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Suskin 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.

$1.5M
Granted FY2025still arriving
46
Grants FY2025still arriving
10
States reached
$70k
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, FY2017 to 2025.

Animals$1.7MFood & Nutrition$1.4MHuman Services$1.3MHealth$1.1MPublic Safety & Disaster$855kHousing & Shelter$390kYouth Development$255kRecreation & Sports$60kOther$0
02FY2025 · 46 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k41 grants · $1.2M
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $300k
$30,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$11M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER$70,000
SEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL$70,000
NO KID HUNGRY$60,000
WINGS OF RESCUE$50,000
NORTHWEST HARVEST$50,000
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$45,000
HOMEWARD PET ADOPTION CENTER$40,000
USO NORTHWEST$40,000
MEDIC ONE FOUNDATION$40,000
AMERICAN RED CROSS$40,000
EMERGENCY FOOD NETWORK$40,000
FOOD LIFELINE$35,000
LIFEWIRE$35,000
Individual grant recipient$35,000
CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON$30,000
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 (FY17–25, $1.0M) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 94% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $15k → 8%FRISTERS: $30k → 10%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $35k → 14%HELPING HANDS: $20k → 8%SKOOKUM KIDS: $20k → 12%GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $15k → 8%FRISTERS: $20k → 10%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $35k → 14%HELPING HANDS: $20k → 8%GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $10k → 8%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $35k → 14%SOUND GENERATION: $20k → 9%GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $10k → 8%GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $10k → 8%LIFEWIRE: $35k → 9%LIFEWIRE: $30k → 9%LIFEWIRE: $30k → 9%LIFEWIRE: $30k → 9%LIFEWIRE: $30k → 9%LIFEWIRE: $30k → 9%LIFEWIRE: $20k → 9%LIFEWIRE: $20k → 9%LIFEWIRE: $20k → 9%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $40k → 9%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $40k → 9%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $40k → 9%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $40k → 9%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $40k → 9%CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON: $25k → 9%CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON: $20k → 9%CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON: $20k → 9%CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON: $20k → 9%CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON: $20k → 9%HOPELINK: $20k → 9%CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON: $30k → 9%CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON: $25k → 9%CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON: $25k → 9%CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON: $25k → 9%NORTHSHORE SENIOR CENTER: $15k → 9%NORTHSHORE SENIOR CENTER: $10k → 9%NORTHSHORE SENIOR CENTER: $10k → 9%NORTHSHORE SENIOR CENTER: $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.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
IL
MI
OR
PA
CA
KY
VA
AZ
SC
DC
HI
GA
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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$6.8M · 48 repeat orgs$515k to everyone else

48 repeat relationships: 33 still active in FY2025, 15 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

48
9

Total granted

$6.8M
$150k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+51%

Still filing today

65%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $365k 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
AnimalsHuman ServicesHealthFood & NutritionPublic Safety & DisasterCommunity 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

  • FH
    FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER
    9× · 2017–2025 · $490k · revenue +27%
  • NH
    NORTHWEST HARVEST EMM
    9× · 2017–2025 · $340k · revenue +1%
  • HP
    HOMEWARD PET ADOPTION CENTER
    9× · 2017–2025 · $305k · revenue +64%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $40k
  • SHARE OUR STRENGTH
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue +8%
  • H
    HOPELINKgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $20k · revenue +74%
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
Paws of Grays Harbor

PAWS cares for lost, abandoned and abused animals and finds them new homes with responsible owners. PAWS also provides low cost spay and neuter services, a pet food pantry, and community education. During 2024 PAWS adopted out 577 pets.…

Animals
2
Seattle Area Feline Rescue Fka Animal Talk Rescue

Safe rescue saves feline lives by taking in homeless cats, giving them the care they need, finding them loving homes, and supporting their human companions. we do this because we believe each cat has inherent value and that humans and…

Animals
3
Spokane Humane Society

The vision of Spokane Humane Society is to enrich the lives of animals and their companions through Support, Education, Advocacy and Love (SEAL). As the oldest local non-profit in Spokane, we have been serving companion animals in need and…

Animals
4
Homeward Animal Shelter Inc

To care for, protect and place animals for adoption in life long homes, and to prevent cruelty to animals by educating our community in the proper and humane care of all animals.

