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The Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Seattle (6871)

Building a community where all people, especially the young, are encouraged to develop their fullest potential in spirit, mind, and body.

$6.6M
Granted FY2025still arriving
14
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$2.1M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Youth Development$3.9MHuman Services$1.8MEducation$170kInternational$11k
02FY2025 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 14 grants below total $4,001,509 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $6,626,626 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $2,625,117 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $50k–250k10 grants · $850k
  • $250k+4 grants · $3.2M
$132,948
Median grant
1
States reached
$269M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
YMCA OF SNOHOMISH COUNTY$2,068,901
YMCA OF PIERCE AND KITSAP COUNTIES$466,811
YMCA OF GRAYS HARBOR$316,698
SKAGIT VALLEY YMCA$299,288
WALLA WALLA YMCA$162,962
WENATCHEE VALLEY YMCA$158,242
SOUTH SOUND YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSN$132,948
YMCA OF THE INLAND NORTHWEST$79,189
ESSEX COMMUNITY OUTREACH CORPORATION$62,500
YAKIMA FAMILY YMCA$53,970
WHATCOM FAMILY YMCA$50,000
YMCA OF SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON$50,000
OLYMPIC PENINSULA YMCA$50,000
YMCA OF TRI-CITIES$50,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–25, $4.9M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 61% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%YMCA of Greater Twin Cities: $20k → 11%YMCA Blue Ridge Assembly: $10k → 12%SOUTH SOUND YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSN: $133k → 9%YMCA of Pierce and Kitsap Counties: $467k → 9%YMCA of Tri-Cities: $50k → 11%Skagit Valley YMCA: $299k → 11%WHATCOM FAMILY YMCA: $50k → 12%Olympic Peninsula YMCA: $50k → 12%Walla Walla YMCA: $163k → 13%YMCA OF GRAYS HARBOR: $317k → 18%Sioux YMCA: $5k → 39%YMCA of Greater Twin Cities: $20k → 11%South Sound YMCA: $98k → 9%YMCA OF PIERCE AND KITSAP COUNTIES: $467k → 9%YMCA OF TRI-CITIES: $50k → 11%SKAGIT VALLEY YMCA: $299k → 11%Whatcom Family YMCA: $50k → 12%YMCA of Southwest Washington: $50k → 12%WALLA WALLA YMCA: $163k → 13%YMCA of Grays Harbor: $317k → 18%YMCA of the USA: $11k → 14%YMCA of Greater Twin Cities: $20k → 11%OLYMPIC PENINSULA YMCA: $50k → 12%YMCA OF SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON: $50k → 12%Nexus Youth & Families: $1.7M → 9%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$7.9M · 15 repeat orgs$2.0M to everyone else

15 repeat relationships — 13 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
13

Total granted

$7.9M
$1.9M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
+37%

Still filing today

87%
54%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $63k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’24’25
Human ServicesEducationRecreation & SportsOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • YM
    YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF PIERCE AND KITSAP COUNTIES
    2× · 2024–2025 · $934k · revenue +13%
  • TS
    The Skagit Valley Family YMCA
    2× · 2024–2025 · $599k · revenue +24%
  • TC
    TUW C HADLEY FBO WENATCHEE YMCA
    2× · 2024–2025 · $316k · revenue +73%

Funded once

  • NY
    NEXUS YOUTH AND FAMILIES
    one grant, 2024 · $1.7M · revenue 0% · 100% of their budget
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2018 · $20k
  • JM
    JOHN MUIR ELEMENTARY PTSAgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $20k · revenue +433%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Oklahoma City

To put christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind and body for all.

Human Services
2
Young Men's Christian Association of Brainerd

The mission of the brainerd family ymca is to enhance the lives in the brainerd lakes area by connecting individuals and families with opportunities based on christian values that build a healthy spirit, mind, & body.

Human Services
3
Shasta County Young Men's Christian Association

The shasta family ymca strengthens community through programs and activities that create a healthy spirit, mind and body for all.

Human Services
4
The Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Grand Rapids (3019)

Guided by our christian principles, we strengthen the spirit mind and body of all individuals.

