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Raise the Arc

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.

$83k
Granted FY2024still arriving
6
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$19k
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, FY2021 to 2024.

Youth Development$100kArts & Culture$70kCommunity Improvement$39kEducation$36kFood & Nutrition$2k
02FY2024 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $8k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $76k
$15,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$783k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TIE OREGON FOUNDATION$18,900
THERTRE WASHINGTON$15,000
OREGON EPISCOPAL SCHOOL$15,000
JANUS YOUTH PROGRAMS$15,000
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS COLUMBIA$12,000
BROADWAY ROSE THEATER CO$7,500
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 (FY21–24, $53k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%JANUS YOUTH PROGRAMS: $15k → 12%JANUS YOUTH PROGRAMS: $15k → 12%Janis Youth Programs: $13k → 12%JANUS YOUTH PROGRAMS: $10k → 12%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.
$208k · 7 repeat orgs$39k to everyone else

7 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
7

Total granted

$208k
$39k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+9%
+20%

Still filing today

43%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationYouth DevelopmentArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementPublic Safety & DisasterOther
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

  • JY
    JANUS YOUTH PROGRAMS INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $53k · revenue +11%
  • OE
    OREGON EPISCOPAL SCHOOL
    3× · 2022–2024 · $35k
  • BB
    BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS COLUMBIA
    3× · 2022–2024 · $32k

Funded once

  • BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS COLUMBIA NORTHW
    one grant, 2021 · $15k · revenue +20%
  • TA
    The Andrew Keegan Theatre Company The Keegan Theatregraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +66%
  • AS
    ARENA STAGE AT THE MEAD CENTER
    one grant, 2023 · $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
Theater Alliance of Washington Dc

It is the mission of the Theater Alliance of Washington DC to develop, produce, and present socially conscious, thought-provoking work that fully engages the community in active dialogue.

Arts & Culture
2
The Washington Bus

We empower Washington youth leaders to create sustainable, positive change through advocacy, youth voter turnout, and leadership development programs.

Civil Rights
3
Stages

Stages makes plays and tells stories that invite everyone to live more deeply and love more boldly.

Arts & Culture
4
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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5
Teenworks Inc

To empower teens to achieve excellence in college, career, and community.

Employment
6
Ten Thousand Things Theater

Ten Thousand Things awakens the creative spirit of audiences and artists by bringing essential and exceptional theater to people from all backgrounds and life experiences.

Arts & Culture
7
Cityworks Dc

Our mission is to dramatically improve the early career outcomes of dc youth and young adults of color by creating innovative programs and by mobilizing employers, educators, and city leaders to create a local, diverse talent pipeline. our…

Education
8
Thrive Dc

Thrive dc works to prevent and end homelessness by providing vulnerable individuals with a comprehensive range of services to help stabilize their lives.

Food & Nutrition
9
Theaterworks Inc

Theaterworks' mission is to share intimate stories that engage all audiences. it creates exceptional contemporary theater that entertains, celebrates new voices, and invites meaningful conversations. its vision is to inspire a more…

Arts & Culture
10
Theatre Bay Area

(cont from page 1) democratic society, and invaluable as a source of personal enrichment and growth.

Arts & Culture
11
On the Boards

On the Boards' mission is to invest in leading contemporary performing artists near and far and connect them to a diverse range of communities interested in forward-thinking art and ideas.

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12
Technology Association of Oregon

To support our members and promote the growth and quality of oregon's technology industry by providing opportunities for business and professional development through networking and informational programs.

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Theatrewashington; the most unlike its peers is The Andrew Keegan Theatre Company the Keegan Theatre. 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

8 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. 8 of the 14 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
8/8
Grantees still filing
6/8
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

OREGON EPISCOPAL SCHOOL: $35,000 · OtherOREGON EPISCOPAL SCHOOLBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS COLUMBIA: $32,000 · OtherBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS COLUMBIABROADWAY ROSE THEATER CO: $25,000 · OtherBROADWAY ROSE THEATER COTHEATREWASHINGTON: $25,000 · OtherTHEATREWASHINGTONTHE INCLUSIVE ENTREPRENEURS: $14,500 · OtherTHE INCLUSIVE ENTREPRENEURSARENA STAGE AT THE MEAD CENTER: $10,000 · OtherARENA STAGE AT THE MEAD CENTER+1 more: $1,000 · OtherJANUS YOUTH PROGRAMS INC: $52,500 · Human ServicesJANUS YOUTH PROGRAMS INCInclusive Entrepreneurs Foundation FKA TiE Oregon Foundation: $23,900 · EducationInclusive …BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS COLUMBIA NORTHW: $15,000 · Youth DevelopmentThe Andrew Keegan Theatre Company The Keegan Theatre: $10,000 · Arts & CultureTRICOUNTY COMMUNITY NETWORK INC: $1,000 · Community ImprovementKIDS AGAINST HUNGER BAY AREA: $1,000 · Public Safety & DisasterTRELLIS FOR TOMORROW: $1,000 · Philanthropy
Other$142,500Human Services$52,500Education$23,900Youth Development$15,000Arts & Culture$10,000Community Improvement$1,000Public Safety & Disaster$1,000Philanthropy$1,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetJANUS YOUTH PROGRAMS INC: $52,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHEATREWASHINGTON: $25,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetInclusive Entrepreneurs Foundation FKA TiE Oregon Foundation: $23,900 over 2y, 7.1% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS COLUMBIA NORTHW: $15,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetThe Andrew Keegan Theatre Company The Keegan Theatre: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetTRICOUNTY COMMUNITY NETWORK INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetKIDS AGAINST HUNGER BAY AREA: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTRELLIS FOR TOMORROW: $1,000 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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Oregon Community …Morgan Stanley Global…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Oregon Community FoundationOR12.7× affinity4 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Oregon Community Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Raise the Arc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Raise the Arc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 46%
  • Janus Youth Programs Inc: 46% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get 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 · 0–75%
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 14 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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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
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