Foundations that fund organizations in Seattle, Washington
Worked out from where the grants went, not where the foundations sit.
Funding landscape for Seattle nonprofits
2,694 private foundations gave $8.2B to Seattle organizations in their latest filings; 24 of the 100 that say either way accept applications.
10,507 grants in total, with a typical foundation's median grant to Seattle around $150K. 55 of these funders are based in Washington; the rest give here from elsewhere.
- Foundations giving here
- 2,694
- Accept applications
- 24
- of 100 that state a policy
- Dollars to Seattle
- $8.2B
- latest filings
- Grants
- 10,507
- Typical median grant
- $150K
- Based in WA
- 55%
- of funders listed
Funders, by dollars given to Seattle organizations
| Foundation | Based in | Grants here | Dollars here | Median | Accepts applications | Typical purposes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gates Foundation Trust | Kirkland, WA | 2 | $7.1B | $3.5B | Preselected only | To fund the charitable purposes of the foundation; Portion of grants paid treated as a distribution of corpus… |
| Gates Foundation | Seattle, WA | 277 | $344M | $500K | Yes | Community engagement grantmaking; Vaccine delivery; K-12 education |
| The Aldarra Foundation | Seattle, WA | 10 | $94M | $2.2M | Preselected only | Various projects |
| The Norcliffe Foundation | Seattle, WA | 178 | $36M | $25K | Yes | General operating; General operating support; Contribution |
| Allen Family Philanthropies | Seattle, WA | 28 | $20M | $125K | Preselected only | To support the spirit of 12 program (2023 season); To support bioscience research in relation to advancing our…; To support the community accelerator grant renewal for the… |
| The Satterberg Foundation Inc | Seattle, WA | 105 | $15M | $125K | Yes | General operating support; Honorarium; General operating support non cash grant date: 08/31/2024 c… |
| M J Murdock Charitable Trust | Vancouver, WA | 84 | $13M | $87K | Yes | New program staff; New staff; New development staff |
| The Bloomberg Family Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 3 | $13M | $865K | Preselected only | To provide technical support; To support economic development; To reduce tobacco use |
| Washington Research Foundation | Seattle, WA | 32 | $11M | $110K | Preselected only | Arcs fellowships; Arcs foundation support; Ai: levi: phase iii |
| Canopy Neurodiversity Foundation | Kirkland, WA | 5 | $10M | $13K | Preselected only | The career coaching support program (ccsp) supports coachin…; The haring center provides early childhood education and co…; To fund 4 teens in public service summer internships as par… |
| Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | 3 | $8.7M | $2.5M | Preselected only | Education: research to practice - measures; Science: cell science; Science: science in society |
| William Lawrence and Blanche Hughes Foundation Inc | Lexington, KY | 1 | $8.5M | $8.5M | Yes | Medical research |
| Dalio Foundation Inc | Westport, CT | 4 | $8.0M | $550K | Preselected only | To support general operations; To support a program to encourage giving |
| Grousemont Foundation | Seattle, WA | 114 | $8.0M | $25K | Preselected only | General & unrestricted; Staff wellness support; Capital campaign |
| Larry Benaroya Family Foundation | Mercer Island, WA | 6 | $7.5M | $10K | Yes | Unrestricted |
| The Laura Ellen & Robert Muglia Family Foundation | Pennington, NJ | 4 | $7.2M | $550K | Preselected only | Laura Ellen & Robert Muglia Family Endowment; Year 3 of 3 Year Commitment; In honor of Akila Somasegar |
| D&g Charitable Fund | Seattle, WA | 6 | $7.0M | $750K | Preselected only | To further the organization's charitable goals |
| Good Ventures Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | 7 | $5.9M | $500K | Preselected only | General support; Work on tb vaccines, oral cholera vaccines and global educa…; Ministry of health of the democratic republic of the congo |
| The Andrew W Mellon Foundation | New York, NY | 11 | $5.5M | $500K | Yes | To support a new artist residency studio, education and wel…; To support staffing capacity, language courses, annual even…; To support program development of a sponsored project |
| Islands Fund C/O John Munn | Boise, ID | 22 | $5.5M | $70K | Preselected only | Financial aid endowment; Environmental education programs for schools; Conservation projects in puget sound and sagelands and educ… |
| The Sunderland Foundation | Overland Park, KS | 2 | $5.3M | $2.6M | Yes | Mental health practices for maternal and infant well being; 2025 daf funding |
| The Simons Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 32 | $5.2M | $119K | Preselected only | 2024-2025 shenoy undergraduate research fellowship in neuro…; Scope-aloha and gradients; Simons investigator in computer science |
