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GIG HARBOR TIDES SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION

GIG HARBOR TIDES SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION (Washington) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $91,934 to it, the largest being ROY & KATHY SPADONI MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP ($30,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2020
$148k
Funders on record
9
Grants received
$92k
Net assets
$177k
8/9 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 9%
01What it does

What Gig Harbor Tides Scholarship Foundation does

Mission

Providing scholarships to high school seniors graduating from gig harbor high school.

As stated on its FY2020 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Solicited donations from local businesses and individuals to provide scholarships to high school seniors

    $173,622 spentof which $172,800 as grants$189,002 earned by the program
    82% of program spending
  2. Sold school-themed attire and accessories to provide scholarships to high school seniors

    $27,224 spent$31,982 earned by the program
    13% of program spending
  3. Sold ice cream to provide scholarships to high school seniors

    $7,016 spent$11,767 earned by the program
    3% of program spending
  4. Other sales of goods and fundraising events to raise money for providing scholarships to seniors

    $2,853 spent$2,753 earned by the program
    1% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $210,715.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($141k) Expenses 100 ($147k) Net assets 100 ($146k)2019 Revenue 109 ($154k) Expenses 103 ($151k) Net assets 99 ($144k)2020 Revenue 105 ($148k) Expenses 92 ($134k) Net assets 121 ($177k)
201720192020
Revenue (105)Expenses (92)Net assets (121)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $144k to $177k (+22%).

$146k
$144k
$177k
201720192020
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2019
2020
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

69% of GIG HARBOR TIDES SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 24,946 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.

−$6k
’17
$3k
’19
$14k
’20
14
months of
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.

201720192020
Listed885
Joined··+2
No longer listed··5
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 5 funders, grant income rose $500 → $26k.

1 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

From the IRS filings of GIG HARBOR TIDES SCHOLARSHIP 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

GIG HARBOR TIDES SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 33% of grant income and the top three 71%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

33%
largest funder
71%
top three
~5
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 50% · 2019 56% · 2020 40% · 2021 43% · 2022 70% · 2023 38% — diversifying over time.

“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.

How long its funders stay

57% of GIG HARBOR TIDES SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 89% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

97% of GIG HARBOR TIDES SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Washington funders.

WA
CA
NC

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Washington out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $559 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

GIG HARBOR TIDES SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 15,353 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin9% · above the median
Months of reserve14.1mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)2% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 15,353 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2020

Organizations like GIG HARBOR TIDES SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

98% of spending goes to programs.

Program 98%Management 2%Fundraising 0%

Governance

5
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

WA

Screen this organization

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Questions and answers

Who funds GIG HARBOR TIDES SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION?
GIG HARBOR TIDES SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION (Washington) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $91,934 to it, the largest being ROY & KATHY SPADONI MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP ($30,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does GIG HARBOR TIDES SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION have?
IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $91,934 in grants to GIG HARBOR TIDES SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of GIG HARBOR TIDES SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION?
ROY & KATHY SPADONI MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP is the largest funder on record, with $30,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like GIG HARBOR TIDES SCHOLARSHIP 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 FY2020 (financials across 2017–2020), and the filings of 9 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