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Seattle Peoples Fund at a glance

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Seattle Peoples Fund

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.

$56k
Granted FY2025still arriving
16
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$5k
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.

Community Improvement$61kArts & Culture$58kHuman Services$45kCivil Rights$28kEducation$25kInternational$15kFood & Nutrition$12kCrime & Legal$11kOther$0
02FY2025 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$4,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$830k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AMIGOS DE SEATTLE$5,000
RVC SEATTLE$5,000
LAO SENIOR OUTREACH$5,000
DEAF SPOTLIGHT$5,000
RVC SEATTLE$4,000
RVC SEATTLE$4,000
RADIO ENTHUSIASTS OF PUGET SOUND$4,000
YEHAW INDIGENOUS CREATIVES COLLECTIVE$4,000
WOMEN UNITED$4,000
RHAPSODY PROJECT$4,000
MALAWI SEATTLE ASSOC$3,000
DEAF SPOTLIGHT$3,000
HEARTBEAT FAMILY SUPPORT SVCS$3,000
TIBETAN ASSOCIATION OF WA$1,000
NORTHWEST FILM FORUM$1,000
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 (FY20–25, $55k) 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%VILLAGE OF HOPE: $3k → 9%VILLAGE OF HOPE: $2k → 9%ACRS: $5k → 9%LAO SENIOR OUTREACH: $5k → 9%LAO SENIOR OUTREACH: $5k → 9%LAO SENIOR OUTREACH: $5k → 9%ALIMENTANDO AT PUEBLO: $5k → 9%ALIMENTANDO AL PUEBLO: $4k → 9%WOMEN UNITED: $4k → 9%IRAQI COMMUNITY OF WASHINGTON: $3k → 9%IRAQI COMMUNITY OF WASHINGTON: $3k → 9%IRAQI COMMUNITY OF WASHINGTON: $2k → 9%SOMALI FAMILY SAFETY TASK FORCE: $3k → 9%UTOPIA: $3k → 9%UTOPIA: $3k → 9%INTEGRATION FAMILY SERVICES: $2k → 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.
$203k · 20 repeat orgs$78k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +58% since the first grant, against +6% for those funded once.

20 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
19

Total granted

$203k
$65k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+58%
+6%

Still filing today

70%
58%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k 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 & CultureCivil RightsInternationalEducationCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • RVC SEATTLE
    6× · 2020–2025 · $46k · revenue +84%
  • DS
    DEAF SPOTLIGHT
    6× · 2020–2025 · $24k · revenue +161%
  • AD
    AMIGOS DE SEATTLE
    3× · 2021–2025 · $10k · revenue +56%

Funded once

  • CL
    COLECTIVA LEGAL DEL PUEBLO
    one grant, 2020 · $8k · revenue -63%
  • NH
    NEW HOPE LUTHERAN CHURCH
    one grant, 2023 · $5k
  • UL
    URBAN LEAGUE OF METROPOLITAN SEATTLEgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue +79%
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 Indian Center
Human Services
2
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
3
Wakulima Usa

Our Food Production Center will serve as our primary storage production and distribution facility. The coop will aggregate purchase store and distribute farm inputs for members and will act as an integrator collecting the output from…

Food & Nutrition
4
Filipino American Educators of Washington

The Filipino American Educators of Washington (FAEW) is a professional organization of educators and those involved in education that promotes and advocates for the recruitment, growth, development, advancement, and contributions of…

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5
Somali Cultural Center

Amplifying Somali Voices & Building Communities

Arts & Culture
6
Black Owned Business Excellence

Help create a more equitable entrepreneurial ecosystem in Washington State.

Community Improvement
7
Central Washington Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

We increase access to economic opportunities for business owners, entrepreneurs, and individuals in Central Washington by connecting and providing them with resources, representation, and opportunities to build community.

Community Improvement
8
Lao Community Service Center

Lao Community Service center's mission is to united the Lao Community in the Pacific Northwest. We assist the Lao Community with social, cultural, and educational services.

Human Services
9
Southwest Washington Center for the Arts
Philanthropy
10
Eritrean Association in Greater Seattle

Community Services

Human Services
11
Iaf Northwest

In 2024, IAF Pacific continued its work of connecting and strengthening broad-based alliances throughout the Pacific region.Through its Building Partnerships for Collaborative Action initiativethe organization supported Indigenous and…

Community Improvement
12
Salish School of Spokane

Dynamic Salish language revitalization powering cultural renewal and building a stronger, healthier community.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Rvc Seattle; the most unlike its peers is Radio Enthusiasts of Puget Sound. 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

28 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. 28 of the 44 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)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/28
Grantees still filing
19/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