| Aven Foundation | Medina, WA | 27 | $5.2M | $25K | Yes | Their mission is to develop healthy children, create strong…; Working at the intersection of housing, education, and heal…; Mission is toimprove outcomes for washington state children… |
| Richard and Francine Loeb Family Foundation C/O Pmnw LLC | Seattle, WA | 9 | $5.2M | $25K | Preselected only | to support your general operations; to support the Patient Financial Assistance Fund; To provide general support |
| Medina Foundation | Seattle, WA | 85 | $5.2M | $30K | Preselected only | General operating; Professional development; Employee matching gift (general operating) |
| The Schmidt Family Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | 10 | $5.1M | $302K | Yes | Ocean stewardship and research; Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels; Supporting indigenous communities' land stewardship, self-d… |
| Fund for Science and Technology | Seattle, WA | 3 | $5.0M | $2.0M | Preselected only | Bioscience |
| The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for Strategic Innovation | Palo Alto, CA | 4 | $5.0M | $1.4M | Preselected only | Support for the university of washington scientific softwar…; Support for the lincc analysis framework: an open, scalable…; Support for fetch4: fate, emissions, and transport of ch4 i… |
| Wayne D Kuni and Joan E Kuni Foundation | Vancouver, WA | 4 | $4.7M | $1.2M | Preselected only | General support; Innovative research and compassionate care to prevent and e… |
| Wyncote Foundation | Philadelphia, PA | 22 | $4.6M | $150K | Preselected only | Support for ongoing programs; Support for bailey-boushay house |
| The Berwick Degel Family Foundation C/O James a Degel | Vashon, WA | 16 | $4.5M | $100K | Preselected only | General operating budget; Annual fund - operating budget; Endowment |
| John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation | Chicago, IL | 9 | $4.4M | $250K | Preselected only | In support of general operations; In support of native organizers alliance; In support of climate news task force convenings |
| Kaphan Foundation | Seattle, WA | 22 | $4.3M | $116K | Preselected only | General support |
| Pivotal Philanthropies Foundation | Redmond, WA | 7 | $4.3M | $500K | Preselected only | To increase access to mental health support for young people; To raise public awareness of barriers that limit full parti…; To increase womens civic engagement |
| The Leona M and Harry B Helmsley Charitable Trust | New York, NY | 7 | $4.2M | $388K | Preselected only | Mechanisms of autoantibody reversion in at-risk subjects; T1d community fund stage ii; The diabetes carepak project enabling high-quality diabetes… |
| Jackson Kemper Foundation | Hawthorn Woods, IL | 1 | $4.2M | $4.2M | Preselected only | Grant to support school lunches west honduras |
| Stolte Family Foundation | Seattle, WA | 41 | $4.0M | $50K | Preselected only | Funding for general charitable operations |
| The Ford Foundation | New York, NY | 19 | $4.0M | $200K | Yes | General support; Core support for native organizers alliance to build and su…; Core support for native organizers alliance and project sup… |
| Samis Foundation | Seattle, WA | 26 | $3.8M | $11K | Preselected only | Educational & humanitarian |
| Waverley Street Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | 3 | $3.7M | $1.0M | Preselected only | General Operating Support; Community health support |
| The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | Princeton, NJ | 21 | $3.7M | $156K | Yes | Matching gifts; 79868 exploring and building a civic culture of powerful, r…; 80233 guiding a storytelling project to confront the erasur… |
| The Jon and Mary Shirley Foundation C/O Jerold T Everard | Seattle, WA | 17 | $3.6M | $25K | Preselected only | General support; $250,000 for Ai Weiwei 2025 exhibition support; $100,000 fo…; $15,000 for General support; $50,000 for One Ocean Campaign… |
| Konzen Family Foundation | Issaquah, WA | 19 | $3.5M | $150K | Preselected only | Operating |
| Arnhold Foundation Inc C/O Joel E Sammet & Co Llp | New York, NY | 1 | $3.5M | $3.5M | Preselected only | General fund |
| Moccasin Lake Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 46 | $3.5M | $15K | Yes | General & Unrestricted; Ballard Food Bank Community Resource Hub: Support for clien…; Chess Mates Scholarship fund |
| Ken Birdwell Foundation (dba Magic Cabinet) C/O Clark Nuber Ps | Bellevue, WA | 74 | $3.3M | $21K | Preselected only | Capacity building support; (rvc seattle) engagement grant; Organization sponsorship |
| Wilburforce Foundation C/O Lisa Weinstein | Seattle, WA | 13 | $3.3M | $100K | Yes | Environmental - general support 2024; Environmental - wildlands and wildlife in washington's nort…; Environmental - ethical space and bipoc leadership training… |
| The Isaac Alhadeff Foundation | Seattle, WA | 3 | $3.2M | $379K | Preselected only | See attachment a; To provide support to Exempt Organization; To support the ongoing programing. final grant paid on apri… |
