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The Dimmer Family Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

The Dimmer Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$305k
Granted FY2024still arriving
82
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$382kHealth$254kArts & Culture$248kHuman Services$232kAnimals$214kYouth Development$198kHousing & Shelter$186kRecreation & Sports$150kOther$0
02FY2024 · 82 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k75 grants · $211k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $94k
$2,500
Median grant
9
States reached
$14M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON$25,000
LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL$15,000
GREENTRIKE$13,830
MARY BRIDGE CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION$10,100
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON-TACOMA COE$10,000
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF SOUTH PUGET SOUND$10,000
COLLEGE SUCCESS FOUNDATION$10,000
YMCA OF PIERCE & KITSAP COUNTIES$9,200
HUMANE SOCIETY OF PIERCE COUNTY$6,000
ROTARY CLUB OF TACOMA #8$5,900
GOODWILL$5,768
ALS NORTHWEST$5,100
ASSOCIATED MINISTRIES TACOMA$5,000
VETERAN GOLFERS ASSOCIATION$5,000
ARMY EMERGENY RELIEF$5,000
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 (FY20–24, $94k) 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%WCN CARES: $3k → 9%THE TEARS FOUNDATION: $3k → 9%THE TEARS FOUNDATION: $3k → 9%THE TEARS FOUNDATION: $3k → 9%THE TEARS FOUNDATION: $3k → 9%THE TEARS FOUNDATION: $3k → 9%L'ARCHE TAHOMA HOPE COMMUNITY: $2k → 9%AMARA: $3k → 9%NW FURNITURE BANK: $3k → 9%NW FURNITURE BANK: $3k → 9%NW FURNITURE BANK: $2k → 9%HOPE SPARKS: $3k → 9%HOPE SPARKS: $3k → 9%HOPE SPARKS: $3k → 9%NW FURNITURE BANK: $2k → 9%HOPE SPARKS: $3k → 9%HOPE SPARKS: $2k → 9%STEP BY STEP: $3k → 9%STEP BY STEP: $3k → 9%AMARA: $5k → 9%AMARA: $4k → 9%AMARA: $4k → 9%YMCA OF PIERCE & KITSAP COUNTIES: $11k → 9%YMCA OF PIERCE & KITSAP COUNTIES: $9k → 9%YMCA OF PIERCE & KITSAP COUNTIES: $8k → 9%AMARA: $4k → 9%VETERANS RITES INC: $2k → 9%VETERANS RITES INC: $2k → 9%VETERANS RITES INC: $1k → 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
MT
IL
WI
NY
OR
IN
CT
CA
MO
VA
MD
AZ
NC
DC
OK
GA
TX
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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.9M · 111 repeat orgs$252k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.

111 repeat relationships: 75 still active in FY2024, 36 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

111
38

Total granted

$1.9M
$233k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+18%

Still filing today

66%
45%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHealthEducationHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • G
    GREENTRIKE
    5× · 2020–2024 · $85k · revenue +63%
  • CS
    College Success Foundation
    5× · 2020–2024 · $51k · revenue +93%
  • UNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOUNDATION
    2× · 2020–2021 · $50k · revenue +65%

Funded once

  • FT
    FRANKE TOBEY JONES HOME
    one grant, 2023 · $150k
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
    one grant, 2023 · $25k
  • CC
    Childrens Center
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue +18%
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
Great Peninsula Conservancy

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

Environment
2
Greater Metro Parks Foundation dba Tacoma Parks Foundation

Greater Metro Parks Foundation's mission is to cultivate a community invested in providing parks and recreation access to all.Its vision is plentiful, equitable access to nature, play, and recreation in Tacoma.

Unclassified
3
Puget Sound Restoration Fund

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

Environment
4
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…

—
5
The Community Foundation of South Puget Sound

To grow a lasting culture of generosity and well-being in the South Puget Sound through connection, leadership, and investment.

Philanthropy
6
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
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
Technology Association of Oregon

To support our members and promote the growth and quality of oregon's technology industry by providing opportunities for business and professional development through networking and informational programs.

—
9
The Humane Society for Seattleking County

Seattle humane promotes the human-animal bond by saving and serving pets in need, regardless of age, ability, circumstance or geography.

Animals
10
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
11
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
12
Seattle Foundation

Seattle foundation's mission is to ignite powerful and rewarding philanthropy to make greater seattle a stronger, more vibrant community for all.

