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Trifam Foundation at a glance

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Trifam 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.

$130k
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$122k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Philanthropy$140kFood & Nutrition$22kEducation$9kEnvironment$8kArts & Culture$4kYouth Development$4kReligion$4kHuman Services$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $8k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $122k
$2,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC$122,400
UNITED WAY OF KITSAP COUNTY$2,000
PORT ANGELES FOOD BANK$2,000
CENTRAL KITSAP FOOD BANK$2,000
OLYMPIC COLLEGE FOUNDATION$1,500
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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 75% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA: $500 → 15%EMPIRE RANCH FOUNDATION: $500 → 19%MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC: $122k → 16%BOYS & GIRLS CLUB - KITSAP COUNTY: $1k → 9%GREAT PENINSULA CONSERVANCY: $2k → 10%PORT ANGELES AAU: $500 → 12%COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA: $500 → 15%EMPIRE RANCH FOUNDATION: $500 → 19%BOYS & GIRLS CLUB - KITSAP COUNTY: $1k → 9%GREAT PENINSULA CONSERVANCY: $2k → 10%PORT ANGELES FOOD BANK: $2k → 12%COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA: $500 → 15%BOYS & GIRLS CLUB - KITSAP COUNTY: $1k → 9%GREAT PENINSULA CONSERVANCY: $2k → 10%PORT ANGELES FOOD BANK: $2k → 12%BOYS & GIRLS CLUB - KITSAP COUNTY: $1k → 9%GREAT PENINSULA CONSERVANCY: $2k → 10%UNITED WAY OF CLALLAM COUNTY: $2k → 12%UNITED WAY OF KITSAP COUNTY: $2k → 10%PORT ANGELES FOOD BANK: $2k → 12%UNITED WAY OF KITSAP COUNTY: $2k → 10%UNITED WAY OF CLALLAM COUNTY: $2k → 12%OLYMPIC COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $2k → 10%PORT ANGELES FOOD BANK: $2k → 12%OLYMPIC COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $2k → 10%UNITED WAY OF CLALLAM COUNTY: $2k → 12%OLYMPIC COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $2k → 10%PORT ANGELES FOOD BANK: $2k → 12%OLYMPIC COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $2k → 10%UNITED WAY OF CLALLAM COUNTY: $2k → 12%UNITED WAY OF KITSAP COUNTY: $2k → 10%PORT ANGELES FOOD BANK: $2k → 12%CENTRAL KITSAP FOOD BANK: $2k → 10%UNITED WAY OF CLALLAM COUNTY: $2k → 12%UNITED WAY OF KITSAP COUNTY: $2k → 10%CENTRAL KITSAP FOOD BANK: $2k → 10%OLYMPIC COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $2k → 10%CENTRAL KITSAP FOOD BANK: $2k → 10%UNITED WAY OF KITSAP COUNTY: $2k → 10%CENTRAL KITSAP FOOD BANK: $2k → 10%OLYMPIC COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $2k → 10%CENTRAL KITSAP FOOD BANK: $2k → 10%UNITED WAY OF KITSAP COUNTY: $2k → 10%CENTRAL KITSAP FOOD BANK: $2k → 10%ST MICHAELS FOUNDATION: $1k → 10%ST MICHAELS FOUNDATION: $1k → 10%ST MICHAELS FOUNDATION: $1k → 10%ST MICHAELS FOUNDATION: $1k → 10%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.

37%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$73k · 16 repeat orgs$123k to everyone else

16 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
2

Total granted

$73k
$1k

Still filing today

56%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 6% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $122k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Food & NutritionPhilanthropyEnvironmentAnimalsOther
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

  • CK
    Central Kitsap Food Bank
    6× · 2020–2025 · $10k · revenue +43%
  • OC
    OLYMPIC COLLEGE FOUNDATION
    6× · 2020–2025 · $9k · revenue +29%
  • GP
    GREAT PENINSULA CONSERVANCY
    4× · 2020–2023 · $8k · revenue +130%

Funded once

  • PA
    PORT ANGELES YOUTH BASKETBALL
    one grant, 2023 · $500
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $500
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
Kitsap Community Foundation

: a catalyst for the greater good. we partner with donors and others to invest in our region's nonprofit organizations to foster a more vibrant kitsap peninsula for the benefit of all.