Human Services
5
Young Men's Christian Association of the Virginia Peninsulas

Our mission is to put christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind and body for all. our focus is on youth development, healthy living and social responsibility. we help kids succeed, prepare teens…

Human Services
6
The Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Seattle (6871)

Building a community where all people, especially the young, are encouraged to develop their fullest potential in spirit, mind, and body. strategic goals: *provide opportunities for youth and young adults that shape values and encourage…

Human Services
7
Young Men's Christian Association of Northwest North Carolina (4626)

Helping all people reach their God-given potential in spirit, mind and body. The Y strives to strengthen the foundations of the communities we serve through programs and services that promote youth development, healthy living, and social…

Human Services
8
Young Mens Christian Assoc of the Treasure Coast Inc

Community can only be achieved when we invest in our kids, our health and our neighbors well-being. financial assistance is available to any person who cannot afford to pay the full price for any ymca program or membership. all ymca…

Human Services
9
Greater Missoula Family Ymca

The missoula family ymca's mission is to put christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind and body for all. the y serves families and individuals of all ages, abilities, incomes, races and religions.…

Human Services
10
The Young Mens Christian Association of Boise City Idaho

The Treasure Valley Family YMCA strengthens the foundation of our community by developing successful youth, engaging people in healthy living, and instilling a commitment to social responsibility.

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11
Lake County Young Men's Christian Association

The mission of the lake county ymca is to put christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind and body for all.

Human Services
12
The Young Mens Christian Association of Greater Des Moines

The y's programs focus on improving people's spiritual, intellectual, and physical well-being to support people as they actualize their fullest potential. the ymca serves community members of all abilities, ages, cultural backgrounds,…

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ymca of the Greater Tri-Cities and the most unlike its peers is Tuw C Hadley Fbo Wenatchee Ymca. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 52 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%0%<5yr14%15%5–10yr20%5%10–20yr18%20%20–35yr13%15%35–55yr14%45%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%0%<5yr14%3%5–10yr20%1%10–20yr18%14%20–35yr13%44%35–55yr14%39%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/22
the rest of the field
13%
4,963/37,431

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

21 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 21 of the 29 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/21
Grantees still filing
10/21
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

NEXUS YOUTH AND FAMILIES — $1,692,725 · Human ServicesNEXUS YOUTH AND FAMILIESYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF PIERCE AND KITSAP COUNTIES — $933,622 · Human ServicesYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF PIERCE AND KITSAP C…Young Men's Christian Association of Grays Harbor — $633,396 · Human ServicesYoung Men's Christian Association of Grays HarborThe Skagit Valley Family YMCA — $598,576 · Human ServicesThe Skagit Valley Family YMCAWALLA WALLA YMCA — $325,924 · Human ServicesWALLA WALLA YMCASOUTH SOUND YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSN — $230,896 · Human Services+8 more — $485,500 · Human Services+8 moreYMCA of Snohomish County — $4,137,802 · OtherYMCA of Snohomish CountyTUW C HADLEY FBO WENATCHEE YMCA — $316,484 · OtherTUW C HADLEY FBO WENATCHEE YMCA+8 more — $297,878 · Other+8 moreESSEX COMMUNITY OUTREACH CORPORATION — $62,500 · EducationJOHN MUIR ELEMENTARY PTSA — $20,000 · EducationGRAHAM HILL ELEMENTARY PTA — $20,000 · EducationCollege Success Foundation — $10,000 · EducationYAKIMA YMCA QALICB — $107,940 · Recreation & Sports
Human Services$4,900,639Other$4,752,164Education$112,500Recreation & Sports$107,940

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetNEXUS YOUTH AND FAMILIES — $1,692,725 over 1y, 100% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF PIERCE AND KITSAP COUNTIES — $933,622 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Grays Harbor — $633,396 over 2y, 7.3% of budgetThe Skagit Valley Family YMCA — $598,576 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetWALLA WALLA YMCA — $325,924 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetSOUTH SOUND YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSN — $230,896 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of the Inland Northwest — $158,378 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetYAKIMA YMCA QALICB — $107,940 over 2y, 20% of budgetOLYMPIC PENINSULA YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSN — $100,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetWHATCOM FAMILY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION — $100,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetYMCA OF THE GREATER TRI-CITIES — $100,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetTHE YMCA OF SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON — $100,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE NORTH — $60,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNational Council of YMCAs of the USA — $10,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCollege Success Foundation — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYMCA BLUE RIDGE ASSEMBLY INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

National Council of Y…School's Out Washingt…The Albertsons Compan…Seattle FoundationMedina FoundationPuget Sound Energy Fo…Shell USA Company Fou…Ndc Housing & Economi…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…
National Council of YMCAs of the USAIL29.8× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Council of YMCAs of the USA · School's Out Washington · The Albertsons Companies Foundation · Seattle Foundation · Medina Foundation · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Ndc Housing & Economic Development Corporation - Group Return · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization The Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Seattle (6871) funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get 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 · 0–15%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 29 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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