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Thomas V Giddens Jr Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Thomas V Giddens Jr Charitable 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.

$900k
Granted FY2024still arriving
36
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$70k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$3.4MCrime & Legal$899kHealth$867kYouth Development$770kHousing & Shelter$463kEducation$362kRecreation & Sports$269kPhilanthropy$90kOther$0
02FY2024 · 36 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $13k
  • $10k–50k31 grants · $718k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $170k
$25,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$18M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Ruth's Place$70,000
NW Children's Foundation$50,000
Tacoma Parks Foundation$50,000
Individual grant recipient$40,000
Multicultural Child and Family Hope Center$35,000
Olympic Angels$30,000
HopeCentral$30,000
Carry Lynn Children's Center$30,000
Olive Crest$30,000
Individual grant recipient$30,000
Rainbow Room$30,000
Kindering$30,000
Youthnet$30,000
Military Officers Association of America$25,000
Tacoma Community House$25,000
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 (FY17–24, $1.5M) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 18% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Mission Granbury: $25k → 10%Youthnet: $30k → 11%The Nest FRSC: $20k → 13%Room One: $25k → 17%Community Youth Services: $20k → 9%Youthnet: $30k → 11%SKOOKUM KIDS: $70k → 12%ROOM ONE: $25k → 17%Multicultural Child and Family Hope Center: $40k → 9%YOUTHNET: $20k → 11%Room One: $25k → 17%Multicultural Child and Family Hope Center: $35k → 9%Foster Parent Association of Washington State: $20k → 10%Tacoma Community House: $25k → 9%Family Impact Network: $25k → 12%HOPESPARKS: $25k → 9%HopeSparks: $25k → 9%HOPESPARKS: $25k → 9%Mission Granbury: $40k → 10%MISSION GRANBURY: $40k → 10%HopeSparks Family Services: $25k → 9%HOPESPARKS: $25k → 9%MISSION GRANBURY: $35k → 10%MISSION GRANBURY: $35k → 10%Ryther as Fiscal Agent WA Assc for Children & Fam: $25k → 9%Program for Early Parent Support: $20k → 9%PROGRAM FOR EARLY PARENT SUPPORT (PEPSORG): $20k → 9%PROGRAM FOR EARLY PARENT SUPPORT: $15k → 9%Auburn Youth Resources: $50k → 9%NEXUS YOUTH AND FAMILIES: $50k → 9%NEXUS YOUTH AND FAMILIES: $25k → 9%Bridge Receiving Center: $25k → 9%YOUTHCARE: $30k → 9%YOUTHCARE: $30k → 9%YouthCare: $30k → 9%YOUTHCARE: $25k → 9%YMCA of Greater Seattle: $40k → 9%MOCKINGBIRD SOCIETY: $30k → 9%MOCKINGBIRD SOCIETY: $30k → 9%WELLSPRING FAMILY SERVICES: $30k → 9%The Mockingbird Society: $30k → 9%Wellspring Family Services: $30k → 9%PARENT TRUST FOR WASHINGTON CHILDREN: $25k → 9%Parent Trust for Washington Children: $25k → 9%PARENT TRUST FOR WASHINGTON CHILDREN: $25k → 9%WELLSPRING FAMILY SERVICES: $25k → 9%Parent Trust for Washington Children: $25k → 9%Parent Trust for Washington Children: $25k → 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.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$6.1M · 74 repeat orgs$1.5M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +33% since the first grant, against +29% for those funded once.

74 repeat relationships: 25 still active in FY2024, 49 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

74
61

Total granted

$6.1M
$1.3M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
+29%

Still filing today

66%
39%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $190k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthCrime & LegalYouth DevelopmentEducationPhilanthropyOther
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

  • PR
    PALUXY RIVER CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER INC
    5× · 2017–2022 · $299k · revenue +202%
  • RP
    RUTHS PLACE CLINIC
    6× · 2017–2024 · $270k · revenue +166%
  • LEGAL COUNSEL FOR YOUTH AND CHILDREN
    7× · 2017–2024 · $185k · revenue +389%

Funded once

  • PF
    Partners for Our ChildrenUniversity of Washington School of Social Work
    one grant, 2017 · $100k
  • JC
    JOHNSON COUNTY CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER
    one grant, 2021 · $80k
  • SK
    Skookum Kidsgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $70k · revenue +67%
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
Southwest Youth and Family Services

SWYFS partners with youth and families to transform their futures.

Human Services
2
Family Law Casa of King County

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…

Human Services
3
Every Child Central Oregon

Mobilizing the community to uplift children and families impacted by foster care in Oregon.

Human Services
4
Network Services

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…

Human Services
5
Family Solutions Inc

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.

Health
6
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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7
FamilyWise Services

Strengthening families by promoting the safety, stability and wellbeing of children.

Health
8
Family & Children's Services of Mid-Michigan Inc

We inspire hope and well-being for people of all ages by providing counseling, education and support.

