· Public charity
The Seattle Times Community Impact Fund
The primary purpose of THE SEATTLE TIMES COMMUNITY IMPACT FUND is to distribute funds to organizations, exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code, for the organizations' use in aiding needy families and/or individuals who are members of the seattle community.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- $50k–250k8 grants · $1.1M
- $250k+7 grants · $3.7M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| SOUND GENERATIONS | $950,205 |
| THE SALVATION ARMY | $793,730 |
| AKIN (FORMERLY CHILDHAVEN) | $652,925 |
| BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF PUGET SOUND | $402,970 |
| TREEHOUSE | $377,870 |
| WELLSPRING FAMILY SERVICES | $284,255 |
| HOPELINK | $277,278 |
| ATLANTIC STREET CENTER | $181,175 |
| ASIAN COUNSELING AND REFERRAL SERVICE | $169,715 |
| YOUTH EASTSIDE SERVICES | $169,715 |
| KINDERING | $169,715 |
| KENT YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES | $169,715 |
| LIFEWIRE | $163,345 |
| YWCA OF SEATTLE-KING COUNTY-SNOHOMISH COUNTY | $52,613 |
| SEATTLE-KING COUNTY COALITION ON HOMELESSNESS | $52,613 |
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 (FY21–25, $7.4M) 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.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
15 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2025, 0 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- SGSOUND GENERATIONS5× · 2021–2025 · $3.4M · revenue +0%
- CCHILDHAVEN5× · 2021–2025 · $2.4M · revenue +1%
- BBBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF PUGET SOUND5× · 2021–2025 · $1.5M · revenue +34%
Funded once
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.
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,…
SWYFS partners with youth and families to transform their futures.
Family solutions is a community based, comprehensive behavioral health provider cultivating the wellness of southwest washington by offering hope and health to children, youth and families.
School's out washington (sowa) drives positive systemic change so that all washington's children and youth, particularly those furthest from justice, have access to a robust ecosystem of high-quality expanded learning programs.
Family law casa is committed to positive long-term outcomes for children, families, and communities navigating economic injustice across king county. we advance intersectional equity by providing free advocacy services for children…
Seattle humane promotes the human-animal bond by saving and serving pets in need, regardless of age, ability, circumstance or geography.
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…
Transforming lives through safety, healing and empowerment.
Restoring hope, building futures, and strengthening our communities through programs with youth, young adults and families. we support the behavioral health of at-risk and in-crisis youth across the greater south king county area. we take…
The ywca is dedicated to eliminating racism and empowering women.
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…
Giving every child the opportunity to thrive from cradle to career requires dedication and teamwork. eastside pathways helps individuals and organizations collaborate to focus their efforts, increase equity, decrease harm, and drive…
How this is measured
14 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. 14 of the 15 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 SOUND GENERATIONS ↗
- Who funds CHILDHAVEN ↗
- Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF PUGET SOUND ↗
- Who funds TREEHOUSE ↗
- Who funds HOPELINK ↗
- Who funds WELLSPRING FAMILY SERVICES ↗
- Who funds Atlantic Street Center ↗
- Who funds KINDERING CENTER ↗
- Who funds Youth Eastside Services ↗
- Who funds ASIAN COUNSELING AND REFERRAL SERVICE ↗
- Who funds KENT YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES ↗
- Who funds LifeWire ↗
- Who funds SeattleKing County Coalition on Homelessness ↗
- Who funds YOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF SEATTLE-KING COUNTY-SNOHOMISH COUNTY ↗
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: Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Seattle Foundation · Medina Foundation · Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc · United Way of King County · Kidvantage · Joshua Green Foundation Inc · Windermere Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · Catania Family Foundation · NW Childrens Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Seattle Times Community Impact Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Seattle Times Community Impact Fund. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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