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Teel Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Teel Charitable Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$330k
Granted FY2024still arriving
26
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$77k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Youth Development$743kEducation$592kReligion$197kFood & Nutrition$113kInternational$109kRecreation & Sports$50kHousing & Shelter$46kHuman Services$46kOther$0
02FY2024 · 26 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k18 grants · $95k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $99k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $137k
$8,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$5.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SEATTLE PACIFIC UNIVERSITY$76,700
MONROE COVENANT CHURCH$60,000
CASINO ROAD KIDS MINISTRIES$30,000
WARM BEACH CHRISTIAN CAMPS$20,000
WOGEN CHILDREN & MOTHER'S SUPPORT$15,000
CROSSPOINT ACADEMY$11,700
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS DISTRICT FAIR$11,500
SEATTLE INT'L CHRISTIAN CHURCH$10,500
NOURISH PIERCE COUNTY$9,000
Individual grant recipient$8,000
RYAN'S HOUSE FOR YOUTH$8,000
Individual grant recipient$8,000
COMPASSION INTERNATIONAL$8,000
CHILDREN'S CHARITY MINISTRY$8,000
COLLEGE POSSIBLE$6,000
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 (FY19–24, $76k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 42% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 8%HELP CENTER INC: $6k → 10%CHILDREN'S CHARITY MINISTRY: $8k → 13%THE CALL: $3k → 13%RYAN'S HOUSE FOR YOUTH: $8k → 7%RYAN'S HOUSE FOR YOUTH: $8k → 7%RYAN'S HOUSE FOR YOUTH: $8k → 7%RYAN'S HOUSE FOR YOUTH: $8k → 7%RYAN'S HOUSE FOR YOUTH: $7k → 7%RYAN'S HOUSE FOR YOUTH: $5k → 7%COFFEE OASIS: $7k → 10%ROUTE 21: $5k → 9%ROUTE 21: $3k → 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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.8M · 31 repeat orgs$116k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +11% since the first grant, against +4% for those funded once.

31 repeat relationships: 22 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

31
19

Total granted

$1.8M
$93k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+11%
+4%

Still filing today

23%
47%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $23k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesYouth DevelopmentAnimalsEducationReligionInternationalOther
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

  • GO
    Go On the Mission
    4× · 2019–2022 · $61k · revenue +77%
  • RH
    RYAN'S HOUSE
    6× · 2019–2024 · $44k · revenue +141%
  • West Seattle Food Bank
    5× · 2020–2024 · $43k · revenue +11%

Funded once

  • YL
    YOUNG LIFEgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $17k · revenue +38%
  • YL
    YOUNG LIFE SOUTH KITSAP
    one grant, 2020 · $9k
  • WS
    WEST SOUND YOUTH FOR CHRIST
    one grant, 2020 · $8k · revenue -62%
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
New Horizons Ministries

Ending homelessness, one young person at a time.

Human Services
2
Young Women's Christian Association of Bellingham

YWCA Bellingham is part of a national network of programs with the shared mission of eliminating racism, empowering women, and promoting peace, justice, and freedom for all.

Human Services
3
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Western Washington & Alaska

Ronald McDonald House Charities of Western Washington & Alaska supports families with seriously ill children by providing a caring home-away-from-home at the SEattle Ronald McDonald House and operating a house and a van service in…

Health
4
The Storehouse Inc

The mission of the organization is to contribute to improved food security by providing consistent access to nutritious food, reducing hunger, and supporting the health and well-being of individuals and families in the community.

Food & Nutrition
5
Christian Hope Association

Provide transitional housing for women and their children. Assist families in crisis, helping them in their recovery process. Provide pregnancy support for crisis pregnancy. Provide food and assistance to our community, helping to break…

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6
New Hope Ranch
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7
Transitions

Transitions works to end poverty and homelessness for women and children in Spokane, Washington.

Human Services
8
Youth for Christ - Spokane

Ministry to build relationships, equip for leadership, teach life skills for youth in low-income, innercity neighborhoods, serving approximately 500 children in afterschool and evening programs.

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9
Hope 4 Youth

To provide pathways to end youth homelessness.

Youth Development
10
The Trail Youth

The Trail Youth's mission is to remove negative labels for teens ages 13-19 facing difficult challenges in their lives. The Trail Youth provides mentorship, barista training, leadership development and community out reach in North Bend,…

Youth Development
11
Northstar Advocates

Preventing and ending youth homelessness by supporting young people, strengthening families and communities, and holding the systems designed to serve them accountable.

