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The Bradley Family 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.

$478k
Granted FY2024still arriving
16
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$75k
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, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$1.2MArts & Culture$593kHealth$392kAnimals$242kHuman Services$174kEmployment$159kPublic Safety & Disaster$111kEnvironment$107kOther$0
02FY2024 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k14 grants · $333k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $145k
$26,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$9.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SEATTLE THEATRE GROUP$75,250
SHAWNIGAN USA FUND$70,242
COST GUARD FOUNDATION INC$40,000
RAINIER SCHOLARS$31,000
FRIENDS OF THE SAN JUANS$30,000
FRIENDS OF INTERDEPENDENT SCHOOLS$29,000
ANIMAL PROTECTION SOCIETY$28,000
FARESTART$26,000
ISLANDWOOD$25,000
Individual grant recipient$25,000
SOUND GENERATIONS$20,000
HOPELINK$20,000
LAKE WASHINGTON COLLEGE FOUNDATION$18,000
SAIL SAND POINT$16,000
ISLAND HAVEN ANIMAL SANCTUARY$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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $174k) 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%SOUND GENERATIONS: $20k → 9%SOUND GENERATIONS: $20k → 9%SOUND GENERATIONS: $12k → 9%SOUND GENERATIONS: $12k → 9%SOUND GENERATIONS: $12k → 9%SOUND GENERATIONS: $10k → 9%SOUND GENERATIONS: $10k → 9%SOUND GENERATIONS: $8k → 9%HOPELINK: $25k → 9%HOPELINK: $20k → 9%HOPELINK: $20k → 9%HOPELINK: $5k → 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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 5% of The Bradley Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 94% of the giving stays in WA; by stated purpose, 91%.

The Bradley Family Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
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.
$3.0M · 26 repeat orgs$219k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +35% since the first grant, against +4% for those funded once.

26 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2024, 14 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
11

Total granted

$3.0M
$97k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+4%

Still filing today

88%
27%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $122k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationAnimalsHealthArts & CultureEmploymentEnvironmentOther
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

  • SU
    SHAWNIGAN USA FUND
    8× · 2017–2024 · $689k · revenue +1%
  • ST
    SEATTLE THEATRE GROUP
    8× · 2017–2024 · $350k · revenue +95%
  • ISLANDWOOD
    8× · 2017–2024 · $150k · revenue +35%

Funded once

  • NC
    NORTHWEST CENTER FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $26k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $25k
  • CG
    COAST GUARD FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2023 · $20k
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
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
2
Siff

Siff is a seattle-based 501(c)(3) arts nonprofit dedicated to the creation of vibrant experiences and spaces that champion film discovery and arts education.

Youth Development
3
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
4
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
5
Seattle Jobs Initiative

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

Employment
6
Great Peninsula Conservancy

Preserve in perpetuity the natural habitats, rural landscapes, and open spaces of the great peninsula of washington's puget sound.

Environment
7
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
8
Puget Sound Restoration Fund

To restore habitat, water quality and native species in the puget sound

Environment
9
Artist Trust

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

Arts & Culture
10
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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11
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
12
Seattle Country Day School

Seattle country day school is an independent, coeducational school serving kindergarten through eighth grade, inspiring gifted children to reach their potential through inquiry, curiosity, and wonder.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Islandwood; the most unlike its peers is Blood Cancer United Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

26 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. 26 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/26
Grantees still filing
23/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SHAWNIGAN USA FUND: $689,025 · EducationSHAWNIGAN USA FUNDACADEMY FOR PRECISION LEARNING: $84,500 · EducationACADEMY FOR PRECISION LEARNINGFRIENDS OF INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS AND BETTER EDUCATION: $82,853 · EducationFRIENDS OF INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS A…RAINIER SCHOLARS: $61,000 · EducationRAINIER SCHOLARS+1 more: $28,000 · EducationLAKE WASHINGTON COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $102,000 · OtherLAKE WASHINGTON COLLEGE FOUNDATIO…Individual grant recipient: $58,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientFRIENDS OF THE SAN JUANS: $45,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $45,000 · OtherCOST GUARD FOUNDATION INC: $40,000 · OtherSPEAK FEED LEAD PROJECT: $35,000 · OtherSOUND GENERATIONS: $104,335 · OtherSOUND GENERATIONSHOPELINK: $70,000 · OtherHOPELINKCOAST GUARD FOUNDATION INC: $111,480 · OtherCOAST GUARD FOUNDATION INCSail Sand Point: $99,800 · OtherSail Sand PointSOCIAL VENTURE PARTNERS: $74,000 · OtherSOCIAL VENTURE PARTNERS+12 more: $172,700 · Other+12 moreSEATTLE THEATRE GROUP: $350,250 · Arts & CultureSEATTLE THEATRE …Kirkland Arts Center: $110,000 · Arts & CultureKirkland Arts Ce…FARESTART: $159,000 · EmploymentFARESTARTNORTHWEST CENTER: $118,000 · EmploymentNORTHWEST…ANIMAL PROTECTION SOCIETY OF FRIDAY HARBOR: $83,000 · AnimalsISLAND HAVEN ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $70,500 · AnimalsTHE HUMANE SOCIETY FOR SEATTLEKING COUNTY: $55,000 · Animals+1 more: $5,000 · AnimalsISLANDWOOD: $150,000 · EnvironmentTHE MOUNTAINEERS: $62,000 · EnvironmentBoyer Children's Clinic: $115,000 · HealthSEATTLE MUSICIANS ACCESS TO SUSTAINABLE HEALTHCARE: $70,000 · Health+1 more: $1,000 · Health
Education$945,378Other$957,315Arts & Culture$460,250Employment$277,000Animals$213,500Environment$212,000Health$186,000

