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Runstad Foundation

Its FY2019 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$214k
Granted FY2019
21
Grants FY2019
4
States reached
$75k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2019.

Education$396kRecreation & Sports$136kPhilanthropy$85kArts & Culture$59kHuman Services$30kHealth$25kEmployment$19kEnvironment$15kOther$0
02FY2019 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2019

  • Under $10k14 grants · $44k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $95k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $75k
$5,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$16k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION$75,000
UNITED WAY OF KING COUNTY$40,000
Individual grant recipient$15,000
SEATTLE SYMPHONY$10,000
FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER$10,000
ALLIANCE FOR EDUCATION$10,000
MARY'S PLACE$10,000
HUALALAI OHANA FOUNDATION$5,000
YWCA$5,000
YMCA OF GREATER SEATTLE$5,000
CHILDHAVEN$5,000
GEORGE POCOCK ROWING FOUNDATION$3,500
SEATTLE PARKS FOUNDATION$3,000
STEWARDSHIP PARTNERS$2,500
THE NATURE CONSERVANCY - HAWAII CHAPTER$2,500
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 (FY17–19, $15k) 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%YMCA OF GREATER SEATTLE: $10k → 9%YMCA OF GREATER SEATTLE: $5k → 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
ID
NY
MA
MD
AR
HI
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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$698k · 22 repeat orgs$107k to everyone else

22 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2019, 5 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2019 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
20

Total granted

$698k
$75k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+46%
+89%

Still filing today

68%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2019, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $32k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19
EducationArts & CultureRecreation & SportsEnvironmentPhilanthropyHuman ServicesOther
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 WASHINGTON FOUNDATION
    3× · 2017–2019 · $307k · revenue +46%
  • TS
    THE SEATTLE ACADEMY OF ARTS & SCIENCES
    2× · 2017–2018 · $43k · revenue +131%
  • GP
    George Pocock Rowing Foundation
    3× · 2017–2019 · $20k · revenue +38%

Funded once

  • YEAR UP INC
    one grant, 2017 · $15k · revenue +1%
  • NH
    New Hope Housing Incgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +190%
  • SL
    SHAWNIGAN LAKE SCHOOL
    one grant, 2017 · $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
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
2
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
3
University Cooperative School

We take a joyful, community-oriented approach to raising engaged citizens, deep learners, and brave adventurers with the skills, creativity, and heart needed to better the world.

—
4
Seattle Symphony Orchestra Inc

To present symphonic music of the highest quality in a distinctive way for the cultural enrichment, education, engagement and enjoyment of the people of our community.

Arts & Culture
5
Seattle Public Library Foundation

The seattle public library foundation inspires the community's philanthropic support, advocacy for, and pride in the library.

Education
6
Seattle Foundation

Seattle foundation's mission is to ignite powerful and rewarding philanthropy to make greater seattle a stronger, more vibrant community for all.

Philanthropy
7
Friends of Seattle Waterfront

To bring people, communities, and resources together to ensure waterfront park thrives as a vibrant gathering space - uplifting locals, fostering connections and honoring seattle's natural beauty and stories.

Community Improvement
8
Nexus Youth and Families

Restoring hope, building futures, and strengthening our communities through programs with youth, young adults and families. we support the behavioral health of at-risk and in-crisis youth across the greater south king county area. we take…

Human Services
9
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…

—
10
Seattle Jobs Initiative

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

Employment
11
Fsc I&P

Fsc i&p promotes environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial, and economically viable management of the world's forests. this mission aligns with the forest stewardship council (fsc), its network of offices, and other organizations.…

Philanthropy
12
Seattle JazzED

Through Jazz education that liberates and inspires, Seattle JazzED increase access in the music room, celebrates student expression, and builds lasting connection rooted in community.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Seattle Academy of Arts & Sciences; the most unlike its peers is Maris Place. 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

29 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. 29 of the 46 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/29
Grantees still filing
23/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION: $306,500 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATIONTHE SEATTLE ACADEMY OF ARTS & SCIENCES: $43,000 · EducationTHE SEATTLE ACADEMY OF ARTS & SCIENCESYEAR UP INC: $15,000 · Education+5 more: $30,000 · Education+5 moreUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON (INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS): $110,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON (INTERCOLL…SEATTLE SYMPHONY: $22,500 · OtherSEATTLE SYMPHONYFRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER: $17,500 · OtherFRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CEN…Individual grant recipient: $15,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientCHILDHAVEN: $10,000 · OtherSHAWNIGAN LAKE SCHOOL: $10,000 · OtherNew Hope Housing Inc: $10,000 · Other+21 more: $59,000 · Other+21 moreUNITED WAY OF KING COUNTY: $80,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY …George Pocock Rowing Foundation: $19,500 · Recreation & SportsSEATTLE PARKS FOUNDATION: $6,000 · Recreation & SportsSEATTLE ART MUSEUM: $10,000 · Arts & CultureNational Nordic Museum: $5,000 · Arts & CultureCASCADE PUBLIC MEDIA: $5,000 · Arts & CultureTown Hall Association: $2,000 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF FLIGHT FOUNDATION: $1,000 · Arts & CultureTHE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER SEATTLE (6871): $15,000 · Human ServicesMaris Place: $12,500 · Youth Development
Education$394,500Other$254,000Philanthropy$80,000Recreation & Sports$25,500Arts & Culture$23,000Human Services$15,000Youth Development$12,500

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION: $306,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF KING COUNTY: $80,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SEATTLE ACADEMY OF ARTS & SCIENCES: $43,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGeorge Pocock Rowing Foundation: $19,500 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetFRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER: $17,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER SEATTLE (6871): $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetYEAR UP INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAlliance for Education: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNew Hope Housing Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHUALALAI OHANA FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSEATTLE ART MUSEUM: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDHAVEN: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSEATTLE PARKS FOUNDATION: $6,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNational Nordic Museum: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCASCADE PUBLIC MEDIA: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetStewardship Partners: $5,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCHILDREN AND YOUTH JUSTICE CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE SAN JUAN PRESERVATION TRUST: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRAINIER SCHOLARS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHAMLIN ROBINSON SCHOOL: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSUMMER SEARCH: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDIC ONE FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTown Hall Association: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD LIFELINE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMUSEUM OF FLIGHT FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HUMANE SOCIETY FOR SEATTLEKING COUNTY: $500 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.

Seattle FoundationThe Norcliffe Foundat…Wyman Youth TrustPuget Sound Energy Fo…Gs Donor Advised Phil…United Way of King Co…Baird Foundation Inc47th Avenue FoundationIslands FundJewish Federation of …Apex FoundationRaikes Foundation
Seattle FoundationWA24× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Seattle Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · Wyman Youth Trust · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · United Way of King County · Baird Foundation Inc · 47th Avenue Foundation · Islands Fund · Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle · Apex Foundation · Raikes 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 Runstad Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Runstad Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Year Up Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
11report 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.

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 46 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 2019, released 2019. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home