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The Whitehorse Foundation

Type I supporting organization under irc section 509(a)(3) to seattle foundation.

$2.4M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
22
Itemized grants FY2024
22
Organizations funded FY2023
18%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$2.3M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$90,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$440,000
Organizations funded a year
8 to 22
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
1
Total assets, FY2024
$55M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 18% of the organizations The Whitehorse Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 19% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $455k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesYouth DevelopmentHealthHousing & ShelterPhilanthropyCrime & LegalOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving21$1.9M14%
FY202322$2.4M18%
FY202217$1.4M24%
FY20218$658k25%
FY202016$1.0M19%
FY201914$846k29%
FY201812$955k25%
FY201711$818kn/a
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Philanthropy$3.7MHuman Services$3.5MHousing & Shelter$2.4MEducation$1.2MHealth$670kYouth Development$470kCrime & Legal$455kCommunity Improvement$403kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Volunteers of America Western Washington$947,61371%
Foundation for Edmonds School District$945,267715%
Cocoon House$800,00082%
Housing Hope$700,00062%
Childstrive$485,00071%
Lutheran Community Services Northwest$476,00021%
Take the Next Step$470,000711%
Washington State Family And Community Engagement Trust$430,000629%
Project Girl Mentoring Program$410,000331%
Millennia Ministries$405,000231%
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All grantees of The Whitehorse Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Volunteers of America Western Washington$947,61371%
Foundation for Edmonds School District$945,267715%
Cocoon House$800,00082%
Housing Hope$700,00062%
Childstrive$485,00071%
Lutheran Community Services Northwest$476,00021%
Take the Next Step$470,000711%
Washington State Family And Community Engagement Trust$430,000629%
Project Girl Mentoring Program$410,000331%
Millennia Ministries$405,000231%
Community Resources Foundation$403,000630%
Compass Health$385,00050%
Young Womens Christian Association of Seattle-King County-Snohomish County$325,00050%
Linc Nw$295,000323%
The Interfaith Association of Northwest$294,67745%
Wonderland Child & Family Services$293,00051%
North Counties' Family Services$260,00067%
Domestic Violence Services of Snohomish$243,23153%
Center for Human Services$195,00021%
Volunteers of America Inc$175,0001n/a
Second Chance Outreach Hope for Homies$150,000327%
Child Advocacy Center of Snohomish County$130,00035%
Hopeworks Social Enterprises$120,0002n/a
Drug Abuse Council of Snohomish County$100,00022%
Mercy Housing Northwest$100,00020%
Northshore Youth and Family Services$90,00024%
Pioneer Human Services Inc$80,00010%
Sherwood Community Services$70,00021%
Senior Services of Snohomish County$70,00020%
Washington Alliance for Better Schools$50,00013%
Bridge Receiving Center$50,00014%
Childrens Home Society of Washington$50,00010%
Young Men's Christian Association of Snohomish County$25,00010%
Perinatal Support Washington$20,00011%

Where it is load-bearing

The Whitehorse Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 5 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 32 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetVolunteers of America Western Washington: $947,613 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetFoundation for Edmonds School District: $945,267 over 7y, 15% of budgetCocoon House: $800,000 over 8y, 2.5% of budgetHousing Hope: $700,000 over 6y, 2.1% of budgetChildstrive: $485,000 over 7y, 1.2% of budgetLutheran Community Services Northwest: $476,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetTake the Next Step: $470,000 over 7y, 11% of budgetWashington State Family And Community Engagement Trust: $430,000 over 6y, 29% of budgetProject Girl Mentoring Program: $410,000 over 3y, 31% of budgetMillennia Ministries: $405,000 over 2y, 31% of budgetCommunity Resources Foundation: $403,000 over 6y, 30% of budgetCompass Health: $385,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetYoung Womens Christian Association of Seattle-King County-Snohomish County: $325,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetLinc Nw: $295,000 over 3y, 23% of budgetThe Interfaith Association of Northwest: $294,677 over 4y, 4.9% of budgetWonderland Child & Family Services: $293,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetNorth Counties' Family Services: $260,000 over 6y, 7.3% of budgetDomestic Violence Services of Snohomish: $243,231 over 5y, 3.0% of budgetCenter for Human Services: $195,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetSecond Chance Outreach Hope for Homies: $150,000 over 3y, 27% of budgetChild Advocacy Center of Snohomish County: $130,000 over 3y, 4.7% of budgetDrug Abuse Council of Snohomish County: $100,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetMercy Housing Northwest: $100,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetNorthshore Youth and Family Services: $90,000 over 2y, 3.7% of budgetPioneer Human Services Inc: $80,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSherwood Community Services: $70,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetSenior Services of Snohomish County: $70,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetWashington Alliance for Better Schools: $50,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetBridge Receiving Center: $50,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetChildrens Home Society of Washington: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Snohomish County: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPerinatal Support Washington: $20,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 32.

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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.

Community Foundation …Puget Sound Energy Fo…United Way of Snohomi…The Norcliffe Foundat…Medina FoundationSchool's Out Washingt…Evertrust FoundationNorth Sound Accountab…Liberty Mutual Founda…The Albertsons Compan…Employees Community F…The Employee Communit…
Community Foundation of Snohomish CountyWA57.3× affinity25 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Snohomish County · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · United Way of Snohomish County · The Norcliffe Foundation · Medina Foundation · School's Out Washington · Evertrust Foundation · North Sound Accountable Community of Health · Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc · The Albertsons Companies Foundation · Employees Community Fund of the Boeing Company · The Employee Community Foundation Optum Washington

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.

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How do I get to The Whitehorse Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Whitehorse 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.

About The Whitehorse Foundation

How much does The Whitehorse Foundation give?
The Whitehorse Foundation reported 22 itemized grants totaling $2,342,500, out of $2,442,500 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 22 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The Whitehorse Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (28%), Human Services (26%), Housing & Shelter (18%).
Who are The Whitehorse Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Volunteers of America Western Washington ($948k), Foundation for Edmonds School District ($945k), Cocoon House ($800k).
Does The Whitehorse Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 18% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Whitehorse Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of Snohomish County, Puget Sound Energy Foundation, United Way of Snohomish County.
Where is The Whitehorse Foundation based?
The Whitehorse Foundation is based in WA.

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 35 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 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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