Youth Development
12
Southwest Youth and Family Services

SWYFS partners with youth and families to transform their futures.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The New Horizons Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance. 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

25 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. 25 of the 55 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/25
Grantees still filing
15/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MONROE COVENANT CHURCH: $168,000 · OtherMONROE COVENANT CHURCHCROSSPOINT ACADEMY: $104,450 · OtherCROSSPOINT ACADEMYCASINO ROAD KIDS MINISTRIES: $84,000 · OtherCASINO ROAD KIDS MINISTRIESWARM BEACH CHRISTIAN CAMPS: $81,000 · OtherWARM BEACH CHRISTIAN CAMPSWOGEN CHILDREN & MOTHER'S SUPPORT: $68,000 · OtherWOGEN CHILDREN & MOTHER'S SUPPORTANTHEM CHURCH INLD: $54,000 · OtherFIRST FREE METHODIST CHURCH: $46,750 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $41,500 · OtherNEW LIFE CHURCH ON THE PENINSULA: $36,250 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $36,000 · Other+30 more: $305,750 · Other+30 moreSEATTLE PACIFIC UNIVERSITY: $369,200 · EducationSEATTLE PACIFIC UNIVER…HAMLIN ROBINSON SCHOOL: $28,750 · EducationHAMLIN ROBINSON SCHOOLSeattle Area Youth for Christ: $286,000 · Youth DevelopmentSeattle Area Yout…YOUNG LIFE: $17,000 · Youth DevelopmentYOUNG LIFE+1 more: $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentRYAN'S HOUSE: $44,000 · Human ServicesCHILDRENS CHARITY MINISTRY: $8,000 · Human ServicesROUTE 21: $7,600 · Human ServicesTHE COFFEE OASIS: $7,250 · Human ServicesHELP CENTER INC: $6,000 · Human ServicesTHE CALL: $3,000 · Human ServicesGo On the Mission: $60,500 · ReligionBIBLE STUDY FELLOWSHIP: $3,000 · ReligionCompassion International Incorporated: $48,000 · InternationalWest Seattle Food Bank: $43,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$1,025,700Education$397,950Youth Development$308,000Human Services$75,850Religion$63,500International$48,000Food & Nutrition$43,000

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 budgetSEATTLE PACIFIC UNIVERSITY: $369,200 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSeattle Area Youth for Christ: $286,000 over 4y, 14% of budgetGo On the Mission: $60,500 over 4y, 7.5% of budgetCompassion International Incorporated: $48,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetRYAN'S HOUSE: $44,000 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetWest Seattle Food Bank: $43,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetHAMLIN ROBINSON SCHOOL: $28,750 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetEvergreen Mountain Bike Alliance: $26,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $17,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNourish Pierce County: $9,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDRENS CHARITY MINISTRY: $8,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetROUTE 21: $7,600 over 2y, 11% of budgetTHE COFFEE OASIS: $7,250 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHOOD CANAL SALMON ENHANCEMENT GROUP: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHELP CENTER INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMENTORING URBAN STUDENTS & TEENS: $5,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetThe New Horizons Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CALL: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetACTION 4 ANIMALS HAWAII: $3,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetBIBLE STUDY FELLOWSHIP: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWest Seattle Helpline: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetRAINBOW FRIENDS ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHARRISON HOUSE OF HOPE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% 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 SEATTLE PACIFIC UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Seattle Area Youth for Christ ↗
  • Who funds Go On the Mission ↗
  • Who funds Compassion International Incorporated ↗
  • Who funds RYAN'S HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds West Seattle Food Bank ↗
  • Who funds HAMLIN ROBINSON SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG LIFE ↗
  • Who funds Nourish Pierce County ↗
  • Who funds CHILDRENS CHARITY MINISTRY ↗
  • Who funds WEST SOUND YOUTH FOR CHRIST ↗
  • Who funds ROUTE 21 ↗
  • Who funds THE COFFEE OASIS ↗
  • Who funds HOOD CANAL SALMON ENHANCEMENT GROUP ↗
  • Who funds HELP CENTER INC ↗

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 FoundationPuget Sound Energy Fo…The Russell Family Fo…The Norcliffe Foundat…Northwest Harvest EmmMightycause Charitabl…The Blackbaud Giving …American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…American Online Givin…The Pfizer Foundation…Paypal Charitable Giv…
Seattle FoundationWA20.9× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Seattle Foundation · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · The Russell Family Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · Northwest Harvest Emm · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund

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 Teel Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Teel 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%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report 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 55 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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