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The Brighton Jones Richer Life Foundation

Our mission is to help brighton jones clients, colleagues, and our community live a richer life through more purposeful giving of their time, talent, and treasure.

$838k
Granted FY2024still arriving
18
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$170k
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, FY2021 to 2024.

Human Services$190kEducation$156kEnvironment$152kHealth$114kPhilanthropy$74kYouth Development$20kFood & Nutrition$19kReligion$11kOther$0
02FY2024 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 18 grants below total $417,859, the rows itemized in this filing. The $837,671 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $419,812 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.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $6k
  • $10k–50k15 grants · $192k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $220k
$10,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$1.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNDAUNTED WOMEN$170,000
SEATTLE ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES$50,000
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND$25,000
SEATTLE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL (SEATTLE FESTIVAL OF TREES)$25,000
THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA$17,081
FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER$15,000
EDEN REFORESTATION$10,000
RIVKIN CENTER$10,000
VERTUELAB$10,000
ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND$10,000
EARTHJUSTICE$10,000
LITTLE BIT THERAPEUTIC RIDING$10,000
NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY$10,000
TREEHOUSE$10,000
RAINIER SCHOLARS$10,000
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 (FY24–24, $170k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%UNDAUNTED WOMEN: $170k → 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
MA
OR
OH
CA
CO
DE
AZ
NC
DC
AL

Grants abroad, by region: $329k on the FY2024 return

Schedule F, as filed: 1 region. The IRS asks for region and purpose, not the recipient, so no country or grantee can be named here.

Sub-Saharan Africa$329k · 100% · 4 grants

Stated purpose: SCHOLARSHIPS, CLINIC SUPPORT, TECHNOLOGY, EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS · GENERAL SUPPORT · MEDICAL PROGRAMS & EQUIPMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC PROGRAMS

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. Grants abroad on Schedule F are filed by region, purpose and amount with no recipient name, so they are shown by region and cannot be placed on the country map or matched to a grantee.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

42%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$292k · 9 repeat orgs$396k to everyone else

9 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
12

Total granted

$292k
$150k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+18%
+37%

Still filing today

100%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 35% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $246k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
EnvironmentEducationHealthYouth DevelopmentCivil RightsHuman ServicesOther
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

  • TS
    THE SEATTLE ACADEMY OF ARTS & SCIENCES
    2× · 2023–2024 · $100k · revenue +45%
  • RC
    RIVKIN CENTER FOR OVARIAN CANCER
    3× · 2022–2024 · $30k · revenue +14%
  • WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
    2× · 2023–2024 · $25k · revenue +18%

Funded once

  • CHOOSE 180
    one grant, 2021 · $20k · revenue +8%
  • AF
    AMERICAN FRIENDS OF BEAN VOYAGEgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $19k · revenue +115%
  • JG
    Jacob Green Charity Classic
    one grant, 2023 · $18k · revenue -66%
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
Third Way

To research and develop centrist policy ideas.

Civil Rights
2
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
3
Watttime Corporation

To raise awareness about the potential to reduce environmental harm by shifting electricity use to particular times; to encourage the development and spread of common protocols for this practice.

Science & Tech
4
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
5
Seattle Biomedical Research Institute

We conduct fundamental infectious disease research to generate critical new knowledge about pathogens and their interactions with see schedule o for continuationhumans to enable the discovery and development of novel interventions,…

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6
Western Resource Advocates

Western Resource Advocates (WRA) is a regional nonprofit advocacy organization fighting climate change and its impacts to sustain the environment, economy, and people of the West. As the region's go-to experts for more than three decades,…

Crime & Legal
7
Washington Forest Law Center

Dedicated to protecting the world's natural environment on behalf of the public by serving as a public interest law firm. refer to schedule o, part iii, line 4a, for list of litigated cases or advocacy work.

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8
Rainforest Foundation Inc

The purpose of rainforest foundation us is to support indigenous peoples and forest communities in their efforts to secure their lands, protect their environment, and uphold their rights.

Environment
9
Breakthrough Energy Foundation

Working with our world-class network of innovators, business and industry leaders, and policy experts, we accelerate the innovation of climate technologies at every stage - from discovery to development to deployment.

Public Benefit
10
Ceres Inc

Ceres is a nonprofit advocacy organization working to accelerate the transition to a cleaner, more just, and resilient world. through education and research, we make the business case for action on the most pressing sustainability…

Environment
11
350PDX

Building a diverse grassroots movement to address the causes of climate disruption through justice-based solutions by inspiring, training and mobilizing people to act.