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Greater Tacoma Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Assistance Dog Club of Puget Sound. 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

99 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. 99 of the 158 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)
23
Early backer (in before they grew)
96/99
Grantees still filing
70/99
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HUMANE SOCIETY OF PIERCE COUNTY: $159,500 · OtherHUMANE SOCIETY OF PIERCE COUNTYFRANKE TOBEY JONES HOME: $150,000 · OtherFRANKE TOBEY JONES HOMEUNIVERSITY OF OREGON: $75,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF OREGONGOODWILL: $61,768 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMY: $52,500 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON-TACOMA COE: $45,000 · Other+91 more: $698,759 · Other+91 moreGREENTRIKE: $84,805 · Arts & CultureGREENTRIKETACOMA CITY BALLET: $25,750 · Arts & CultureTACOMA CITY B…MUSEUM OF FLIGHT FOUNDATION: $25,000 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF FLI…Museum of Glass: $23,000 · Arts & CultureMuseum of Gla…Tacoma Art Museum: $21,000 · Arts & CultureTacoma Art Mu…Tacoma Musical Playhouse: $14,000 · Arts & CultureTacoma Musica…FOSS WATERWAY SEAPORT: $12,500 · Arts & CultureOLYMPIC FLIGHT MUSEUM: $10,000 · Arts & CultureKBTC ASSOCIATION: $10,000 · Arts & CultureCASCADE PUBLIC MEDIA: $10,000 · Arts & Culture+4 more: $23,500 · Arts & Culture+4 moreCollege Success Foundation: $51,250 · EducationCollege Su…UNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOUNDATION: $50,200 · EducationUNIVERSITY…R MERLE PALMER MINORITY SCHOLARSHIP: $23,500 · EducationR MERLE PA…UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION: $20,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY…FOUNDATION FOR TACOMA STUDENTS: $15,000 · EducationFOUNDATION…DEGREES OF CHANGE: $14,000 · EducationDEGREES OF…ARK INSTITUTE OF LEARNING: $8,000 · Education+5 more: $12,194 · Education+5 moreMARY BRIDGE CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $141,300 · HealthMARY BRID…TACOMA PIERCE COUNTY CHAPLAINCY: $8,500 · HealthARTHRITIS FOUNDATION INC: $6,000 · Health+10 more: $22,310 · Health+10 moreFRIENDS OF AMERICAN LAKE VETERANS GOLF COURSE: $58,500 · Recreation & SportsFIRST TEE OF SOUTH PUGET SOUND: $15,200 · Recreation & SportsPEACE COMMUNITY CENTER: $15,000 · Recreation & SportsOutdoors for all Foundation: $10,500 · Recreation & SportsTACOMA ATHLETIC COMMISSION: $8,500 · Recreation & SportsWESTERN WASHINGTON FAIR ASSOCIATION: $6,500 · Recreation & SportsYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF PIERCE AND KITSAP COUNTIES: $28,450 · Human ServicesAMARA: $18,000 · Human ServicesTacoma Community House: $15,000 · Human ServicesTears Foundation: $12,500 · Human ServicesHopeSparks: $12,000 · Human ServicesNW FURNITURE BANK: $9,000 · Human ServicesSTEP BY STEP FAMILY SUPPORT CENTER: $5,000 · Human ServicesVETERAN RITES INC: $4,000 · Human Services+2 more: $4,565 · Human ServicesBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SOUTH PUGET SOUND: $35,500 · Youth DevelopmentFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN: $25,000 · Youth DevelopmentGIRL SCOUTS OF WESTERN WASHINGTON: $17,000 · Youth DevelopmentWASHINGTON STATE FAIR FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentPRISON PET PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM: $4,500 · Youth DevelopmentYOUTH FOR CHRISTTACOMA AREA INC: $4,000 · Youth Development
Other$1,242,527Arts & Culture$259,555Education$194,144Health$178,110Recreation & Sports$114,200Human Services$108,515Youth Development$96,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10k$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMARY BRIDGE CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $141,300 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetGREENTRIKE: $84,805 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetFRIENDS OF AMERICAN LAKE VETERANS GOLF COURSE: $58,500 over 4y, 3.9% of budgetCollege Success Foundation: $51,250 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOUNDATION: $50,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SOUTH PUGET SOUND: $35,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF PIERCE AND KITSAP COUNTIES: $28,450 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEMERGENCY FOOD NETWORK OF TACOMA AND PIERCE COUNTY: $28,200 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetROTARY CLUB OF TACOMA: $25,900 over 4y, 5.1% of budgetTACOMA CITY BALLET: $25,750 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetMUSEUM OF FLIGHT FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN: $25,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetR MERLE PALMER MINORITY SCHOLARSHIP: $23,500 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetMuseum of Glass: $23,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetTacoma Art Museum: $21,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVETERAN GOLFERS ASSOCIATION: $20,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetKindred Souls Foundation: $18,500 over 