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Rave Foundation

To build small fields for free play and invest in programs that use soccer as a vehicle to inspire youth and strengthen communities.

$230k
Granted FY2024still arriving
17
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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 2024.

Recreation & Sports$139kPublic Safety & Disaster$88kYouth Development$42kCommunity Improvement$35kEducation$30kHousing & Shelter$30kArts & Culture$28kPublic Benefit$23kOther$0
02FY2024 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 17 grants below total $160,068, the rows itemized in this filing. The $229,959 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $69,891 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 · FY2024

  • Under $10k13 grants · $94k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $66k
$7,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WA YOUTH SOCCER ASSOC$30,000
DRAGONS FC$16,145
SEATTLE PARKS FDN$10,000
CHIEF LESCHI SCHOOLS$10,000
CONGOLESE INTEGRATION NETWORK$7,500
CITY OF BURIEN$7,500
CITY OF PASCO$7,500
COCREATIVE CULTURE$7,500
INTERCITY SOCCER LEAGUE$7,500
AMERICA SCORES$7,500
RAT CITY FC$7,500
CITY OF TUKWILA$7,500
YMCA OF GREATER SEATTLE$7,500
AFRCN YOUNG DRMERS EMPMNT PROG INTL$7,500
YMCA OF PIERCE & KITSAP COUNTIES$7,480
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 (FY24–24, $30k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%YMCA OF PIERCE & KITSAP COUNTIES: $7k → 9%AFRCN YOUNG DRMERS EMPMNT PROG INTL: $8k → 9%YMCA OF GREATER SEATTLE: $8k → 9%CONGOLESE INTEGRATION NETWORK: $8k → 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.

20%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$93k · 4 repeat orgs$379k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +33% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

4 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 16 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
33

Total granted

$93k
$249k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
0%

Still filing today

100%
30%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 19% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $130k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Recreation & SportsHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterCommunity ImprovementYouth 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

  • WS
    WASHINGTON STATE YOUTH SOCCER ASSOCIATION
    2× · 2017–2024 · $35k · revenue -10%
  • CU
    Cultures United
    2× · 2022–2023 · $25k
  • PC
    POSITIVE COACHING ALLIANCE
    2× · 2017–2019 · $20k · revenue +33%

Funded once

  • CI
    CHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT ASSOC
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue +1%
  • TA
    The Alliance for Pioneer Square
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue -1%
  • TA
    THE ASIA FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2020 · $12k
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
Nido Aguila Club America Seattle

Train youth and young adults in the techniques of soccer to improve and enhance the caliber and representation of regional, state, national and international play in the sport of soccer. educe and combat community deterioration, juvenile…

Recreation & Sports
2
Seattle United Fc

Soccer club that brings premier and select teams under one management. league play and academy training for all players.

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3
King County Play Equity Coalition

King County Play Equity Coalition is a network of organizations dedicated to challenging and changing systems to shift power and center physical activity as a key part of health and youth development.

Youth Development
4
Seattle Youth Soccer Association

Provide organized soccer for the youth in seattle

Recreation & Sports
5
Northwest United Fc

Northwest United is a premier youth soccer club serving Skagit County and surrounding areas. As one of the top clubs in the Pacific Northwest, we have grown to 41 teams across boys and girls' divisions, offering year-round development for…

Recreation & Sports
6
Portland Youth Soccer Association

To provide the youth of Portland area communities with the opportunity to experience the joy and thrill of soccer in a player centered environment. The main focus is on FUN and DEVELOPMENT with age appropriate training and coaching where…

Recreation & Sports
7
Pacific Northwest Soccer Club

PacNW offers top-level soccer training and development opportunities for players aged U8 through U19, all of whom are trained using the club's deliberate, integrated, long-term plan for player development.

Recreation & Sports
8
Lake Washington Youth Soccer Association

To provide opportunities for all youths under the age of 19 develop character and play affiliated soccer at a level commensurate with their ability and interest.

Recreation & Sports
9
Seattle Neighborhood Group

Seattle neighborhood group educates, organizes, and collaborates with residents, businesses, government entities and other organizations to create safe communities through equitable engagement, with a focus on underserved populations.…

Community Improvement
10
Washington Ethnic Studies Now

Washington Ethnic Studies Now WAESN is a multigenerational majority POC-led nonprofit advancing Ethnic Studies and racial justice in Washington. We center people of color build youth-centered leadership and learning and organize…

Education
11
Eastside Football Club

To create an environment for youth soccer players that provides the highest level of training, competition, and player development in the state of washington.

