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Northwest Harvest Emm

The organization's mission is growing food justice through collective action.

$33M
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$3.0M
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 2025.

Food & Nutrition$12M
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 5 grants below total $3,135,483, the rows itemized in this filing. The $33,425,551 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $30,290,068 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 · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $3k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $20k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $80k
  • $250k+1 grant · $3.0M
$20,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$90M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ALPENGLOW IMPACT$3,032,093
MUST-MENTORING URBAN STUDENTS AND TEENS$80,000
THE BRONZE CHAPTER$20,000
KENT FOOD BANK AND EMERGENCY SERVICES$1,695
NORTHEAST FOOD PANTRY$1,695
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 (FY20–25, $494k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 51% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 9%YELM COMMUNITY SERVICES: $2k → 9%APOYO: $5k → 11%MARTIN LUTHER KING JR COMMUNITY CENTER: $2k → 12%PEOPLE FOR PEOPLE: $2k → 17%THE COUNCIL AGING & HUMAN SERVICES: $5k → 20%SD NCWDC-CHELANDOUGLAS CAC: $200 → 9%NUESTRA CASA: $40k → 11%APOYO: $2k → 11%COUNCIL ON AGING & HUMAN SERVICES: $2k → 20%NUESTRA CASA: $40k → 11%OIC OF WA FOOD BANK: $40k → 17%COMMUNITY ACTION CENTER: $5k → 20%NUESTRA CASA: $30k → 11%OIC OF WA FOOD BANK: $40k → 17%REFUGEE IMMIGRANT CONNECTIONS SPOKANE: $40k → 12%MOTHER AFRICA: $40k → 9%MOTHER AFRICA: $40k → 9%MOTHER AFRICA: $30k → 9%ALIMENTANDO AL PUEBLO: $40k → 9%ALIMENTANDO AL PUEBLO: $2k → 9%PLATEAU OUTREACH MINISTRIES: $2k → 9%UTOPIA WA: $40k → 9%EAGLES NEST COMMUNITY KITCHEN: $2k → 9%KENT FOOD BANK AND EMERGENCY SERVICES: $2k → 9%HOPELINK BELLEVUE: $2k → 9%URBAN FAMILY CENTER ASSOCIATION: $40k → 9%UNIVERSITY DISTRICT FOOD BANK: $2k → 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.

31%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.6M · 14 repeat orgs$3.7M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +69% since the first grant, against +42% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
49

Total granted

$1.6M
$656k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+69%
+42%

Still filing today

79%
82%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 3% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3.1M went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesFood & NutritionYouth DevelopmentEnvironmentCivil RightsHealthOther
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

  • MU
    MENTORING URBAN STUDENTS & TEENS
    2× · 2021–2025 · $180k · revenue +37%
  • NC
    Nuestra CASA
    3× · 2021–2023 · $110k · revenue +97%
  • MA
    MOTHER AFRICA
    4× · 2021–2024 · $110k · revenue +63%

Funded once

  • LE
    LATINOS EN SPOKANE
    3× · 2023–2025 · $80k · revenue -23%
  • EF
    EMERGENCY FOOD NETWORK OF TACOMA AND PIERCE COUNTYgraduated
    7× · 2017–2024 · $75k · revenue +34%
  • FW
    Fuse Washington
    one grant, 2024 · $40k · revenue -25%
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
Columbia Pacific Food Bank

Columbia pacific food bank is the regional food distribution center for columbia county, oregon and local food pantry for the community of saint helens.

Food & Nutrition
2
Selah-Naches Food Bank

The Organization's mission is to feed hungry people by soliciting and judiciously distribution food and grocery products and to educate the public about the nature of and solutions to the problems of hunger.

Food & Nutrition
3
Feeding Washington

Create a strong and effective statewide infrastructure that efficiently leverages resources to expand capacity in Washington State's Feeding America network.

Food & Nutrition
4
Storehouse Food Bank

Serving our community with healthy food and care.

Food & Nutrition
5
South Corvallis Food Bank

Increase sustainable food security in South Corvallis by providing emergency food and supplies.

Food & Nutrition
6
Food Resource Network

Increase people's ability to meet their own food needs.

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7
Siskiyou Community Food Bank

We provided free healthy food to low-income families and individuals in need.

Food & Nutrition
8
Estacada Area Food Bank

To provide food for local community families.

Human Services
9
Alameda Emergency Food Dba Alameda Food Bank

Founded in 1977, The Alameda Food Bank is a non-profit organization that helps Alameda residents in need by providing nourishing food in compassionate and respectful manner with the support of dedicated volunteers and local partners.

Food & Nutrition
10
Camas Prairie Food Bank Inc

Camas Prairie Food Bank Inc collects food and cash donations to purchase food which it then distributes to directly to the local population. The distribution center is open 2 days per week from 10AM to 2PM for those in need to stop by and…

Food & Nutrition
11
Washington Food Coalition

To strengthen hunger relief providers in WA State.

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12
Lake County Food Share Inc

Lake county food share inc is an organization whose purpose is to coordinate and to meet both supplemental and emergency food needs of families and individuals in lake county, oregon.

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Families Unlimited Network; the most unlike its peers is Cultures United. 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

330 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.

