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The Chinook 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.

$88k
Granted FY2025still arriving
12
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Public Benefit$126kHuman Services$99kEducation$88kPhilanthropy$56kFood & Nutrition$40kReligion$16kEmployment$12kYouth Development$11kOther$0
02FY2025 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k9 grants · $48k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $40k
$7,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ROCKY MOUNTAIN BLACK CONSERVATIVES$20,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
DESERT SCHOLARSHIP FDN FOR RLQ$10,000
TABLE TO TABLE$7,000
BERGEN FAMILY CENTER$7,000
CENTER FOR FOOD ACTION$7,000
SALVATION ARMY CALIFORNIA SOUTH$5,000
NATURE TRACK FOUNDATION$5,000
HEY I'M HERE FOR YOU$5,000
TURNING POINT USA$5,000
826LA$5,000
KOINONIA MINISTRY$2,000
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, $79k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 9% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Hopelink: $2k → 9%Kid's Crossing: $1k → 9%Foster Nation: $2k → 14%Tessa: $5k → 9%Tessa: $3k → 9%Bergen Family Center: $13k → 7%Bergen Family Center: $10k → 7%BERGEN FAMILY CENTER: $7k → 7%CENTER FOR FOOD ACTION: $7k → 7%BERGEN FAMILY CENTER: $5k → 7%The Narrow Door: $3k → 11%CENTER FOR FOOD ACTION: $5k → 7%Bergen Family Center: $5k → 7%BERGEN FAMILY CENTER: $5k → 7%Coachella Valley Rescue Mission: $2k → 11%Bergen Family Center: $2k → 7%Center for Food Action: $2k → 7%Bergen Family Center: $1k → 7%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
MT
WI
MI
NY
NJ
CT
CA
CO
MO
VA
MD
AZ
DC
AL
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.
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 10% of The Chinook Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

The Chinook 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.

70%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$337k · 24 repeat orgs$142k to everyone else

24 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 17 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

24
40

Total granted

$337k
$112k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+45%
+61%

Still filing today

67%
48%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationPublic BenefitFood & NutritionRecreation & SportsHealthOther
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

  • BF
    BERGEN FAMILY CENTER
    8× · 2017–2025 · $48k · revenue +60%
  • TT
    TABLE TO TABLE INC
    5× · 2017–2025 · $20k · revenue +103%
  • CF
    CENTER FOR FOOD ACTION IN NEW JERSEY
    3× · 2020–2025 · $14k · revenue +160%

Funded once

  • WC
    WESTSIDE CARES INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $18k · revenue +65%
  • PC
    PARENTS CHALLENGEgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $15k · revenue +746%
  • SL
    SEG LEADERSHIP CORP
    one grant, 2023 · $7k
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
Colorado Center On Law and Policy

Colorado center on law and policy is an antipoverty organization advancing the rights of every coloradan.

Crime & Legal
2
The Common Application Inc

The common application is a not-for-profit membership organization of over 1,100 colleges and universities across the globe committed to access, equity, and integrity in the college admission process. every year, over 1.5 million students…

Education
3
Arizona Community Foundation

To lead, serve and collaborate to mobilize enduring philanthropy for a better arizona.

Philanthropy
4
Colorado Coalition for the Homeless

The mission of the colorado coalition for the homeless is to work collaboratively toward the prevention of homelessness and the creation of lasting solutions for families, children, and individuals who are experiencing or at-risk of…

Human Services
5
California Court Appointed Special Advocate Association

California casa was founded in 1987. its mission is to ensure that children and youth in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems have both a voice and the services they need to thrive. we achieve this by strengthening and empowering…

Civil Rights
6
Fountain Valley School of Colorado

Fountain valley school of colorado provides a transformative curriculum in a supportive environment where students are challenged to think critically, become leaders, and live by our core values: courage, compassion, curiosity,…

Education
7
Colorado Gives Foundation

We connect people, ideas, and nonprofits to make good happen. our vision is that all of jeffco is thriving.

Philanthropy
8
Colorado Legal Services

To provide meaningful access to high quality, civil legal services in the pursuit of justice for as many low income persons and members of vulnerable populations throughout colorado as possible.

Crime & Legal
9
Community Foundation Santa Cruz County

To promote philanthropy to make santa cruz county a better place to live, now and in the future.we bring together people, ideas, and resources to inspire philanthropy and accomplish great things.

