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United Ways of the Pacific Northwest

To equitably advance the common good throughout the pacific northwest by enhancing the individual and collective ability of member united ways to impact their communities and collaborate on regional and statewide issues.

$2.5M
Granted FY2024still arriving
28
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$1.6M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0198% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2020–2024.

Arts & Culture$1.6MPhilanthropy$902kPublic Safety & Disaster$471kCommunity Improvement$90kEmployment$57kFood & Nutrition$21kYouth Development$21kEducation$16kOther$0
02FY2024 · 28 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k15 grants · $105k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $124k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $293k
  • $250k+2 grants · $1.9M
$8,350
Median grant
3
States reached
$2.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE DOLLYWOOD FOUNDATION$1,625,179
UNITED WAYS OF PIERCE COUNTY$306,631
UNITED WAY OF KING COUNTY$111,250
UNITED WAY OF SPOKANE COUNTY$63,750
UNITED WAY OF SNOHOMISH COUNTY$58,750
UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL WASHINGTON$58,750
UNITED WAY OF COLUMBIA WILLAMETTE$30,537
HISPANIC BUSINESS & PROFESSIONAL AS$25,000
WOMEN OF WISDOM TRI-CITIES$25,000
GREATER SEATTLE BUSINESS ASSOCIATIO$13,500
BLACK HEALING FUND$10,000
BLACK COFFEE NORTHWEST$10,000
FORGE$10,000
BLACK EDUCATION STRATEGY ROUNDTABLE$8,350
COMMUNITY NETWORK COUNCIL$8,000
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 (FY24–24, $32k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%MI CENTRO: $7k → 9%WOMEN OF WISDOM TRI-CITIES: $25k → 11%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.

32%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$958k · 6 repeat orgs$2.1M to everyone else

6 repeat relationships — 4 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down; 23 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
14

Total granted

$958k
$206k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-10%
-10%

Still filing today

100%
93%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 23% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.9M went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’24
PhilanthropyCrime & LegalHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementCivil RightsHealthOther

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

  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF PIERCE COUNTY
    2× · 2020–2024 · $357k · revenue -10%
  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF JACKSON COUNTY INC
    2× · 2020–2021 · $236k · revenue +36%
  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF KING COUNTY
    2× · 2020–2024 · $161k · revenue -38%

Funded once

  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF WHITMAN COUNTY
    one grant, 2020 · $36k · revenue +5%
  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF COWLITZ COUNTY
    one grant, 2020 · $35k · revenue -10%
  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINSgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $33k · revenue +186%

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
United Way of Clallam County

Our mission is to strengthen our community by helping people live safe, healthy, and productive lives.

Philanthropy
2
United Ways of the Pacific Northwest

To equitably advance the common good throughout the pacific northwest by enhancing the individual and collective ability of member united ways to impact their communities and collaborate on regional and statewide issues.

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3
United Way of Washington County Maryland Inc

Through strategic leadership and investments, united way of washington county, md will impact community improvement and inspire collaboration to address critical needs in education, income and health.

Philanthropy
4
United Way of Umatilla & Morrow Counties

United way of umatilla and morrow counties empowers individual givers to support their communities in caring for those in need.

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5
United Way of Eastern Oregon

To unite union & baker counties in supporting local non-profit agencies which provide human services for its residents.

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6
United Way of Washington County

Working to raise, collect and distribute funds to assist 18 local health and human service agencies to provide basic needs to disadvantaged area residents.

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7
United Way of Washington County

Our mission is to unite people, resources and organizations to improve lives in washington county. the united way of washington county envisions a community where everyone achieves their human potential through education, financial…

Philanthropy
8
United Way of Grays Harbor

The mission of united way of grays harbor is to unite resources with people to build a healthier, stronger community. we bring together people and organizations with passion, expertise and resources to get things done. we take on…

Philanthropy
9
United Way of Anchorage

We unite caring people to give volunteer and take action to remove barriers to opportunities. Thats been our mission since we first started serving Alaska. It guides how we solve our communitys toughest challenges and is why weve been able…

Philanthropy
10
United Way of Marquette County

Focusing community resources to meet community needs the United Way of Marquette County works to advance the common good by connecting people with health and human care issues they are concerned about and to provide the oversight the…

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11
United Way of Sumner County

To mobilize the caring power of our community to improve the quality of life in sumner county as a place to grow up, raise a family, work, achieve dreams, and grow older.

Philanthropy
12
United Way of Waco-Mclennan County

United way of waco-mclennan county strengthens the community by mobilizing resources to measurably improve lives.