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)
132
Early backer (in before they grew)
317/330
Grantees still filing
250/330
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SOCIAL GOOD FUND INC: $6,789,384 · EducationSOCIAL GOOD FUND INCALPENGLOW IMPACT: $3,032,093 · OtherALPENGLOW IMPACTSAFEWAY INC: $727,920 · OtherSAFEWAY INC+28 more: $499,870 · Other+28 moreNuestra CASA: $110,000 · Human ServicesMOTHER AFRICA: $110,000 · Human ServicesOPPORTUNITIES INDUSTRIALIZATION CENTER OF WASHINGTON: $80,000 · Human ServicesALIMENTANDO AL PUEBLO: $41,695 · Human ServicesREFUGEE AND IMMIGRANT CONNECTIONS OF SPOKANE: $40,000 · Human ServicesUNITED TERRITORIES OF PACIFIC ISLANDERS WASHINGTON-UTOPIA WA: $40,000 · Human ServicesURBAN FAMILY CENTER ASSOCIATION URBAN FAMILY: $40,000 · Human ServicesLatino Community Fund of Washington State: $30,000 · Human Services+12 more: $32,150 · Human ServicesMENTORING URBAN STUDENTS & TEENS: $180,000 · Youth DevelopmentPEACEKEEPER SOCIETY: $30,000 · Youth Development+1 more: $1,695 · Youth DevelopmentEMERGENCY FOOD NETWORK OF TACOMA AND PIERCE COUNTY: $75,000 · Food & NutritionLIVING WELL KENT COLLABORATIVE: $30,000 · Food & NutritionCashmere Food Bank: $10,000 · Food & NutritionHIGHLAND FOOD BANK: $10,000 · Food & Nutrition+6 more: $10,170 · Food & NutritionGLOBAL TO LOCAL HEALTH INITIATIVE: $80,000 · HealthSPOKANE AIDS NETWORK: $40,000 · HealthPacific Islander Community Association of WA: $70,000 · Civil RightsCOLECTIVA LEGAL DEL PUEBLO: $21,000 · Civil Rights
Education$6,789,384Other$4,259,883Human Services$523,845Youth Development$211,695Food & Nutrition$135,170Health$120,000Civil Rights$91,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSOCIAL GOOD FUND INC: $6,789,384 over 3y, 4.9% of budgetMENTORING URBAN STUDENTS & TEENS: $180,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetNuestra CASA: $110,000 over 3y, 7.3% of budgetMOTHER AFRICA: $110,000 over 4y, 2.7% of budgetAFRICAN COMMUNITY HOUSING & DEVELOPMENT: $80,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetGLOBAL TO LOCAL HEALTH INITIATIVE: $80,000 over 2y, 4.5% of budgetOPPORTUNITIES INDUSTRIALIZATION CENTER OF WASHINGTON: $80,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetLATINOS EN SPOKANE: $80,000 over 3y, 4.5% of budgetEMERGENCY FOOD NETWORK OF TACOMA AND PIERCE COUNTY: $75,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF SEATTLE: $70,000 over 2y, 6.3% of budgetPacific Islander Community Association of WA: $70,000 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetALIMENTANDO AL PUEBLO: $41,695 over 3y, 8.8% of budgetFuse Washington: $40,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetREFUGEE AND IMMIGRANT CONNECTIONS OF SPOKANE: $40,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetSPOKANE AIDS NETWORK: $40,000 over 5y, 18% of budgetUNITED TERRITORIES OF PACIFIC ISLANDERS WASHINGTON-UTOPIA WA: $40,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetPEACEKEEPER SOCIETY: $30,000 over 5y, 3.6% of budgetNORTHWEST IMMIGRANT RIGHTS PROJECT: $30,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLIVING WELL KENT COLLABORATIVE: $30,000 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetLatino Community Fund of Washington State: $30,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCOLECTIVA LEGAL DEL PUEBLO: $21,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetFIRST PLACE: $11,695 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetCashmere Food Bank: $10,000 over 5y, 6.7% of budgetCOUNCIL ON AGING & HUMAN SERVICES: $6,695 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetAPOYO: $6,695 over 9y, 0.8% of budgetGoodRoots Northwest: $1,695 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetNew Hope Ranch: $1,695 over 8y, 2.2% of budgetBALLARD FOOD BANK: $1,695 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetEAGLES NEST COMMUNITY KITCHEN: $1,695 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetMAKING A DIFFERENCE FOUNDATION: $1,695 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY DISTRICT SERVICE LEAGUE: $1,695 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetVolunteers of America Western Washington: $1,695 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMARYSVILLE COMMUNITY FOOD BANK: $1,695 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMAPLE VALLEY FOOD BANK AND EMERGENCY SERVICES: $1,695 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetURBAN LEAGUE OF METROPOLITAN SEATTLE: $1,695 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSKY VALLEY FOOD BANK: $1,695 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetHOPELINK: $1,695 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetMARTIN LUTHER KING JR FAMILY OUTRE: $1,695 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPLATEAU OUTREACH MINISTRIES: $1,695 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTH WHIDBEY GOOD CHEER: $1,695 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetYELM COMMUNITY SERVICES: $1,695 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetSNOQUALMIE VALLEY FOOD BANK: $1,695 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetPEOPLE FOR PEOPLE: $1,695 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetWomen & Children's Free Restaurant & Community Kitchen: $1,695 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetWest Seattle Food Bank: $1,695 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SNOHOMISH COUNTY: $1,695 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSNOHOMISH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK: $1,695 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetOUR PLACE COMMUNITY OUTREACH: $1,695 over 9y, 0.1% 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.

Food LifelineSecond Harvest Inland…Puget Sound Energy Fo…United Way of King Co…School's Out Washingt…Harvest Against HungerThe Norcliffe Foundat…Seattle FoundationInatai FoundationCredit Unions in the …Building ChangesMedina Foundation
Food LifelineWA246.1× affinity154 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Food Lifeline · Second Harvest Inland Northwest · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · United Way of King County · School's Out Washington · Harvest Against Hunger · The Norcliffe Foundation · Seattle Foundation · Inatai Foundation · Credit Unions in the State of Washington · Building Changes · Medina 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 Northwest Harvest Emm funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Northwest Harvest Emm. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    36report 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 68 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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