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The Jean E Thomson Foundation at a glance

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The Jean E Thomson Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$85k
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$382kHuman Services$242kFood & Nutrition$185kHousing & Shelter$25kReligion$24kYouth Development$10kRecreation & Sports$5kArts & Culture$4kOther$0
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k8 grants · $55k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $30k
$7,500
Median grant
2
States reached
$1.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NOURISH PIERCE COUNTY$15,000
FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER CENTER$15,000
CRESCENT COVE RESPITE & HOSPICE FOR KIDS$7,500
DWELLING PLACE$7,500
MARY BRIDGE CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION$7,500
ST LEO FOOD CONNECTION$7,500
OLIVE CREST$7,500
OUR SAVIOUR'S COMMUNITY SERVICES$7,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
CRISIS CONNECTIONS$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 (FY17–25, $72k) 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.

area typical 7%DWELLING PLACE: $8k → 7%DWELLING PLACE: $8k → 7%HOPE SPARKS: $15k → 9%HOPE SPARKS: $10k → 9%HOPE SPARKS: $10k → 9%HOPE SPARKS: $10k → 9%HOPE SPARKS: $5k → 9%ST VINCENT DE PAUL: $7k → 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.
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$887k · 21 repeat orgs$45k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +105% since the first grant, against -1% for those funded once.

21 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
7

Total granted

$887k
$35k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+105%
-1%

Still filing today

57%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterPhilanthropyRecreation & SportsArts & CultureOther
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

  • FH
    Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
    9× · 2017–2025 · $150k · revenue +355%
  • NP
    NEW PHOEBE HOUSE
    7× · 2017–2023 · $65k · revenue +30%
  • MB
    MARY BRIDGE CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION
    9× · 2017–2025 · $50k · revenue +130%

Funded once

  • SF
    SAINT FRANCES CABRINI CHARITABLE SERVICES
    one grant, 2017 · $7k · revenue -57%
  • NK
    NORTHWEST KIDNEY CENTERS
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue +12%
  • AH
    ASHLEY HOUSE NORTHWEST
    one grant, 2021 · $5k
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
Ywca Pierce County

Transforming lives through safety, healing and empowerment.

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2
King County Sexual Assault Resource Center

KCSARC is the largest and most comprehensive non-profit provider of sexual assault services in King County and Washington State. Our vision is a community free of sexual violence. Our mission is to: give voice to victims, their families,…

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3
Network Services

Network services has been serving homeless families in the puget sound area since 1990, with a focus on families with children. network services aims to break the cycle of homelessness by providing assistance to families with children to…

Human Services
4
Lutheran Community Services Northwest

LCSNW partners with individuals, families and communities for health, justice and hope. LCSNW provides a wide variety of social services in Oregon, Washington and Idaho and serves people of all ages, cultures and faiths.

Human Services
5
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Western Washington & Alaska

Ronald McDonald House Charities of Western Washington & Alaska supports families with seriously ill children by providing a caring home-away-from-home at the SEattle Ronald McDonald House and operating a house and a van service in…

Health
6
Cornerhouse

The mission of cornerhouse is to partner with families, communities, and systems - entrusted with the safety of children, youth and vulnerable adults - to reduce trauma and end abuse.

Crime & Legal
7
Kitsap Mental Health Services

Offering hope and opportunity through comprehensive recovery-oriented behavioral health care.

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8
Childs Place

The mission of Childs Place is to listen to children in a safe developmentally sensitive and legally sound manner; to unite professionals in a coordinated response to child abuse; to guide children and families toward healing through…

Human Services
9
Community Health Center of Snohomish County

Community health center of snohomish county (chc) provides our diverse communities with access to high quality, affordable primary health care.

Health
10
Touchstone Mental Health

Touchstone mental health provides innovative, person-centered services that foster hope, health and well-being. we envision a world where all people whose lives are affected by mental illness will flourish with effective treatment, quality…

Human Services
11
Neighborcare Health

The organization is a community-based, non-profit agency that operates 31 medical, dental, and school-based health centers throughout seattle and provides services to over 57,008 people each year. our clinics are located throughout areas…

Health
12
Pierce County Accountable Community of Health

To advance the health of our population by eliminating health disparities including promoting equitable access to high quality and cost effective health and human services and resources, to prevent disease and improve health, to improve…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Olive Crest; the most unlike its peers is Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center. 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

