How to apply
Submit all applications with official high school transcript, act and/or sat scores, financial assessment form, personal statement and three letters of reference, by mail. Contact: Mary Low, Po Box 19208, Seattle, Wa, 2067068486, MARYCLARELOW@HOTMAIL.COM Deadlines: MARCH 10 Restrictions: Must be accepted or have an application pending at an accredited institution of higher learning, public or private, including community colleges and must be a senior level student at a public or private high school; senior level in high school; act score of 20 and/or sat score of 1030; must be a u.s. Citizen or have a green card.
Quoted from Part XV of the foundation's 2025 Form 990-PF; the full text is in the filing. Confirm on the foundation's website before you write.
Grants paid in 2025
Top 25 of 54 grants by amount · from Form 990-PF Part XV
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Arlington Education FoundationArlington, WA | With your "dolly parton's imagination library" program | $5,000 |
| Arlington Kids' KlosetArlington, WA | By helping to provide clothing and hygiene essentials for children and low-income students in northern snohomish county | $5,000 |
| Backpack BrigadeSeattle, WA | Through your weekend hunger bags program, helping to end weekend hunger for homeless and food insecure kids | $5,000 |
| Ballard Food BankSeattle, WA | Through your weekend food for kids program | $5,000 |
| BlackpastSeattle, WA | By providing a resource for african american and global african history | $5,000 |
| Canine CompanonsSanta Rosa, CA | By training and placing service dogs for children and youth with disabilities | $5,000 |
| Degrees of ChangeTacoma, WA | By empowering low-income, first-generation college students through educational support | $5,000 |
| Eileen & Callie's PlaceKent, WA | By providing support and resources to young women, emplowering them to mentor bipoc partidipants | $5,000 |
| FarestartSeattle, WA | With your training programs helping young people transition to a positive adulthood | $5,000 |
| Friends of YouthKirkland, WA | Through your youth haven program, providing emergency shelter for young people | $5,000 |
| Gage Academy of ArtSeattle, WA | Through your programs for teens, cultivating youth leadership | $5,000 |
| Hope UnlimitedStanwood, WA | With your anti-human traficking initiative | $5,000 |
| Hunger Intervention ProgramSeattle, WA | With your healthy hip packs weekend program providing participating students a take-home pack every friday | $5,000 |
| Kid ConnectTacoma, WA | Connecting dependent children to resources enhancing their development on their parth toward a safe and permanent home | $5,000 |
| Kids and PaperSeattle, WA | By providing qualifying children with tutoring, artistic outlets, physical activity and more | $5,000 |
| KinderingBellevur, WA | With your families in transition providing truma-informed pediatric therapies for children experiencing homelessness | $5,000 |
| Kingston CaresKingston, WA | Through your food4kids program, providing food to students in food insecure households during their school year breaks | $5,000 |
| Mother Mentors of Whidbey IslandLangley, WA | With your playscape program | $5,000 |
| Orcas Community Resource CenterEastsound, WA | With your hygiene bank that offers critical services and supplies to houseolds in need | $5,000 |
| Raven Rock RanchRedmond, WA | With your equine therapy and mental health counseling for at-risk youth | $5,000 |
| Teens in PublicserviceSeattle, WA | Through your mentorship, leadership and job training of interns who provide direct service to your nonprofit partners | $5,000 |
| The Jonah ProjectSpokane, WA | With your advocacy program for survivors of sex trafficking in washington state | $5,000 |
| Vine Maple PlaceMaple Valley, WA | With your year-round academic support programs for youth experiencing homelessness | $5,000 |
| White Center Food BankSeattle, WA | Through your mission to provide culturally familiar produce to your diverse neighborhoods | $5,000 |
| Foundation for Edmonds School DistrictLynnwood, WA | Through your nourishing network program, providing meals to families in need in the edmonds school district | $5,000 |
By state: Washington 53 · California 1
About this foundation
Kelly Foundation of Washington is a private grantmaking foundation in Port Orchard, Washington, administered in care of Kelly Foundation of Washington, tax-exempt since 1995. Private foundations must pay out roughly 5% of their assets each year, mostly as grants to 501(c)(3) public charities.
Does Kelly Foundation of Washington accept grant applications?
Yes. On its 2025 Form 990-PF the foundation indicates it accepts applications. Submit all applications with official high school transcript, act and/or sat scores, financial assessment form, personal statement and three letters of reference, by mail. Deadlines: MARCH 10.
How much does Kelly Foundation of Washington give each year?
In tax year 2025 it paid $212K across 54 grants, a median of $3,000.
Where does Kelly Foundation of Washington give?
Washington (53 grants), California (1 grants), per its latest filing.
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