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 budgetSHAWNIGAN USA FUND: $689,025 over 8y, 18% of budgetSEATTLE THEATRE GROUP: $350,250 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetFARESTART: $159,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetISLANDWOOD: $150,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetNORTHWEST CENTER: $118,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetBoyer Children's Clinic: $115,000 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetCOAST GUARD FOUNDATION INC: $111,480 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetKirkland Arts Center: $110,000 over 5y, 5.0% of budgetSOUND GENERATIONS: $104,335 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetLAKE WASHINGTON COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $102,000 over 7y, 2.2% of budgetSail Sand Point: $99,800 over 8y, 3.4% of budgetACADEMY FOR PRECISION LEARNING: $84,500 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetANIMAL PROTECTION SOCIETY OF FRIDAY HARBOR: $83,000 over 6y, 3.4% of budgetFRIENDS OF INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS AND BETTER EDUCATION: $82,853 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetSOCIAL VENTURE PARTNERS: $74,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetISLAND HAVEN ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $70,500 over 7y, 12% of budgetSEATTLE MUSICIANS ACCESS TO SUSTAINABLE HEALTHCARE: $70,000 over 4y, 4.8% of budgetHOPELINK: $70,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MOUNTAINEERS: $62,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetRAINIER SCHOLARS: $61,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTHE HUMANE SOCIETY FOR SEATTLEKING COUNTY: $55,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE SAN JUANS: $45,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION: $28,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetACTUALISM: $6,000 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetWOLF HOLLOW WILDLIFE REHABILITATION CENTRE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $1,000 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.

  • Who funds SHAWNIGAN USA FUND ↗
  • Who funds SEATTLE THEATRE GROUP ↗
  • Who funds FARESTART ↗
  • Who funds ISLANDWOOD ↗
  • Who funds NORTHWEST CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Boyer Children's Clinic ↗
  • Who funds COAST GUARD FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Kirkland Arts Center ↗
  • Who funds SOUND GENERATIONS ↗
  • Who funds LAKE WASHINGTON COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Sail Sand Point ↗
  • Who funds ACADEMY FOR PRECISION LEARNING ↗
  • Who funds ANIMAL PROTECTION SOCIETY OF FRIDAY HARBOR ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS AND BETTER EDUCATION ↗
  • Who funds SOCIAL VENTURE PARTNERS ↗
  • Who funds ISLAND HAVEN ANIMAL SANCTUARY ↗
  • Who funds SEATTLE MUSICIANS ACCESS TO SUSTAINABLE HEALTHCARE ↗
  • Who funds HOPELINK ↗
  • Who funds THE MOUNTAINEERS ↗
  • Who funds RAINIER SCHOLARS ↗
  • Who funds THE HUMANE SOCIETY FOR SEATTLEKING COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE SAN JUANS ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ACTUALISM ↗
  • Who funds WOLF HOLLOW WILDLIFE REHABILITATION CENTRE ↗

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 FoundationThe Norcliffe Foundat…Lucky Seven FoundationUnited Way of King Co…Puget Sound Energy Fo…San Juan Island Commu…The GreerSolien FundMoccasin Lake Foundat…Raikes FoundationLiberty Mutual Founda…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Artsfund
Seattle FoundationWA26.7× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Seattle Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · Lucky Seven Foundation · United Way of King County · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · San Juan Island Community Foundation · The GreerSolien Fund · Moccasin Lake Foundation · Raikes Foundation · Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Artsfund

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get 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 · 0–20%
    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 The Bradley Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Bradley Family 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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