· Private foundation
Richard&Lois Worthington Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of Richard&Lois Worthington Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to The Skagit Community Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2019, the last year Richard&Lois Worthington Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 9 organizations, $335k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2019
- Under $10k12 grants · $45k
- $10k–50k10 grants · $170k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $120k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ANACORTES SCHOOL FOUNDATION | $70,000 |
| BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF SKAGIT COUNTY | $50,000 |
| SKAGIT VALLEY COLLEGE FOUNDATION | $40,000 |
| ISLAND HOSPITAL FOUNDATION | $30,000 |
| WESTMINISTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH | $20,000 |
| ANACORTES COMMUNITY SHELTER | $15,000 |
| RICHARD C WORTHINGTON JUNIOR CITIZE | $15,000 |
| SACRED EARTH FOUNDATION EKONE RANCH | $10,000 |
| SKAGIT PRESCHOOL AND RESOURCE CENTE | $10,000 |
| ANACORTES SCHOOL FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| SUMMIT ASSISTANCE DOGS | $10,000 |
| GREATER SEATTLE BUSINESS ASSOCIATIO | $10,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
| SPF SKAGITORIANS PRESERVE FARMLND | $5,000 |
| HUMANE SOCIETY OF SKAGIT VALLEY | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–19, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, 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.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
16 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2019, 2 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2019 (too recent to call). Read against FY2019, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- ASANACORTES SCHOOLS FOUNDATION7× · 2017–2023 · $757k · revenue +11%
- BGBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF SKAGIT COUNTY7× · 2017–2023 · $468k · revenue +153%
- IHISLAND HOSPITAL FOUNDATION7× · 2017–2023 · $318k · revenue +133%
Funded once
- APANACORTES PARKS FOUNDATIONgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $28k · revenue +190%
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2018 · $5k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2017 · $5k
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.
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.
Seattle animal foundation (saf) is on a mission to make sure every animal finds the love, care, and forever home they deserve. since 2010, we have been a not-for-profit organization raising critical funds to support life-saving programs,…
The Spokane Parks Foundation cultivates the health, growth, and continued enjoyment of our communities by inspiring giving and passion for our parks.
The Community Foundation of Snohomish County (the Foundation) is a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization incorporated under the laws of the State of Washington. The Foundation serves as a community foundation, supporting a broad spectrum of…
PAWS cares for lost, abandoned and abused animals and finds them new homes with responsible owners. PAWS also provides low cost spay and neuter services, a pet food pantry, and community education. During 2024 PAWS adopted out 577 pets.…
Sustainable Path Foundation promotes sustainability and health in the Puget Sound region through collaborative approaches informed by scientific understanding and systems thinking.
To identify, collect, document and preserve objects of relevancy and to provide information reflecting the unique cultural history of skagit county, washington.
Representing real estate agents and brokers in Snohomish County and Camano Island, Washington, the Association provides its members with resources, education, and support to help them excel in their careers and serve their clients…
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…
To be a catalyst for vibrant growth of each student in the Sequim School District.
Enable low income individuals and families to obtain skills, knowledge, motivation, and opportunities to become self-sufficient.
The Foundation for the Seattle Colleges exists to advance fundraising efforts for the Seattle Community College District. We seek to attract financial resources which support students so they may be successful; maintain the quality and…
United Way of Skagit County's mission is to build a positive and sustainable quality of life for all.
How this is measured
13 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. 13 of the 38 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 THE SKAGIT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ANACORTES SCHOOLS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF SKAGIT COUNTY ↗
- Who funds ISLAND HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Greater Seattle Business Association ↗
- Who funds Skagit Valley College Foundation ↗
- Who funds ANACORTES PARKS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SUMMIT ASSISTANCE DOGS ↗
- Who funds HUMANE SOCIETY OF SKAGIT COUNTY ↗
- Who funds CATS MEOW ↗
- Who funds SEAHAWK ATHLETIC BOOSTER ASSOCIATIO ↗
- Who funds Skagit Preschool and Resource Center ↗
- Who funds SKAGIT RIVER POETRY 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.
Open a dossier: The Skagit Community Foundation · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Jeff and Linda Hendricks Family Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Kiwanis Club of Anacortes Wa Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · Bnsf Railway Foundation · The Albertsons Companies Foundation · Seattle Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Richard&Lois Worthington Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Richard&Lois Worthington Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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