Washington · Nonprofit
SAFE CROSSINGS FOUNDATION
SAFE CROSSINGS FOUNDATION (Washington) receives grants from 54 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,652,167 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($264,661). 34 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $921k
- Funders on record
- 54
- Grants received
- $1.7M
- Net assets
- $912k
What Safe Crossings Foundation does
Mission
The mission of Safe Crossings Foundation (scf) is to be a leader in supporting services that help grieving children heal.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported a significant change in how it conducts a program.
In 2024, scf made a change to the way that its largest grant is awarded, creating a substantial surplus on the 2024 financial statements. The $195,000 grant award was changed from delivery as a lump sum at the end of the year to quarterly giving over the following fiscal year. Due to the changes the largest grantee was going through in its operations, scf determined to pay the grant out quarterly to be able to review the changes in their operations to make sure they remain consistent with our mission. For this reason, and since scf reports financials on a cash basis, 2024 shows a $146,000 surplus that will be expensed in 2025.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
Scf funds programs to help children, teens, and young adults heal and thrive after the death of a loved one. Funded programs include individual and group children's grief support services (in person and virtual); bereavement camps, hikes and wilderness backpacks for kids and teens; online and in-person school support groups; bilingual programs in spanish and somali; and materials such as therapeutic books and games for children and their families, which are distributed locally and nationally. 4,583 children and teens were supported by direct services for an estimated 40,000 hours of grief support service, including 97 children who attended camp erin-king county, a free weekend bereavement camp. An additional 3,009 youth received art therapy books and materials.forty-nine schools in the puget sound area were supported by safe crossings program within king county. Additionally, scf delivered six providence safe crossings program's school grief group curriculum kits to five schools in the puget sound region. This six-week group curriculum is facilitated by 1-2 professionals with a background in mental health or grief support, typically a school counselor, school-based counselor, or a…
$465,071 spentof which $326,250 as grants97% of program spendingScf presented the 10th annual northwest conference on childhood grief which provides clinicians, therapists, counselors, and community members an opportunity to learn about best practices when dealing with grieving children and their families. Regional professionals network, build community, and earn continuing education units. More than 120 professionals participated in the conference. Presenters provided continuing education on assorted topics, including traumatic loss and sensory regulation, delivering grief support in educational settings, storytelling, and dramatic play in childhood grief support, and supporting marginalized communities. An estimated 9,000 youth from our region directly benefited from the education and skills the grief professionals incorporated into their practice after attending this conference. Scf led quarterly professional development sessions for program partners to ensure services and support are accessible to all families, and disseminated current research and information on the need for children's mental health services and grief support. We also partnered with regional educational service districts, regional first responders, and…
$16,461 spent$21,077 earned by the program3% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $481,532.
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 2023 to 2024, from $723k to $911k (+26%).
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: 2021 8% · 2022 4% · 2023 2% · 2024 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of SAFE CROSSINGS FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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
Karen Schrantz
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 11 funders to 25 funders, grant income rose $57k → $280k.
11 of 54 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 50% 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 SAFE CROSSINGS FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 54 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
SAFE CROSSINGS FOUNDATION 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
63% 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 SAFE CROSSINGS FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 18% · 2018 26% · 2019 25% · 2020 32% · 2021 27% · 2022 29% · 2023 15% — 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
43% of SAFE CROSSINGS FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% 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
55% of SAFE CROSSINGS 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. $823k arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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
SAFE CROSSINGS FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 21,648 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,648 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like SAFE CROSSINGS 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
62% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
90%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SAFE CROSSINGS 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 SAFE CROSSINGS FOUNDATION?
- SAFE CROSSINGS FOUNDATION (Washington) receives grants from 54 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,652,167 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($264,661). 34 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SAFE CROSSINGS FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 54 organizations giving $1,652,167 in grants to SAFE CROSSINGS FOUNDATION, 34 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SAFE CROSSINGS FOUNDATION?
- AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $264,661 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SAFE CROSSINGS 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 54 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