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MATCHBOX FOUNDATION

MATCHBOX FOUNDATION (Washington) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $15,300 to it, the largest being MKM FOUNDATION ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2023
$179k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$15k
Net assets
$16k
0/2 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 6%
01What it does

What Matchbox Foundation does

Mission

The main purpose is to address k-12 education inequity in the US and around the world

As stated on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ.

Program

  1. Paid grant of 163k to Hong Kong Adream Education Foundation

The program described on its FY2022 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $0.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.

100 = 20222022 Revenue 100 ($172k) Expenses 100 ($163k) Net assets 100 ($9k)2023 Revenue 104 ($179k) Expenses 100 ($163k) Net assets 166 ($16k)
20222023
Revenue (104)Expenses (100)Net assets (166)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $9k to $16k (+66%).

$9k
$16k
20222023
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.

2022
2023
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.

$9k
’22
$16k
’23
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2022 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $5k → $10k.

Funder
'22
'23
total
funders
1
1

From the IRS filings of MATCHBOX 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

MATCHBOX FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 65% 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

65%
largest funder
100%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.

“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

65% of MATCHBOX FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Washington funders.

WA
CA

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

’22
’23
Washington out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like MATCHBOX FOUNDATION

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In Washington

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

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

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MATCHBOX 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 MATCHBOX FOUNDATION?
MATCHBOX FOUNDATION (Washington) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $15,300 to it, the largest being MKM FOUNDATION ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does MATCHBOX FOUNDATION have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $15,300 in grants to MATCHBOX FOUNDATION.
Who is the largest funder of MATCHBOX FOUNDATION?
MKM FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $10,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like MATCHBOX 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 FY2023 (financials across 2022–2023), and the filings of 2 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