Washington · Nonprofit
RAINIER ATHLETES
RAINIER ATHLETES (Washington) receives grants from 36 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,522,067 to it, the largest being THE BACON FAMILY FOUNDATION ($393,329). 24 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.4M
- Funders on record
- 36
- Grants received
- $2.5M
- Net assets
- $1.4M
What Rainier Athletes does
Mission
Rainier Athletes mission is to affirm our youth's sense of belonging by intentionally connecting their core community of teachers, families, mentors, and coaches.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Mentor and community program: mentorship program - Rainier Athletes' unique wrap-around approach to mentoring extends beyond the typical mentor-mentee relationship. The community of trained mentors build authentic, intentional connections between each student's teacher, coach, and family members to foster holistic support in all areas of their life. The Rainier Athletes journey begins in 4th or 5th grade and together in partnership with the youth's their family, each rainier athlete continues to be served and supported all the way through their high school graduation; 9 years of dedicated support. In partnership with the bellevue school district, Rainier Athletes identifies students and families who will benefit from ra's model of support. Rainier Athletes recruits volunteer mentors from all across the community and provide each mentor with anti-racism and equity training along with ongoing coaching from ra's staff.
$418,942 spentof which $8,048 as grants66% of program spendingSports and extracurricular programming - by fully funding the costs associated with participation and by supporting participating families with registration processes, transportation, and ongoing communication, ra removes economic, cultural & social barriers that prevent many families from equitably experiencing the benefits of extracurricular and community building opportunities. Prior to the start of each season, ra staff work directly with partners (I.e coaches) to share best practices for creating team environments that are more inclusive of non-dominant cultures and thus are more likely to instill a sense of belonging for all involved. Since the organization's inception, ra has formalized partnerships with 40+ local youth sports organizations, summer camps,and other youth focused extracurricular providers.
$134,829 spent21% of program spendingWrap-around program - Rainier Athletes (ra) wrap-around coordination depends on the ra's strategic partnerships developed with local resource providers (community partners). Ra mentors and/or staff, who connect weekly with participating youth and families, assess families immediate needs, and then connect families with one of ra's community partners. In other situations, ra's community partners provide resources directly to ra and ra coordinates distribution (I.e grocery giftcards, coats, misc gift cards)
$55,509 spent9% of program spendingOther programs: east side youth coalition.
$26,661 spent4% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $635,941.
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.
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 $501k to $920k (+84%).
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: 2018 0% · 2019 10% · 2020 3% · 2021 19% · 2022 38% · 2023 8% · 2024 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of RAINIER ATHLETES’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 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
Jesse Franklin
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 18 funders, grant income rose $52k → $342k.
8 of 36 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 17% 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 RAINIER ATHLETES’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 36 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
RAINIER ATHLETES has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 16% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
34% 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 RAINIER ATHLETES.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 51% · 2018 64% · 2019 31% · 2020 16% · 2021 17% · 2022 14% · 2023 20% — 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
60% of RAINIER ATHLETES's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% 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
76% of RAINIER ATHLETES's grant income comes from Washington funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $416k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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.
Against its field
RAINIER ATHLETES has grown faster than three-quarters of the 1,928 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,928 youth development nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like RAINIER ATHLETES
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
51% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
77%
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 RAINIER ATHLETES: 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 RAINIER ATHLETES?
- RAINIER ATHLETES (Washington) receives grants from 36 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,522,067 to it, the largest being THE BACON FAMILY FOUNDATION ($393,329). 24 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does RAINIER ATHLETES have?
- IRS filings report 36 organizations giving $2,522,067 in grants to RAINIER ATHLETES, 24 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of RAINIER ATHLETES?
- THE BACON FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $393,329 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like RAINIER ATHLETES 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 36 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing