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Seattle Prof Engineering Employees Assn Dba Soc of Prof Eng Empl in Aerospace

The organization's primary exempt purpose is to secure improved wages, hours, working conditions, and other economic advantages through organization, negotiations, and collective bargaining, through legal and economic means, and other lawful methods.

$396k
Granted FY2025still arriving
16
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$40k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0166% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant clustered by its grantee’s IRS cause code (NTEE), by year — across FY2017–2025.

Education$658kHuman Services$40kRecreation & Sports$24kCrime & Legal$23kCommunity Improvement$10kScience & Tech$10kOther$399k
02FY2025 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 16 grants below total $332,200 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $395,587 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $63,387 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $6k
  • $10k–50k15 grants · $326k
$20,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$27M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GreenRiver College Foundation$40,000
Clover Park Technical College$35,000
Bellevue College Foundation$30,000
Central WA University Fdn$30,000
Columbia Basin College Fdn$30,000
Big Bend Community Collge Fdn$30,000
Everett Community College Fdn$25,000
Walla Walla Cmnty College Fdn$20,000
WA State University Fdn$20,000
Renton Technical College Fdn$15,000
Seattle Prof Nat Soc Blck Eng$11,200
Lake WA Tech Foundation$10,000
Red-Tailed Hawks Flying Club$10,000
UW - Graduate Center$10,000
Western WA University Fdn$10,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY22–25, $40k) 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 your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%Red-Tailed Hawks Flying Club: $10k → 9%Red-Tailed Hawks Flying Club: $10k → 9%Red-Tailed Hawks Flying Club: $10k → 9%Red-Tailed Hawks Flying Club: $10k → 9%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$1.0M · 19 repeat orgs$159k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +49% since the first grant, against +10% for the ones you funded once.

19 repeat relationships — 12 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
7

Total granted

$1.0M
$63k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+49%
+10%

Still filing today

95%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $96k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesScience & TechCommunity ImprovementCrime & LegalRecreation & SportsOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • AI
    AMERICAN INDIAN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING SOCIETY
    2× · 2022–2024 · $118k · revenue +105%
  • GR
    Green River College Foundation
    4× · 2022–2025 · $115k · revenue +3%
  • BB
    BIG BEND COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION
    3× · 2022–2025 · $70k · revenue +96%

Funded once

  • NF
    NATIVE FORWARD SCHOLARS FUNDgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $12k · revenue +50%
  • PC
    PIERCE COLLEGE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue 0%
  • SO
    SOCIETY OF WOMEN ENGINEERS
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +10%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Seattle Colleges Foundation

The seattle colleges foundation catalyzes community support to advance the mission, work and impact of seattle colleges. we engage our community to transform lives, promote equity and increase access to quality, affordable education.

Education
2
Foundation for the Seattle Colleges

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…

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3
Whatcom Community College Foundation

The wcc foundation strengthens educational opportunities by providing student scholarships, supporting faculty and staff development, and assisting with key college initiatives.

Education
4
The Foundation for Florida Gateway College Inc

The foundation provides academic scholarships and financial support to the college.

Education
5
Lower Columbia College Foundation

Lower columbia college foundation's mission is to provide financial support where public funds are not sufficient, and to gather public support for the enhancement of educational opportunities at lower columbia college.

Education
6
South Seattle College Foundation

Our mission is to change lives by providing students with scholarships so they can pursue quality academic and vocational education. we do this through relationship building, fundraising and stewarding resources.

Education
7
Northcentral Technical College Foundation Inc

The ntc foundation develops relationships that enable individuals, businesses and the community to advocate for and provide resources in support of northcentral technical college in accomplishing its mission.

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8
College Success Foundation

We provide a unique integrated system of supports and scholarships to inspire underserved, low-income students to finish high school, graduate from college and succeed in life.

Education
9
Columbia State Community College Foundation

The columbia state community college foundation encourages friends, alumni, economic partners and others to invest their time and resources toward improvement of education at columbia state community college and making higher education…

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10
College of Western Idaho Foundation Inc

The Foundation, an Internal Revenue Code ("Code") Section 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization, supports the mission of the College through the development and creation of resources that will improve and (Continued on Schedule O)(Continued…

Philanthropy
11
Minnesota State College Southeast Foundation

Minnesota state college southeast foundation assists the college in achieving excellence in technical education for employment by developing financial and community resources for students, employers, and communities within our service area.

Education
12
Wsu Tech Foundation

To support, assist and promote the interest and welfare of wsu tech and its programs and activities.

