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The Janet and Earl Seekins Family Foundation at a glance

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The Janet and Earl Seekins 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.

$63k
Granted FY2024still arriving
20
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$8k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0189% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$96kEducation$41kCrime & Legal$28kHuman Services$28kEmployment$27kPublic Benefit$23kHousing & Shelter$21kReligion$20kOther$0
02FY2024 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$3,250
Median grant
4
States reached
$773k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Boundless Freedom Project$8,000
Winterhaven School$4,500
Civics Learning Project$4,500
WO Smith Music School$3,750
Individual grant recipient$3,500
Kids Center$3,500
A Place Called Home$3,500
Tower Theatre Foundation$3,500
Minds Matter$3,250
Central City Concern$3,250
Blanchet House$3,000
Garden School Foundation$3,000
Statement Arts$2,500
Zen Caregiving Project$2,500
Downtown Women's Center$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 (FY20–24, $14k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 51% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 11%Downtown Women's Center: $3k → 14%Downtown Women's Center: $3k → 14%Downtown Women's Center: $2k → 14%Casa of Central Oregon: $3k → 10%Saving Grace: $2k → 10%Deschutes Children's Foundation: $2k → 10%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.
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 100% of The Janet and Earl Seekins Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 62% of the giving stays in OR; by stated purpose, 0%.

The Janet and Earl Seekins Family 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.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$340k · 30 repeat orgs$68k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +75% since the first grant, against +35% for those funded once.

30 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2024, 14 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

30
24

Total granted

$340k
$58k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+75%
+35%

Still filing today

60%
58%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesCrime & LegalEmploymentReligionOther
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

  • TT
    TOWER THEATRE FOUNDATION INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $29k · revenue +59%
  • SA
    STATEMENT ARTS INC
    7× · 2018–2024 · $26k · revenue +83%
  • CL
    Civics Learning Project
    6× · 2019–2024 · $23k · revenue +105%

Funded once

  • SMART READING
    one grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue -15%
  • NF
    Nashville Food Project
    one grant, 2019 · $5k
  • YF
    Yellowhammer Fundgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $4k · revenue +75%
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
Oregon Research Institute

Oregon research institute is an independent behavioral sciences research center dedicated to understanding human behavior and improving the quality of human life through the prevention and treatment of health, educational, and social…

Social Science
2
Outside the Frame

Outside the frame trains homeless and marginalized youth to be the directors of their own films and lives.

Arts & Culture
3
LArche Portland

At l'arche portland people with and without developmental disabilities create home and build community together. we nurture long-term mutual relationships that reveal the gifts of people with developmental disabilities. in doing so we…

Human Services
4
Disability Rights Washington

Disability rights washington's mission is to advance the dignity, equality, and self determination of people with disabilities. we work to pursue justice on matters related to human and legal rights.

Human Services
5
Oregon Justice Network

Oregon Justice Network is an alliance built and staffed by criminal legal system impacted people advocating for the well-being of people affected or at-risk of being affected by carceral systems. Our work centers around restorative…

Human Services
6
Seattle Jobs Initiative

Seattle jobs initiative (sji) creates opportunities for people to support themselves and their families through living-wage careers.

Employment
7
Building Changes

Building changes advances equitable responses to homelessness in washington state, with a focus on children, youth, and families. we work at the intersection of housing, education, and health systems, partnering with communities and public…

Health
8
Pathways Kitchen

Pathways kitchen helps justice-impacted youth thrive over survive by providing training, work opportunities and individualized support to ensure they can chart their own path forward

Crime & Legal
9
Oregon Agricultural Trust

Oregon agricultural trust partners with farmers and ranchers to protect agricultural lands for the benefit of oregons economy, communities, and landscapes.

Environment
10
CRAFT3

To build a thriving, just and empowered pacific northwest using capital, relationships and voice.

Community Improvement
11
New Narrative

From clinical care and peer support programs to housing, we provide resources so people seeking mental health care can develop the tools to thrive, not just survive.

Human Services
12
Wayside House Inc

Our mission is to break the cycle of addiction and trauma for women, children, and families.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Building Beats Incorporated; the most unlike its peers is Dunaway Foundation. 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

35 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. 35 of the 58 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
15
Early backer (in before they grew)
35/35
Grantees still filing
29/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WO Smith Music School: $29,210 · OtherWO Smith Music SchoolIndividual grant recipient: $19,209 · OtherIndividual grant recipientThistle Farms: $12,000 · OtherThistle FarmsBLANCHET HOUSE OF HOSPITALITY: $10,000 · OtherOPB: $9,500 · OtherMoney Think: $7,500 · OtherCentral City Concern: $11,250 · OtherDUNAWAY FOUNDATION: $7,500 · Other+30 more: $109,007 · Other+30 moreTOWER THEATRE FOUNDATION INC: $29,100 · Arts & CultureTOWER THEATRE FOUN…STATEMENT ARTS INC: $26,000 · Arts & CultureSTATEMENT ARTS INCBUILDING BEATS INCORPORATED: $6,000 · Arts & CultureBUILDING BEATS INC…THE HARMONY PROGRAM INC: $3,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $1,000 · Arts & CultureCivics Learning Project: $22,500 · Crime & LegalCivics Learn…KIDS INTERVENTION AND DIAGNOSTIC SERVICE CENTER: $21,101 · Crime & LegalKIDS INTERVE…Oregon Tradeswomen Inc: $14,000 · EmploymentTOOLS & TIARAS INC: $13,499 · EmploymentDONORSCHOOSEORG: $10,022 · EducationSMART READING: $5,000 · EducationRUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $2,500 · EducationDEFY VENTURES INC: $2,500 · EducationTHE FUND FOR TEACHERS: $2,500 · EducationBOUNDLESS FREEDOM PROJECT: $18,000 · ReligionSPARROW CLUBS USA: $2,000 · ReligionDOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $7,000 · Human ServicesCASA OF CENTRAL OREGON: $3,000 · Human ServicesSAVING GRACE: $2,000 · Human ServicesDESCHUTES CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $1,750 · Human Services
Other$215,176Arts & Culture$65,100Crime & Legal$43,601Employment$27,499Education$22,522Religion$20,000Human Services$13,750