Animals
5
Washington Humane Society

The washington humane society protects animals, supports families, and advocates for positive change to create a world where all animals can thrive. we enrich the humanity of our communities by promoting compassion and encouraging people…

Animals
6
Feral Cat SpayNeuter Project

Our mission is to save the lives of homeless cats by providing access to high volume spay/neuter surgery in a safe and humane environment, collaborating with others and mentoring like-minded organizations to increase spay/neuter in their…

Animals
7
Progressive Animal Welfare Society aka Paws

A champion for animals since 1967, PAWS is a nationally recognized leader - rehabilitating injured and orphaned wildlife, sheltering and adopting homeless cats and dogs, and educating people to make a better world for animals and people.

Animals
8
Street Dog Hero

Serving dogs in need around the world and their communities through rescue, adoption, wellness, spay/neuter, and education. street dog hero envisions a world where all dogs are healthy, safe, cared for, and wanted.

Animals
9
The Animal Haven Inc

The animal haven's misson is to provide a temporary, safe, caring and humane refuge for homeless dogs and cats and place these animals in quality adoptive homes.

Animals
10
Humane Society of Southern Arizona

To compassionately serve pets and the people who love them.

Animals
11
Animal Samaritans

At Animal Samaritans we champion compassion and respect for all living creatures, with a primary focus on dogs, cats, and the people who love them. We view pets not merely as animals, but as members of our families. As their guardians and…

Animals
12
Humane Animal Partners

Founded in 2023, humane animal partners is a nonprofit no-kill animal care and adoption center. we are committed to providing for the needs of homeless and owned dogs and cats in our community. we make "friends for life" by connecting…

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Olive Crest; the most unlike its peers is Bridge City Inclusive Sports. 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

41 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. 41 of the 70 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.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
40/41
Grantees still filing
31/41
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $550,000 · OtherSEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITALFRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER: $490,000 · OtherFRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTERHABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $390,000 · OtherHABITAT FOR HUMANITYNORTHWEST HARVEST EMM: $340,000 · OtherNORTHWEST HARVEST EMMUSO NORTHWEST: $285,000 · OtherUSO NORTHWESTPAWS: $230,000 · OtherPAWSTREEHOUSE FOR KIDS: $190,000 · OtherNORTH PACIFIC FOOD BANK: $155,000 · Other+29 more: $1,165,000 · Other+29 moreHOMEWARD PET ADOPTION CENTER: $305,000 · AnimalsHOMEWARD PET ADOPTI…THE HUMANE SOCIETY FOR SEATTLEKING COUNTY: $200,000 · AnimalsTHE HUMANE SOCIETY …OLD DOG HAVEN: $130,000 · AnimalsOLD DOG HAVENMercer Island Eastside Orphans & Waifs: $100,000 · AnimalsMercer Island Easts…PASADO'S SAFE HAVEN: $95,000 · AnimalsPASADO'S SAFE HAVENDANNY & RONS RESCUE: $90,000 · AnimalsDANNY & RONS RESCUEOASIS FOR ANIMALS: $80,000 · AnimalsOASIS FOR ANIMALSMotley Zoo Animal Rescue: $50,000 · AnimalsBRIGADOON SERVICE DOGS: $50,000 · AnimalsWINGS OF RESCUE INC: $50,000 · Animals+3 more: $100,000 · Animals+3 moreLifeWire: $245,000 · Human ServicesLifeWireCHILDRENS HOME SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON: $210,000 · Human ServicesCHILDRENS HOME S…American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $200,000 · Human ServicesAmerican Nationa…GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC: $125,000 · Human ServicesGUIDE DOGS FOR T…WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $105,000 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIOR …Fristers: $50,000 · Human ServicesNORTHSHORE SENIOR CENTER: $45,000 · Human ServicesHELPING HANDS INC: $40,000 · Human Services+3 more: $60,000 · Human Services+3 moreEMERGENCY FOOD NETWORK OF TACOMA AND PIERCE COUNTY: $285,000 · Food & NutritionFOOD LIFELINE: $240,000 · Food & NutritionMAUI FOOD BANK INC: $40,000 · Food & NutritionMEDIC ONE FOUNDATION: $200,000 · HealthDAVID'S HARP 930771871: $60,000 · HealthOLIVE CREST: $60,000 · HealthFRIENDS OF YOUTH: $50,000 · HealthTHE SOUP LADIES: $170,000 · Public Safety & DisasterBECKS PLACE: $50,000 · Community Improvement
Other$3,795,000Animals$1,250,000Human Services$1,080,000Food & Nutrition$565,000Health$370,000Public Safety & Disaster$170,000Community Improvement$50,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER: $490,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHWEST HARVEST EMM: $340,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetHOMEWARD PET ADOPTION CENTER: $305,000 over 9y, 1.7% of budgetEMERGENCY FOOD NETWORK OF TACOMA AND PIERCE COUNTY: $285,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetLifeWire: $245,000 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetFOOD LIFELINE: $240,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDRENS HOME SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON: $210,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetTHE HUMANE SOCIETY FOR SEATTLEKING COUNTY: $200,000 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetMEDIC ONE FOUNDATION: $200,000 over 7y, 1.2% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $200,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SOUP LADIES: $170,000 over 9y, 35% of budgetOLD DOG HAVEN: $130,000 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetGUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC: $125,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $105,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMercer Island Eastside Orphans & Waifs: $100,000 over 9y, 1.4% of budgetPASADO'S SAFE HAVEN: $95,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetDANNY & RONS RESCUE: $90,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetCHILDHAVEN: $85,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetOASIS FOR ANIMALS: $80,000 over 9y, 17% of budgetDAVID'S HARP 930771871: $60,000 over 4y, 31% of budgetOLIVE CREST: $60,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFristers: $50,000 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetMotley Zoo Animal Rescue: $50,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetBRIGADOON SERVICE DOGS: $50,000 over 3y, 4.5% of budgetBECKS PLACE: $50,000 over 3y, 29% of budgetSEATTLE VETERINARY OUTREACH: $50,000 over 3y, 3.6% of budgetFRIENDS OF YOUTH: $50,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetNORTHSHORE SENIOR CENTER: $45,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetMAUI FOOD BANK INC: $40,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHELPING HANDS INC: $40,000 over 2y, 43% of budgetMAUI HUMANE SOCIETY: $40,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetABANDONED PET PROJECT: $30,000 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetMaris Place: $30,000 over 1y, 8.1% of budgetSHARE OUR STRENGTH: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBRIDGE CITY INCLUSIVE SPORTS: $20,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetSkookum Kids: $20,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetHOPELINK: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUND GENERATIONS: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPAGE AHEAD CHILDRENS LITERACY PRGM: $20,000 over 1y, 1.5% 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.

