· Private foundation
The Kirchner Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k14 grants · $53k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER | $10,000 |
| WA ELKS CHARITIABLE TRUST | $10,000 |
| PEACEHEALTH ST JOHN MEDICAL CENTER | $9,500 |
| FAMILY PROMISE OF COWLITZ COUNTY | $7,500 |
| ST ROSE CHURCH | $7,500 |
| ST ROSE SCHOOL | $5,500 |
| SETON CATHOLIC COLLEGE PREP | $5,000 |
| ST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY | $2,500 |
| ARCHDIOCESE OF SEATTLE | $2,500 |
| EMERGENCY SUPPORT SHELTER | $2,500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,500 |
| JUNIOR LEAGUE OF LOWER COLUMBIA | $2,000 |
| CHILDREN'S JUSTICE ADVOCACY CENTER | $1,500 |
| SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON WIND SYMPHONY | $1,500 |
| CABARET FOLLIES OF LOWER COLUMBIA | $1,500 |
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 (FY17–25, $54k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 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.
30 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 17 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (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 FY2025, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $19k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- FHFRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER9× · 2017–2025 · $72k · revenue +27%
- LCLOWER COLUMBIA COLLEGE FOUNDATION7× · 2017–2023 · $53k · revenue +144%
- CTCOLUMBIA THEATRE ASSOCIATION FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS8× · 2017–2024 · $34k · revenue +76%
Funded once
- PUPROJECT UPLIFTone grant, 2019 · $10k
- LCLOWER COLUMBIA CAPone grant, 2024 · $3k
- SPSEATTLE PREPARATORY SCHOOLone grant, 2017 · $3k
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.
The mission of Columbia Community Care is to create authentic connections and community partnerships. We listen, and respond by providing resources and programs, while respecting the inherent dignity of every person.
Provide food to local needy
The mission of Lake Chelan Food Bank is to treat each person we serve with dignity and respect and to provide balanced and varied options that give each person the liberty to meet the specific food needs for themsevles and/or their family.
A non-profit developer of permanent, affordable, tiny homes for the unsettled residents of Clark County, Washington.
Assist low income families
Provide case management and housing to homeless persons
Community lunch on capitol hill provides hot nutritious meals, clothing and other critical services to those enduring homelessness and economic hardship. our meals are open to all in a welcoming and inclusive environment.
To collect and distribute food and related items to families and individuals
To be an advocate for children and families
Cowlitz Wahkiakum Legal Aid seeks to assure justice for low income people in the civil courts. We provide access to legal help for people whose livelihood, family and wellness are threatened.
Improving the quality of life for the people in the Olympic Peninsula Community by providing increased access to health and wellness services for the underserved
Religion/Charity/Education
How this is measured
17 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 17 of the 40 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 FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER ↗
- Who funds LOWER COLUMBIA COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds COLUMBIA THEATRE ASSOCIATION FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS ↗
- Who funds PLYMOUTH HOUSING GROUP AND SUBSIDIARIES ↗
- Who funds SAINT FRANCES CABRINI CHARITABLE SERVICES ↗
- Who funds LOWER COLUMBIA SCHOOL GARDENS ↗
- Who funds JUNIOR LEAGUE OF LOWER COLUMBIA ↗
- Who funds FISH of Cowlitz County ↗
- Who funds CASCADE MEDICAL TEAM ↗
- Who funds EMERGENCY SUPPORT SHELTER ↗
- Who funds Family Promise of Cowlitz County ↗
- Who funds Youth and Family Link ↗
- Who funds Community Health Partners ↗
- Who funds CHILDREN'S COMMUNITY RESOURCES ↗
- Who funds BRIDGE MEADOWS ↗
- Who funds MEALS ON WHEELS INC ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY HOUSE ON BROADWAY ↗
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: John M McClelland Sr Charitable Foundation · The Health Care Foundation · The Honorable Frank L & Arlene G Price Foundation · The Firstenburg Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · United Way of Cowlitz County · Evans-Kelly Family Foundation · Evans Venture Foundation · Nippon Dynawave Foundation · The Wollenberg Foundation · PeaceHealth · Central National Gottesman Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Kirchner Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Kirchner Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Bridge Meadows: 36% of income from government
How this is measured
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