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 budgetTOWER THEATRE FOUNDATION INC: $29,100 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetSTATEMENT ARTS INC: $26,000 over 7y, 2.1% of budgetCivics Learning Project: $22,500 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetKIDS INTERVENTION AND DIAGNOSTIC SERVICE CENTER: $21,101 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetBOUNDLESS FREEDOM PROJECT: $18,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetOregon Tradeswomen Inc: $14,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetTOOLS & TIARAS INC: $13,499 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetCentral City Concern: $11,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDONORSCHOOSEORG: $10,022 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBLANCHET HOUSE OF HOSPITALITY: $10,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetDUNAWAY FOUNDATION: $7,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetDOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetA WAY HOME FOR DOGS INC: $6,500 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetBK ROT INC: $6,300 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetBUILDING BEATS INCORPORATED: $6,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetZEN HOSPICE PROJECT DBA ZEN CAREGIVING PROJECT: $5,250 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetA PLACE CALLED HOME: $5,250 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSMART READING: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYellowhammer Fund: $3,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWorthy Beyond Purpose Inc: $3,500 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetSTREET DOG HERO: $3,457 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetMINDS MATTER OF PORTLAND INC: $3,250 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetROSE HAVEN CIC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCASA OF CENTRAL OREGON: $3,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE HARMONY PROGRAM INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetRUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDEFY VENTURES INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE FUND FOR TEACHERS: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSPARROW CLUBS USA: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCENTRAL OREGON VETERANS RANCH: $2,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetSAVING GRACE: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDESCHUTES CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $1,750 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetOREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GIVING PLATE: $100 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.

  • Who funds TOWER THEATRE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds STATEMENT ARTS INC ↗
  • Who funds Civics Learning Project ↗
  • Who funds KIDS INTERVENTION AND DIAGNOSTIC SERVICE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds BOUNDLESS FREEDOM PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds Oregon Tradeswomen Inc ↗
  • Who funds TOOLS & TIARAS INC ↗
  • Who funds Central City Concern ↗
  • Who funds DONORSCHOOSEORG ↗
  • Who funds BLANCHET HOUSE OF HOSPITALITY ↗
  • Who funds DUNAWAY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER ↗
  • Who funds A WAY HOME FOR DOGS INC ↗
  • Who funds BK ROT INC ↗
  • Who funds BUILDING BEATS INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds ZEN HOSPICE PROJECT DBA ZEN CAREGIVING PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds A PLACE CALLED HOME ↗
  • Who funds SMART READING ↗
  • Who funds Yellowhammer Fund ↗
  • Who funds Worthy Beyond Purpose Inc ↗
  • Who funds STREET DOG HERO ↗
  • Who funds MINDS MATTER OF PORTLAND INC ↗
  • Who funds GARDEN SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ROSE HAVEN CIC ↗
  • Who funds CASA OF CENTRAL OREGON ↗
  • Who funds THE HARMONY PROGRAM INC ↗

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.

The Autzen FoundationThe Oregon Community …The Anjulicia Foundat…First Interstate Banc…The Roundhouse Founda…Maybelle Clark Macdon…Helen M Clabough Char…Willard L & Ruth P Ec…United Way of Deschut…St Charles Health Sys…The Ford Family Found…DeLeone Charitable Fo…
The Autzen FoundationOR27.2× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Autzen Foundation · The Oregon Community Foundation · The Anjulicia Foundation · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · The Roundhouse Foundation · Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund · Helen M Clabough Charitable Foundation · Willard L & Ruth P Eccles Foundation · United Way of Deschutes County · St Charles Health System Inc · The Ford Family Foundation · DeLeone Charitable 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 Janet and Earl Seekins Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Janet and Earl Seekins Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 8%
  • Saving Grace: 48% of income from government
  • Oregon Tradeswomen Inc: 46% of income from government
  • Central Oregon Veterans Ranch: 45% of income from government
  • Central City Concern: 10% of income from government
  • Tower Theatre Foundation Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Smart Reading: 3% of income from government
  • Casa of Central Oregon: 2% of income from government
  • Oregon Public Broadcasting: 1% of income from government
  • Rutgers University Foundation: 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 · 0–90%
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 58 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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