$502kPhilanthropy$131kEducation$122kYouth Development$57kEnvironment$55kHuman Services$49kHealth$41kInternational$35kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
NY
OR
NJ
CA
CO
VA
TN
HI
GA

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Ensemble Theatre Company of Santa Barbara Inc$134,30072%
Seattle Art Museum$124,32280%
United Way of King County$115,50040%
The Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Seattle (6871)$31,00060%
Boys and Girls Clubs of King County$30,00050%
BOYS and GIRLS CLUB OF SANTA BARBARAINC$23,00083%
University of Washington$22,5912n/a
Seattle Preparatory School$20,0007n/a
Rainier Scholars$20,00040%
Museum of Flight Foundation$19,90080%
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All grantees of Norberg Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Ensemble Theatre Company of Santa Barbara Inc$134,30072%
Seattle Art Museum$124,32280%
United Way of King County$115,50040%
The Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Seattle (6871)$31,00060%
Boys and Girls Clubs of King County$30,00050%
BOYS and GIRLS CLUB OF SANTA BARBARAINC$23,00083%
University of Washington$22,5912n/a
Seattle Preparatory School$20,0007n/a
Rainier Scholars$20,00040%
Museum of Flight Foundation$19,90080%
The Colorado College$19,22570%
Cascade Public Media$15,00070%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$13,50080%
Direct Relief$13,00080%
Villagereach$12,00030%
Santa Barbara Center for the Performing Arts Inc$10,00030%
Seattle Parks Foundation$9,00080%
The San Juan Preservation Trust$9,00080%
The Trust for Public Land$8,50070%
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden$8,00080%
Medical Teams International$8,00080%
Villa Academy$8,00040%
Washington Policy Center$8,00080%
Medic One Foundation$8,00080%
University of Washington Foundation$7,50010%
William D Ruckelshaus Center Foundation$7,50060%
Ducks Unlimited Inc$7,36750%
The Seattle Aquarium Society$7,00070%
Woodland Park Zoological Society$6,00060%
Artsfund$5,00020%
Dungeness River Nature Center$4,50050%
Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara$4,00030%
Maris Place$4,00040%
Montecito Trails Foundation$3,50030%
Long Live the Kings$2,50020%
Pepperwood Foundation$2,00020%
Global Water Challenge$2,00030%
Cascadia Art Museum$2,00040%
Arboretum Foundation$1,50030%
Recovery Cafe$1,50020%
Pike Place Market Foundation$1,00010%
The Lahaina Restoration Foundation$1,00010%
Seattle Children's Theatre Association$1,00020%
The Mt Baker Community Club$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 35 recipients with no EIN on record ($323k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Norberg Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetEnsemble Theatre Company of Santa Barbara Inc: $134,300 over 7y, 1.5% of budgetSeattle Art Museum: $124,322 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetUnited Way of King County: $115,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Seattle (6871): $31,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBoys and Girls Clubs of King County: $30,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS and GIRLS CLUB OF SANTA BARBARAINC: $23,000 over 8y, 2.9% of budgetRainier Scholars: $20,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMuseum of Flight Foundation: $19,900 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetThe Colorado College: $19,225 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCascade Public Media: $15,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $13,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetDirect Relief: $13,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetVillagereach: $12,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSanta Barbara Center for the Performing Arts Inc: $10,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSeattle Parks Foundation: $9,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetThe San Juan Preservation Trust: $9,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetThe Trust for Public Land: $8,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSanta Barbara Botanic Garden: $8,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMedical Teams International: $8,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetVilla Academy: $8,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWashington Policy Center: $8,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMedic One Foundation: $8,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Washington Foundation: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWilliam D Ruckelshaus Center Foundation: $7,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetDucks Unlimited Inc: $7,367 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Seattle Aquarium Society: $7,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetWoodland Park Zoological Society: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetArtsfund: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDungeness River Nature Center: $4,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetScholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMaris Place: $4,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetMontecito Trails Foundation: $3,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetLong Live the Kings: $2,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPepperwood Foundation: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGlobal Water Challenge: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCascadia Art Museum: $2,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetArboretum Foundation: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRecovery Cafe: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPike Place Market Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Lahaina Restoration Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSeattle Children's Theatre Association: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Mt Baker Community Club: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 42.

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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 FoundationWA33.4× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Seattle Foundation · Wyman Youth Trust · Apex Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · M J Murdock Charitable Trust · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · United Way of King County · Artsfund · Stevens Family Foundation · Riley W and Nancy a Pleas Family Foundation · The Hugh and Jane Ferguson 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.

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About Norberg Family Foundation

How much does Norberg Family Foundation give?
Norberg Family Foundation reported 43 grants totaling $185,070 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 29 and 45 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Norberg Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (46%), Philanthropy (12%), Education (11%).
Who are Norberg Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Ensemble Theatre Company of Santa Barbara Inc ($134k), Seattle Art Museum ($124k), United Way of King County ($116k).
Does Norberg Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 16% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Norberg Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Norberg Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Seattle Foundation, Wyman Youth Trust, Apex Foundation.
Where is Norberg Family Foundation based?
Norberg Family Foundation is based in WA.

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 82 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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