Recreation & Sports
12
United Territories of Pacific Islanders Washington-Utopia Wa

We are actively replacing systems of oppression with ecosystems of care and safety for all our communities through Black and Brown organizing, prioritizing land and bodily autonomy, and reclaiming our cultural narratives.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Seattle Parks Foundation; 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

25 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. 25 of the 54 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/25
Grantees still filing
11/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Cultures United: $24,905 · OtherCultures UnitedDRAGONS FC: $16,145 · OtherDRAGONS FCTHE ASIA FOUNDATION: $12,000 · OtherTACOMA PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $10,000 · OtherChief Leschi Schools: $10,000 · OtherUNITED WAY WORLDWIDE: $10,000 · OtherEarthGen Fka WA Green Schools: $12,960 · Other+31 more: $179,588 · Other+31 moreWASHINGTON STATE YOUTH SOCCER ASSOCIATION: $35,000 · Recreation & SportsWASHINGTON STATE…JIMI HENDRIX PARK FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Recreation & SportsJIMI HENDRIX PAR…SEATTLE PARKS FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Recreation & SportsSEATTLE PARKS FO…BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF KING COUNTY: $9,000 · Recreation & SportsBOYS AND GIRLS C…WASHINGTON YOUTH SOCCER FOUNDATION: $7,500 · Recreation & SportsWASHINGTON YOUTH…The Alliance for Pioneer Square: $25,000 · Community ImprovementSODO Business Improvement Area: $10,000 · Community ImprovementCHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT ASSOC: $25,000 · Housing & ShelterCAMPUS OF LEARNERS FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Housing & ShelterAFRICAN YOUNG DREAMERS EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM INTL: $7,500 · Human ServicesCONGOLESE INTEGRATION NETWORK: $7,500 · Human ServicesTHE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER SEATTLE (6871): $7,500 · Human ServicesYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF PIERCE AND KITSAP COUNTIES: $7,480 · Human ServicesPOSITIVE COACHING ALLIANCE: $20,000 · EducationNORTHWEST AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM: $10,000 · Arts & CultureEXPERIENCE LEARNING COMMUNITY: $10,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$275,598Recreation & Sports$71,500Community Improvement$35,000Housing & Shelter$30,000Human Services$29,980Education$20,000Arts & Culture$20,000

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 budgetWASHINGTON STATE YOUTH SOCCER ASSOCIATION: $35,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetCHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT ASSOC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetThe Alliance for Pioneer Square: $25,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetCultures United: $24,905 over 2y, 6.1% of budgetPOSITIVE COACHING ALLIANCE: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetEarthGen Fka WA Green Schools: $12,960 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSODO Business Improvement Area: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetUNITED WAY WORLDWIDE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJIMI HENDRIX PARK FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 89% of budgetSEATTLE PARKS FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNORTHWEST AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetEXPERIENCE LEARNING COMMUNITY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF KING COUNTY: $9,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCocreative Culture: $7,500 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetAMERICA SCORES SEATTLE: $7,500 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetAFRICAN YOUNG DREAMERS EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM INTL: $7,500 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetCONGOLESE INTEGRATION NETWORK: $7,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWASHINGTON YOUTH SOCCER FOUNDATION: $7,500 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetTHE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER SEATTLE (6871): $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF PIERCE AND KITSAP COUNTIES: $7,480 over 1y, 0.0% of budget90 PLUS PROJECT: $6,028 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetPROVIDENCE HEALTH & SERVICES - WASHINGTON: $5,645 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWashington State Legends of Soccer: $5,415 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetCAMPUS OF LEARNERS FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 5.3% 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.

Seattle FoundationThe Norcliffe Foundat…ArtsfundSchool's Out Washingt…Good Sports IncDick's Sporting Goods…Mightycause Charitabl…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …
Seattle FoundationWA19.7× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Seattle Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · Artsfund · School's Out Washington · Good Sports Inc · Dick's Sporting Goods Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    12report 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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Rave Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Rave Foundation 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 54 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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