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Peaslee Foundation at a glance

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Peaslee 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.

$5k
Granted FY2023
7
Grants FY2023
4
States reached
$1k
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, FY2017 to 2023.

Food & Nutrition$9kInternational$8kEducation$3kYouth Development$2kHealth$2kArts & Culture$2kAnimals$706
02FY2023 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$15k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NORTHWEST HARVEST$1,046
INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE$1,000
FOOD LIFELINE$1,000
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS$1,000
PACIFIC MUSIC WORKS$500
AJIRI FOUNDATION$500
Individual grant recipient$206
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 (FY21–21, $515) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%WORLD FOOD PROGRAM USA: $515 → 14%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.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$22k · 9 repeat orgs$4k to everyone else

9 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2023, 3 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
6

Total granted

$22k
$4k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+6%
+69%

Still filing today

78%
83%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $206 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’23
InternationalFood & NutritionArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentHealthEducationOther
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

  • FL
    FOOD LIFELINE
    3× · 2020–2023 · $4k · revenue +6%
  • IR
    International Rescue Committee INC
    4× · 2018–2023 · $4k · revenue +80%
  • MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC
    3× · 2018–2023 · $3k · revenue +89%

Funded once

  • ST
    SHINE TOGETHER INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $2k · revenue +25%
  • AA
    ACTION AGAINST HUNGER - USAgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $515 · revenue +37%
  • FRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $515 · revenue +117%
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
Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science
2
Alight

Alight builds a meaningful life for and with the displaced. not simply addressing basic needs, but building a life filled with joy, dignity, connection, and purpose. we walk with them along their entire journey of displacement and deliver…

International
3
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
4
American Relief Agency for the Horn of Africa

Araha strives to alleviate human suffering and build self-reliant communities, by providing humanitarian aid and empowering individuals in the horn of africa and here at home.

International
5
World Hunger Relief Institute

World hunger relief institute equips people to alleviate hunger through education, research, and sustainable agriculture.

International
6
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
7
Partnership for Resource Development Inc

Serving the displaced in the middle east.

Religion
8
Food for the Hungry Inc

Food for the hungry is a christian humanitarian aid and global development organization that has designed, developed and delivered solutions for more than 50 years so that children, families and communities can flourish. (continued on…

International
9
Food Forward Inc

Food forward fights hunger and prevents food waste by rescuing fresh surplus produce, connecting this abundance with people experiencing food insecurity, and inspiring others to do the same.

Food & Nutrition
10
Norwegian Refugee Council Usa

The norwegian refugee council usa (nrc usa) is a non-profit organization that was incorporated under the laws of the district of columbia in october 2015 and commenced operations during 2016. nrc usa was established with two primary…

International
11
Rise Against Hunger Inc

Rise against hunger, inc. is an international hunger relief non-profit organization that is driven by a vision of a world without hunger and a mission to end hunger in our lifetime. rise against hunger distributes food and other…

International
12
American Flood Coalition Inc

To drive transformational adaptation to protect communities across the country from higher seas, stronger storms, and more frequent flooding.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Action Against Hunger - Usa; the most unlike its peers is Ajiri Foundation. 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

12 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. 12 of the 16 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
9/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

International Rescue Committee INC: $4,000 · InternationalInternational Rescue Committee INCMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $2,500 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INCUnited States Association for UNHCR: $1,000 · InternationalUnited States Association for UNHCRACTION AGAINST HUNGER - USA: $515 · InternationalACTION AGAINST HUNGER - USANORTHWEST HARVEST EMM: $4,546 · OtherNORTHWEST HARVEST EMMGERMANTOWN FRIENDS SCHOOL: $1,000 · OtherGERMANTOWN FRIENDS SCHOOLSWEDISH MED CTR FDN: $1,000 · OtherSWEDISH MED CTR FDNBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF KING COUNTY: $500 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF KING COUNTYSWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $500 · OtherSWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATIONSEATTLE AREA FELINE RESCUE FKA ANIMAL TALK RESCUE: $500 · OtherSEATTLE AREA FELINE RESCUE FKA ANIMA…+1 more: $206 · OtherFOOD LIFELINE: $4,000 · Food & NutritionFOOD LIFELINEAJIRI FOUNDATION: $2,000 · EducationPACIFIC MUSICWORKS: $1,500 · Arts & CultureSHINE TOGETHER INC: $1,500 · Youth DevelopmentFRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INC: $515 · Human Services
International$8,015Other$8,252Food & Nutrition$4,000Education$2,000Arts & Culture$1,500Youth Development$1,500Human Services$515

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 budgetNORTHWEST HARVEST EMM: $4,546 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD LIFELINE: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAJIRI FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetPACIFIC MUSICWORKS: $1,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetUnited States Association for UNHCR: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetACTION AGAINST HUNGER - USA: $515 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INC: $515 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSEATTLE AREA FELINE RESCUE FKA ANIMAL TALK RESCUE: $500 over 1y, 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report 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 16 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record but names no grant recipient in the published copy, so the figures above are from FY2023, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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