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Southeast Seattle Education Coalition

The mission of SESEC is to convene and resource communities of color to advocate for an equitable education system.

$554k
Granted FY2025still arriving
17
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$49k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2025.

Education$1.4MHealth$37kYouth Development$25k
02FY2025 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 17 grants below total $499,999, the rows itemized in this filing. The $554,435 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $54,436 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.
$27,973
Median grant
1
States reached
$2.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Aki Kurose Middle School Academy PTSA$49,002
ASA Mercer Middle School PTSA$44,800
South Shore PTSA$39,744
Emerson Elementary PTA$35,179
Alliance for Education fiscal sponsor of Wing Luke Elementary$32,692
MLK Dreamkeepers PTA$30,535
Kimball School PTA$28,590
Van Asselt PTA DBA Rising Star Elementary PTA$28,033
Alliance for Education fiscal sponsor of Dunlap Elementary$27,973
Maple Elementary PTSA$27,228
John Muir PTA Council$26,796
Dearborn Park PTA$26,519
Graham Hill Elementary$23,177
Beacon Hill PTA$22,598
Rainier View PTSA$21,946
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY23–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%Alliance for Education: $47k → 9%MLK Elementary PTSA: $24k → 9%Alliance for Education fiscal sponsor of Wing Luke Elementary: $33k → 17%Take on College: $5k → 9%Alliance for Education fiscal sponsor of Dunlap Elementary: $28k → 17%Pathwaves Washington: $400k → 9%Pathwaves Washington: $74k → 9%Kimball School PTA: $29k → 9%John Muir PTA Council: $27k → 9%Kimball PTSA: $25k → 9%John Muir PTA: $24k → 9%Rainier View PTSA: $22k → 9%Rainier View Elementary PTSA: $19k → 9%College Possible: $10k → 9%ASA Mercer Middle School PTSA: $45k → 9%Mercer Middle School: $36k → 9%Maple Elementary PTSA: $27k → 9%Dearborn Park PTA: $27k → 9%Maple Elementary PTSA: $24k → 9%Dearborn Park PTA: $22k → 9%Aki Kurose Middle School Academy PTSA: $49k → 9%South Shore PTSA: $40k → 9%Aki Kurose PTSA: $37k → 9%Emerson Elementary PTA: $35k → 9%South Shore PTSA: $33k → 9%MLK Dreamkeepers PTA: $31k → 9%Van Asselt PTA DBA Rising Star Elementary PTA: $28k → 9%Emerson Elementary PTA: $25k → 9%Rising Star Elementary PTA: $25k → 9%Graham Hill Elementary: $23k → 9%Beacon Hill PTA: $23k → 9%Beacon Hill PTSA: $23k → 9%Orca K-8: $22k → 9%Graham Hill PTA: $19k → 9%Friends of Hawthorne PTA: $19k → 9%Orca at Columbia PTA: $18k → 9%Friends of Hawthorne PTA: $17k → 9%Ethiopian Community in Seattle: $10k → 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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.4M · 17 repeat orgs$25k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +1% since the first grant, against +0% for those funded once.

17 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2025, 1 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
3

Total granted

$1.4M
$25k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+1%
+0%

Still filing today

53%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’23’24’25
EducationArts & CultureOther
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

  • PW
    Pathwaves Washington
    2× · 2023–2024 · $474k · revenue +231% · 100% of their budget
  • KS
    KIMBALL SCHOOL PARENT TEACHER ASSOC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $53k · revenue +85% · 76% of their budget
  • BH
    Beacon Hill PTA 6-15-42
    2× · 2024–2025 · $45k · revenue +7%

Funded once

  • CP
    COLLEGE POSSIBLE INC
    one grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue +0%
  • EC
    Ethiopian Community in Seattle
    one grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue 0%
  • TO
    TAKE ON COLLEGE
    one grant, 2024 · $5k
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
Mountain View Pta

to serve the children and their families in the Mt View Elementary school community, by being a resource for families, funding positive programs in the school and advocating for the education and wellbeing of all children

Education
2
Lake Shore Elementary Pta

We are a PTA organization for Lake Shore Elementary in Vancouver, WA - our raised funds go back to the school through events and donations.

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3
Langley Education Campus Ptsa

We are a parent and teacher member organization for a public elementary school.

Education
4
Lake Washington Hs Ptsa

LWHS PTSA was formed to provide an organized way for parents to aid children in the school community.

