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The Gibson 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.

$230k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
42
Grants FY2024
44
Organizations funded FY2023
0%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$20,000
Organizations funded a year
27 to 44
FY2019 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
13
Total assets, FY2024
$3.2M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 0% of the organizations The Gibson Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesHealthAnimalsYouth DevelopmentEducationHousing & ShelterOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving42$230k0%
FY202344$220k0%
FY202244$231k7%
FY202144$229k7%
FY202043$255k40%
FY201927$145kn/a
98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Health$559kHuman Services$255kEducation$126kPublic Benefit$93kHousing & Shelter$51kAnimals$49kFood & Nutrition$35kInternational$28kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
IL
NY
OR
IN
CA
UT
VA
MD
TN
DC
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Camp Korey$82,50061%
Westminster University$48,00060%
American Heart Association Inc$48,00060%
Operation Smile Inc$48,00060%
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center$47,00060%
Prostate Cancer Foundation$46,00060%
American Cancer Society Inc$43,00060%
Judicial Watch Inc$42,00060%
Hopelink$38,50050%
Northwest Harvest Emm$34,50050%
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All grantees of The Gibson Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Camp Korey$82,50061%
Westminster University$48,00060%
American Heart Association Inc$48,00060%
Operation Smile Inc$48,00060%
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center$47,00060%
Prostate Cancer Foundation$46,00060%
American Cancer Society Inc$43,00060%
Judicial Watch Inc$42,00060%
Hopelink$38,50050%
Northwest Harvest Emm$34,50050%
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc$34,00060%
Evergreen Freedom Foundation$32,00060%
Youth Eastside Services$29,00050%
The Overlake School$28,00060%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$26,00060%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$26,00060%
Holt International Children's Services Inc$25,00050%
American Lung Association$25,00060%
Treehouse$24,00050%
Youthcare$24,00050%
National Multiple Sclerosis Society$24,00060%
The Humane Society for Seattleking County$24,00050%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$20,50050%
Mary's Place Seattle$19,50050%
Tholos Foundation$19,00050%
Pasado's Safe Haven$16,50050%
Evergreen Goodwill of Northwest Washington$15,50060%
Rainier Scholars$15,50030%
Seattles Union Gospel Mission$14,5005n/a
Young America's Foundation$11,00060%
Missionary Servants of the Most Holy Trinity$11,0006n/a
EdChoice Inc$11,00030%
Kindering Center$10,00050%
Seattle Children's Foundation$10,00010%
Hearing Speech and Deafness Center Dba Hearing Speech and Deaf Center$9,00030%
Choices Education Group$9,00034%
Northwest Education Access$9,00030%
Humane Society of Mason County$8,00042%
Roots Young Adult Shelter$5,00010%
WACAP World Association for Children and Parents$3,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($294k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Gibson Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCamp Korey: $82,500 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetWestminster University: $48,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $48,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetOperation Smile Inc: $48,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center: $47,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetProstate Cancer Foundation: $46,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Cancer Society Inc: $43,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetJudicial Watch Inc: $42,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHopelink: $38,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNorthwest Harvest Emm: $34,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $34,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetEvergreen Freedom Foundation: $32,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetYouth Eastside Services: $29,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetThe Overlake School: $28,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWounded Warrior Project Inc: $26,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $26,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHolt International Children's Services Inc: $25,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Lung Association: $25,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTreehouse: $24,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetYouthcare: $24,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNational Multiple Sclerosis Society: $24,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe Humane Society for Seattleking County: $24,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $20,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMary's Place Seattle: $19,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTholos Foundation: $19,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetPasado's Safe Haven: $16,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetEvergreen Goodwill of Northwest Washington: $15,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetRainier Scholars: $15,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetYoung America's Foundation: $11,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetEdChoice Inc: $11,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetKindering Center: $10,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSeattle Children's Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHearing Speech and Deafness Center Dba Hearing Speech and Deaf Center: $9,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetChoices Education Group: $9,000 over 3y, 4.4% of budgetNorthwest Education Access: $9,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHumane Society of Mason County: $8,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetRoots Young Adult Shelter: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWACAP World Association for Children and Parents: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 38.

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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 FoundationWA25.8× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Seattle Foundation · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · United Way of King County · Lynn and Bruce Gibson Foundation · The Foster Foundation · Elizabeth a Lynn Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Anderson Foundation · NW Childrens Foundation · Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc · Employees Community Fund of the Boeing Company

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.

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How do I get to The Gibson Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Gibson 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.

About The Gibson Family Foundation

How much does The Gibson Family Foundation give?
The Gibson Family Foundation reported 42 grants totaling $230,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 27 and 44 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
What does The Gibson Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (43%), Human Services (19%), Education (10%).
Who are The Gibson Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Camp Korey ($83k), Westminster University ($48k), American Heart Association Inc ($48k).
Does The Gibson Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Gibson Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Gibson Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Seattle Foundation, Puget Sound Energy Foundation, United Way of King County.
Where is The Gibson Family Foundation based?
The Gibson Family Foundation is based in WA.

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 50 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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