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Richard and Francine Loeb Family Foundation at a glance

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Richard and Francine Loeb Family 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.

$5.2M
Granted FY2024still arriving
10
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$3.3M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0190% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Religion$3.5MHuman Services$1.7MPhilanthropy$1.6MHealth$472kEducation$342kCommunity Improvement$170kFood & Nutrition$128kRecreation & Sports$100kOther$0
02FY2024 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $7k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $75k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $217k
  • $250k+3 grants · $4.9M
$25,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$9.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TEMPLE DE HIRSCH SINAI$3,300,000
JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER SEATTLE$1,025,390
Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle$574,610
SEATTLE COLLEGES FOUNDATION$217,454
Western and Desert Mountain Regions-Hadassah HWZOA$25,000
PIKE PLACE MARKET FOUNDATION$25,000
Cancer Lifeline$25,000
Cascade Public Media$2,500
Seattle Times School Supply Drive$2,500
DONEY COE PET CLINIC$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY21–21, $251k) 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%Jewish Family Service: $251k → 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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.0M · 8 repeat orgs$409k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +97% since the first grant, against +93% for those funded once.

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

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
12

Total granted

$5.0M
$355k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+97%
+93%

Still filing today

50%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $54k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationFood & NutritionHealthHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementReligionOther
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

  • KG
    Kline Galland Center
    2× · 2020–2022 · $426k · revenue +172%
  • JF
    JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE
    2× · 2020–2021 · $271k · revenue +97%
  • PP
    PIKE PLACE MARKET FOUNDATION
    4× · 2019–2024 · $170k · revenue +49%

Funded once

  • BB
    B'NAI BRITH MEN'S CAMP ASSOCIATION
    one grant, 2023 · $100k · revenue +9%
  • SM
    Saint Mary's Food Bank
    one grant, 2020 · $75k
  • BC
    Brennan Center
    one grant, 2020 · $50k
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
Siff

Siff is a seattle-based 501(c)(3) arts nonprofit dedicated to the creation of vibrant experiences and spaces that champion film discovery and arts education.

Youth Development
2
Sustainable Path Foundation

Sustainable Path Foundation promotes sustainability and health in the Puget Sound region through collaborative approaches informed by scientific understanding and systems thinking.

Social Science
3
Seattle Jobs Initiative

Seattle jobs initiative (sji) creates opportunities for people to support themselves and their families through living-wage careers.

Employment
4
Seattle International Foundation

Seattle international foundation (sif) champions equity and rule of law in central america through good governance and a robust civil society. sif works with other donors to the region to increase philanthropy and to promote collaboration,…

Philanthropy
5
Community Credit Lab

To support equitable access to economic opportunities for immigrants, refugees, low-income, marginalized, and underserved communities in king county and the united states.

Human Services
6
Portland State University Foundation

Portland state university foundation is responsible for raising and managing private resources to advance psu's priorities and mission to be a leading urban university.

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7
Seattle Police Foundation

Raise support and awareness for the seattle police department.

Crime & Legal
8
Seattle Architectural Foundation

The Seattle Architecture Foundation connects people to the architecture, design, and history of Seattle. We believe the more you engage with design, the more you feel connected to your changing city. As a volunteer driven organization, we…

Arts & Culture
9
Neighborhood Farmers Market Alliance

Neighborhood farmers market alliance's mission is to strengthen and support washington's small farms and farming families by providing effective direct sales sites and broadening access to seattle shoppers.

Community Improvement
10
Friends of the Seattle Public Library

The Friends of the Seattle Public Library's mission is to elevate the Library and inspire the love of reading in our communities.

Education
11
The Community Foundation of South Puget Sound

To grow a lasting culture of generosity and well-being in the South Puget Sound through connection, leadership, and investment.

Philanthropy
12
Bellevue College Foundation

Bellevue college foundation brings together people and resources across the community to invest in bc students, faculty, and staff to realize their goals and dreams.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Seattle Public Library Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Kline Galland Center. 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

17 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. 17 of the 26 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)
17/17
Grantees still filing
14/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TEMPLE DE HIRSCH SINAI: $3,460,199 · OtherTEMPLE DE HIRSCH SINAISeattle Children's Hospital & Research: $350,000 · OtherSeattle Children's Hospital & Research+12 more: $299,000 · Other+12 moreJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER SEATTLE: $1,610,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREAT…+1 more: $10,000 · PhilanthropyKline Galland Center: $426,489 · HealthCANCER LIFELINE: $25,000 · HealthSEATTLE COLLEGES FOUNDATION: $321,454 · Education+3 more: $13,500 · EducationJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $271,156 · Human Services+1 more: $2,500 · Human ServicesPIKE PLACE MARKET FOUNDATION: $170,000 · Community ImprovementB'NAI BRITH MEN'S CAMP ASSOCIATION: $100,000 · Youth Development
Other$4,109,199Philanthropy$1,620,000Health$451,489Education$334,954Human Services$273,656Community Improvement$170,000Youth Development$100,000

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 budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER SEATTLE: $1,610,000 over 2y, 20% of budgetKline Galland Center: $426,489 over 2y, 6.1% of budgetSEATTLE COLLEGES FOUNDATION: $321,454 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $271,156 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetPIKE PLACE MARKET FOUNDATION: $170,000 over 4y, 4.4% of budgetB'NAI BRITH MEN'S CAMP ASSOCIATION: $100,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCANCER LIFELINE: $25,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetCollege Success Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSEATTLE FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCASCADE PUBLIC MEDIA: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAUI FOOD BANK INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDONEY MEMORIAL PET CLINIC DBA DONEY COE PET CLINIC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMentorKids USA: $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.

Seattle FoundationJewish Federation of …United Way of King Co…Howard and Frances Ke…Herman & Faye Sarkows…The US Charitable Gif…Mightycause Charitabl…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Bank of America C…
Seattle FoundationWA18.8× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Seattle Foundation · Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle · United Way of King County · Howard and Frances Keller Family Foundation · Herman & Faye Sarkowsky Charitable Foundation · The US Charitable Gift Trust · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable 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 Richard and Francine Loeb Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Richard and Francine Loeb Family Foundation. 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%1%3%4%5%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 · 0–5%
    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

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    How do I get to Richard and Francine Loeb Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Richard and Francine Loeb Family 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 26 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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