Human Services
9
Northwest Youth Services

Northwest youth services collaborates with at-risk, runaway, and homeless youth to foster self-reliance. the organization's goal is to keep youth safe, heal family relationships, and reconnect youth to the community. the organization…

Human Services
10
Family Promise of Pierce County

To empower families experiencing housing insecurity through intervention, prevention,and stabilization services.

Housing & Shelter
11
Youth Eastside Services

Youth Eastside Services (YES) is a lifeline for kids and families coping with challenges such as emotional distress, substance abuse, and violence. Through intervention, outreach and prevention, YES build confidence and responsibility,…

Health
12
Denali Family Services

Supporting children and families through individual, community-based services. We provide behavioral health services to severely emotionally disturbed children (ages 2 to 24) and their families.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Olive Crest; the most unlike its peers is Empire Health Foundation. 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

85 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. 85 of the 147 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.

6
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
20
Early backer (in before they grew)
83/85
Grantees still filing
62/85
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Ryther Child Center: $270,000 · OtherRyther Child CenterWA ASSOCIATION FOR CHILDREN & FAMILIES: $224,566 · OtherWA ASSOCIATION FOR CHILDREN & FAMILIESAMARA PARENTING & ADOPTION SERVICES: $210,000 · OtherKINDERING CENTER: $162,500 · OtherTREEHOUSE FOR KIDS: $140,000 · Other+87 more: $2,991,500 · Other+87 moreMISSION GRANBURY INC: $175,000 · Human ServicesMISSION GRANBURY INCPARENT TRUST FOR WASHINGTON CHILDREN: $125,000 · Human ServicesPARENT TRUST FOR WASHI…NEXUS YOUTH AND FAMILIES: $125,000 · Human ServicesNEXUS YOUTH AND FAMILI…HopeSparks: $125,000 · Human ServicesHopeSparksYOUTHCARE: $115,000 · Human ServicesYOUTHCAREWELLSPRING FAMILY SERVICES: $95,000 · Human ServicesWELLSPRING FAMILY SERV…THE MOCKINGBIRD SOCIETY: $90,000 · Human ServicesTHE MOCKINGBIRD SOCIET…Room One: $85,000 · Human ServicesRoom OnePROGRAM FOR EARLY PARENT SUPPORT: $80,000 · Human ServicesYOUTHNET: $80,000 · Human ServicesMULTICULTURAL CHILD AND FAMILY HOPE CENTER: $75,000 · Human ServicesSkookum Kids: $70,000 · Human Services+12 more: $285,000 · Human Services+12 morePALUXY RIVER CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER INC: $299,000 · Crime & LegalPALUXY RIVER …LEGAL COUNSEL FOR YOUTH AND CHILDREN: $185,000 · Crime & LegalLEGAL COUNSEL…JOHNSON COUNTY CHILDRENS ADVOCACY CENTER: $150,000 · Crime & LegalJOHNSON COUNT…NW Childrens Foundation: $130,000 · Crime & LegalNW Childrens …CHILDREN AND YOUTH JUSTICE CENTER: $40,000 · Crime & LegalRainbow Room Inc: $35,000 · Crime & Legal+3 more: $40,000 · Crime & LegalRUTHS PLACE CLINIC: $270,000 · HealthRUTHS PLAC…OLIVE CREST: $155,000 · HealthOLIVE CRES…FRIENDS OF YOUTH: $100,000 · HealthFRIENDS OF…Secret Harbor: $60,000 · HealthSecret Har…HOPECENTRAL: $45,000 · HealthHOPECENTRA…MARY BRIDGE CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $25,000 · Health+4 more: $47,000 · Health+4 moreCAMP FIRE FIRST TEXAS: $90,000 · Youth DevelopmentSPOKANE TRIBAL NETWORK: $35,000 · Youth DevelopmentTREEHOUSE: $30,000 · Youth DevelopmentMethow Valley Nordic Ski Educational Foundation: $25,000 · Youth DevelopmentFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - SEATTLE: $25,000 · Youth DevelopmentCARRIE LYNN CHILDREN'S CENTER: $140,000 · Community ImprovementTHIRD SECTOR NEW ENGLAND INC: $30,000 · Community ImprovementLumen Public School: $37,500 · EducationFOUNDATION FOR TACOMA STUDENTS: $35,000 · EducationLumen Early Learning Center dba Glow Children Early Learning Center: $25,000 · EducationDEGREES OF CHANGE: $20,000 · EducationCOMMUNITY DAY SCHOOL ASSOCIATION: $7,500 · Education
Other$3,998,566Human Services$1,525,000Crime & Legal$879,000Health$702,000Youth Development$205,000Community Improvement$170,000Education$125,000