18 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. 18 of the 30 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/18
Grantees still filing
11/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Nourish Pierce County: $125,000 · OtherNourish Pierce CountyMUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOC: $65,000 · OtherMUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCCATHOLIC COMMUNITY SERVICES: $56,000 · OtherCATHOLIC COMMUNITY SERVICESST LEOS PARISH: $52,500 · OtherST LEOS PARISHABBOTT NW HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $40,500 · OtherABBOTT NW HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONCRESCENT COVE RESPITE & HOSPICE FOR KIDS: $32,000 · OtherCRESCENT COVE RESPITE & HOSPICE FOR KIDSIndividual grant recipient: $30,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientOUR SAVIOUR'S COMMUNITY SERVICES: $28,000 · OtherOUR SAVIOUR'S COMMUNITY SERVICESIndividual grant recipient: $20,000 · OtherTRINITY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $19,000 · Other+6 more: $26,500 · Other+6 moreFred Hutchinson Cancer Center: $150,000 · HealthFred Hutchinson Cancer Cent…MARY BRIDGE CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $50,000 · HealthMARY BRIDGE CHILDREN'S FOUN…OLIVE CREST: $12,500 · HealthOLIVE CREST+3 more: $15,000 · Health+3 moreNEW PHOEBE HOUSE: $65,000 · Housing & ShelterNEW PHOEBE…THE RESCUE MISSION: $20,000 · Housing & ShelterTHE RESCUE…HopeSparks: $50,000 · Human ServicesThe Dwelling Place: $15,000 · Human ServicesSAINT FRANCES CABRINI CHARITABLE SERVICES: $7,000 · Human ServicesCHILDREN'S CANCER RESEARCH FUND: $27,000 · PhilanthropyNW Childrens Foundation: $15,000 · Crime & LegalSeattle Area Youth for Christ: $10,000 · Youth Development
Other$494,500Health$227,500Housing & Shelter$85,000Human Services$72,000Philanthropy$27,000Crime & Legal$15,000Youth Development$10,000

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 budgetFred Hutchinson Cancer Center: $150,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetNourish Pierce County: $125,000 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetNEW PHOEBE HOUSE: $65,000 over 7y, 1.5% of budgetMARY BRIDGE CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetHopeSparks: $50,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetOUR SAVIOUR'S COMMUNITY SERVICES: $28,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetCHILDREN'S CANCER RESEARCH FUND: $27,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE RESCUE MISSION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetNW Childrens Foundation: $15,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetThe Dwelling Place: $15,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetOLIVE CREST: $12,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSeattle Area Youth for Christ: $10,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetNORTHWEST KIDNEY CENTERS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPEACE COMMUNITY CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCRISIS CONNECTIONS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEARING SPEECH AND DEAFNESS CENTER DBA HEARING SPEECH AND DEAF CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGREENTRIKE: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% 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 Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center ↗
  • Who funds Nourish Pierce County ↗
  • Who funds NEW PHOEBE HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds MARY BRIDGE CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HopeSparks ↗
  • Who funds OUR SAVIOUR'S COMMUNITY SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S CANCER RESEARCH FUND ↗
  • Who funds THE RESCUE MISSION ↗
  • Who funds NW Childrens Foundation ↗
  • Who funds The Dwelling Place ↗
  • Who funds OLIVE CREST ↗
  • Who funds Seattle Area Youth for Christ ↗
  • Who funds SAINT FRANCES CABRINI CHARITABLE SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds NORTHWEST KIDNEY CENTERS ↗
  • Who funds PEACE COMMUNITY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds CRISIS CONNECTIONS ↗
  • Who funds HEARING SPEECH AND DEAFNESS CENTER DBA HEARING SPEECH AND DEAF CENTER ↗
  • Who funds GREENTRIKE ↗

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.

Puget Sound Energy Fo…Kilworth Florence Cha…Gary E Milgard Family…Fuchsg & M Fdn TaiThe Bamford FoundationGreater Tacoma Commun…Seattle FoundationThe Norcliffe Foundat…Oscar T and Olivann H…LT Murray Family Foun…Sequoia FoundationForest Foundation
Puget Sound Energy FoundationDE23.4× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Kilworth Florence Char Tr Fndn · Gary E Milgard Family Foundation- Sunshine · Fuchsg & M Fdn Tai · The Bamford Foundation · Greater Tacoma Community Foundation · Seattle Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · Oscar T and Olivann Hokold Foundation · LT Murray Family Foundation · Sequoia Foundation · Forest 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 Jean E Thomson Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Jean E Thomson Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get 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 · 0–50%
    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 30 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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