Washington · Nonprofit
RENTON SCHOOLS FOUNDATION
RENTON SCHOOLS FOUNDATION (Washington) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $214,377 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($50,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 75% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $687k
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $214k
- Net assets
- $307k
What Renton Schools Foundation does
Mission
To promote and help fund the best possible learning opportunities for all students in the Renton School District.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Provide funding to support improving math skills for all Renton School District third to eighth graders. Including support to 9th graders transitioning through their first year of high school.
$252,500 spentof which $252,500 as grants42% of program spendingSTEM activity grants for elementary schools, 3-D printers for secondary schools, Consumer and Technical Education (CTE) and funds for teaching computer science in elementary schools.
$74,000 spentof which $74,000 as grants12% of program spendingProvide licenses to MyOn Reader, a digital library with access to 6,000 digital books, for 10 elementary schools in the Renton School District. Provide funding for reading tutors in 2 elementary schools.
$64,000 spentof which $64,000 as grants11% of program spendingProvide new instruments, instrument maintenance, sheet music and drama programs for students grades 4 - 12.
$62,063 spentof which $62,063 as grants10% of program spendingSupport for Renton High School marching band uniforms.
$51,640 spentof which $51,640 as grants9% of program spendingProvided classroom grants to instructional and support staff in the Renton School District.
$36,700 spentof which $36,700 as grants6% of program spendingSupport for Lakeridge Elementary programs, supplies and after school activities.
$30,000 spentof which $30,000 as grants5% of program spendingProvided Emergency Funds to principals in sixteen elementary schools in the Renton School District.
$23,881 spentof which $23,881 as grants4% of program spendingMisc grants supporting staff and student programs
$2,115 spentof which $2,115 as grants0% of program spending
The 9 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $596,899.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 $142k to $257k (+81%).
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: 2020 1% · 2021 0% · 2022 9% · 2023 0% · 2024 1% · 2025 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of RENTON SCHOOLS FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 6 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
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $3k → $50k.
7 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 75% 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 RENTON SCHOOLS 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
RENTON SCHOOLS FOUNDATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 23% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
75% 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 RENTON SCHOOLS FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 60% · 2022 100% · 2023 39% — 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
25% of RENTON SCHOOLS FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 36% 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
75% of RENTON SCHOOLS FOUNDATION's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $54k that is directly attributable, 99% of it comes from Washington funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $161k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
RENTON SCHOOLS FOUNDATION has grown faster than three-quarters of the 17,450 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,450 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like RENTON SCHOOLS 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
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for RENTON SCHOOLS 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 RENTON SCHOOLS FOUNDATION?
- RENTON SCHOOLS FOUNDATION (Washington) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $214,377 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($50,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 75% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does RENTON SCHOOLS FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $214,377 in grants to RENTON SCHOOLS FOUNDATION, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of RENTON SCHOOLS FOUNDATION?
- NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $50,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like RENTON SCHOOLS 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 2020–2025), and the filings of 11 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