Skip to content

· Public charity

Vitalogy Foundation

The foundation supports the efforts of non-profit organizations doing commendable work in the fields of community health, the environment, arts & education and social change.

$2.4M
Granted FY2024still arriving
51
Grants FY2024still arriving
11
States reached
$471k
Largest
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.

Housing & Shelter$1.8MHealth$1.8MArts & Culture$1.8MEducation$820kHuman Services$802kEnvironment$639kRecreation & Sports$619kCrime & Legal$590kOther$0
02FY2024 · 51 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 51 grants below total $2,188,196, the rows itemized in this filing. The $2,407,196 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $219,000 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $8k
  • $10k–50k34 grants · $678k
  • $50k–250k15 grants · $1.0M
  • $250k+1 grant · $471k
$25,000
Median grant
11
States reached
$6.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
EB RESEARCH PARTNERSHIP$470,553
OHANA FEST STORYTELLERSC3 PRESENTS$132,607
WASHINGTON INNOCENCE PROJECT$110,000
TREEHOUSE$100,000
THE BARACK OBAMA FOUNDATION$100,000
SEATTLE CENTER FOUNDATION$70,000
SUPPORT AND FEED INC$70,000
CROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION NW$50,000
ROOTED RESILIENCY$50,000
MIRACLE LEAGUE OF THE SOUTH HILLS$50,000
ARTIST MENTORSHIP PROGRAM$50,000
THE ACTORS' GANG$50,000
WAR CHILD USA INC$50,000
PATH WITH ART$50,000
VETSAIDINC$50,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $996k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 33% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Ain Dah Yung Center: $35k → 14%Womens Medical Fund: $10k → 22%JOHN TRACY CLINIC: $10k → 14%NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WOMEN'S MUSIC FESTIVAL: $10k → 15%MAKE THE ROAD STATES INC: $20k → 20%OPERATION NEW UNIFORM INC: $13k → 14%ROADIE CLINIC INC: $30k → 15%KULTURECITY: $13k → 16%ARTIST MENTORSHIP PROGRAM: $50k → 12%91 PLACE: $30k → 16%NJ VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS: $40k → 7%REAL FOOD AMERICA: $10k → 6%YWCA OF MISSOULA: $15k → 9%Make the Road States: $10k → 20%Artist Mentorship Program: $50k → 12%THE GLEASON INITIATIVE FOUNDATION: $10k → 23%LIVING UNITED FOR CHANGE IN ARIZONA: $10k → 11%Planned Parenthood Advocates of Texas: $10k → 10%YWCA OF MISSOULA: $1k → 9%YWCA OF MISSOULA: $1k → 9%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $10k → 14%MARYS PLACE SEATTLE: $18k → 9%YWCA MISSOULA: $20k → 9%YWCA OF MISSOULA: $15k → 9%YWCA of Missoula: $10k → 9%New Horizons Ministries: $10k → 9%THE BRIGID ALLIANCE: $20k → 17%MOCKINGBIRD SOCIETY: $50k → 9%PARENT TRUST FOR WASHINGTON CHILDRE: $23k → 9%THE SILENT TASK FORCE: $10k → 9%YMCA OF GREATER SEATTLE: $100k → 9%CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB: $65k → 9%REAL CHANGE HOMELESS EMPOWERMENT PROJECT: $50k → 9%REAL CHANGE HOMELESS EMPOWERMENT PROJECT: $38k → 9%Real Change Homeless Empowerment Project: $30k → 9%Real Change Homeless Empowerment Project: $30k → 9%REAL CHANGE HOMELESS EMPOWERMENT PROJECT: $23k → 9%FACING HOMELESSNESS: $50k → 9%REAL CHANGE HOMELESS EMPOWERMENT PR: $10k → 9%YOUTHCARE: $10k → 9%YOUTHCARE: $5k → 9%NORTHWEST CREDIT UNION FOUNDATION: $15k → 9%YMCA OF GREATER SEATTLE: $5k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MT
MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
IN
PA
NJ
CA
VA
MD
AZ
DC
HI
LA
AL
GA
TX
FL
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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 6% of Vitalogy Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Vitalogy Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

66%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7.6M · 57 repeat orgs$3.8M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +40% since the first grant, against +2% for those funded once.

57 repeat relationships: 25 still active in FY2024, 32 since wound down; 24 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

57
118

Total granted

$7.6M
$3.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
+2%

Still filing today

95%
89%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $708k 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 ServicesArts & CultureHealthEducationCrime & LegalEnvironmentOther
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

  • GP
    GLOBAL POVERTY PROJECT INC
    6× · 2017–2022 · $555k · revenue +47%
  • PATH WITH ART
    7× · 2018–2024 · $334k · revenue +155%
  • THE BARACK OBAMA FOUNDATION
    3× · 2021–2024 · $325k · revenue +31%

Funded once

  • KC
    KING COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY & HUMAN SERVICES
    one grant, 2019 · $200k
  • D
    DONORSCHOOSEORG
    one grant, 2018 · $125k · revenue +1%
  • TY
    THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER SEATTLE (6871)graduated
    one grant, 2018 · $105k · revenue +50%
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
Disability Rights Washington

Disability rights washington's mission is to advance the dignity, equality, and self determination of people with disabilities. we work to pursue justice on matters related to human and legal rights.