| Charles Edward Stuart Charitable Foundation | Dallas, TX | 10 | $3.1M | $169K | Preselected only | Unrestricted general |
| James D and Sherry Raisbeck Foundation Trust | Seattle, WA | 13 | $3.1M | $55K | Preselected only | General operating funds - the arts; General operating funds - general; General operating funds - education in the arts |
| The David and Lucile Packard Foundation | Los Altos, CA | 8 | $3.0M | $175K | Yes | Just Societies; Fellowships for Science and Engineering; Environment and Science |
| Bernier McCaw Foundation | Medina, WA | 15 | $2.9M | $100K | Preselected only | General operating support; Seattle king county african american reparations committee; Bipoc ed coalition now known as ile kimoyo |
| Karen and Gary Schwartz Foundation | Seattle, WA | 5 | $2.8M | $100K | Preselected only | To inspire students and young adults to explore, embrace an…; Medical rehabilitation and transitional care, memory suppor…; Improve human lives and communities and to deepen our spiri… |
| Jpmorgan Chase Foundation | New York, NY | 73 | $2.8M | $1,000 | Preselected only | Matching contribution (general operating support); In support of neighborhood revitalization; In support of underserved small business expansion |
| The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation | Menlo Park, CA | 11 | $2.8M | $250K | Yes | For general operating support; For support of the center for an informed public's research…; For human rights funders network (hrfn) membership and fund… |
| Reid Robert and Jean Family Fdn | Chicago, IL | 4 | $2.7M | $616K | Preselected only | Program support |
| Musk Foundation | Austin, TX | 2 | $2.7M | $1.3M | Preselected only | Support access to and participation in computer science in…; Support sids research |
| Joshua Green Foundation Inc | Seattle, WA | 29 | $2.6M | $10K | Yes | General fund donation |
| The John C & Karyl Kay Hughes Foundation | Seattle, WA | 17 | $2.6M | $80K | Preselected only | Support for christian science services & activities; Support excellence in education by advancing educational ju…; Specific programming |
| Friday Foundation | Medina, WA | 1 | $2.5M | $2.5M | Preselected only | Support amplify musical campaign |
| Schultz Family Foundation | Seattle, WA | 15 | $2.5M | $50K | Yes | Further charitable goals |
| The Brettler Family Foundation | Seattle, WA | 35 | $2.4M | $50K | Preselected only | General operating funds to support disrupting cycles of ine…; General operating funds supporting gun violence research an…; General operating funds for supporting mental health wellne… |
| The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence | Seattle, WA | 1 | $2.3M | $2.3M | Preselected only | Paul g. allen center for computer science & engineering |
| Wk Kellogg Foundation | Battle Creek, MI | 16 | $2.2M | $125K | Yes | Promise of an Equitable Future; Health and Health Equity; Early Care and Education |
| Harnish Foundation | Tukwila, WA | 25 | $2.2M | $75K | Preselected only | Stem instructor salary; Family support services program; Community resource hub |
| Pinecone Foundation Corp | Teaneck, NJ | 2 | $2.2M | $1.1M | Preselected only | General support |
| The Holocene Foundation | Seattle, WA | 16 | $2.2M | $50K | Preselected only | General operating funds |
| The North Star Charitable Foundation | New York, NY | 7 | $2.2M | $100K | Preselected only | General operating; General |
| Glenn H Kawasaki Foundation | Seattle, WA | 9 | $2.1M | $85K | Preselected only | Support dance performance; Annual Funds support; Support new Works and Annual Fund |
| Margaret a Cargill Foundation | Eden Prairie, MN | 2 | $2.1M | $1.1M | Preselected only | Merging two worlds: connecting students to community; Advancing empathy for wildlife |
| The Shanahan Family Charitable Foundation | Pasadena, CA | 1 | $2.1M | $2.1M | Preselected only | General Purpose |
| Freedom Together Foundation | New York, NY | 6 | $2.1M | $275K | Preselected only | Amazon employees for climate justice; General operating support; Shifting culture and advancing equitable solutions for the… |
| Tew Foundation | Seattle, WA | 30 | $2.1M | $50K | Preselected only | General operations; General support; Heal children, strengthen families, and empower youth |
| The Herbert Jones Foundation C/O Keybank Private Bank Trust Officer | Seattle, WA | 3 | $2.0M | $493K | Preselected only | Grant for entrepreneurship program; 2024-2025 hbj entrepreneurship program, social venture awar…; Jones progress awards, business plan competition award, ide… |
| The Firoz and Najma Lalji Foundation | Bellevue, WA | 3 | $2.0M | $28K | Preselected only | Building fund; Membership & committee expenses, persident circle, general…; General expenses |
| Conrad N Hilton Foundation | Westlake Village, CA | 13 | $2.0M | $100K | Yes | For general operating support; For community health impact coalition, a project of panoram…; To support the 2024 housing first partners conference |
