 In the subsequent 45 years, PONCHO has raised over $33 million for more than 200 Seattle-area arts organizations.Significant beneficiaries other than the Symphony and Opera have included the Pacific Northwest Ballet, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle Repertory Theatre, and ACT.Brendan Kiley of Seattle alternative weekly "The Stranger", writing on the occasion of PONCHO executive director Gordon Hamilton's forced departure in July 2008, sees PONCHO as gradually shifting from being a "deep donor" to large arts institutions into a "broad donor" whose beneficiaries have come to include smaller groups.