Education
5
Grant Cea Pta

PTA serving elementary school, providing resources for teachers, students and families

—
6
Olympic View Elementary Pta

Provide financial and volunteer support while building community so our students are challenged to reach their full intellectual, social, emotional and physical potential and to develop as thoughtful world citizens.

Education
7
Glencoe Elementary Pta

Glencoe Elementary School PTA is a parent teacher association which supports and enriches the educational opportunities of the students by means of support for teachers and administrators, student programs, and parent education.

—
8
Scotts Ridge Elementary School Pta

To support and enhance the educational experience of students by fostering cooperation between parents, teachers and school staff. The PTA provides volunteer and financial support for educational programs, classroom resources, school evens…

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9
Fall City Elementary Ptsa 2 18 15

The Fall City Elementary School PTSA unites families, educators, and our greater community to create an engaging, inclusive, and supportive learning environment. Together, we inspire lifelong learners, nurture a sense of belonging, and…

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10
Pta Oregon Congress

Provide enrichment and education funding to the school.

—
11
Stony Point Elementary School Pto

The PTO seeks to help build community among students and families through spirit days and special events throughout the year. The PTO also organizes events to help care for Stony Point teachers and staff in tangible ways. The Stony Point…

Philanthropy
12
Stephenson Elementary Pta

Elementary School Parent Teacher Association

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is SouthShore Ptsa; the most unlike its peers is Pathwaves Washington. 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

12 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. 12 of the 20 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/12
Grantees still filing
6/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Pathwaves Washington: $474,301 · EducationPathwaves WashingtonAlliance for Education: $107,967 · EducationAlliance for EducationSouthShore PTSA: $72,416 · EducationSouthShore PTSAMAPLE SCHOOL PTSA: $51,446 · EducationMAPLE SCHOOL PTSABeacon Hill PTA 6-15-42: $45,099 · EducationGRAHAM HILL ELEMENTARY PTA: $42,333 · EducationOrca at Columbia PTA: $40,307 · EducationTHE FRIENDS OF HAWTHORNE: $35,537 · Education+1 more: $10,000 · EducationAKI KUROSE MIDDLE SCHOOL ACADEMY PTSA 6 15 3 9 5: $85,728 · OtherAKI KUROSE MIDDLE SCHOOL ACADEMY PTSA 6 15…ASA MERCER MIDDLE SCHOOL PTSA: $80,571 · OtherASA MERCER MIDDLE SCHOOL PTSAEMERSON PTA: $60,212 · OtherEMERSON PTAMLK DREAMKEEPERS PTA: $54,738 · OtherMLK DREAMKEEPERS PTAKIMBALL SCHOOL PARENT TEACHER ASSOC: $53,103 · OtherKIMBALL SCHOOL PARENT TEACHER ASSOCRISING STAR PTA: $52,906 · OtherRISING STAR PTAJOHN MUIR PTA SEATTLE COUNCIL 6 12 250: $50,371 · OtherJOHN MUIR PTA SEATTLE COUNCIL 6 12 250DEARBORN PARK PTA 6 15 375: $48,589 · OtherDEARBORN PARK PTA 6 15 375RAINIER VIEW PTA 6 15 65: $40,760 · OtherRAINIER VIEW PTA 6 15 65+1 more: $5,000 · OtherEthiopian Community in Seattle: $10,000 · Arts & Culture
Education$879,406Other$531,978Arts & Culture$10,000

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 budgetPathwaves Washington: $474,301 over 2y, 100% of budgetAlliance for Education: $107,967 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetSouthShore PTSA: $72,416 over 2y, 58% of budgetKIMBALL SCHOOL PARENT TEACHER ASSOC: $53,103 over 2y, 76% of budgetBeacon Hill PTA 6-15-42: $45,099 over 2y, 24% of budgetGRAHAM HILL ELEMENTARY PTA: $42,333 over 2y, 22% of budgetOrca at Columbia PTA: $40,307 over 2y, 23% of budgetTHE FRIENDS OF HAWTHORNE: $35,537 over 2y, 13% of budgetCOLLEGE POSSIBLE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEthiopian Community in Seattle: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% 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.

Alliance for EducationBeacon Hill PTA 6-15-…American Online Givin…Paypal Charitable Giv…Amazonsmile Foundation
Alliance for EducationWA37× affinity15 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Alliance for Education · Beacon Hill PTA 6-15-42 · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Southeast Seattle Education Coalition funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Southeast Seattle Education Coalition. Bigger dots raise more.

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%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
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Southeast Seattle Education Coalition?

    Find your warmest path to Southeast Seattle Education Coalition 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 20 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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