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The Sunny Day Charitable Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$186k
Granted FY2025still arriving
31
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Health$208kHuman Services$177kAnimals$175kEducation$121kArts & Culture$94kPhilanthropy$50kYouth Development$47kHousing & Shelter$45kOther$0
02FY2025 · 31 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k24 grants · $101k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $85k
$5,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$4.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WALLA WALLA PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION$15,000
BLUE MOUNTAIN HUMANE SOCIETY$15,000
BLUE MOUNTAIN ACTION COUNCIL BMAC$15,000
PROVIDENCE FOUNDATION$10,000
WALLA WALLA PUBLIC LIBRARY BMCF$10,000
UNITED WAY OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS$10,000
HOPE STREET$10,000
SKYLINE ADVENTURES - BLUEWOOD PROGRAM$9,000
YMCA$8,500
THE HEALTH CENTER$7,500
YWCA$7,000
CARNEGIE PICTURE LAB$5,000
LILLIE RICE CENTER$5,000
BLUE MOUNTAIN THERAPEUTIC RIDING - BMTR$5,000
CLUB-PLUS DELTA$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $80k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, 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%CHAPLAINCY HEALTH CARE: $5k → 11%CHAPLAINCY HEALTH CARE: $5k → 11%HOPE STREET: $10k → 13%HOPE STREET: $10k → 13%HOPE STREET: $5k → 13%HOPE STREET: $5k → 13%WALLA WALLA VALLEY DISABILITY NETWORK: $5k → 13%WALLA WALLA VALLEY DISABILITY NETWORK: $5k → 13%HOPE STREET: $5k → 13%WALLA WALLA VALLEY DISABILITY NETWORK: $5k → 13%WALLA WALLA VALLEY DISABILITY NETWORK: $5k → 13%HOPE STREET: $5k → 13%WALLA WALLA SENIOR CENTER: $3k → 13%WALLA WALLA SENIOR CENTER: $3k → 13%ST FRANCES CABRINI CHARITABLE SERVICES: $3k → 13%ST FRANCES CABRINI CHARITABLE SERVICES: $3k → 13%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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.0M · 37 repeat orgs$62k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +33% since the first grant, against -1% for those funded once.

37 repeat relationships: 29 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

37
8

Total granted

$1.0M
$49k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
-1%

Still filing today

38%
63%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthArts & CultureAnimalsPhilanthropyYouth 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

  • BM
    BLUE MOUNTAIN HUMANE SOCIETY
    6× · 2020–2025 · $175k · revenue +29%
  • CP
    Carnegie Picture Lab
    6× · 2020–2025 · $50k · revenue +100% · 32% of their budget
  • HS
    HOPE STREET
    6× · 2020–2025 · $40k · revenue +113%

Funded once

  • CC
    CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF WALLA WALLA
    one grant, 2020 · $20k
  • WW
    WALLA WALLA CATHOLIC SCHOOLS
    one grant, 2022 · $10k
  • H
    Helpline
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue -98%
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
Wallingford Community Senior Center

WCSC connects and empowers older adults to live happy, healthy, and engaged lives.

Philanthropy
2
Walla Walla Community Hospice

to provide compassionate care to patients in the final stages of life and support for their loved ones and caregivers.

Human Services
3
Walla Walla Valley Chamber of Commerce

The walla walla valley chamber of commerce is a member-focused organization and community partner that fosters a sustainable, healthy and vibrant economic environment through business promotion, advocacy, education and services.

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4
Walla Walla Alliance for the Homeless

Our mission is to provide safe/secure low-barrier shelter and food to any adult in need in the Walla Walla region. Our hope is to build upon this foundation to stabilize people's lives while helping them to become self-sufficient. We do…

Housing & Shelter
5
The Wallace Medical Concern

We partner with our community to make good health possible for all. wallace serves individuals and families who face barriers to care throughout the east multnomah county in the portland metropolitan area.

—
6
Wallowa Valley Center for Wellness Inc

Strength in every struggle and hope in every heart.

Health
7
Walla Walla Basin Watershed Foundation

The mission of the walla walla basin watershed council is to protect the resources of the walla walla watershed, deal with issues in advance of resource degredation and enhance the overall health of the watershed, while also protecting as…

Environment
8
Washington Health Care Association

Trade association dedicated to providing educational opportunities, legal and regulatory advice, quality compliance assistance, lobbying and discounted group member benefits for long-term care facilities.

—
9
Wenatchee Valley Senior Activity Center

A private not-for-profit senior center organization that promotes the general welfare of older adults in the Wenatchee Valley through programs, services, activities, and facilities that provide a safe and healthful environment where…

Human Services
10
Walla Walla Community College Foundation

The wwcc foundation's mission is support student access and educational excellence at walla walla community college.

Education
11
Waitsburg High School Alumni Association
Education
12
Blue Mountain Action Council

Assist low-income individuals and families to become self-sufficient and change lives.