Human Services
2
Siff

Siff is a seattle-based 501(c)(3) arts nonprofit dedicated to the creation of vibrant experiences and spaces that champion film discovery and arts education.

Youth Development
3
The Humane Society for Seattleking County

Seattle humane promotes the human-animal bond by saving and serving pets in need, regardless of age, ability, circumstance or geography.

Animals
4
American Flood Coalition Inc

To drive transformational adaptation to protect communities across the country from higher seas, stronger storms, and more frequent flooding.

Environment
5
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
6
Perigee Fund

Our mission is to shift policies and systems to increasingly value and embed supports for caregiver and infant mental health in the places where families are during pregnancy and early childhood. perigee is organized & operated as a…

Health
7
Women Donors Network

Women donors network advances a just, equitable, and sustainable world through the power of philanthropy, women's leadership, and collective and individual action.

Philanthropy
8
Jobs with Justice San Francisco

A long-term, strategic alliance of labor, community, faith-based, and student organizations working together to build greater economic power for workers and community members through employee rights at work and access to good jobs,…

Employment
9
Association of Washington Cities

The association of washington cities builds connections between our state's diverse cities and towns, while providing our members with the support needed to thrive through delivery of data-driven education, nationally recognized pooling…

—
10
Fsc I&P

Fsc i&p promotes environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial, and economically viable management of the world's forests. this mission aligns with the forest stewardship council (fsc), its network of offices, and other organizations.…

Philanthropy
11
Common Future

Common future is a network of pioneering leaders across the u.s. and canada who work deeply within their communities to create alternative approaches to business, philanthropy, and investing. we envision an economy that has transitioned…

Community Improvement
12
Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is People for the American Way; the most unlike its peers is Soapbox the Feminist Foundation Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

191 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. 191 of the 206 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.

7
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
40
Early backer (in before they grew)
183/191
Grantees still filing
110/191
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BUILDING CHANGES: $880,000 · HealthBUILDING CHANGESEB RESEARCH PARTNERSHIP INC: $486,053 · HealthEB RESEARCH PARTNERSHIP…CROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $318,962 · HealthCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUND…Downtown Emergency Service Center: $310,909 · HealthDowntown Emergency Serv…EVERY MOTHER COUNTS: $166,000 · HealthEVERY MOTHER COUNTS+9 more: $255,000 · Health+9 moreArts Corps: $337,360 · Arts & CultureArts CorpsPATH WITH ART: $333,500 · Arts & CulturePATH WITH ARTTHE BARACK OBAMA FOUNDATION: $325,000 · Arts & CultureTHE BARACK OBAMA…ACTOR'S GANG INC: $210,000 · Arts & CultureACTOR'S GANG INCAPOLLO THEATER FOUNDATION INC: $140,000 · Arts & CultureAPOLLO THEATER F…Children's Cancer Association: $95,043 · Arts & CultureChildren's Cance…Seattle Center Foundation: $70,000 · Arts & Culture+12 more: $247,300 · Arts & Culture+12 moreKING COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY & HUMAN SERVICES: $200,000 · OtherSpruce Street School: $175,000 · OtherGLOBAL POVERTY PROJECT INC: $554,966 · OtherGLOBAL POVERTY PROJECT INCTREEHOUSE: $160,752 · OtherWILD LOVE PRESERVE: $180,000 · Other+96 more: $3,152,673 · Other+96 moreREAL CHANGE HOMELESS EMPOWERMENT PROJECT: $180,909 · Human ServicesREAL CHANG…THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER SEATTLE (6871): $105,000 · Human ServicesTHE YOUNG …ARTIST MENTORSHIP PROGRAM: $100,000 · Human ServicesARTIST MEN…CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB: $65,000 · Human ServicesCHIEF SEAT…YWCA MISSOULA: $62,500 · Human ServicesYWCA MISSO…THE MOCKINGBIRD SOCIETY: $50,000 · Human ServicesFACING HOMELESSNESS: $50,000 · Human ServicesNEW JERSEY VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS ACTIVE IN DISASTER INC: $40,000 · Human ServicesAIN DAH YUNG (OUR HOME) CENTER: $35,000 · Human Services+22 more: $359,140 · Human Services+22 moreMONTANA POOL SERVICE FOUNDATION: $257,947 · PhilanthropyCENTRAL MONTANA FOUNDATION: $160,000 · PhilanthropyHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $100,000 · PhilanthropyVETSAID INC: $100,000 · PhilanthropySEATTLE FOUNDATION: $70,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF KING COUNTY: $50,000 · PhilanthropyMAUI UNITED WAY: $50,000 · Philanthropy+7 more: $119,030 · PhilanthropyWASHINGTON INNOCENCE PROJECT: $193,000 · Crime & LegalWELD SEATTLE: $115,000 · Crime & LegalPURPOSE DIGNITY ACTION: $100,000 · Crime & LegalTHE IF PROJECT: $60,000 · Crime & LegalSEATTLE CLEMENCY PROJECT: $44,000 · Crime & LegalEVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC: $42,000 · Crime & LegalJAIL GUITAR DOORS: $30,000 · Crime & LegalMARCH FOR OUR LIVES FOUNDATION: $25,000 · Crime & Legal+3 more: $30,000 · Crime & LegalCONSERVATION NW: $175,000 · EnvironmentDOHENY STATE BEACH INTERPRETIVE ASSOCIATION: $112,543 · EnvironmentTHE SURFRIDER FOUNDATION: $110,914 · EnvironmentHIGH ATLAS FOUNDATION: $75,000 · EnvironmentTHE SAN ONOFRE FOUNDATION: $42,500 · EnvironmentCITIZENS FOR PENNSYLVANIA'S FUTURE: $25,000 · Environment+4 more: $50,000 · Environment
Health$2,416,924Arts & Culture$1,758,203Other$4,423,391Human Services$1,047,549Philanthropy$906,977Crime & Legal$639,000Environment$590,957

