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Seattle Seahawks Charitable Foundation

The foundation is organized to operate exclusively for charitable, scientific, or educational purposes within the meaning of section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code.

$683k
Granted FY2025still arriving
12
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$79k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Youth Development$985kRecreation & Sports$380kHealth$301kPhilanthropy$220kCivil Rights$132kHousing & Shelter$103kEducation$84kFood & Nutrition$83kOther$0
02FY2025 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 12 grants below total $569,050, the rows itemized in this filing. The $682,851 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $113,801 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k11 grants · $491k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $79k
$47,550
Median grant
1
States reached
$228k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COMMUNITY PASSAGEWAYS$78,550
NAMI SEATTLE$47,550
COMPASS HOUSING ALLIANCE$47,550
CAMP KOREY$47,550
OUTDOORS FOR ALL FOUNDATION$47,550
SEATTLE OUT & PROUD FOUNDATION$47,550
NORTHWEST HARVEST$47,550
VIRGINIA MASON FRANCISCAN HEALTH FOUNDATION$47,550
GIRLS ON THE RUN OF PUGET SOUND$47,550
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY$47,550
YMCA OF GREATER SEATTLE$47,550
RENTON SCHOOL DISTRICT$15,000
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 (FY17–25, $82k) 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 its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $20k → 9%YMCA OF GREATER SEATTLE: $48k → 9%YMCA OF GREATER SEATTLE: $15k → 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.

76%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.6M · 20 repeat orgs$525k to everyone else

20 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
23

Total granted

$1.6M
$430k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+37%

Still filing today

95%
52%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $95k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’20’21’22’23’24’25
Youth DevelopmentRecreation & SportsEducationHealthHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • OF
    Outdoors for all Foundation
    6× · 2017–2025 · $158k · revenue +118%
  • BB
    BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF PUGET SOUND
    5× · 2018–2024 · $132k · revenue +65%
  • NS
    NAMI Seattle
    3× · 2023–2025 · $101k · revenue +48%

Funded once

  • WS
    WASHINGTON STATE BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS ASSOgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $50k · revenue +864%
  • PH
    PLYMOUTH HOUSING GROUP AND SUBSIDIARIES
    one grant, 2024 · $36k · revenue 0%
  • I
    INVESTEDgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $35k · revenue +126%
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
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
2
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,…

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3
United Way of Snohomish County

United way of snohomish county improves lives for families in snohomish county by bringing people, resources, and strategy together.

Philanthropy
4
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…

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5
Disability Rights Washington

Disability rights washington's mission is to advance the dignity, equality, and self determination of people with disabilities. we work to pursue justice on matters related to human and legal rights.

Human Services
6
Spark Northwest

Founded in 2001, Spark Northwest accelerates the just transition to clean energy in the Pacific Northwest. Spark Northwest uses two primary strategies: (1) on-the-ground project consulting, focusing on communities with limited financial…

Environment
7
North Olympic Healthcare Network

To provide patient-centered, quality-driven, whole-person healthcare services, accessible to everyone in our community.

Health
8
The Seattle Academy of Arts & Sciences

Seattle academy is a dynamic community that challenges students to question, imagine, and create in order to contribute to a changing world.

Education
9
The Humane Society for Seattleking County

Seattle humane promotes the human-animal bond by saving and serving pets in need, regardless of age, ability, circumstance or geography.

Animals
10
Young Womens Christian Association

The ywca is dedicated to eliminating racism and empowering women.

Human Services
11
Building Changes

Building changes advances equitable responses to homelessness in washington state, with a focus on children, youth, and families. we work at the intersection of housing, education, and health systems, partnering with communities and public…

Health
12
Seattle Jobs Initiative

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

Employment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Seattle Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Virginia Mason Medical Center. 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

