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Provision

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.

$204k
Granted FY2024still arriving
9
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$79k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Philanthropy$1.7MEducation$460kInternational$199kYouth Development$165kHuman Services$144kReligion$91kFood & Nutrition$80kCrime & Legal$70kOther$0
02FY2024 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k4 grants · $20k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $105k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $79k
$20,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$36M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ARGOS INTERNATIONAL$78,500
YOUTH WITH A MISSION$35,000
HARBORVIEW FELLOWSHIP CHURCH$25,000
CITY CENTRAL CHURCH$25,000
NW NETWORK FOUNDATION BOD$20,000
THE SEATTLE SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY AND PSYCHOLOGY$5,000
MUSEUM OF GLASS$5,000
CATHOLIC COMMUNITY SERVICES OF WESTERN WASHINGTON (MATT TALBOT CENTER)$5,000
DADS- DIVINE ALTERNATIVES FOR DADS SERVICES$5,000
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 (FY22–24, $25k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%DADS- DIVINE ALTERNATIVES FOR DADS SERVICES: $5k → 9%DADS- DIVINE ALTERNATIVES FOR DADS SERVICES: $5k → 9%DADS- DIVINE ALTERNATIVES FOR DADS SERVICES: $5k → 9%CATHOLIC COMMUNITY SERVICES OF WESTERN WASHINGTON: $10k → 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
OR
PA
CA
CO
SC
HI
GA
TX
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.
$2.8M · 13 repeat orgs$228k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +28% since the first grant, against +7% for those funded once.

13 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
14

Total granted

$2.8M
$218k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+7%

Still filing today

69%
36%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationPhilanthropyInternationalCrime & LegalHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF THE NATIONS KONA INC
    3× · 2018–2022 · $441k · revenue +28%
  • AI
    AGROS INTERNATIONAL
    3× · 2022–2024 · $199k · revenue +71%
  • BH
    BIG HOMIE MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL
    2× · 2022–2023 · $100k · revenue +55%

Funded once

  • BH
    BIG HOMIE MINISTIRES INTERNATIONAL
    one grant, 2021 · $80k
  • SC
    South Carolina Research Foundation
    one grant, 2022 · $50k · revenue -9%
  • BP
    BREAK POINT
    one grant, 2023 · $15k
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
Regent University

Regent University serves as a center of Christian thought and action to provide excellent education through a Biblical perspective and global context equipping Christian leaders to change the world.

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2
Seattle Pacific University

Seattle pacific university is a christian university fully committed to engaging the culture and changing the world by graduating people of competence and character, becoming people of wisdom, and modeling grace-filled community.

Education
3
Christian Mission for the United Nations Community

Christian Mission for the United Nations Community is a ministry aimed at leading the head of every nation and other top leaders to faith in Jesus Christ and helping them to walk in dependence upon God as they discharge the…

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4
Pacific School of Religion

Pacific school of religion prepares a diverse cadre of spiritually rooted leaders with the vision, resilience, and skill to create a world where all can thrive. grounded in the rigorous study and faithful practice of progressive christian…

Education
5
Washington Prayer Coalition

to spread the gospel to the world by planting and serving churches, training local Christian leaders and to transform the world through prayer,

Religion
6
Peacemaker Ministries

To equip and assist christians and their churches to respond to conflict biblically.

International
7
Seattle University

Seattle University is dedicated to educating the whole person, to professional formation, and to empowering leaders for a just and humane world.

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8
Pilgrim Africa

Pilgrim Africa's mission is to challenge despair, love boldly, and help African people create a future of sustainable prosperity and health. We give ourselves in service to others regardless of economic, religious, or social standing,…

International
9
Trinity Western University

Trinity Western University's mission is to produce positive, goal-oriented graduates with thoroughly Christian minds-growing disciples of Jesus Christ who glorify God through fulfilling the Great Commission, serving God and people in…

Education
10
Serving Beyond Borders

Serving and pastoring overseas workers on their own turf and equipping nationals by training and empowering them in their work of advancing the gospel.