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetBUILDING CHANGES: $880,000 over 4y, 5.7% of budgetGLOBAL POVERTY PROJECT INC: $554,966 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetEB RESEARCH PARTNERSHIP INC: $486,053 over 3y, 8.5% of budgetArts Corps: $337,360 over 7y, 7.6% of budgetPATH WITH ART: $333,500 over 7y, 4.5% of budgetTHE BARACK OBAMA FOUNDATION: $325,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $318,962 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetDowntown Emergency Service Center: $310,909 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetMONTANA POOL SERVICE FOUNDATION: $257,947 over 2y, 28% of budgetACTOR'S GANG INC: $210,000 over 4y, 4.3% of budgetWASHINGTON INNOCENCE PROJECT: $193,000 over 3y, 8.9% of budgetREAL CHANGE HOMELESS EMPOWERMENT PROJECT: $180,909 over 5y, 2.7% of budgetWILD LOVE PRESERVE: $180,000 over 6y, 28% of budgetSpruce Street School: $175,000 over 7y, 1.5% of budgetCONSERVATION NW: $175,000 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetEVERY MOTHER COUNTS: $166,000 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetTREEHOUSE: $160,752 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetCENTRAL MONTANA FOUNDATION: $160,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetFOOD LIFELINE: $140,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAPOLLO THEATER FOUNDATION INC: $140,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetTEEN CANCER AMERICA INC: $132,536 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetDONORSCHOOSEORG: $125,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWELD SEATTLE: $115,000 over 3y, 12% of budgetDOHENY STATE BEACH INTERPRETIVE ASSOCIATION: $112,543 over 4y, 25% of budgetTHE SURFRIDER FOUNDATION: $110,914 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetTHE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER SEATTLE (6871): $105,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPURPOSE DIGNITY ACTION: $100,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVETSAID INC: $100,000 over 1y, 7.2% of budgetGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetARTIST MENTORSHIP PROGRAM: $100,000 over 2y, 25% of budgetSUPPORT AND FEED INC: $95,750 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetChildren's Cancer Association: $95,043 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetRAVALLI COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY: $90,000 over 1y, 25% of budgetCORE COMMUNITY ORGANIZED RELIEF EFFORT: $85,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMISSOULA FOOD BANK & COMMUNITY CENTER: $77,500 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetTHE ALANO CLUB OF PORTLAND OREGON: $77,500 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetHIGH ATLAS FOUNDATION: $75,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetSeattle Center Foundation: $70,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetSEATTLE FOUNDATION: $70,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSeattle Children's Foundation: $70,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BUSH SCHOOL: $70,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCHIEF SEATTLE CLUB: $65,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetYWCA MISSOULA: $62,500 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetSEATTLE MUSICIANS ACCESS TO SUSTAINABLE HEALTHCARE: $60,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetWAR CHILD USA INC: $55,000 over 4y, 11% of budgetEPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $51,995 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF KING COUNTY: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

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 FoundationWA44.9× affinity40 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Seattle Foundation · Lucky Seven Foundation · Real Progress Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · Artsfund · Moccasin Lake Foundation · The Satterberg Foundation Inc · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Medina Foundation · Tides Foundation · Raikes Foundation · Grousemont 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 Vitalogy Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Vitalogy Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Operation New Uniform Inc: 100% of income from government
  • Mercy Corps: 47% of income from government
  • Living Classrooms Foundation: 7% of income from government
  • Third Sector New England Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Artist Mentorship Program: 2% of income from government
  • Oxfam-America Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get no government money at all
41report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Vitalogy Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Vitalogy 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 206 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Source object · view filing

Play a game based on Vitalogy’s filings →

More from the funding graph