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Young Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$290k
Granted FY2024still arriving
20
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$494kFood & Nutrition$310kHuman Services$290kHealth$160kEmployment$70kArts & Culture$55kAnimals$55kHousing & Shelter$40kOther$0
02FY2024 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k17 grants · $275k
$15,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$4.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$30,000
WASHINGTON WOMEN IN NEED$25,000
FOOD LIFELINE$25,000
RAINIER SCHOLARS$25,000
SEATTLE WALDORF SCHOOL$20,000
LIFEWIRE$20,000
KULSHAN COMMUNITY LAND TRUST$15,000
RAINIER PREP$15,000
LIFE ENRICHEMENT OPTIONS$15,000
HUNGER COALITION$15,000
KIDVANTAGE$10,000
CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON DBA AKIN$10,000
SEATTLE HUMANE SOCIETY$10,000
WOOD RIVER LAND TRUST$10,000
NORTHWEST IMMIGRANT RIGHTS PROJECT$10,000
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 (FY17–24, $230k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%LIFEWIRE: $20k → 9%LIFEWIRE: $20k → 9%LIFEWIRE: $20k → 9%LIFEWIRE: $20k → 9%LIFEWIRE: $20k → 9%LIFEWIRE: $20k → 9%LIFEWIRE: $20k → 9%CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON DBA AKIN: $10k → 9%CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON DBA AKIN: $10k → 9%EASTSIDE BABY CORNER: $10k → 9%EASTSIDE BABY CORNER: $10k → 9%EASTSIDE BABY CORNER: $10k → 9%EASTSIDE BABY CORNER: $10k → 9%KIDVANTAGE: $10k → 9%KIDVANTAGE: $10k → 9%EASTSIDE BABY CORNER: $10k → 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.
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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.7M · 25 repeat orgs$15k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +21% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

25 repeat relationships: 20 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

25
2

Total granted

$1.7M
$15k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+21%
0%

Still filing today

68%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesFood & NutritionEmploymentAnimalsHousing & 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

  • FL
    FOOD LIFELINE
    7× · 2017–2024 · $200k · revenue +89%
  • RS
    RAINIER SCHOLARS
    7× · 2017–2024 · $175k · revenue +359%
  • L
    LifeWire
    7× · 2017–2024 · $140k · revenue +30%

Funded once

  • OB
    ONE BY ONE
    one grant, 2017 · $10k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2018 · $5k
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
School's Out Washington

School's out washington (sowa) drives positive systemic change so that all washington's children and youth, particularly those furthest from justice, have access to a robust ecosystem of high-quality expanded learning programs.

Youth Development
2
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
3
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…

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4
University Cooperative School

We take a joyful, community-oriented approach to raising engaged citizens, deep learners, and brave adventurers with the skills, creativity, and heart needed to better the world.

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5
Northwest Harvest Emm

The organization's mission is growing food justice through collective action. the organization's vision is ending hunger in washington state.

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6
Family Impact Network

Providing resources & services to vulnerable children and families to address overall well-being. family impact network ("fin") supports restorative and empowering efforts to transition under-resourced children and families from crisis to…

Human Services
7
Washington Leadership Academy Public Charter School

Wla combines best practices in teaching and learning, with the latest in educational technology to create an unparalleled high school experience. students will graduate from wla prepared for college, career, and lives of public leadership.

Education
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
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
10
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
11
Planned Parenthood of Greater Washington and North Idaho

To provide exceptional reproductive and complementary health care services, honest education, and advocacy for all.

Health
12
Life Science Washington

Life science washington is a non-profit trade and professional association dedicated to promoting innovation and responsible growth in the life sciences and biomedical industries in the state of washington. promotion and education are…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Childrens Home Society of Washington; the most unlike its peers is Beecher's Pure Food Kids 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