35 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. 35 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
34/35
Grantees still filing
24/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COMMUNITY PASSAGEWAYS: $225,957 · Youth DevelopmentCOMMUNITY PASSAGEWAYSYOUNG WOMEN EMPOWERED: $78,592 · Youth DevelopmentYOUNG WOMEN EMPOWEREDTREEHOUSE: $61,245 · Youth DevelopmentTREEHOUSEWASHINGTON STATE BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS ASSO: $50,296 · Youth DevelopmentWASHINGTON STATE BOYS & GI…CHOOSE 180: $48,714 · Youth DevelopmentCHOOSE 180CAMP KOREY: $47,550 · Youth DevelopmentCAMP KOREYCAMP FIRE SNOHOMISH COUNTY: $43,100 · Youth DevelopmentCAMP FIRE SNOHOMISH COUNTYBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF PUGET SOUND: $132,319 · OtherBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF PUGET S…NORTHWEST HARVEST EMM: $83,428 · OtherNORTHWEST HARVEST EMMSPECIAL OLYMPICS WASHINGTON: $37,913 · OtherSeattle Public Schools: $30,000 · OtherBethel School District 403: $28,000 · OtherRENTON SCHOOL DISTRICT #403: $27,000 · OtherCOMPASS HOUSING ALLIANCE: $47,550 · OtherCOMPASS HOUSING ALLIANCEPLYMOUTH HOUSING GROUP AND SUBSIDIARIES: $35,878 · OtherTHE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER SEATTLE (6871): $62,120 · OtherTHE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATI…FARESTART: $53,592 · OtherFARESTART+15 more: $212,888 · Other+15 moreOutdoors for all Foundation: $158,274 · Recreation & SportsOutdoors for a…BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF KING COUNTY: $69,592 · Recreation & SportsBOYS AND GIRLS…Girls on the Run Puget Sound: $67,034 · Recreation & SportsGirls on the R…RCX SPORTS FOUNDATION: $17,714 · Recreation & SportsRCX SPORTS FOU…NAMI Seattle: $101,142 · HealthNAMI SeattleVIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER: $101,142 · HealthVIRGINIA MASO…AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $83,428 · HealthAMERICAN CANC…SEATTLE FOUNDATION: $230,000 · PhilanthropySEATTLE FOUN…INVESTED: $35,000 · PhilanthropyINVESTEDRAINIER SCHOLARS: $74,228 · EducationSports in Schools: $27,485 · EducationAlliance for Education: $10,000 · EducationDONORSCHOOSEORG: $9,958 · EducationSeattle Out & Proud Foundation: $101,142 · Civil Rights
Youth Development$555,454Other$750,688Recreation & Sports$312,614Health$285,712Philanthropy$265,000Education$121,671Civil Rights$101,142

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 budgetSEATTLE FOUNDATION: $230,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY PASSAGEWAYS: $225,957 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetOutdoors for all Foundation: $158,274 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF PUGET SOUND: $132,319 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetSeattle Out & Proud Foundation: $101,142 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetNAMI Seattle: $101,142 over 3y, 5.9% of budgetVIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER: $101,142 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $83,428 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHWEST HARVEST EMM: $83,428 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetYOUNG WOMEN EMPOWERED: $78,592 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetRAINIER SCHOLARS: $74,228 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF KING COUNTY: $69,592 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGirls on the Run Puget Sound: $67,034 over 3y, 5.2% of budgetTHE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER SEATTLE (6871): $62,120 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTREEHOUSE: $61,245 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFARESTART: $53,592 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetWASHINGTON STATE BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS ASSO: $50,296 over 1y, 5.4% of budgetCHOOSE 180: $48,714 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetCAMP FIRE SNOHOMISH COUNTY: $43,100 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS WASHINGTON: $37,913 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetPLYMOUTH HOUSING GROUP AND SUBSIDIARIES: $35,878 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetINVESTED: $35,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetSports in Schools: $27,485 over 3y, 10% of budgetSeattle Children's Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMERCY HOUSING NORTHWEST: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNeighborhood House INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRCX SPORTS FOUNDATION: $17,714 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetNICK OF TIME FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetMINORITY VETERANS OF AMERICA: $10,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetAlliance for Education: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetASSOCIATED RECREATION COUNCIL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDONORSCHOOSEORG: $9,958 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Service Organizations Northwest USO Northwest: $5,045 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 FoundationUnited Way of King Co…School's Out Washingt…Allen Family Philanth…The Norcliffe Foundat…Puget Sound Energy Fo…Kaiser Foundation Hea…Building ChangesThe Albertsons Compan…Windermere FoundationMoccasin Lake Foundat…Credit Unions in the …
Seattle FoundationWA35× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Seattle Foundation · United Way of King County · School's Out Washington · Allen Family Philanthropies · The Norcliffe Foundation · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington · Building Changes · The Albertsons Companies Foundation · Windermere Foundation · Moccasin Lake Foundation · Credit Unions in the State of Washington

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 Seahawks Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Seattle Seahawks Charitable Foundation. 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%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    17report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    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 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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