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Foundation for Western Washington University and Alumni and the most unlike its peers is Washington Fair Trade Coalition. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 41 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number21%7%<5yr14%4%5–10yr20%18%10–20yr18%18%20–35yr13%46%35–55yr15%7%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value21%5%<5yr14%6%5–10yr20%7%10–20yr18%23%20–35yr13%53%35–55yr15%6%55yr+

The field is 21% startups (under 5 years old) — 7% of your grantees by number, and just 5% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 12% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/30
the rest of the field
12%
4,745/38,938

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

28 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 28 of the 30 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/28
Grantees still filing
19/28
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Green River College Foundation — $115,000 · EducationGreen River College FoundationEVERETT COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION — $75,000 · EducationEVERETT COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATIONBIG BEND COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION — $70,000 · EducationBIG BEND COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATIONWASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $60,000 · EducationWASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONCOLUMBIA BASIN COLLEGE FOUNDATION — $55,000 · EducationCOLUMBIA BASIN COLLEGE FOUNDATIONRENTON TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION — $55,000 · EducationRENTON TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATIONEDMONDS COLLEGE FOUNDATION — $51,000 · EducationEDMONDS COLLEGE FOUNDATIONEastern Washington University Foundation — $40,000 · EducationEastern Washington University FoundationFOUNDATION FOR WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY AND ALUMNI — $30,000 · EducationBELLEVUE COLLEGE FOUNDATION — $30,000 · Education+5 more — $77,000 · Education+5 moreAMERICAN INDIAN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING SOCIETY — $117,500 · OtherAMERICAN INDIAN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERIN…UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON — $100,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONLAKE WASHINGTON COLLEGE FOUNDATION — $50,000 · OtherLAKE WASHINGTON COLLEGE FOUNDATIONCENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $40,000 · OtherCENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATI…CLOVER PARK TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION — $35,000 · OtherCLOVER PARK TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATI…WASHINGTON FAIR TRADE COALITION — $24,500 · OtherWASHINGTON FAIR TRADE COALITION+4 more — $32,460 · Other+4 moreRED-TAILED HAWKS AVIATION ACADEMY — $40,000 · Human ServicesWICHITA FESTIVALS INC — $23,500 · Recreation & SportsICT SOS — $22,836 · Crime & LegalSOCIETY OF WOMEN ENGINEERS — $10,000 · Community ImprovementTHE SOCIETY OF ASIAN SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS — $10,000 · Science & Tech
Education$658,000Other$399,460Human Services$40,000Recreation & Sports$23,500Crime & Legal$22,836Community Improvement$10,000Science & Tech$10,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetAMERICAN INDIAN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING SOCIETY — $117,500 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetGreen River College Foundation — $115,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetEVERETT COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION — $75,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetBIG BEND COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION — $70,000 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetWASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $60,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOLUMBIA BASIN COLLEGE FOUNDATION — $55,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetRENTON TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION — $55,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetEDMONDS COLLEGE FOUNDATION — $51,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetLAKE WASHINGTON COLLEGE FOUNDATION — $50,000 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetRED-TAILED HAWKS AVIATION ACADEMY — $40,000 over 4y, 7.7% of budgetEastern Washington University Foundation — $40,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $40,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY AND ALUMNI — $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBELLEVUE COLLEGE FOUNDATION — $30,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetWASHINGTON FAIR TRADE COALITION — $24,500 over 4y, 12% of budgetWICHITA FESTIVALS INC — $23,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetICT SOS — $22,836 over 4y, 4.5% of budgetHIGHLINE COLLEGE FOUNDATION — $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCLARK COLLEGE DISTRICT 14 FOUNDATION — $15,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetNATIVE FORWARD SCHOLARS FUND — $11,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPIERCE COLLEGE FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetSOCIETY OF WOMEN ENGINEERS — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SOCIETY OF ASIAN SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS — $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetORGANIZATION OF BLACK AEROSPACE PROFESSIONALS — $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWASHINGTON FIRST ROBOTICS — $5,760 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF GAY AND LESBIAN SCIENTIST & TECHNICAL PROF — $5,500 over 1y, 3.9% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Puget Sound Energy Fo…South Seattle College…Seattle FoundationThe Herbert Jones Fou…Credit Unions in the …College Spark Washing…Pemco Foundation IncBuilding ChangesUnited Way of King Co…Credit Unions in the …Sellen Community Foun…Woodworth Family Foun…
Puget Sound Energy FoundationDE36.9× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Puget Sound Energy Foundation · South Seattle College Foundation · Seattle Foundation · The Herbert Jones Foundation · Credit Unions in the State of Washington · College Spark Washington · Pemco Foundation Inc · Building Changes · United Way of King County · Credit Unions in the State of Washington · Sellen Community Foundation · Woodworth Family Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Seattle Prof Engineering Employees Assn Dba Soc of Prof Eng Empl in Aerospace funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%your share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 30 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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