  • Who funds FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER ↗
  • Who funds NORTHWEST HARVEST EMM ↗
  • Who funds HOMEWARD PET ADOPTION CENTER ↗
  • Who funds EMERGENCY FOOD NETWORK OF TACOMA AND PIERCE COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds LifeWire ↗
  • Who funds FOOD LIFELINE ↗
  • Who funds CHILDRENS HOME SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON ↗
  • Who funds THE HUMANE SOCIETY FOR SEATTLEKING COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds MEDIC ONE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds THE SOUP LADIES ↗
  • Who funds OLD DOG HAVEN ↗
  • Who funds GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC ↗
  • Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds Mercer Island Eastside Orphans & Waifs ↗
  • Who funds PASADO'S SAFE HAVEN ↗
  • Who funds DANNY & RONS RESCUE ↗
  • Who funds CHILDHAVEN ↗
  • Who funds OASIS FOR ANIMALS ↗
  • Who funds DAVID'S HARP 930771871 ↗
  • Who funds OLIVE CREST ↗
  • Who funds Fristers ↗
  • Who funds Motley Zoo Animal Rescue ↗
  • Who funds BRIGADOON SERVICE DOGS ↗
  • Who funds BECKS PLACE ↗
  • Who funds WINGS OF RESCUE INC ↗
  • Who funds SEATTLE VETERINARY OUTREACH ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF YOUTH ↗

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.

Puget Sound Energy Fo…Seattle FoundationThe Albertsons Compan…Mightycause Charitabl…Glassybaby White Ligh…The Norcliffe Foundat…Catania Family Founda…Pemco Foundation IncWilkins Charitable Fo…The Blackbaud Giving …Windermere FoundationThe American Society …
Puget Sound Energy FoundationDE27.1× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Seattle Foundation · The Albertsons Companies Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Glassybaby White Light Fund · The Norcliffe Foundation · Catania Family Foundation · Pemco Foundation Inc · Wilkins Charitable Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Windermere Foundation · The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • David's Harp 930771871: 0% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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 70 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