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Walla Walla Valley Disability Network; the most unlike its peers is American Heart Association Inc. 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

20 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. 20 of the 47 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
11/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

YMCA: $82,000 · OtherYMCAYWCA: $66,500 · OtherYWCACARDINALS NEST: $62,000 · OtherCARDINALS NESTWWCC NURSING PROGRAM: $60,000 · OtherWWCC NURSING PROGRAMBLUE MOUNTAIN ACTION COUNCIL BMAC: $50,500 · OtherBLUE MOUNTAIN ACTION COUNCIL BMACPROVIDENCE FOUNDATION: $45,000 · OtherPROVIDENCE FOUNDATIONSKYLINE ADVENTURES - BLUEWOOD PROGRAM: $41,000 · OtherSKYLINE ADVENTURES - BLUEWOOD PROGRAMCHRISTIAN AID CENTER: $30,000 · OtherTHE HEALTH CENTER: $27,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $25,000 · Other+24 more: $198,000 · Other+24 moreBLUE MOUNTAIN HUMANE SOCIETY: $174,500 · AnimalsBLUE MOUNTAIN HUMA…HOPE STREET: $39,500 · Human ServicesWALLA WALLA VALLEY DISABILITY NETWORK: $20,000 · Human ServicesTri-Cities Chaplaincy: $10,000 · Human ServicesSAINT FRANCES CABRINI CHARITABLE SERVICES: $5,000 · Human ServicesWALLA WALLA SENIOR CITIZENS CENTER: $5,000 · Human ServicesCarnegie Picture Lab: $50,000 · Arts & CultureWalla Walla Symphony Society Inc: $4,500 · Arts & CultureBLUE MOUNTAIN THERAPEUTIC RIDING: $32,000 · HealthBLUE MOUNTAIN HEALTH COOPERATIVE: $5,000 · Health+1 more: $300 · HealthUNITED WAY OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS: $35,000 · PhilanthropyFRIENDS OF CHILDREN OF WALLA WALLA: $5,000 · Youth Development
Other$687,500Animals$174,500Human Services$79,500Arts & Culture$54,500Health$37,300Philanthropy$35,000Youth Development$5,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBLUE MOUNTAIN HUMANE SOCIETY: $174,500 over 6y, 4.8% of budgetCarnegie Picture Lab: $50,000 over 6y, 32% of budgetHOPE STREET: $39,500 over 6y, 6.6% of budgetUNITED WAY OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS: $35,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetBLUE MOUNTAIN THERAPEUTIC RIDING: $32,000 over 5y, 11% of budgetWALLA WALLA VALLEY DISABILITY NETWORK: $20,000 over 4y, 3.9% of budgetFort Walla Walla Museum Walla Walla Valley Historical Society: $15,500 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetTri-State Steelheaders: $13,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetLillie Rice Center: $12,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetTri-Cities Chaplaincy: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHelpline: $5,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetSAINT FRANCES CABRINI CHARITABLE SERVICES: $5,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF CHILDREN OF WALLA WALLA: $5,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetWALLA WALLA SENIOR CITIZENS CENTER: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLEGAL COUNSEL FOR YOUTH AND CHILDREN: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBLUE MOUNTAIN HEALTH COOPERATIVE: $5,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetWalla Walla Symphony Society Inc: $4,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTHE SUSTAINABLE LIVING CENTER: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $300 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 BLUE MOUNTAIN HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds Carnegie Picture Lab ↗
  • Who funds HOPE STREET ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS ↗
  • Who funds BLUE MOUNTAIN THERAPEUTIC RIDING ↗
  • Who funds WALLA WALLA VALLEY DISABILITY NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds Fort Walla Walla Museum Walla Walla Valley Historical Society ↗
  • Who funds Tri-State Steelheaders ↗
  • Who funds Lillie Rice Center ↗
  • Who funds Tri-Cities Chaplaincy ↗
  • Who funds Helpline ↗
  • Who funds SAINT FRANCES CABRINI CHARITABLE SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF CHILDREN OF WALLA WALLA ↗
  • Who funds WALLA WALLA SENIOR CITIZENS CENTER ↗
  • Who funds LEGAL COUNSEL FOR YOUTH AND CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds BLUE MOUNTAIN HEALTH COOPERATIVE ↗
  • Who funds Walla Walla Symphony Society 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.

Blue Mountain Communi…Sherwood TrustGeorge T Welch Testam…Clara and Art Bald Tr…Mary Garner Esary Tru…Estate of Joseph L St…United Way of the Blu…Yancey P Winans Testa…Bonnie & Clifford Bra…Wells Charitable TrustMilton-Freewater Area…Artsfund
Blue Mountain Community FoundationWA49.2× affinity21 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Blue Mountain Community Foundation · Sherwood Trust · George T Welch Testamentary Trust · Clara and Art Bald Trust · Mary Garner Esary Trust · Estate of Joseph L Stubblefield · United Way of the Blue Mountains · Yancey P Winans Testamentary Trust · Bonnie & Clifford Braden Foundation · Wells Charitable Trust · Milton-Freewater Area Foundation Baker Boyer Trust 5-015736 · Artsfund

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%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
    0get no government money at all
    6report 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 Sunny Day Charitable Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Sunny Day Charitable 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 47 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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