5y, 2.8% of budgetAMARA: $18,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetLINDQUIST DENTAL CLINIC FOR CHILDREN: $17,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetWEAR BLUE RUN TO REMEMBER: $17,031 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF WESTERN WASHINGTON: $17,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetASSOCIATION OF THE GRADUATES OF THE UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY: $16,517 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFIRST TEE OF SOUTH PUGET SOUND: $15,200 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetTacoma Community House: $15,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR TACOMA STUDENTS: $15,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetPEACE COMMUNITY CENTER: $15,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetRebuilding Together South Sound: $14,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetTacoma Musical Playhouse: $14,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetDEGREES OF CHANGE: $14,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetNORTHWEST TREK FOUNDATION: $12,500 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetFOSS WATERWAY SEAPORT: $12,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetPERMISSION TO START DREAMING FOUNDATION: $12,500 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetTears Foundation: $12,500 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetHopeSparks: $12,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTOY RESCUE MISSION: $11,000 over 5y, 2.8% of budgetOutdoors for all Foundation: $10,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetOLYMPIC FLIGHT MUSEUM: $10,000 over 4y, 11% of budgetTACOMA COMMUNITY BOAT BUILDERS INC: $10,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetKBTC ASSOCIATION: $10,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetWASHINGTON STATE FAIR FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetCASCADE PUBLIC MEDIA: $10,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPIERCE COUNTY LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $9,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetNW FURNITURE BANK: $9,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTACOMA PIERCE COUNTY CHAPLAINCY: $8,500 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetTACOMA ATHLETIC COMMISSION: $8,500 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetARK INSTITUTE OF LEARNING: $8,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetGENEVA FOUNDATION: $7,500 over 2y, 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 MARY BRIDGE CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GREENTRIKE ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF AMERICAN LAKE VETERANS GOLF COURSE ↗
  • Who funds College Success Foundation ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SOUTH PUGET SOUND ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF PIERCE AND KITSAP COUNTIES ↗
  • Who funds EMERGENCY FOOD NETWORK OF TACOMA AND PIERCE COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds ROTARY CLUB OF TACOMA ↗
  • Who funds TACOMA CITY BALLET ↗
  • Who funds MUSEUM OF FLIGHT FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds R MERLE PALMER MINORITY SCHOLARSHIP ↗
  • Who funds Museum of Glass ↗
  • Who funds Tacoma Art Museum ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds VETERAN GOLFERS ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds Kindred Souls Foundation ↗
  • Who funds AMARA ↗
  • Who funds LINDQUIST DENTAL CLINIC FOR CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds WEAR BLUE RUN TO REMEMBER ↗
  • Who funds GIRL SCOUTS OF WESTERN WASHINGTON ↗
  • Who funds ASSOCIATION OF THE GRADUATES OF THE UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds FIRST TEE OF SOUTH PUGET SOUND ↗
  • Who funds Tacoma Community House ↗
  • Who funds FOUNDATION FOR TACOMA STUDENTS ↗

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.

Greater Tacoma Commun…The Bamford FoundationFuchsg & M Fdn TaiKilworth Florence Cha…Names Family Foundati…Ben B Cheney Foundati…The Norcliffe Foundat…Woodworth Family Foun…Korum for Kids Founda…Gary E Milgard Family…LT Murray Family Foun…Sequoia Foundation
Greater Tacoma Community FoundationWA85.4× affinity41 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Tacoma Community Foundation · The Bamford Foundation · Fuchsg & M Fdn Tai · Kilworth Florence Char Tr Fndn · Names Family Foundation · Ben B Cheney Foundation Inc · The Norcliffe Foundation · Woodworth Family Foundation · Korum for Kids Foundation · Gary E Milgard Family Foundation- Sunshine · LT Murray Family Foundation · Sequoia Foundation

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • Food for Lane County: 5% of income from government
  • Childrens Center: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
40report 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 158 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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funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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