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Pemco Foundation Inc at a glance

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Pemco Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$255k
Granted FY2025still arriving
70
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$1.3MArts & Culture$430kCommunity Improvement$234kYouth Development$123kCrime & Legal$108kPhilanthropy$80kPublic Safety & Disaster$59kHealth$54kOther$0
02FY2025 · 70 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k66 grants · $89k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $66k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
$900
Median grant
3
States reached
$2.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
INDEPENDENT COLLEGES OF WASHINGTON$100,000
EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$25,619
WASHINGTON BUSINESS WEEK$25,000
Individual grant recipient$15,000
AMERICAN RED CROSS$9,835
CAMP FIRE OF SNOHOMISH COUNTY$7,500
YOUGIVEGOODS$6,439
FIRST AME CHURCH$5,000
JOYA CHILD & FAMILY DEVELOPMENT$5,000
TABOR 100$3,600
HOUSING HOPE$1,950
Individual grant recipient$1,500
Individual grant recipient$1,500
Individual grant recipient$1,500
Individual grant recipient$1,500
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $66k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 8% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%ABRAHAM'S HOUSE: $100 → 10%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $26k → 9%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $10k → 9%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $6k → 9%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $3k → 9%NORTHWEST BATTLE BUDDIES: $905 → 9%EMBRACE WASHINGTON: $3k → 12%YOUTHCARE: $1k → 9%Spokane Eastside Reunion Association: $1k → 12%PROVIDENCE HOSPICE OF SEATTLE FOUNDATION: $695 → 9%PROVIDENCE HOSPICE OF SEATTLE FOUNDATION: $665 → 9%EMBRACE WASHINGTON: $100 → 12%PROVIDENCE HOSPICE OF SEATTLE FOUNDATION: $650 → 9%PROVIDENCE HOSPICE OF SEATTLE FOUNDATION: $200 → 9%ONE HEART: $655 → 12%Safety Net: $765 → 12%SAFETY NET: $50 → 12%PROVIDENCE HOSPICE OF SEATTLE FOUNDATION: $1k → 9%PROVIDENCE HOSPICE OF SEATTLE FOUNDATION: $1k → 9%PROVIDENCE HOSPICE OF SEATTLE FOUNDATION: $200 → 9%PROVIDENCE HOSPICE OF SEATTLE FOUNDATION: $50 → 9%PUGET SOUND REGIONAL SERVICES: $665 → 9%PUGET SOUND REGIONAL SERVICES: $200 → 9%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $4k → 9%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $2k → 9%American Red Cross: $240 → 9%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $50 → 9%EARLY LEARNING & DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $715 → 9%EARLY LEARNING & DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $685 → 9%EARLY LEARNING & DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $685 → 9%Hope Link: $50 → 9%YOUTHCARE: $100 → 9%YouthCare: $50 → 9%UNIVERSITY DISTRICT FOOD BANK: $25 → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
ND
MN
NY
OR
IN
PA
NJ
CA
CO
VA
AZ
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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.5M · 265 repeat orgs$209k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +46% since the first grant, against +24% for those funded once.

265 repeat relationships: 41 still active in FY2025, 224 since wound down; 29 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

265
166

Total granted

$2.5M
$179k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+46%
+24%

Still filing today

17%
29%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesHealthAnimalsYouth DevelopmentArts & CultureOther
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

  • IC
    INDEPENDENT COLLEGES OF WASHINGTON
    6× · 2017–2025 · $415k · revenue +70%
  • CP
    CASCADE PUBLIC MEDIA
    8× · 2017–2024 · $414k · revenue +158%
  • EW
    Eastern Washington University Foundation
    8× · 2017–2025 · $200k · revenue +316%

Funded once

  • PS
    PHCC SPECIAL EVENTS CHRISTMAS TREE AUCTION
    one grant, 2022 · $22k
  • CL
    CISPUS LEARNING CENTER
    one grant, 2021 · $15k
  • SA
    SEATTLE ACADEMY
    one grant, 2018 · $10k
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
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
2
Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences

Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences educates and trains health care professionals emphasizing service among rural and medically under-served communities throughout the Northwest.

Education
3
United Way of Snohomish County

United way of snohomish county improves lives for families in snohomish county by bringing people, resources, and strategy together.

Philanthropy
4
Life Science Washington

Life science washington is a non-profit trade and professional association dedicated to promoting innovation and responsible growth in the life sciences and biomedical industries in the state of washington. promotion and education are…

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5
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…

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6
Emergency Medical Services at the University of Washington
Health
7
Washington Filmworks

To build and enhance the competitiveness of Washington State's film and associated creative industry. We accomplish this by marketing and managing the state's production incentive program, representing the state in national and…

Community Improvement
8
Kuow Puget Sound Public Radio

Kuow/puget sound public radio is a nonprofit organization which operates three radio stations to provide news, information, and cultural programs to the greater seattle area. our mission is to create and serve a more informed public.

Arts & Culture
9
King County Sexual Assault Resource Center

KCSARC is the largest and most comprehensive non-profit provider of sexual assault services in King County and Washington State. Our vision is a community free of sexual violence. Our mission is to: give voice to victims, their families,…

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10
Cares of Washington

Support people with disabilities and low incomes to realize their purpose, potential and strength.

Employment
11
Disability Rights Washington

Disability rights washington's mission is to advance the dignity, equality, and self determination of people with disabilities. we work to pursue justice on matters related to human and legal rights.

