Washington · Nonprofit
ETHAN'S SMILE FOUNDATION
ETHAN'S SMILE FOUNDATION (Washington) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $270,000 to it, the largest being BICKERSTAFF FAMILY FOUNDATION ($250,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $301k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $270k
- Net assets
- $520k
What Ethan's Smile Foundation does
Mission
The primary purpose of the organization is to raise funds for and provide scholarships for students that exemplify the character and joy of life that ethan chapin grew up in, and/or live in or around conway, washington.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
The primary purpose of the organization is to raise funds for and provide scholarships for students that exemplify the character and joy of life that ethan chapin grew up in, and/or live in or around conway, washington. The organization awarded 32 scholarships and grants 2024.
$49,115 spentof which $49,115 as grants$87,419 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $49,115.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $275k to $520k (+89%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
68% of ETHAN'S SMILE FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Melissa Brown
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of ETHAN'S SMILE FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
ETHAN'S SMILE FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 93% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
ETHAN'S SMILE FOUNDATION draws 96% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, across 2 states in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
ETHAN'S SMILE FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 22,812 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like ETHAN'S SMILE FOUNDATION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Washington
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ETHAN'S SMILE FOUNDATION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ETHAN'S SMILE FOUNDATION?
- ETHAN'S SMILE FOUNDATION (Washington) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $270,000 to it, the largest being BICKERSTAFF FAMILY FOUNDATION ($250,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ETHAN'S SMILE FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $270,000 in grants to ETHAN'S SMILE FOUNDATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ETHAN'S SMILE FOUNDATION?
- BICKERSTAFF FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $250,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ETHAN'S SMILE FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2023–2024), and the filings of 3 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing