· Private foundation
The Dana and Shane Kim Foundation
Its FY2018 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2018.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2018
- Under $10k13 grants · $19k
- $250k+1 grant · $328k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| MS GIFT PM DANA & SHANE KIM FDN (DONAR ADVISED FUND) | $327,930 |
| NCWLIFE | $5,000 |
| THE HARVARD FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| ST LUKES LUTHERN CHURCH | $5,000 |
| PRESTON R TISCH BRAIN TUMOR CENTER | $1,000 |
| STANFORD UNIVERSITY | $500 |
| POSITIVE COASHING ALLIANCE | $500 |
| PACIFIC SCIENCE CENTER | $500 |
| NATIONAL MS SOCIETY | $450 |
| BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF AMERICA | $277 |
| SEATTLE SEAHAWKS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION | $265 |
| HRSA (FAMILY TO FAMILY CENTER) | $100 |
| MERCER ISLAND YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICES | $100 |
| MAKE A WISH FOUNDATION | $100 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–17, $300) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
5 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2018, 0 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2018 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2018, 2% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $340k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- SLST LUKES LUTHERN CHURCH2× · 2017–2018 · $12k
- BGBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF AMERICA2× · 2017–2018 · $777
- PCPOSITIVE COACHING ALLIANCE2× · 2017–2018 · $763 · revenue +33%
Funded once
- PIPay It Forward Foundationgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $500 · revenue +56%
- FLFOOD LIFELINEgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $496 · revenue +89%
AMARAgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $300 · revenue +80%
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.
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.
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How this is measured
11 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. 11 of the 21 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 POSITIVE COACHING ALLIANCE ↗
- Who funds THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds Pay It Forward Foundation ↗
- Who funds PACIFIC SCIENCE CENTER FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds FOOD LIFELINE ↗
- Who funds AMARA ↗
- Who funds SEATTLE SEAHAWKS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF ALASKA & WASHINGTON ↗
- Who funds BUILDON INC ↗
- Who funds UC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Camp Solomon Schechter ↗
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.
Open a dossier: United Way of King County · Seattle Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Dana and Shane Kim Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Dana and Shane Kim Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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