Philanthropy
2
Sequim Food Bank

To provide food and assistance to individuals and organizations within our community so that "no one goes hungry in Sequim".Our 5 core values that guide our work:1. Compassion and Respect: Turn no one away from services and always…

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3
The Community Foundation of South Puget Sound

To grow a lasting culture of generosity and well-being in the South Puget Sound through connection, leadership, and investment.

Philanthropy
4
United Way of Skagit County

United Way of Skagit County's mission is to build a positive and sustainable quality of life for all.

Philanthropy
5
Columbia Pacific Food Bank

Columbia pacific food bank is the regional food distribution center for columbia county, oregon and local food pantry for the community of saint helens.

Food & Nutrition
6
Community Foundation of Snohomish County

The Community Foundation of Snohomish County (the Foundation) is a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization incorporated under the laws of the State of Washington. The Foundation serves as a community foundation, supporting a broad spectrum of…

Philanthropy
7
Olympic Peninsula Community Clinic

Improving the quality of life for the people in the Olympic Peninsula Community by providing increased access to health and wellness services for the underserved

Health
8
United Way of Snohomish County

United way of snohomish county improves lives for families in snohomish county by bringing people, resources, and strategy together.

Philanthropy
9
Snoqualmie Valley Food Bank

Our mission is to provide food and key resources to help our neighbors and community thrive. we lead the effort to feed, educated and advocate ending hunger in the snoqualmie valley and beyond.

Food & Nutrition
10
Feeding Washington

Create a strong and effective statewide infrastructure that efficiently leverages resources to expand capacity in Washington State's Feeding America network.

Food & Nutrition
11
Lake Chelan Food Bank

The mission of Lake Chelan Food Bank is to treat each person we serve with dignity and respect and to provide balanced and varied options that give each person the liberty to meet the specific food needs for themsevles and/or their family.

Food & Nutrition
12
Pacific Northwest Economic Region Foundation

To increase the economic well-being and quality of life for all citizens of the region; to coordinate provincial, territorial, and state policies throughout the region; to identify and promote "models of success and to serve as a conduit…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way of Clallam County; the most unlike its peers is Empire Ranch 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

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 19 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
9/9
Grantees still filing
5/9
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC: $122,400 · OtherMORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC+9 more: $13,750 · Other+9 moreUNITED WAY OF KITSAP COUNTY: $10,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF K…OLYMPIC COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $9,000 · PhilanthropyOLYMPIC COLLEGE…United Way of Clallam County: $8,000 · PhilanthropyUnited Way of C…PORT ANGELES FOOD BANK: $10,000 · Food & NutritionPORT ANGELES…Central Kitsap Food Bank: $10,000 · Food & NutritionCentral Kits…Community Food Bank Inc: $2,000 · Food & NutritionCommunity Fo…GREAT PENINSULA CONSERVANCY: $8,000 · EnvironmentEmpire Ranch Foundation: $2,000 · EnvironmentKITSAP HUMANE SOCIETY: $800 · Animals
Other$136,150Philanthropy$27,000Food & Nutrition$22,000Environment$10,000Animals$800

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 budgetPORT ANGELES FOOD BANK: $10,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF KITSAP COUNTY: $10,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetCentral Kitsap Food Bank: $10,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetOLYMPIC COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $9,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetGREAT PENINSULA CONSERVANCY: $8,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of Clallam County: $8,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetCommunity Food Bank Inc: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetEmpire Ranch Foundation: $2,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetKITSAP HUMANE SOCIETY: $800 over 4y, 0.0% 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 PORT ANGELES FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF KITSAP COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds Central Kitsap Food Bank ↗
  • Who funds OLYMPIC COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GREAT PENINSULA CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds United Way of Clallam County ↗
  • Who funds Community Food Bank Inc ↗
  • Who funds Empire Ranch Foundation ↗
  • Who funds KITSAP HUMANE SOCIETY ↗

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.

Kitsap Community Foun…First Fed FoundationPuget Sound Energy Fo…Seattle FoundationMightycause Charitabl…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Kitsap Community FoundationWA15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Kitsap Community Foundation · First Fed Foundation · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Seattle Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Trifam Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Trifam 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%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report 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 19 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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