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The Lochland Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$975k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$650k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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 2024.

Philanthropy$6.4MHealth$1.3MHuman Services$975kEducation$387kAnimals$295kReligion$273kYouth Development$175kHousing & Shelter$165kOther$0
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k2 grants · $50k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $275k
  • $250k+1 grant · $650k
$100,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$15M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BELLEVUE LIFESPRING$650,000
RAINIER ATHLETES$125,000
BEN'S FUND$100,000
RECOVERY CAFE$50,000
MERCER ISLAND SCHOOLS FOUNDATION$25,000
ALEXANDER'S HOPE$25,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–25, $1.7M) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%NEW STORY CHARITY: $65k → 10%BELLEVUE LIFESPRING: $650k → 9%BELLEVUE LIFESPRING: $275k → 9%BELLEVUE LIFESPRING: $250k → 9%BELLEVUE LIFESPRING: $200k → 9%BELLEVUE LIFESPRING: $200k → 9%PROGRAM FOR EARLY PARENT SUPPORT: $50k → 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
NY
OH
NJ
CA
AZ
DC
FL
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.

76%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.2M · 10 repeat orgs$1.3M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +27% since the first grant, against +25% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
25

Total granted

$4.2M
$1.2M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
+25%

Still filing today

70%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $125k 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 ServicesArts & CultureEducationPhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • OS
    OVERLAKE SERVICE LEAGUE
    5× · 2021–2025 · $1.6M · revenue +27%
  • RC
    RECOVERY CAFE
    9× · 2017–2025 · $995k · revenue +254%
  • CE
    CHRIS EVERT CHARITIES INC
    3× · 2018–2020 · $345k · revenue +3% · 36% of their budget

Funded once

  • PH
    PLYMOUTH HOUSING GROUP AND SUBSIDIARIESgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $100k · revenue +49%
  • OM
    ONE MIND
    one grant, 2020 · $100k
  • OH
    OVERLAKE HOSPITAL
    one grant, 2022 · $100k
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
Life Science Washington

Life science washington is a non-profit trade and professional association dedicated to promoting innovation and responsible growth in the life sciences and biomedical industries in the state of washington. promotion and education are…

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2
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
3
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
4
Perigee Fund

Our mission is to shift policies and systems to increasingly value and embed supports for caregiver and infant mental health in the places where families are during pregnancy and early childhood. perigee is organized & operated as a…

Health
5
Seattle International Foundation

Seattle international foundation (sif) champions equity and rule of law in central america through good governance and a robust civil society. sif works with other donors to the region to increase philanthropy and to promote collaboration,…

Philanthropy
6
Silicon Schools Fund Inc

The mission of the silicon schools fund is to improve education through supporting the launch of excellent new schools, improving academic instruction in existing schools, and by funding some of the boldest innovations in education…

Education
7
Senior Life Resources Northwest

To preserve and enhance the quality of life at home, with dignity and care.

Human Services
8
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…

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9
University Cooperative School

We take a joyful, community-oriented approach to raising engaged citizens, deep learners, and brave adventurers with the skills, creativity, and heart needed to better the world.

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10
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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11
Planned Parenthood of Greater Washington and North Idaho

To provide exceptional reproductive and complementary health care services, honest education, and advocacy for all.

Health
12
National Veterans Legal Services Program Inc

To provide at no cost legal assistance to veterans of the u.s. armed forces and current service members.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The One Love Foundation in Honor of Yeardley Love Inc; the most unlike its peers is 47TH Avenue Foundation. 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

26 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. 26 of the 38 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/26
Grantees still filing
19/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $2,965,165 · Community ImprovementFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FU…OVERLAKE SERVICE LEAGUE: $1,575,000 · Human ServicesOVERLAKE SERVICE LEAGU…NEW STORY INC: $65,000 · Human Services+1 more: $50,000 · Human ServicesSEATTLE - URBAN ACADAMY: $260,000 · OtherSEATTLE - URBAN ACADA…ONE MIND FOUNDATION: $212,500 · OtherONE MIND FOUNDATIONONE MIND: $100,000 · OtherONE MINDOVERLAKE HOSPITAL: $100,000 · OtherOVERLAKE HOSPITALBEN'S FUND: $100,000 · OtherBEN'S FUNDLEAGUE OF EDUCATION VOTERS FOUNDATION: $100,000 · OtherLEAGUE OF EDUCATION V…FRED HUTCHINSON: $86,000 · OtherFRED HUTCHINSONVERDE VALLEY SCHOOL: $80,000 · OtherCHARITY BUZZ: $75,000 · OtherMUSEUM OF FLIGHT FOUNDATION: $80,000 · OtherPLYMOUTH HOUSING GROUP AND SUBSIDIARIES: $100,000 · OtherPLYMOUTH HOUSING GROU…+12 more: $307,000 · Other+12 moreRECOVERY CAFE: $995,000 · HealthRECOVERY CAFEAlexander's Hope: $145,000 · HealthAlexander's HopeONE MIND: $100,000 · HealthONE MIND+2 more: $65,000 · HealthCHRIS EVERT CHARITIES INC: $345,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $10,000 · PhilanthropyRAINIER ATHLETES: $300,000 · Youth Development+1 more: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentBRIGADOON SERVICE DOGS: $240,000 · AnimalsWOODLAND PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $25,000 · Animals
Community Improvement$2,965,165Human Services$1,690,000Other$1,600,500Health$1,305,000Philanthropy$355,000Youth Development$310,000Animals$265,000

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 budgetFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $2,965,165 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOVERLAKE SERVICE LEAGUE: $1,575,000 over 5y, 14% of budgetRECOVERY CAFE: $995,000 over 9y, 7.6% of budgetCHRIS EVERT CHARITIES INC: $345,000 over 3y, 36% of budgetRAINIER ATHLETES: $300,000 over 3y, 9.2% of budgetBRIGADOON SERVICE DOGS: $240,000 over 3y, 19% of budgetAlexander's Hope: $145,000 over 6y, 49% of budgetPLYMOUTH HOUSING GROUP AND SUBSIDIARIES: $100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetONE MIND: $100,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetMUSEUM OF FLIGHT FOUNDATION: $80,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetVERDE VALLEY SCHOOL: $80,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetNEW STORY INC: $65,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetPROGRAM FOR EARLY PARENT SUPPORT: $50,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetTHE WHATCOM HOSPICE FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetCOUNTRY VILLAGE DAY SCHOOL: $37,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetAMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFred Hutchinson Cancer Center: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSEATTLE ART MUSEUM: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWOODLAND PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMERCER ISLAND SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetCASCADE PUBLIC MEDIA: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFarms for Life: $10,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetLULU'S PLACE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLOVE & LOVE TENNIS FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetTHE ONE LOVE FOUNDATION IN HONOR OF YEARDLEY LOVE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 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.

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 Foundation47th Avenue FoundationGlassybaby White Ligh…United Way of King Co…Puget Sound Energy Fo…M J Murdock Charitabl…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Mightycause Charitabl…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…
Seattle FoundationWA18× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Seattle Foundation · 47th Avenue Foundation · Glassybaby White Light Fund · United Way of King County · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · M J Murdock Charitable Trust · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    3get no government money at all
    9report 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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to The Lochland Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Lochland 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.

    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 38 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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