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The Peoples Foundation

The Peoples Foundation (Washington) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $10,000 to it, the largest being DUTCH BROS FOUNDATION ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$427k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$10k
Net assets
$737k
0/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 2%
01What it does

What The Peoples Foundation does

Mission

Mission statement: the people's foundation is a non-profit, private operating organization founded to help the poor and vulnerable people in the community who are in need of basic essentials: food, clothing and shelter. It is a foundation that blankets many needs of the community in reaching out to the needy in helping with shelters, migrant facilities, unemployment, drug and alcohol treatment, mental illness support, community farming and other real needs that arise. The foundation also offers support to other non-profit organizations that share common values of helping, protecting and supporting our suffering brothers and sisters who struggle to survive each day. The people's foundation is people helping people by way of mutual respect and love for one another. By caring for one another, we bring hope to life and healing to our neighborhoods. The people's foundation also reaches out to the abused and neglected animals in the communities; giving support to local animal shelters and th

As stated on its FY2018 Form 990-EZ.

Program

  1. Provided transportation, shelter, food and clothing to homeless and low income individuals. Men who were sleeping in the snow were relocated to their families. The monthly rent was covered at the local shelter for the winter months. A Christmas dinner provided food and company for individuals who were homeless and alone at Christimas. Approximately 60 people attended.

    $357,513 spentof which $208,184 as grants$7,573 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $357,513.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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.

100 = 20182018 Revenue 100 ($101k) Expenses 100 ($2k) Net assets 100 ($99k)2021 Revenue 241 ($243k) Expenses 4185 ($86k) Net assets 232 ($230k)2022 Revenue 542 ($547k) Expenses 8497 ($176k) Net assets 608 ($601k)2023 Revenue 470 ($475k) Expenses 17413 ($360k) Net assets 724 ($716k)2024 Revenue 423 ($427k) Expenses 19658 ($406k) Net assets 745 ($737k)
20182021202220232024
Revenue (423)Expenses (19658)Net assets (745)Peer revenue range

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 $230k to $603k (+162%).

$99k
$230k
$603k
$718k
$744k
20182021202220232024
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2018
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2021 24% · 2022 6% · 2023 42% · 2024 49%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

98% of The Peoples Foundation’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (91% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 23,870 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

$99k
’18
$157k
’21
$372k
’22
$115k
’23
$21k
’24
0.5
months of
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.

2021202220232024
Listed3333
Joined·+0+0+0
No longer listed·000
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'22
total
funders
1

From the IRS filings of The Peoples 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.

Where its funders are

The Peoples Foundation draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, across 1 state in all.

OR

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

The Peoples Foundation has grown faster than three-quarters of the 21,616 human services nonprofits its size.

Operating margin5% · above the median
Months of reserve0.5mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)27% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,616 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

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In Washington

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

88% of spending goes to programs.

Program 88%Management 11%Fundraising 1%

Governance

3
board members
0%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

44%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for The Peoples 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 The Peoples Foundation?
The Peoples Foundation (Washington) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $10,000 to it, the largest being DUTCH BROS FOUNDATION ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does The Peoples Foundation have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $10,000 in grants to The Peoples Foundation.
Who is the largest funder of The Peoples Foundation?
DUTCH BROS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $10,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like The Peoples 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.

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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 2018–2024), and the filings of 1 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