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Tinyblue Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.1M
Granted FY2025still arriving
44
Grants FY2025still arriving
12
States reached
$1.1M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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.

Philanthropy$24kHuman Services$14kEnvironment$12kInternational$6kArts & Culture$3kPublic Benefit$3kEducation$3kHealth$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 44 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k43 grants · $34k
  • $250k+1 grant · $1.1M
$519
Median grant
12
States reached
$232k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ISLAND ROOTS HOUSING$1,113,412
MISC CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS (DONATIONS 250 OR UNDER)$2,690
BELLS MOUNTAIN DHARMA CENTER$2,100
ISLAND SENIOR RESOURCES$2,030
BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE$1,750
SUNFLOWER FUND$1,430
POIC RAHS$1,278
MOTHER MENTORS VIA BETTERWORLD$1,200
WHIDBEY ISLAND NOURISHES$1,160
WHIDBEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$1,150
LOW INCOME HOUSING$1,036
ACLU$1,035
Individual grant recipient$1,032
Individual grant recipient$1,000
THE COMMONS LAW CENTER$1,000
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 (FY17–23, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 54% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 8%COMMUNITY DAYCARE CENTER FOR CHILDREN: $5k → 9%SENIOR SERVICES OF ISLAND COUNTY: $2k → 7%SENIOR SERVICES OF ISLAND COUNTY: $2k → 7%WORLD FOOD PROGRAM: $258 → 14%SENIOR SERVICES OF ISLAND COUNTY: $700 → 7%SENIOR SERVICES OF ISLAND COUNTY: $500 → 7%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.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
NY
MA
OR
IA
CA
CO
DC
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.

6%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$71k · 27 repeat orgs$1.1M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +4% since the first grant, against +3% for those funded once.

27 repeat relationships: 20 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 22 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

27
19

Total granted

$71k
$17k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+4%
+3%

Still filing today

67%
74%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 1% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.1M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EnvironmentInternationalEducationHuman ServicesAnimalsHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • SS
    SENIOR SERVICES OF ISLAND COUNTY
    4× · 2017–2020 · $4k · revenue +7%
  • ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED
    6× · 2020–2025 · $3k · revenue +121%
  • EARTHJUSTICE
    6× · 2020–2025 · $3k · revenue +16%

Funded once

  • CD
    COMMUNITY DAY CENTER FOR CHILDREN
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue +18%
  • MV
    MOVEMENT VOTER FUND
    one grant, 2023 · $2k
  • CA
    CITIZEN'S AGAINST DOMESTIC & SEXUAL ABUSEgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $2k · revenue +43%
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
Western Resource Advocates

Western Resource Advocates (WRA) is a regional nonprofit advocacy organization fighting climate change and its impacts to sustain the environment, economy, and people of the West. As the region's go-to experts for more than three decades,…

Crime & Legal
2
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
3
World Resources Institute

Wri is committed to creating change that improves people's lives and ensures the natural world can thrive. (see schedule o)wri's bold vision requires a formula for success we call "count it. change it. scale it.": - count it: our work is…

International
4
Western Rivers Conservancy

Western rivers conservancy's mission is to protect outstanding river ecosystems in the western united states. continued on schedule o.we acquire land to conserve critical habitat, provide public access for compatible use and enjoyment, and…

Environment
5
Wildlife Conservation Network Inc

Connect conservationists and supporters, deploy resources to the field, provide conservationists with tools and support they need to succeed.

Animals
6
Washington Conservation Action Education Fund

To champion policies that center the expertise and resilience of overburdened communities for environmental progress and justice in the pacific northwest.

Environment
7
Northwest Environmental Defense Center

Nedc's mission is to work toward a future in which the pacific northwest leads the nation in developing, implementing & enforcing strong laws and regulations that protect the environment & human health, and where our governments &…

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8
International Center for Research On Women

The international center for research for women (icrw) is a global research institute, with a mission to advance rights and opportunities for women, girls, and structurally excluded populations with actionable evidence and solutions.

International
9
Nw Energy Coalition

The NW Energy Coalition is an alliance of over 100 environmental, civic, and human service organizations, utilities, and businesses in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, and British Columbia, plus many individual members. The NW Energy…

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10
Third Way

To research and develop centrist policy ideas.

Civil Rights
11
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
12
Washington Forest Law Center

Dedicated to protecting the world's natural environment on behalf of the public by serving as a public interest law firm. refer to schedule o, part iii, line 4a, for list of litigated cases or advocacy work.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Wilderness Society; the most unlike its peers is South Whidbey Homeless Coalition. 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

