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Towne Foundation at a glance

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Towne 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.

$30k
Granted FY2024still arriving
7
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Environment$191kFood & Nutrition$72kYouth Development$32kHousing & Shelter$15kHealth$9kHuman Services$4k
02FY2024 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k5 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
$2,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$690k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SKAGIT LAND TRUST$10,000
WHATCOM LAND TRUST$10,000
ANACORTES FAMILY CENTER$2,000
ANACORTES FOOD BANK$2,000
GRAND CANYON YOUTH$2,000
BALLARD FOOD BANK$2,000
BELLINGHAM FOOD BANK$2,000
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 (FY19–19, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%NORTHWEST YOUTH SERVICES: $4k → 12%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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$292k · 8 repeat orgs$31k to everyone else

8 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
7

Total granted

$292k
$31k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+99%
+118%

Still filing today

75%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
EnvironmentFood & NutritionHousing & ShelterHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • WL
    WHATCOM LAND TRUST
    6× · 2017–2024 · $89k · revenue +17%
  • AT
    Alternatives to Hunger Bellingham Food Bank
    8× · 2017–2024 · $25k · revenue +99%
  • BALLARD FOOD BANK
    8× · 2017–2024 · $25k · revenue +337%

Funded once

  • WC
    WASHINGTON CONSERVATION ACTION EDUCATION FUNDgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $8k · revenue +66%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $6k
  • NY
    NORTHWEST YOUTH SERVICESgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $4k · revenue +118%
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
Futurewise

Futurewise works throughout Washington state to encourage healthy, equitable and opportunity-rich communities, and to protect our most valuable farmlands, forests and water resources through wise land use policies and practices.

Environment
2
Cowiche Canyon Conservancy

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

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3
Washington Wildlife & Recreation Coalition

Creating a greener, healthier, more equitable, and better Washington for all through community outreach, network building, and advocacy for conservation and outdoor recreation funding.

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4
Earthcorps

To cultivate leaders and community partnerships to advance environmental justice.

International
5
Discover Your Northwest

Discover Your Northwest promotes the discovery of northwest public lands, enriches the experience of visitors and builds community stewardship of these special places today and for generations to come.

Recreation & Sports
6
Re Sources

RE Sources mobilizes people of Northwest Washington to build just and thriving communities and to protect the land, water, and climate on which we all depend.

Environment
7
Oregon Agricultural Trust

Oregon agricultural trust partners with farmers and ranchers to protect agricultural lands for the benefit of oregons economy, communities, and landscapes.

Environment
8
Coast Fork Willamette Watershed Council

The Coast Fork Willamette Watershed Council is a local nonprofit organization that strives to enhance and restore habitat for fish and wildlife our community and for future generations. Our Board of Directors consists of seven members with…

Environment
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
Palouse Land Trust Inc

Our mission is to work with landowners and communities to conserve the lands we love, now and forever, and to enrich connections to the natural world.

Environment
11
Whatcom Mountain Bike Coalition

Whatcom Mountain Bike Coalition's (WMBC) mission is to preserve and enhance non-motorized trail access in Whatcom County through stewardship, education and advocacy.WMBC is a federal non-profit 501(c)(3) organization. We work with many…

Recreation & Sports
12
Washington Food Coalition

To strengthen hunger relief providers in WA State.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Anacortes Family Center; the most unlike its peers is Grand Canyon Youth Inc. 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

9 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. 9 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
9/9
Grantees still filing
8/9
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SKAGIT LAND TRUST: $90,500 · EnvironmentSKAGIT LAND TRUSTWHATCOM LAND TRUST: $88,500 · EnvironmentWHATCOM LAND TRUSTWASHINGTON CONSERVATION ACTION EDUCATION FUND: $8,000 · EnvironmentBALLARD FOOD BANK: $24,598 · OtherBALLARD FOOD BANKANACORTES FOOD BANK: $20,000 · OtherANACORTES FOOD BANKBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB: $14,000 · OtherBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBIndividual grant recipient: $6,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $4,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $3,500 · OtherWA ALZHEIMER ASSOC: $3,000 · OtherAlternatives to Hunger Bellingham Food Bank: $25,098 · Food & NutritionAlternati…BACKPACK BRIGADE: $2,000 · Food & NutritionBACKPACK …ANACORTES FAMILY CENTER: $15,098 · Housing & ShelterGRAND CANYON YOUTH INC: $14,473 · Recreation & SportsNORTHWEST YOUTH SERVICES: $4,000 · Human Services
Environment$187,000Other$75,098Food & Nutrition$27,098Housing & Shelter$15,098Recreation & Sports$14,473Human Services$4,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSKAGIT LAND TRUST: $90,500 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetWHATCOM LAND TRUST: $88,500 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetAlternatives to Hunger Bellingham Food Bank: $25,098 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetBALLARD FOOD BANK: $24,598 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetANACORTES FAMILY CENTER: $15,098 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetGRAND CANYON YOUTH INC: $14,473 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetWASHINGTON CONSERVATION ACTION EDUCATION FUND: $8,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNORTHWEST YOUTH SERVICES: $4,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBACKPACK BRIGADE: $2,000 over 1y, 0.4% 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 SKAGIT LAND TRUST ↗
  • Who funds WHATCOM LAND TRUST ↗
  • Who funds Alternatives to Hunger Bellingham Food Bank ↗
  • Who funds BALLARD FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds ANACORTES FAMILY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds GRAND CANYON YOUTH INC ↗
  • Who funds WASHINGTON CONSERVATION ACTION EDUCATION FUND ↗
  • Who funds NORTHWEST YOUTH SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds BACKPACK BRIGADE ↗

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…Seattle FoundationWhatcom Community Fou…Shell USA Company Fou…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…Network for GoodAmerican Online Givin…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …
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 · The Norcliffe Foundation · Seattle Foundation · Whatcom Community Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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 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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