Philanthropy
10
Feeding San Diego

On a mission to connect every person facing hunger with nutritious meals by maximizing food rescue. through direct service and community partnerships, feeding san diego provides more than 26 million meals each year to children, families,…

Food & Nutrition
11
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
12
Choices Coordinated Care Solutions Inc

To strengthen youth and families while enhancing systems and communities.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Parents Challenge; the most unlike its peers is Homes Fit for Heroes 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

42 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 42 of the 71 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
40/42
Grantees still filing
30/42
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WESTSIDE CARES INC: $17,500 · OtherWESTSIDE CARES INCIndividual grant recipient: $13,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientSalvation Army: $12,000 · OtherSalvation ArmyDESERT SCHOLARSHIP FDN FOR RLQ: $10,000 · OtherDESERT SCHOLARSHIP FDN FOR RLQKoinonia Ministry: $8,000 · OtherSEG LEADERSHIP CORP: $7,000 · OtherSEG LEADERSHIP CORP: $7,000 · Other+40 more: $87,600 · Other+40 moreROCKY MOUNTAIN BLACK CONSERVATIVES: $116,000 · Public BenefitROCKY MOUNTAIN BLACK CONSE…#WALKAWAY FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Public BenefitBERGEN FAMILY CENTER: $48,000 · Human ServicesBERGEN FAMILY CE…CENTER FOR FOOD ACTION IN NEW JERSEY: $13,500 · Human ServicesCENTER FOR FOOD …TESSA: $7,500 · Human ServicesTESSANARROW DOOR: $3,000 · Human Services+4 more: $6,500 · Human Services+4 morePARENTS CHALLENGE: $15,000 · EducationPARENTS CHALLEN…THE CHALLENGE FOUNDATION INC: $14,000 · EducationTHE CHALLENGE F…NATURE TRACK FOUNDATION INC: $11,000 · EducationNATURE TRACK FO…STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $7,000 · EducationSTEPHEN SILLER …VALOR CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS: $5,500 · EducationVALOR CHRISTIAN…HILLSDALE COLLEGE: $5,100 · EducationHILLSDALE COLLE…826LA: $5,000 · Education826LAALLIANCE FOR CHOICE IN EDUCATION: $5,000 · EducationALLIANCE FOR CH…AMERICAN FEDERATION FOR CHILDREN INC: $3,000 · EducationInland Empire Community Foundation: $39,100 · PhilanthropyInland Empi…THE COMMUNITY CHEST OF ENGLEWOOD: $16,000 · PhilanthropyTHE COMMUNI…TABLE TO TABLE INC: $20,000 · Food & NutritionFOOD IN NEED OF DISTRIBUTION INC: $4,500 · Food & NutritionWOMEN'S BEAN PROJECT: $12,000 · Employment
Other$162,100Public Benefit$121,000Human Services$78,500Education$70,600Philanthropy$55,100Food & Nutrition$24,500Employment$12,000

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 budgetROCKY MOUNTAIN BLACK CONSERVATIVES: $116,000 over 7y, 24% of budgetBERGEN FAMILY CENTER: $48,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetInland Empire Community Foundation: $39,100 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTABLE TO TABLE INC: $20,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWESTSIDE CARES INC: $17,500 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY CHEST OF ENGLEWOOD: $16,000 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetPARENTS CHALLENGE: $15,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetTHE CHALLENGE FOUNDATION INC: $14,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetCENTER FOR FOOD ACTION IN NEW JERSEY: $13,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN'S BEAN PROJECT: $12,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetNATURE TRACK FOUNDATION INC: $11,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetTESSA: $7,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVALOR CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS: $5,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $5,100 over 3y, 0.0% of budget826LA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTURNING POINT USA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget#WALKAWAY FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetALLIANCE FOR CHOICE IN EDUCATION: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHEY IM HERE FOR YOU: $5,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetFOOD IN NEED OF DISTRIBUTION INC: $4,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S VISION INTERNATIONAL: $4,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetJOHN AUSTIN CHELEY FOUNDATION INC: $4,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHOMES FIT FOR HEROES INC: $3,700 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetNARROW DOOR: $3,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetAMERICAN FEDERATION FOR CHILDREN INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTRAL ASIA INSTITUTE: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDENVER URBAN SCHOLARS: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCOACHELLA VALLEY RESCUE MISSION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetArts Business Collaborative: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOLORADO VOLLEYBALL ASSOCIATION INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHOPELINK: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRAMAPO-BERGEN ANIMAL REFUGE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF VENTURA COUNTY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEW JERSEY STATE ORGANIZATION OF CYSTIC FIBROSIS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetKIDS CROSSING: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHATTERPROOF A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMercatus Center Inc: $500 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.

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.

Colorado Gives Founda…El Pomar FoundationThe Denver FoundationThe Anschutz Foundati…American Endowment Fo…The Ayco Charitable F…The Chicago Community…National Philanthropi…The Pfizer Foundation…Vanguard Charitable E…Paypal Charitable Giv…Morgan Stanley Global…
Colorado Gives FoundationCO15.1× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Colorado Gives Foundation · El Pomar Foundation · The Denver Foundation · The Anschutz Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · National Philanthropic Trust · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Bergen Family Center: 25% of income from government
  • Shatterproof a Nonprofit Corporation: 2% of income from government
  • Center for Food Action in New Jersey: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get 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 · 0–40%
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

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to The Chinook Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Chinook 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 71 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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grants reported with no recipient in the public record
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51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
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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