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SITY Foundation

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.

$394k
Granted FY2025still arriving
3
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$390k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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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.

Arts & Culture$749kEducation$567kHealth$69kYouth Development$41kPhilanthropy$15kEnvironment$12kHuman Services$6kAnimals$6kOther$0
02FY2025 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $4k
  • $250k+1 grant · $390k
$2,500
Median grant
3
States reached
$792k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NORTHWEST FILM FORUM$390,000
BLACK FRET SONIC GUILD$2,500
CASCADES CARNIVORE PROJECT$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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–22, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 30% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%PROJECT RENEWAL OF DAVENPORT INC: $2k → 12%DISABILITY RIGHTS WASHINGTON: $3k → 9%DISABILITY RIGHTS WASHINGTON: $1k → 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
WI
NY
OR
IA
IN
PA
CA
NC
DC
TX
FL
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.

54%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$526k · 20 repeat orgs$454k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +6% since the first grant, against +0% for those funded once.

20 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 18 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
18

Total granted

$526k
$64k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+6%
+0%

Still filing today

95%
83%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 1% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $390k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureYouth DevelopmentEducationHealthHuman ServicesPhilanthropyOther
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

  • SIFF
    8× · 2017–2024 · $250k · revenue +37%
  • BS
    BERTSCHI SCHOOL
    2× · 2017–2019 · $37k · revenue +72%
  • BF
    BLACK FRET DBA SONIC GUILD
    6× · 2019–2025 · $33k · revenue +11%

Funded once

  • TP
    THE PRODIGY PROJECT
    one grant, 2024 · $16k · revenue 0%
  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF KING COUNTY
    one grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue -30%
  • YF
    YOUTH FX INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $7k · revenue +100%
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
Washington Filmworks

To build and enhance the competitiveness of Washington State's film and associated creative industry. We accomplish this by marketing and managing the state's production incentive program, representing the state in national and…

Community Improvement
2
Artist Trust

Artist Trust supports the livelihoods of artists working in all disciplines to create a more vibrant and equitable Washington State.

Arts & Culture
3
San Francisco Film Society

SFFILM is a nonprofit organization whose mission ensures independent voices in film are welcomed, heard, and given the resources to thrive. SFFILM connects and inspires audiences, students and teachers, and filmmakers through our film…

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4
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
5
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
6
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
7
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
8
On the Boards

On the Boards' mission is to invest in leading contemporary performing artists near and far and connect them to a diverse range of communities interested in forward-thinking art and ideas.

—
9
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
10
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.

—
11
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
12
Kuow Puget Sound Public Radio

Kuow/puget sound public radio is a nonprofit organization which operates three radio stations to provide news, information, and cultural programs to the greater seattle area. our mission is to create and serve a more informed public.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Whatcom Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Save Lake Kachess. 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

38 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 38 of the 41 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
37/38
Grantees still filing
22/38
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

University of Notre Dame du Lac: $500,000 · EducationUniversity of Notre Dame du LacBERTSCHI SCHOOL: $36,500 · EducationBERTSCHI SCHOOLTHE SEATTLE ACADEMY OF ARTS & SCIENCES: $28,000 · Education+1 more: $500 · EducationNORTHWEST FILM FORUM: $390,000 · Arts & CultureNORTHWEST FILM FORUMBLACK FRET DBA SONIC GUILD: $32,500 · Arts & CultureBLACK FRET DBA SONIC GUILDLANGSTON: $22,500 · Arts & Culture+7 more: $34,046 · Arts & Culture+7 moreSIFF: $250,000 · Youth DevelopmentSIFFFRIENDS OF KEXP: $35,546 · Youth DevelopmentFRIENDS OF KEXPTHE PRODIGY PROJECT: $16,000 · Youth Development+2 more: $7,500 · Youth DevelopmentROGERS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $40,000 · HealthNATIONAL BLOOD CLOT ALLIANCE: $6,000 · HealthSEATTLE MUSICIANS ACCESS TO SUSTAINABLE HEALTHCARE: $3,000 · HealthPABLOVE FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF KING COUNTY: $10,000 · PhilanthropyWHATCOM COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $5,000 · PhilanthropyThe Talented Youth NFFTY National Film Festival for Talented Yout: $12,546 · OtherSeattle Children's Foundation: $2,500 · OtherCHARLIE WELLMAN MEMORIAL FUND INC: $2,000 · OtherWASHINGTON TRAILS ASSOCIATION: $2,000 · OtherCHARLIE WELLMAN MEMORIAL FUND INC: $2,000 · OtherDISABILITY RIGHTS WASHINGTON: $3,500 · OtherPROJECT RENEWAL OF DAVENPORT: $1,500 · OtherMARY'S PLACE SEATTLE: $1,500 · OtherCASCADES CARNIVORE PROJECT: $4,500 · OtherFOOD LIFELINE: $4,000 · OtherUNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 · Other+3 more: $2,000 · OtherSave Lake Kachess: $10,000 · EnvironmentCONSERVATION NW: $2,000 · Environment
Education$565,000Arts & Culture$479,046Youth Development$309,046Health$49,000Philanthropy$30,000Other$40,546Environment$12,000

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 budgetUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $500,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHWEST FILM FORUM: $390,000 over 1y, 33% of budgetSIFF: $250,000 over 8y, 1.2% of budgetROGERS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $40,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetBERTSCHI SCHOOL: $36,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetFRIENDS OF KEXP: $35,546 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetBLACK FRET DBA SONIC GUILD: $32,500 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetTHE SEATTLE ACADEMY OF ARTS & SCIENCES: $28,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLANGSTON: $22,500 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetTHE PRODIGY PROJECT: $16,000 over 1y, 5.4% of budgetPABLOVE FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetThe Talented Youth NFFTY National Film Festival for Talented Yout: $12,546 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetUNITED WAY OF KING COUNTY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSave Lake Kachess: $10,000 over 2y, 6.0% of budgetFILM INDEPENDENT: $9,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Vera Project: $7,046 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetYOUTH FX INC: $7,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetNATIONAL BLOOD CLOT ALLIANCE: $6,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTREEHOUSE: $5,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPACIFIC SCIENCE CENTER FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWHATCOM COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCASCADES CARNIVORE PROJECT: $4,500 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetFOOD LIFELINE: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDISABILITY RIGHTS WASHINGTON: $3,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSEATTLE MUSICIANS ACCESS TO SUSTAINABLE HEALTHCARE: $3,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetMUSICARES FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSeattle Children's Foundation: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCONSERVATION NW: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWASHINGTON TRAILS ASSOCIATION: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRAIN CITY ROCK CAMP FOR GIRLS: $2,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetYOUTH IN FOCUS: $2,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetPROJECT RENEWAL OF DAVENPORT: $1,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMARY'S PLACE SEATTLE: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMotley Zoo Animal Rescue: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHREE DOLLAR BILL CINEMA: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFARESTART: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY PREPARATORY ACADEMY: $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 FoundationArtsfundPuget Sound Energy Fo…Lucky Seven FoundationMightycause Charitabl…The Norcliffe Foundat…Credit Unions in the …M J Murdock Charitabl…Leslie Fund IncIslands FundVitalogy FoundationGrousemont Foundation
Seattle FoundationWA29.3× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Seattle Foundation · Artsfund · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Lucky Seven Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · Credit Unions in the State of Washington · M J Murdock Charitable Trust · Leslie Fund Inc · Islands Fund · Vitalogy Foundation · Grousemont 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 SITY Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from SITY Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 16%
  • Cascades Carnivore Project: 16% 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
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
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.
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Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to SITY Foundation?

Find your warmest path to SITY Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 41 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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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