Human Services
11
Christian Mens Network

CMN works to stop fatherlessness, child abuse, and human trafficking by equipping and training men and pastors in a global movement that for over 40 years has restored families and built churches.

Religion
12
Institute of Chinese Studies

ChinsSource is a trusted partner and platform for educating the global church on critical issues facing the church and ministries in China and for connecting Christians inside and outside China to advance the kingdom of God globally

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Agros International; the most unlike its peers is Association for the Recovery of Children. 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

19 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. 19 of the 30 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/19
Grantees still filing
13/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE RUSSELL FAMILY FOUNDATION: $1,590,299 · PhilanthropyTHE RUSSELL FAMILY FOUNDATION+1 more: $7,000 · PhilanthropyHARBORVIEW FELLOWSHIP CHURCH: $100,000 · OtherHARBORVIEW FELLOWS…YOUTH WITH A MISSION: $90,000 · OtherYOUTH WITH A MISSI…BIG HOMIE MINISTIRES INTERNATIONAL: $80,000 · OtherBIG HOMIE MINISTIR…NW NETWORK FOUNDATION BOD: $60,000 · OtherNW NETWORK FOUNDAT…South Carolina Research Foundation: $50,000 · OtherSouth Carolina Res…CITY CENTRAL CHURCH: $35,500 · OtherCITY CENTRAL CHURC…+10 more: $80,030 · Other+10 moreUNIVERSITY OF THE NATIONS KONA INC: $441,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF THE…+2 more: $18,500 · EducationAGROS INTERNATIONAL: $198,500 · International+2 more: $724 · InternationalBIG HOMIE MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL: $100,000 · Human ServicesDADS DIVINE ALTERNATIVES FOR DADS SERVICES: $15,000 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC COMMUNITY SERVICES OF WESTERN WASHINGTON: $10,000 · Human ServicesTHE BEYOND PROJECT: $7,000 · Human ServicesASSOCIATION FOR THE RECOVERY OF CHILDREN: $70,000 · Crime & LegalTHE RESCUE MISSION: $50,000 · Housing & Shelter
Philanthropy$1,597,299Other$495,530Education$459,500International$199,224Human Services$132,000Crime & Legal$70,000Housing & Shelter$50,000

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 budgetTHE RUSSELL FAMILY FOUNDATION: $1,590,299 over 2y, 25% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF THE NATIONS KONA INC: $441,000 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetAGROS INTERNATIONAL: $198,500 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetBIG HOMIE MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL: $100,000 over 2y, 25% of budgetASSOCIATION FOR THE RECOVERY OF CHILDREN: $70,000 over 3y, 4.0% of budgetTHE RESCUE MISSION: $50,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSouth Carolina Research Foundation: $50,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTHE SEATTLE SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY & PSYCHOLOGY: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDADS DIVINE ALTERNATIVES FOR DADS SERVICES: $15,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetNATHAN FRENCH MINISTRIES: $10,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetCATHOLIC COMMUNITY SERVICES OF WESTERN WASHINGTON: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUrban Impact: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE JACK MILLER CENTER FOR TEACHING AMERICA'S FOUNDING PRINCIPLES AND: $7,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BEYOND PROJECT: $7,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetMuseum of Glass: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCompassion International Incorporated: $412 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD VISION INC: $312 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.

Servant FoundationM J Murdock Charitabl…Encourage & Impact Fo…The Russell Family Fo…The Signatry Charitab…Seattle FoundationMorgan Stanley Global…Natl Christian Charit…The Blackbaud Giving …National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…American Endowment Fo…
Servant FoundationKS15.2× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Servant Foundation · M J Murdock Charitable Trust · Encourage & Impact Foundation · The Russell Family Foundation · The Signatry Charitable Trust · Seattle Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment 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 Provision funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Provision. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Provision?

    Find your warmest path to Provision through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 30 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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