Environment
12
The George Washington University

The mission of the george washington university (gw) is to educate individuals in liberal arts, languages, sciences, learned professions, and other courses and subjects of study, and to conduct scholarly research and publish the findings…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Seattle Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Faith Crusades Ministries. 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

31 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.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/31
Grantees still filing
23/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNDAUNTED WOMEN: $170,000 · Human ServicesUNDAUNTED WOMENTHE SEATTLE ACADEMY OF ARTS & SCIENCES: $100,000 · EducationTHE SEATTLE ACADEMY OF …WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $25,000 · EducationWASHINGTON STATE UNIVER…The Education Trust Inc: $11,000 · EducationThe Education Trust IncNORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY: $10,000 · EducationNORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITYRAINIER SCHOLARS: $10,000 · EducationRAINIER SCHOLARSEARTHJUSTICE: $20,000 · EnvironmentEARTHJUSTICEENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $20,000 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENTA…THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $18,000 · EnvironmentTHE TRUST FO…NATUREBRIDGE: $11,000 · EnvironmentNATUREBRIDGE350 Seattle: $10,000 · Environment350 SeattleWASHINGTON CONSERVATION ACTION EDUCATION FUND: $6,000 · EnvironmentWASHINGTON C…SEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL (DBA PROJECT GRACE GUILD): $25,000 · OtherSEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL (DB…Rocky Mountain Institute: $20,000 · OtherRocky Mountain InstituteFRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER: $15,000 · OtherFRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH…TREEHOUSE: $20,000 · OtherTREEHOUSECHOOSE 180: $20,000 · OtherCHOOSE 180EDEN PEOPLEPLANET: $30,000 · OtherEDEN PEOPLEPLANETVertueLab: $27,000 · OtherVertueLabAMERICAN FRIENDS OF BEAN VOYAGE: $18,500 · OtherAMERICAN FRIENDS OF BEAN VOYAGEEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $9,000 · OtherAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF ALABAMA FOUNDATION: $7,500 · OtherFAITH CRUSADES MINISTRIES: $11,000 · OtherLITTLE BIT THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER: $10,000 · OtherFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $50,000 · Community ImprovementRIVKIN CENTER FOR OVARIAN CANCER: $30,000 · HealthSEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $10,000 · HealthBELIEVE BEYOND ABILITY: $5,778 · HealthJacob Green Charity Classic: $18,000 · PhilanthropyTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA INC: $17,081 · PhilanthropySEATTLE FOUNDATION: $6,500 · Philanthropy
Human Services$170,000Education$156,000Environment$85,000Other$213,000Community Improvement$50,000Health$45,778Philanthropy$41,581

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 budgetUNDAUNTED WOMEN: $170,000 over 1y, 77% of budgetTHE SEATTLE ACADEMY OF ARTS & SCIENCES: $100,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEDEN PEOPLEPLANET: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetRIVKIN CENTER FOR OVARIAN CANCER: $30,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetVertueLab: $27,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetSEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL (DBA PROJECT GRACE GUILD): $25,000 over 1y, 33% of budgetWASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRocky Mountain Institute: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTREEHOUSE: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEARTHJUSTICE: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHOOSE 180: $20,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF BEAN VOYAGE: $18,500 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetJacob Green Charity Classic: $18,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $18,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA INC: $17,081 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATUREBRIDGE: $11,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Education Trust Inc: $11,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAITH CRUSADES MINISTRIES: $11,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetSEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLITTLE BIT THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budget350 Seattle: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetRAINIER SCHOLARS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $9,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF ALABAMA FOUNDATION: $7,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSEATTLE FOUNDATION: $6,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWASHINGTON CONSERVATION ACTION EDUCATION FUND: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBELIEVE BEYOND ABILITY: $5,778 over 1y, 9.5% 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.

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 FoundationGs Donor Advised Phil…ImpactassetsincVanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…American Online Givin…Paypal Charitable Giv…Network for GoodDonor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …
Seattle FoundationWA16.3× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Seattle Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Impactassetsinc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift 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 The Brighton Jones Richer Life Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Brighton Jones Richer Life Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • VertueLab: 12% of income from government
  • Northeastern University: 7% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
6report 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.
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Find your warmest path to The Brighton Jones Richer Life 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 31 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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