KHMER COMMUNITY OF SEATTLE KING CO: $12,000 · OtherKHMER COMMUNITY OF SEATTLE KING COMADRES DE CASINO ROAD: $10,000 · OtherMADRES DE CASINO ROADHEARTBEAT FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES: $9,000 · OtherHEARTBEAT FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICESYEHAW INDIGENOUS CREATIVES COLLECTIVE: $8,500 · OtherYEHAW INDIGENOUS CREATIVES COLLECTIVEMALAWI SEATTLE ASSOCIATION - MSA: $5,500 · OtherMALAWI SEATTLE ASSOCIATION - MSACHILDSTRIVE: $5,000 · OtherNEW HOPE LUTHERAN CHURCH: $5,000 · OtherURBAN LEAGUE OF METROPOLITAN SEATTLE: $5,000 · OtherPACIFIC ISLANDER HEALTH BOARD: $5,000 · OtherLITTLE RED SCHOOL HOUSE DBA CHILDSTRIVE: $4,500 · Other+10 more: $25,000 · Other+10 moreLao Senior Outreach: $15,000 · Human ServicesLao Senior OutreachALIMENTANDO AL PUEBLO: $9,000 · Human ServicesALIMENTANDO AL PUEBLOIRAQI COMMUNITY CENTER OF WASHINGTON: $7,500 · Human ServicesIRAQI COMMUNITY CENTER…UNITED TERRITORIES OF PACIFIC ISLANDERS WASHINGTON-UTOPIA WA: $5,000 · Human ServicesUNITED TERRITORIES OF …VILLAGE OF HOPE: $4,500 · Human ServicesVILLAGE OF HOPEASIAN COUNSELING AND REFERRAL SERVICE: $4,500 · Human ServicesASIAN COUNSELING AND R…Women United: $4,000 · Human ServicesWomen UnitedSOMALI FAMILY SAFETY TASK FORCE SOMALI FAMILY SAFETY TASK FORCE: $3,000 · Human ServicesSOMALI FAMILY SAFETY T…INTEGRATION FAMILY SERVICES: $2,000 · Human ServicesRVC SEATTLE: $46,000 · Community ImprovementRVC SEATTLEDEAF SPOTLIGHT: $23,500 · Arts & CultureDEAF SPOTLIGHTRADIO ENTHUSIASTS OF PUGET SOUND: $8,000 · Arts & CultureRADIO ENTHUSIASTS …SHUNPIKE: $4,500 · Arts & CultureSHUNPIKETHE RHAPSODY PROJECT: $4,000 · Arts & CultureTHE RHAPSODY PROJE…Brazil Center: $3,000 · Arts & CultureBrazil CenterTIBETAN ASSOCIATION OF WASHING: $2,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $1,000 · Arts & CultureAMIGOS DE SEATTLE: $9,500 · InternationalNa'ah Illahee Fund: $7,500 · InternationalCOLECTIVA LEGAL DEL PUEBLO: $7,500 · Civil RightsPacific Islander Community Association of WA: $5,000 · Civil RightsScholar Fund: $2,500 · EducationSoutheast Seattle Education Coalition: $2,500 · EducationFood Empowerment Education Sustainability Team: $4,500 · Food & Nutrition
Other$94,500Human Services$54,500Community Improvement$46,000Arts & Culture$46,000International$17,000Civil Rights$12,500Education$5,000Food & Nutrition$4,500

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetRVC SEATTLE: $46,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetDEAF SPOTLIGHT: $23,500 over 6y, 1.9% of budgetLao Senior Outreach: $15,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetAMIGOS DE SEATTLE: $9,500 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetALIMENTANDO AL PUEBLO: $9,000 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetRADIO ENTHUSIASTS OF PUGET SOUND: $8,000 over 2y, 4.4% of budgetCOLECTIVA LEGAL DEL PUEBLO: $7,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNa'ah Illahee Fund: $7,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCHILDSTRIVE: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetURBAN LEAGUE OF METROPOLITAN SEATTLE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED TERRITORIES OF PACIFIC ISLANDERS WASHINGTON-UTOPIA WA: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPacific Islander Community Association of WA: $5,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFood Empowerment Education Sustainability Team: $4,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetVILLAGE OF HOPE: $4,500 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetSHUNPIKE: $4,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetASIAN COUNSELING AND REFERRAL SERVICE: $4,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWomen United: $4,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetBrazil Center: $3,000 over 1y, 5.6% of budgetSOMALI FAMILY SAFETY TASK FORCE SOMALI FAMILY SAFETY TASK FORCE: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetScholar Fund: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSoutheast Seattle Education Coalition: $2,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetHMONG ASSOCIATION OF WASHINGTON: $2,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTIBETAN ASSOCIATION OF WASHING: $2,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetINTEGRATION FAMILY SERVICES: $2,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetNORTHWEST FILM FORUM: $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 FoundationInatai FoundationPhilanthropy NorthwestArtsfundUnited Way of King Co…School's Out Washingt…Gates FoundationThe Norcliffe Foundat…Brant FoundationFront and CenteredThe Bullitt FoundationNorthwest Harvest Emm
Seattle FoundationWA46.6× affinity24 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Seattle Foundation · Inatai Foundation · Philanthropy Northwest · Artsfund · United Way of King County · School's Out Washington · Gates Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · Brant Foundation · Front and Centered · The Bullitt Foundation · Northwest Harvest Emm

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    13report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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 44 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.

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