Washington · Nonprofit
Secret Harbor
Secret Harbor (Washington) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,016,802 to it, the largest being GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC ($520,050). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 57% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.3M
- Funders on record
- 18
- Grants received
- $1.0M
- Net assets
- $1.4M
What Secret Harbor does
Mission
Saving children and youth in crisis by building healthy relationships, promoting support, and developing successful connections to families and communities.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported a significant change in how it conducts a program.
The Organization is a defendant in multiple lawsuits filed in both state and federal court alleging historical misconduct. The plaintiffs' claims, in the aggregate, seek damages exceeding $100 million. The Organization has incurred significant legal expenses in connection with such lawsuits. All settlements to date have been paid by the Organization's insurance carriers; however, there is no assurance that insurance coverage will be sufficient to cover all future settlements or judgments. In May 2025, subsequent to year-end, another similar lawsuit was filed against the Organization. The Board of Directors voted to file for receivership as a means to stabilize the Organization's financial position, address outstanding legal matters, and preserve its ability to continue operations. On June 13, 2025, the Superior Court of Skagit County (the Court), Washington appointed Elliott Bay Asset Solutions, LLC as General Receiver (the Receiver) over all assets of the Organization pursuant to RCW Chapter 7.60. The Receiver has been granted authority to take possession of and manage the Organization's assets, operate programs in the ordinary course of business, pay necessary expenses, collect receivables, sell assets, and address outstanding legal matters, all under the supervision of the Court. The Receiver decided to shut down all operations effective July 31, 2025, the date at which point existing insurance coverage terminated, due to, among other factors, the Organization's inability…
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
Residential Treatment: Children and youth live in community-based, family-style homes with up to six residents each. Individual behavior support plans guide interventions across school, group home, and family settings to help youth self-regulate and transition to less restrictive environments. Staff support youth in achieving permanency through adoption or family reunification. In 2024, 2,808 days of care were provided.
$1,313,659 spent$1,561,711 earned by the program69% of program spendingFoster Care: The Organization recruits and trains foster families, providing strong support through weekly check-ins and monthly in-home visits. Families have access to 24/7 crisis response and respite care to help children thrive in stable, nurturing homes. In 2024, 2,932 days of care were provided.
$559,753 spent$513,201 earned by the program29% of program spendingIn-Home Support: This program provides intensive, in-home services to help families safely reunite or prevent out-of-home placements. Weekly home visits ensure progress and stability, with the goal of families achieving independence from agency or state support. In 2024, 330 days of care were provided.
$33,481 spent$53,414 earned by the program2% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,906,893.
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 2022 to 2023, from $2.5M to $2.0M (−19%).
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 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
3% of Secret Harbor’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (51% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 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
Jenn Ryan
President and CEO
Board chair
Jessica Poppe
Board Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 7 funders to 5 funders, grant income fell $286k → $60k.
6 of 18 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 57% 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 Secret Harbor’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
Secret Harbor leans on a few funders — its largest provides 51% of grant income and the top three 69%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
82% 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 Secret Harbor.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 70% · 2018 65% · 2019 73% · 2020 46% · 2021 52% · 2022 26% · 2023 67% — 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
27% of Secret Harbor's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% 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
57% of Secret Harbor'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 $439k that is directly attributable, 74% of it comes from Washington funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $578k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
Secret Harbor receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $1.0M to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 8,121 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like Secret Harbor
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
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
80%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Secret Harbor: 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 Secret Harbor?
- Secret Harbor (Washington) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,016,802 to it, the largest being GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC ($520,050). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 57% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Secret Harbor have?
- IRS filings report 18 organizations giving $1,016,802 in grants to Secret Harbor, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Secret Harbor?
- GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC is the largest funder on record, with $520,050 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Secret Harbor 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 18 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