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 budgetPALUXY RIVER CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER INC: $299,000 over 5y, 8.6% of budgetRUTHS PLACE CLINIC: $270,000 over 6y, 15% of budgetLEGAL COUNSEL FOR YOUTH AND CHILDREN: $185,000 over 7y, 3.5% of budgetMISSION GRANBURY INC: $175,000 over 5y, 2.9% of budgetKINDERING CENTER: $162,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetOLIVE CREST: $155,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetJOHNSON COUNTY CHILDRENS ADVOCACY CENTER: $150,000 over 2y, 3.9% of budgetCARRIE LYNN CHILDREN'S CENTER: $140,000 over 5y, 33% of budgetNW Childrens Foundation: $130,000 over 5y, 3.3% of budgetPARENT TRUST FOR WASHINGTON CHILDREN: $125,000 over 5y, 2.6% of budgetNEXUS YOUTH AND FAMILIES: $125,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetHopeSparks: $125,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetCHILDHAVEN: $118,500 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetYOUTHCARE: $115,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetGreater Metro Parks Foundation dba Tacoma Parks Foundation: $105,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF YOUTH: $100,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetWELLSPRING FAMILY SERVICES: $95,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetCAMP FIRE FIRST TEXAS: $90,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetSHERWOOD & MYRTIE FOSTER'S HOME FOR CHILDREN: $90,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetTHE MOCKINGBIRD SOCIETY: $90,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetRoom One: $85,000 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetPROGRAM FOR EARLY PARENT SUPPORT: $80,000 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetYOUTHNET: $80,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetPHILANTHROPY NORTHWEST: $75,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetMULTICULTURAL CHILD AND FAMILY HOPE CENTER: $75,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSkookum Kids: $70,000 over 1y, 6.3% of budgetTHE ARC - KING COUNTY: $60,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetCOCOON HOUSE: $60,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetSecret Harbor: $60,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetHOOD COUNTY CHILDRENS CHARITY: $60,000 over 4y, 28% of budgetGREENTRIKE: $50,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetRebuilding Hope Sexual Assault Center: $50,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetOPEN ARMS INC: $45,000 over 3y, 29% of budgetHOPECENTRAL: $45,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetTEXAS AIRGUARD MAXIMUM EFFORT: $42,500 over 3y, 10% of budgetCHILDREN AND YOUTH JUSTICE CENTER: $40,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetTHE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER SEATTLE (6871): $40,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICA SCORES SEATTLE: $40,000 over 3y, 9.8% of budgetLumen Public School: $37,500 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetRainbow Room Inc: $35,000 over 2y, 38% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR TACOMA STUDENTS: $35,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetSPOKANE TRIBAL NETWORK: $35,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetHAND IN HAND: $35,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetFoster Parent Association of WA State: $30,000 over 2y, 27% of budgetTHIRD SECTOR NEW ENGLAND INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTREEHOUSE: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFAMILY IMPACT NETWORK: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEmbracing Orphans: $25,000 over 2y, 4.8% 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 PALUXY RIVER CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds RUTHS PLACE CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds LEGAL COUNSEL FOR YOUTH AND CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds MISSION GRANBURY INC ↗
  • Who funds KINDERING CENTER ↗
  • Who funds OLIVE CREST ↗
  • Who funds JOHNSON COUNTY CHILDRENS ADVOCACY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds CARRIE LYNN CHILDREN'S CENTER ↗
  • Who funds NW Childrens Foundation ↗
  • Who funds PARENT TRUST FOR WASHINGTON CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds NEXUS YOUTH AND FAMILIES ↗
  • Who funds HopeSparks ↗
  • Who funds CHILDHAVEN ↗
  • Who funds YOUTHCARE ↗
  • Who funds Greater Metro Parks Foundation dba Tacoma Parks Foundation ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF YOUTH ↗
  • Who funds WELLSPRING FAMILY SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds CAMP FIRE FIRST TEXAS ↗
  • Who funds SHERWOOD & MYRTIE FOSTER'S HOME FOR CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds THE MOCKINGBIRD SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds Room One ↗
  • Who funds PROGRAM FOR EARLY PARENT SUPPORT ↗
  • Who funds YOUTHNET ↗
  • Who funds PHILANTHROPY NORTHWEST ↗
  • Who funds MULTICULTURAL CHILD AND FAMILY HOPE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Skookum Kids ↗

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…The Norcliffe Foundat…Medina FoundationSeattle FoundationSchool's Out Washingt…Perigee FundFuchsg & M Fdn TaiGreater Tacoma Commun…NW Childrens Foundati…Inatai FoundationM J Murdock Charitabl…Moccasin Lake Foundat…
Puget Sound Energy FoundationDE55.1× affinity28 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Puget Sound Energy Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · Medina Foundation · Seattle Foundation · School's Out Washington · Perigee Fund · Fuchsg & M Fdn Tai · Greater Tacoma Community Foundation · NW Childrens Foundation · Inatai Foundation · M J Murdock Charitable Trust · Moccasin Lake 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 Thomas V Giddens Jr Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Thomas V Giddens Jr 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%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • Third Sector New England Inc: 3% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
38report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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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Find your warmest path to Thomas V Giddens Jr 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 147 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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