Skip to content
Ruth Evans Charitable Trust Tai at a glance

· Private foundation

Ruth Evans Charitable Trust Tai

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$202k
Granted FY2025still arriving
12
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$67k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$800kHuman Services$137kHealth$130kYouth Development$24kPublic Benefit$22kCommunity Improvement$21kCrime & Legal$19kArts & Culture$19kOther$0
02FY2025 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k11 grants · $135k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $67k
$13,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$3.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND$67,467
AMERICAN LEADERSHIP FORUM TACOMA$13,500
UNITED WAY OF PIERCE COUNTY$13,500
KEY PENINSULA CIVIC CENTER ASSOCIATION$13,500
MARY BRIDGE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL$13,500
TACOMA-PIERCE COUNTY AFFORDABLE HOUSING$13,500
BATES TECHNICAL COLLEGE NURSING$11,239
CLOVER PARK TECHNICAL COLLEGE$11,239
PACIFIC LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY$11,239
PIERCE COLLEGE$11,239
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON TACOMA$11,239
TACOMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE$11,239
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 (FY20–24, $118k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, 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%TACOMA COMMUNITY HOUSE: $14k → 9%TACOMA URBAN LEAGUE: $14k → 9%AMARA: $3k → 9%CENTRO LATINO: $5k → 9%TACOMA URBAN LEAGUE: $5k → 9%BETHEL COMMUNITY SERVICES: $15k → 9%EATONVILLE FAMILY AGENCY: $9k → 9%EATONVILLE FAMILY AGENCY: $9k → 9%EATONVILLE FAMILY AGENCY: $5k → 9%OUR SISTER'S HOUSE: $5k → 9%TACID: $15k → 9%HOPESPARKS: $15k → 9%TACID: $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.
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.

72%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$893k · 17 repeat orgs$356k to everyone else

17 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
29

Total granted

$893k
$288k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-4%
+28%

Still filing today

71%
52%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $68k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesArts & CultureEducationCrime & LegalCivil RightsHealthOther
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

  • TC
    TACOMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION
    4× · 2020–2024 · $52k · revenue +14%
  • EA
    Eatonville Area Council DBA Eatonville Family Agency
    3× · 2021–2024 · $22k · revenue +24%
  • T
    TACID
    2× · 2020–2021 · $20k · revenue +5%

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
    one grant, 2024 · $58k
  • BC
    BETHEL COMMUNITY SERVICES
    one grant, 2022 · $15k · revenue -43%
  • KP
    KEY PENINSULA PARTNERSHIP FOR
    one grant, 2022 · $15k
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
Tacoma Little Theatre and Drama League Inc

Providing live theatre and education programs that inspire through stories reflecting the vibrancy of our diverse community.

Arts & Culture
2
Family Promise of Pierce County

To empower families experiencing housing insecurity through intervention, prevention,and stabilization services.

Housing & Shelter
3
Puget Sound Community School

Founded in 1994, PSCS is a small, independent middle and high school located in the Chinatown/International District of downtown Seattle. PSCS is committed to co-creating a brave space for community-centered education, critical curriculum,…

—
4
Rainier Beach Cummunity Empowerment Coalition

Rainier Beach Action Coalition is a grassroot, Black-led organization devoted to locally driven development. It promotes quality education, living wage jobs, affordable transportation and housing, and building community capacity in…

Community Improvement
5
Puget Sound Oic dba Puget Sound Training Center

The Mission of Puget Sound Training Center is to provide customized skills training opportunities for the low income individuals in the Puget Sound Region, and to develop and provide employment opportunities at a

Human Services
6
Tacoma Day Care & Preschool Association

In 1911, Tacoma Day Care and Preschool Association established the first preschool in Pierce County with the mission to provide quality, affordable child care. It has a state of the art Early Learning Center serving children fourteen…

Human Services
7
Whatcom Dispute Resolution Center

Provide and promote constructive and collaborative approaches to conflict resolution through mediation, training, facilitation, supervised visits and community education.

Unclassified
8
Pierce County Alliance

The purpose of Pierce County Alliance is to plan, organize, operate, establish, and evaluate human and social services for the residents of Pierce County.

Human Services
9
Rebuilding Hope Sexual Assault Center

Rebuilding Hope offers support toward healing through advocacy and therapy for those affected by sexual assault abuse and commercial sexual exploitation. Through education and collaboration Rebuilding Hope improves the communitys response…

—
10
Gig Harbor Chamber of Commerce

Serve the small business community and local development.