Philanthropy

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way of Central Washington and the most unlike its peers is Millennia Ministries. 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 44 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%6%<5yr14%9%5–10yr19%6%10–20yr18%20%20–35yr13%17%35–55yr15%43%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%0%<5yr14%1%5–10yr19%1%10–20yr18%10%20–35yr13%55%35–55yr15%33%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 6% 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 12% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/40
the rest of the field
12%
4,804/38,584

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

40 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. 40 of the 46 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
39/40
Grantees still filing
9/40
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

THE DOLLYWOOD FOUNDATION — $1,625,179 · OtherTHE DOLLYWOOD FOUNDATIONUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL WASHINGTON — $75,532 · Other+17 more — $219,425 · Other+17 moreUNITED WAY OF PIERCE COUNTY — $356,631 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF PIERCE COUNTYUNITED WAY OF JACKSON COUNTY INC — $236,227 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF JACKSON COUNTY INCUNITED WAY OF KING COUNTY — $161,250 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF KING COUNTYUNITED WAY OF SNOHOMISH COUNTY — $99,406 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF SNOHOMISH COUNTYUnited Way of Spokane County — $95,673 · PhilanthropyUnited Way of Spokane CountyUNITED WAY OF BENTON & FRANKLIN COUNTIES — $89,826 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF BENTON & FRANKLIN COUNTIES+10 more — $205,297 · Philanthropy+10 moreWOMEN OF WISDOM WOW TRICITIES — $25,000 · Human ServicesMI CENTRO — $6,500 · Human ServicesThe Foundation WA — $6,500 · Human ServicesFREEDOM PROJECT — $8,000 · Crime & LegalProgress House Association — $6,500 · Crime & LegalLEVELED UP RE-ENTRY — $6,500 · Crime & LegalMILLENNIA MINISTRIES — $6,000 · Crime & LegalGreater Seattle Business Association — $13,500 · Community ImprovementBLACK HEALING FUND — $10,000 · Community ImprovementBLACK EDUCATION STRATEGY ROUNDTABLE — $8,350 · Civil RightsWA THERAPY FUND FOUNDATION — $8,000 · Health
Other$1,920,136Philanthropy$1,244,310Human Services$38,000Crime & Legal$27,000Community Improvement$23,500Civil Rights$8,350Health$8,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetTHE DOLLYWOOD FOUNDATION — $1,625,179 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetUNITED WAY OF PIERCE COUNTY — $356,631 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF JACKSON COUNTY INC — $236,227 over 2y, 9.3% of budgetUNITED WAY OF KING COUNTY — $161,250 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetUNITED WAY OF SNOHOMISH COUNTY — $99,406 over 2y, 4.9% of budgetUnited Way of Spokane County — $95,673 over 2y, 3.7% of budgetUNITED WAY OF BENTON & FRANKLIN COUNTIES — $89,826 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL WASHINGTON — $75,532 over 2y, 5.6% of budgetUNITED WAY OF THE MID-WILLAMETTE VALLEY — $61,318 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetUNITED WAY OF WHITMAN COUNTY — $36,047 over 1y, 21% of budgetUNITED WAY OF COWLITZ COUNTY — $34,706 over 1y, 8.3% of budgetUNITED WAY OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS — $32,860 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetUNITED WAY OF LANE COUNTY — $32,823 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetUnited Way of the Columbia-Willamette — $30,537 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWOMEN OF WISDOM WOW TRICITIES — $25,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetUNITED WAY OF WHATCOM COUNTY — $19,584 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetUNITED WAY OF THURSTON COUNTY — $15,467 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetUNITED WAY OF KITSAP COUNTY — $14,623 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetGreater Seattle Business Association — $13,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetUnited Way of Skagit County — $12,619 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetBLACK HEALING FUND — $10,000 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetBLACK EDUCATION STRATEGY ROUNDTABLE — $8,350 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetWA THERAPY FUND FOUNDATION — $8,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTABOR 100 INC — $8,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY NETWORK COUNCIL — $8,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetFREEDOM PROJECT — $8,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetOREGON FOOD BANK — $7,422 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPHILANTHROPY NORTHWEST — $7,422 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAKING A DIFFERENCE FOUNDATION — $6,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetProgress House Association — $6,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLEVELED UP RE-ENTRY — $6,500 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetMI CENTRO — $6,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCJK COMMUNITY HOMES — $6,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetThe Foundation WA — $6,500 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetMILLENNIA MINISTRIES — $6,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetUNITED WAY OF LEWIS COUNTY — $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetUnited Way of Mason County — $5,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetUnited Way of Grant County — $5,000 over 1y, 6.6% of budgetTWIN COUNTY UNITED WAY INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% 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.

Puget Sound Energy Fo…Seattle FoundationLumen Clarke M Willia…Kaiser Foundation Hea…Inatai FoundationGates FoundationUnited Way of the Col…Philanthropy NorthwestThe Norcliffe Foundat…United Way WorldwidePerigee FundUnited Way of King Co…
Puget Sound Energy FoundationDE30.7× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Seattle Foundation · Lumen Clarke M Williams Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington · Inatai Foundation · Gates Foundation · United Way of the Columbia-Willamette · Philanthropy Northwest · The Norcliffe Foundation · United Way Worldwide · Perigee Fund · United Way of King County

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 United Ways of the Pacific Northwest 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 · 10%2%6%14%25%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 21%
  • United Way of Lane County — 31% of income from government
  • United Way of the Columbia-Willamette — 25% of income from government
  • Oregon Food Bank — 21% of income from government
  • United Way of Jackson County Inc — 11% of income from government
  • United Way of the Mid-Willamette Valley — 6% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
17report 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

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 46 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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