Human Services
12
Fsc I&P

Fsc i&p promotes environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial, and economically viable management of the world's forests. this mission aligns with the forest stewardship council (fsc), its network of offices, and other organizations.…

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Northwest Center; the most unlike its peers is American Diabetes Association. 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

105 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. 105 of the 461 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)
20
Early backer (in before they grew)
103/105
Grantees still filing
71/105
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FOUNDATION FOR PRIVATE ENTERPRISE: $234,335 · OtherFOUNDATION FOR PRIVATE ENTERPRISECRIME STOPPERS OF PUGET SOUND: $106,855 · OtherCRIME STOPPERS OF PUGET SOUNDIndividual grant recipient: $58,510 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $45,000 · Other+174 more: $715,610 · Other+174 moreINDEPENDENT COLLEGES OF WASHINGTON: $415,000 · EducationINDEPENDENT COLLEGES OF WASHI…Eastern Washington University Foundation: $199,524 · EducationEastern Washington University…+3 more: $21,650 · EducationCASCADE PUBLIC MEDIA: $414,200 · Arts & CultureCASCADE PUBLIC MEDI…+4 more: $11,970 · Arts & CultureCAMP FIRE SNOHOMISH COUNTY: $68,500 · Youth DevelopmentMaris Place: $7,450 · Youth DevelopmentTREEHOUSE: $4,115 · Youth Development+1 more: $1,865 · Youth DevelopmentYOUGIVEGOODS FOUNDATION INC: $41,417 · PhilanthropySEATTLE FOUNDATION: $30,000 · PhilanthropyMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $2,500 · PhilanthropyAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $55,297 · Human ServicesPROVIDENCE HOSPICE OF SEATTLE FOUNDATION: $4,705 · Human ServicesEMBRACE WASHINGTON: $2,600 · Human Services+1 more: $2,085 · Human ServicesJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF WASHINGTON: $27,350 · International
Other$1,160,310Education$636,174Arts & Culture$426,170Youth Development$81,930Philanthropy$73,917Human Services$64,687International$27,350

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetINDEPENDENT COLLEGES OF WASHINGTON: $415,000 over 6y, 5.1% of budgetCASCADE PUBLIC MEDIA: $414,200 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR PRIVATE ENTERPRISE: $234,335 over 9y, 12% of budgetEastern Washington University Foundation: $199,524 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetCRIME STOPPERS OF PUGET SOUND: $106,855 over 6y, 6.3% of budgetCAMP FIRE SNOHOMISH COUNTY: $68,500 over 7y, 2.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $55,297 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetYOUGIVEGOODS FOUNDATION INC: $41,417 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetSEATTLE FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF WASHINGTON: $27,350 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetSpokane Guilds' School & Neuromuscular Center: $24,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTABOR 100 INC: $13,300 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCollege Success Foundation: $12,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHWEST HARVEST EMM: $9,040 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOCOON HOUSE: $7,830 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetMaris Place: $7,450 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetGreen River College Foundation: $7,150 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetVANESSA BEHAN: $5,210 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetPACIFIC SCIENCE CENTER FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROVIDENCE HOSPICE OF SEATTLE FOUNDATION: $4,705 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTREEHOUSE: $4,115 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $3,925 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetEVERGREEN SAFETY COUNCIL: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRICHARD HUGO HOUSE: $2,680 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetEMBRACE WASHINGTON: $2,600 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Cancer Association: $2,225 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEARLY LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT CENT: $2,085 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRAIN CITY ROCK CAMP FOR GIRLS: $2,065 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY MANKATO FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT GIRL MENTORING PROGRAM: $1,865 over 2y, 0.2% 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.

  • Who funds INDEPENDENT COLLEGES OF WASHINGTON ↗
  • Who funds CASCADE PUBLIC MEDIA ↗
  • Who funds FOUNDATION FOR PRIVATE ENTERPRISE ↗
  • Who funds Eastern Washington University Foundation ↗
  • Who funds CRIME STOPPERS OF PUGET SOUND ↗
  • Who funds CAMP FIRE SNOHOMISH COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds YOUGIVEGOODS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SEATTLE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF WASHINGTON ↗
  • Who funds Spokane Guilds' School & Neuromuscular Center ↗
  • Who funds TABOR 100 INC ↗
  • Who funds College Success Foundation ↗
  • Who funds NORTHWEST HARVEST EMM ↗
  • Who funds COCOON HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds Maris Place ↗
  • Who funds Green River College Foundation ↗
  • Who funds VANESSA BEHAN ↗
  • Who funds PACIFIC SCIENCE CENTER FOUNDATION ↗

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.

Puget Sound Energy Fo…Seattle FoundationThe Norcliffe Foundat…Credit Unions in the …Community Foundation …M J Murdock Charitabl…McKinstry Charitable …School's Out Washingt…United Way of King Co…Employees Community F…Dv & Ida McEachern Ch…Glaser Foundation Inc
Puget Sound Energy FoundationDE65.9× affinity34 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Seattle Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · Credit Unions in the State of Washington · Community Foundation of Snohomish County · M J Murdock Charitable Trust · McKinstry Charitable Foundation · School's Out Washington · United Way of King County · Employees Community Fund of Boeing-Puget Sound · Dv & Ida McEachern Charitable Tr · Glaser Foundation Inc

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Willamette University: 1% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
30report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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 461 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home