—
11
Olympic Peninsula Community Clinic

Improving the quality of life for the people in the Olympic Peninsula Community by providing increased access to health and wellness services for the underserved

Health
12
King County Sexual Assault Resource Center

KCSARC is the largest and most comprehensive non-profit provider of sexual assault services in King County and Washington State. Our vision is a community free of sexual violence. Our mission is to: give voice to victims, their families,…

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Safe Streets Campaign; the most unlike its peers is Tacoma Tool Library. 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 51 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/29
Grantees still filing
15/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PIERCE COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $59,401 · OtherPIERCE COLLEGE FOUNDATIONUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON: $57,740 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON - TACOMA: $56,730 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON - TACOMACLOVER PARK TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $45,489 · OtherCLOVER PARK TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATIONYWCA PIERCE COUNTY: $28,913 · OtherCLOVER PARK TECHNICAL COLLEGE: $25,152 · OtherBATES TECHNICAL COLLEGE NURSING: $25,152 · OtherPierce County Aids Foundation: $25,013 · OtherBATES TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $19,828 · Other+23 more: $235,502 · Other+23 moreTHE UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND: $367,262 · EducationTHE UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUNDPacific Lutheran University: $70,641 · EducationPacific Lutheran UniversityTACOMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $52,147 · EducationTACOMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATIONEatonville Area Council DBA Eatonville Family Agency: $22,410 · Human ServicesEatonville…TACID: $20,000 · Human ServicesTACIDTacoma Urban League: $18,913 · Human ServicesTacoma Urb…BETHEL COMMUNITY SERVICES: $15,000 · Human ServicesBETHEL COM…HopeSparks: $15,000 · Human ServicesHopeSparksTacoma Community House: $13,913 · Human ServicesTacoma Com…Our Sisters House: $5,000 · Human ServicesMI CENTRO: $5,000 · Human Services+1 more: $2,800 · Human ServicesGIG HARBOR NOW: $8,705 · Arts & CultureAsia Pacific Cultural Center: $5,000 · Arts & CultureRefugee Choir Project: $5,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $506 · Arts & CultureSAFE STREETS CAMPAIGN: $18,913 · Crime & LegalUNITED WAY OF PIERCE COUNTY: $13,500 · PhilanthropyHEARING SPEECH AND DEAFNESS CENTER DBA HEARING SPEECH AND DEAF CENTER: $10,000 · Health
Other$578,920Education$490,050Human Services$118,036Arts & Culture$19,211Crime & Legal$18,913Philanthropy$13,500Health$10,000

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 budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND: $367,262 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetPacific Lutheran University: $70,641 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPIERCE COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $59,401 over 4y, 2.2% of budgetTACOMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $52,147 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetCLOVER PARK TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $45,489 over 4y, 2.9% of budgetYWCA PIERCE COUNTY: $28,913 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetPierce County Aids Foundation: $25,013 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetEatonville Area Council DBA Eatonville Family Agency: $22,410 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetTACID: $20,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetBATES TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $19,828 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetSAFE STREETS CAMPAIGN: $18,913 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetTacoma Urban League: $18,913 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetBETHEL COMMUNITY SERVICES: $15,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetHopeSparks: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTacoma Community House: $13,913 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetUNITED WAY OF PIERCE COUNTY: $13,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHEARING SPEECH AND DEAFNESS CENTER DBA HEARING SPEECH AND DEAF CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGIG HARBOR NOW: $8,705 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetTACOMA TOOL LIBRARY: $8,705 over 1y, 8.9% of budgetSCHOOL'S OUT WASHINGTON: $8,705 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMOUNTAIN VIEW COMMUNITY CENTER: $6,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetAsia Pacific Cultural Center: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetRefugee Choir Project: $5,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetOur Sisters House: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetMI CENTRO: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRainbow Center: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetAMARA: $2,800 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGREENTRIKE: $506 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.

Greater Tacoma Commun…Puget Sound Energy Fo…The Bamford FoundationFuchsg & M Fdn TaiKilworth Florence Cha…Gary E Milgard Family…The Norcliffe Foundat…Foundation for Tacoma…Woodworth Family Foun…Multicare Health Syst…Seattle FoundationSequoia Foundation
Greater Tacoma Community FoundationWA56.6× affinity25 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Tacoma Community Foundation · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · The Bamford Foundation · Fuchsg & M Fdn Tai · Kilworth Florence Char Tr Fndn · Gary E Milgard Family Foundation- Sunshine · The Norcliffe Foundation · Foundation for Tacoma Students · Woodworth Family Foundation · Multicare Health System · Seattle Foundation · Sequoia 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 Ruth Evans Charitable Trust Tai funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ruth Evans Charitable Trust Tai. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    15report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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 51 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Source object · view filing

    Play a game based on Ruth Evans Charitable Trust Tai’s filings →

    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