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The Susan Elizabeth Foundation at a glance

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The Susan Elizabeth Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$913k
Granted FY2024still arriving
7
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$703k
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, FY2018 to 2024.

Philanthropy$703kHuman Services$403kArts & Culture$246kCommunity Improvement$200kEducation$180kHealth$176kHousing & Shelter$135kYouth Development$50kOther$0
02FY2024 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k4 grants · $60k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $150k
  • $250k+1 grant · $703k
$15,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BAINBRIDGE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FBO BELLA FUND$702,988
BLACK FUTURES CO-OP FUND$100,000
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION$50,000
YMCA OF GREATER SEATTLE$15,000
FULL LIFE CARE$15,000
EDMONDS CENTER FOR THE ARTS$15,000
ATLANTIC STREET CENTER$15,000
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 (FY18–24, $529k) 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%CANINE COMPANIONS: $5k → 9%CANINE COMPANIONS: $5k → 9%GENERATIONS WITH PRIDE: $50k → 9%YMCA OF GREATER SEATTLE: $60k → 9%YMCA OF GREATER SEATTLE: $35k → 9%FULL LIFE CARE: $30k → 9%FULL LIFE CARE: $30k → 9%FULL LIFE CARE: $30k → 9%YMCA OF GREATER SEATTLE: $27k → 9%YMCA OF GREATER SEATTLE: $27k → 9%YMCA OF GREATER SEATTLE: $25k → 9%FULL LIFE CARE: $25k → 9%FULL LIFE CARE: $25k → 9%FULL LIFE CARE: $20k → 9%YMCA OF GREATER SEATTLE: $20k → 9%YOUTHCARE: $35k → 9%YMCA OF GREATER SEATTLE: $15k → 9%YOUTHCARE: $25k → 9%FULL LIFE CARE: $15k → 9%YOUTHCARE: $25k → 9%FAMILY LAW CASA: $1k → 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.

59%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2M · 9 repeat orgs$855k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +36% since the first grant, against +6% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
5

Total granted

$1.2M
$152k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+36%
+6%

Still filing today

89%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 23% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $703k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthEducationArts & CultureCrime & LegalYouth 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

  • TY
    THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER SEATTLE (6871)
    7× · 2018–2024 · $208k · revenue +50%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION
    4× · 2020–2024 · $180k · revenue +7%
  • FL
    FULL LIFE CARE
    7× · 2018–2024 · $175k · revenue +34%

Funded once

  • BC
    BUILDING CHANGES
    one grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue +6%
  • COYOTE CENTRAL
    one grant, 2019 · $50k · revenue -34%
  • GW
    Generations With Pride
    one grant, 2022 · $50k · revenue -30%
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
Young Womens Christian Association

The ywca is dedicated to eliminating racism and empowering women.

Human Services
2
Nexus Youth and Families

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…

Human Services
3
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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4
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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5
Northwest Counseling Service Inc

Housing Counseling Services

Housing & Shelter
6
Disability Rights Washington

Disability rights washington's mission is to advance the dignity, equality, and self determination of people with disabilities. we work to pursue justice on matters related to human and legal rights.

Human Services
7
Cowiche Canyon Conservancy

Protecting our shrub-steppe and connecting people to this vanishing landscape.

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8
Gay City Health Project

Gay city: seattle's lgbtq center cultivates access and connections to promote self-determination, liberation and joy in our communities.

Arts & Culture
9
Earthcorps

To cultivate leaders and community partnerships to advance environmental justice.

International
10
Artist Trust

Artist Trust supports the livelihoods of artists working in all disciplines to create a more vibrant and equitable Washington State.

Arts & Culture
11
Housing Connector

Housing connector partners with property owners and managers to lower barriers to housing and increase our region's affordable housing capacity.

Housing & Shelter
12
Bike Works Seattle

Bike Works promotes the bicycle as a vehicle for change to empower youth and build resilient communities.

Recreation & Sports
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Building Changes; the most unlike its peers is Maris Place. 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

13 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. 13 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
9/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BAINBRIDGE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FBO BELLA FUND: $702,988 · OtherBAINBRIDGE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FBO BELLA FUNDBLACK FUTURES CO-OP FUND: $200,000 · OtherBLACK FUTURES CO-OP FUNDTHE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER SEATTLE (6871): $208,250 · Human ServicesTHE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN AS…FULL LIFE CARE: $175,000 · Human ServicesFULL LIFE CAREYOUTHCARE: $85,000 · Human ServicesYOUTHCAREGenerations With Pride: $50,000 · Human ServicesGenerations With Pride+2 more: $11,000 · Human ServicesUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION: $180,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY O…COYOTE CENTRAL: $50,000 · EducationCOYOTE CENTR…EDMONDS CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $220,000 · Arts & CultureEDMONDS CEN…Atlantic Street Center: $145,000 · Crime & LegalBUILDING CHANGES: $50,000 · Health+1 more: $1,000 · HealthMaris Place: $26,000 · Youth Development
Other$902,988Human Services$529,250Education$230,000Arts & Culture$220,000Crime & Legal$145,000Health$51,000Youth Development$26,000

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 budgetEDMONDS CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $220,000 over 7y, 5.5% of budgetTHE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER SEATTLE (6871): $208,250 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION: $180,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFULL LIFE CARE: $175,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetAtlantic Street Center: $145,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetYOUTHCARE: $85,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetBUILDING CHANGES: $50,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCOYOTE CENTRAL: $50,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetGenerations With Pride: $50,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetMaris Place: $26,000 over 3y, 9.7% of budgetCANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY LAW CASA OF KING COUNTY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL SCLERODERMA FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 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.

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…Seattle FoundationLucky Seven FoundationThe Norcliffe Foundat…Wyman Youth TrustGrousemont FoundationMoccasin Lake Foundat…American Online Givin…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Puget Sound Energy FoundationDE17.6× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Seattle Foundation · Lucky Seven Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · Wyman Youth Trust · Grousemont Foundation · Moccasin Lake Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Susan Elizabeth Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Susan Elizabeth Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%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
    1get 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 · 0–50%
    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.
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    How do I get to The Susan Elizabeth Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Susan Elizabeth 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 15 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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