44 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 44 of the 71 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
44/44
Grantees still filing
23/44
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ISLAND ROOTS HOUSING: $1,113,412 · Housing & ShelterISLAND ROOTS HOUSING+1 more: $907 · Housing & ShelterMISC CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS (DONATIONS 250 OR UNDER): $21,926 · OtherISLAND SENIOR RESOURCES: $6,120 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOOD: $2,200 · OtherNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL: $2,180 · Other+39 more: $31,309 · OtherENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $2,913 · EnvironmentCITIZENS CLIMATE EDUCATION CORP: $2,730 · EnvironmentEARTHJUSTICE: $2,500 · EnvironmentTHE ALLIANCE FOR CLIMATE PROTECTION: $2,216 · Environment350ORG: $1,800 · EnvironmentWHIDBEY CAMANO LAND TRUST: $729 · Environment+2 more: $750 · EnvironmentCOMMUNITY DAY CENTER FOR CHILDREN: $5,000 · Human ServicesSENIOR SERVICES OF ISLAND COUNTY: $4,400 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $1,196 · Human ServicesFRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INC: $773 · Human ServicesUnited States Association for UNHCR: $4,240 · InternationalSunflower Fund: $1,430 · InternationalTHE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC: $1,338 · InternationalOXFAM-AMERICA INC: $757 · InternationalInternational Rescue Committee INC: $515 · InternationalUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $314 · International+1 more: $256 · InternationalWHIDBEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $4,013 · PhilanthropyGREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,572 · PhilanthropyGOOSEFOOT COMMUNITY FUND: $800 · PhilanthropyWILLIAM J BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE INC: $2,850 · EducationTHE COMMONS LAW CENTER: $1,000 · EducationSNO-ISLE LIBRARIES FOUNDATION: $760 · EducationADA DEVELOPERS ACADEMY: $264 · Education
Housing & Shelter$1,114,319Other$63,735Environment$13,638Human Services$11,369International$8,850Philanthropy$6,385Education$4,874

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 budgetCOMMUNITY DAY CENTER FOR CHILDREN: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSENIOR SERVICES OF ISLAND COUNTY: $4,400 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetUnited States Association for UNHCR: $4,240 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWHIDBEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $4,013 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $2,913 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWILLIAM J BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE INC: $2,850 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCITIZENS CLIMATE EDUCATION CORP: $2,730 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetEARTHJUSTICE: $2,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ALLIANCE FOR CLIMATE PROTECTION: $2,216 over 6y, 0.0% of budget350ORG: $1,800 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWHIDBEY ISLAND NOURISHES: $1,732 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCITIZEN'S AGAINST DOMESTIC & SEXUAL ABUSE: $1,656 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,572 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSunflower Fund: $1,430 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC: $1,338 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCASCADE PUBLIC MEDIA: $1,300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $1,196 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG WOMEN EMPOWERED: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTH WHIDBEY HOMELESS COALITION: $907 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGOOSEFOOT COMMUNITY FUND: $800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INC: $773 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSNO-ISLE LIBRARIES FOUNDATION: $760 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetOXFAM-AMERICA INC: $757 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWHIDBEY CAMANO LAND TRUST: $729 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOCIAL JUSTICE FUND NORTHWEST: $690 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPUBLIC CITIZEN INC: $620 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $515 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFair Elections Center: $508 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY INC: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGIRAFFE PROJECT INC: $400 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTHE WILDERNESS SOCIETY: $350 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHWEST IMMIGRANT RIGHTS PROJECT: $325 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $314 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetADA DEVELOPERS ACADEMY: $264 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WHIDBEY INSTITUTE: $263 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIVE AMERICAN RIGHTS FUND INC: $258 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWHIDBEY ISLAND HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $257 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNa'ah Illahee Fund: $256 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetENSO HOUSE: $144 over 1y, 0.3% 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 ISLAND ROOTS HOUSING ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY DAY CENTER FOR CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds SENIOR SERVICES OF ISLAND COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds United States Association for UNHCR ↗
  • Who funds WHIDBEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds WILLIAM J BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE INC ↗
  • Who funds CITIZENS CLIMATE EDUCATION CORP ↗
  • Who funds EARTHJUSTICE ↗
  • Who funds THE ALLIANCE FOR CLIMATE PROTECTION ↗
  • Who funds 350ORG ↗
  • Who funds WHIDBEY ISLAND NOURISHES ↗
  • Who funds CITIZEN'S AGAINST DOMESTIC & SEXUAL ABUSE ↗
  • Who funds GREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Sunflower Fund ↗
  • Who funds THE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC ↗
  • Who funds CASCADE PUBLIC MEDIA ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds THE COMMONS LAW CENTER ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG WOMEN EMPOWERED ↗
  • Who funds SOUTH WHIDBEY HOMELESS COALITION ↗
  • Who funds GOOSEFOOT COMMUNITY FUND ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM 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.

Seattle FoundationWhidbey Community Fou…The Virginia Wellingt…Goosefoot Community F…The Norcliffe Foundat…Puget Sound Energy Fo…Mightycause Charitabl…Inatai FoundationThe Riedl FoundationIsland ThriftRsf Social Finance IncGs Donor Advised Phil…
Seattle FoundationWA25.4× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Seattle Foundation · Whidbey Community Foundation · The Virginia Wellington Cabot Foundation · Goosefoot Community Fund · The Norcliffe Foundation · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Inatai Foundation · The Riedl Foundation · Island Thrift · Rsf Social Finance Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Oxfam-America Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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.

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 71 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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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home