20 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. 20 of the 27 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/20
Grantees still filing
12/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Washington Women in Need: $125,000 · OtherWashington Women in NeedIndividual grant recipient: $110,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientBELLINGHAM PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $47,000 · OtherBELLINGHAM PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATIONBEECHER'S PURE FOOD KIDS FOUNDATION: $35,000 · OtherBEECHER'S PURE FOOD KIDS FOUNDATIONCHILDHAVEN: $30,000 · OtherART WITH HEART: $30,000 · OtherYMCA OF SNOHOMISH COUNTY: $30,000 · OtherWWIN: $25,000 · OtherUNITY OF BELLEVUE: $25,000 · OtherNORTHWEST IMMIGRANT RIGHTS PROJECT: $22,000 · OtherWOOD RIVER LAND TRUST CO: $35,000 · OtherWOOD RIVER LAND TRUST COWORLDWIDE FISTULA FUND: $30,000 · Other+3 more: $30,000 · OtherRAINIER SCHOLARS: $175,000 · EducationRAINIER SCHOLARSLIFE ENRICHMENT OPTIONS: $105,000 · EducationLIFE ENRICHMENT OPTIONSWALDORF SCHOOL ASSOC OF SEATTLE: $82,000 · EducationWALDORF SCHOOL ASSOC OF SEAT…RAINIER PREP: $65,000 · EducationRAINIER PREPFOOD LIFELINE: $200,000 · Food & NutritionFOOD LIFELINEBLAINE COUNTY HUNGER COALITION INC: $75,000 · Food & NutritionBLAINE COUNTY HUNG…LifeWire: $140,000 · Human ServicesLifeWireKIDVANTAGE: $70,000 · Human ServicesKIDVANTAGECHILDRENS HOME SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON: $20,000 · Human ServicesCHILDRENS HOME …FARESTART: $70,000 · EmploymentTHE HUMANE SOCIETY FOR SEATTLEKING COUNTY: $55,000 · AnimalsKULSHAN COMMUNITY LAND TRUST: $40,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$574,000Education$427,000Food & Nutrition$275,000Human Services$230,000Employment$70,000Animals$55,000Housing & Shelter$40,000

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 budgetFOOD LIFELINE: $200,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetRAINIER SCHOLARS: $175,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetLifeWire: $140,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetWashington Women in Need: $125,000 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetLIFE ENRICHMENT OPTIONS: $105,000 over 7y, 5.2% of budgetWALDORF SCHOOL ASSOC OF SEATTLE: $82,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetBLAINE COUNTY HUNGER COALITION INC: $75,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetKIDVANTAGE: $70,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetFARESTART: $70,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetRAINIER PREP: $65,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetTHE HUMANE SOCIETY FOR SEATTLEKING COUNTY: $55,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetKULSHAN COMMUNITY LAND TRUST: $40,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetWOOD RIVER LAND TRUST CO: $35,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetWORLDWIDE FISTULA FUND: $30,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetCHILDHAVEN: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetART WITH HEART: $30,000 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetNORTHWEST IMMIGRANT RIGHTS PROJECT: $22,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDRENS HOME SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetONE BY ONE: $10,000 over 1y, 1.8% 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 FOOD LIFELINE ↗
  • Who funds RAINIER SCHOLARS ↗
  • Who funds LifeWire ↗
  • Who funds Washington Women in Need ↗
  • Who funds LIFE ENRICHMENT OPTIONS ↗
  • Who funds WALDORF SCHOOL ASSOC OF SEATTLE ↗
  • Who funds BLAINE COUNTY HUNGER COALITION INC ↗
  • Who funds KIDVANTAGE ↗
  • Who funds FARESTART ↗
  • Who funds RAINIER PREP ↗
  • Who funds THE HUMANE SOCIETY FOR SEATTLEKING COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds KULSHAN COMMUNITY LAND TRUST ↗
  • Who funds WOOD RIVER LAND TRUST CO ↗
  • Who funds BEECHER'S PURE FOOD KIDS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WORLDWIDE FISTULA FUND ↗
  • Who funds CHILDHAVEN ↗
  • Who funds ART WITH HEART ↗
  • Who funds NORTHWEST IMMIGRANT RIGHTS PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds CHILDRENS HOME SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON ↗
  • Who funds ONE BY ONE ↗

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 FoundationGow Family FoundationThe Norcliffe Foundat…Ellison FoundationWashington Federal Fo…United Way of King Co…Puget Sound Energy Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…The Blackbaud Giving …American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…The Bank of America C…
Seattle FoundationWA22.4× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Seattle Foundation · Gow Family Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · Ellison Foundation · Washington Federal Foundation · United Way of King County · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation 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 Young Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Young Family 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%13%25%38%50%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 · 0–50%
    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 27 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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