Washington · Nonprofit
NORTH THURSTON EDUCATION FOUNDATION
NORTH THURSTON EDUCATION FOUNDATION (Washington) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $554,429 to it, the largest being DAWKINS CHARITABLE TRUST ($250,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $633k
- Funders on record
- 14
- Grants received
- $554k
- Net assets
- $2.6M
What North Thurston Education Foundation does
Mission
To enhance educational opportunities and educational excellecne for students of the north thurston publc schools (ntps).
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Scholarship program awards are made yearly to high school graduates to further their education in colleges, universities or post-secondary institutions. Fifty-two scholarships were awarded in 2024, twenty were renewals for multi-year scholarships.
$82,064 spentof which $82,064 as grants24% of program spendingGrants made to schools in the north thurston public schools to be used for needy students to assist in meeting school requirements and some personal needs incidential to their obtaining an education. Grants continue to include rent/utilities, food and toiletry closets in middle and high schools to provide foods and other items for homeless students and others in need. Approximately 10,740 students received assistance.
$242,242 spentof which $123,270 as grants70% of program spendingLearning improvement grants made to educators to encourage instructional innovation and improvement in student learning. Approximately 6,538 students were served by the learning grants.
$21,064 spentof which $21,604 as grants6% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $345,370.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $3.4M to $2.7M (−21%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2025 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 7 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $69k → $99k.
4 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 35% 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 NORTH THURSTON EDUCATION FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 13 of 14 funders by total. 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
NORTH THURSTON EDUCATION FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 45% of grant income and the top three 85%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
38% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund NORTH THURSTON EDUCATION FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 72% · 2018 99% · 2019 100% · 2020 47% · 2021 74% · 2022 74% · 2023 51% — 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
50% of NORTH THURSTON EDUCATION FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 43% give in more than one year at all.
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
86% of NORTH THURSTON EDUCATION FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Washington funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $192k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states 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.
Organizations like NORTH THURSTON EDUCATION 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
77% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
72%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for NORTH THURSTON EDUCATION 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 NORTH THURSTON EDUCATION FOUNDATION?
- NORTH THURSTON EDUCATION FOUNDATION (Washington) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $554,429 to it, the largest being DAWKINS CHARITABLE TRUST ($250,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NORTH THURSTON EDUCATION FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $554,429 in grants to NORTH THURSTON EDUCATION FOUNDATION, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NORTH THURSTON EDUCATION FOUNDATION?
- DAWKINS CHARITABLE TRUST 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 NORTH THURSTON EDUCATION 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 14 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