| Bhp Foundation | Washington, DC | 1 | $2.0M | $2.0M | Preselected only | Community smart consultation and consent + alto mayo - carb… |
| Northwest Area Foundation | St Paul, MN | 11 | $2.0M | $200K | Preselected only | General operating support; Firelands workers united / trabajadores unidos: building mu…; 2024 membership dues |
| Salesforce Foundation | San Francisco, CA | 1 | $2.0M | $2.0M | Preselected only | Support for education and career opportunities for young pe… |
| Crabby Beach Foundation C/O Jeanne Becker | Lake Oswego, OR | 9 | $2.0M | $200K | Preselected only | To fulfill organization's charitable purpose.; For uncompensated care.; To support two endowed scholarships. |
| The Tudor Foundation Co Roger Rieger | Seattle, WA | 27 | $2.0M | $11K | Preselected only | Education; Humanitarian; Public awareness |
| The Foster Foundation | Kirkland, WA | 44 | $2.0M | $10K | Yes | Social services; Medical; Education |
| Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc | Boston, MA | 69 | $2.0M | $25K | Yes | Operating support; Youth development summer academy; Byrd barr place food bank market |
| Adrienne Dillard-Coons Mem Fdn | Dallas, TX | 1 | $1.9M | $1.9M | Preselected only | Drama school; scholarships; |
| Egtvedt Charitable Trust Special 1 | Las Vegas, NV | 9 | $1.9M | $195K | Preselected only | General operating |
| McCreight Foundation | Gig Harbor, WA | 1 | $1.9M | $1.9M | Preselected only | General operations |
| Walton Family Foundation Inc | Bentonville, AR | 7 | $1.8M | $125K | Preselected only | To build a more climate-resilient approach to fisheries man…; To fund communications in support of ensuring that Colorado…; To support the launch of the Climate News Task Force at the… |
| Apex Foundation | Bellevue, WA | 56 | $1.7M | $3,785 | Preselected only | Arts, culture, and history; Health promotion and medical research; Education and youth support |
| Biella Foundation | Bothell, WA | 70 | $1.7M | $6,750 | Preselected only | Human services; Targeted groups services; Education |
| Fairview Foundation | Seattle, WA | 5 | $1.7M | $100K | Preselected only | General support |
| Cedarmere Foundation | Seattle, WA | 12 | $1.7M | $90K | Preselected only | Capacity Building; General Support for BIPOC ED Coalition; Quick Response Training Grant & Capacity Building |
| Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc | New York, NY | 9 | $1.6M | $150K | Preselected only | General operating support; Advancing women's rights; Advancing civic engagement |
| Marguerite Casey Foundation | Seattle, WA | 10 | $1.5M | $180K | Preselected only | General operating support; Advocacy; Community organizing |
| College Spark Washington | Seattle, WA | 24 | $1.5M | $60K | Yes | Employee match; Eef2159 communities for our colleges; Eef2134 center on anti-racist education |
| The Diller-Von Furstenberg Family Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $1.5M | $1.5M | Preselected only | General fund |
| Casey Family Programs | Seattle, WA | 34 | $1.5M | $1,000 | Preselected only | Employee matching gift - for general operating support; General operating grant; General operating support and community events |
| The Roots and Wings Foundation Inc | Seattle, WA | 22 | $1.5M | $23K | Preselected only | Unrestricted grant; Site visit honorarium; Employee matching donation |
| Dovetail Impact Foundation (fka David Weekley Family Foundation) | Houston, TX | 3 | $1.4M | $500K | Preselected only | Health; Justice |
| Horizons Foundation | Seattle, WA | 1 | $1.4M | $1.4M | Yes | See grants paid attachment a |
| The Sheri and Les Biller Family Foundation | Seattle, WA | 12 | $1.4M | $2,625 | Preselected only | General operating support; Nights at the rest home; (1) description: 1,800 shares of capital one financial corp… |
Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV, latest electronic return per foundation (2026-10-28). "Accepts applications" reflects the foundation's own checkbox on Part XV line 2. Grants to individuals excluded.
Common questions
Which foundations give to nonprofits in Seattle, Washington?
Gates Foundation Trust, Gates Foundation, The Aldarra Foundation, The Norcliffe Foundation, Allen Family Philanthropies and 95 others reported grants to Seattle organizations on their latest Form 990-PF.
How do I approach a foundation that doesn't accept applications?
A foundation that checks "contributes only to preselected organizations" on its 990-PF won't review a cold proposal. Look at who it funds, find a shared board member, grantee or advisor, and ask for an introduction. Foundations that accept applications usually list a contact and deadlines in Part XV; we show that text on each foundation's page.
Is this list complete?
No. It covers private foundations (Form 990-PF filers) whose latest electronic return lists at least one grant to an organization in Seattle. Community foundations and corporate giving programs file different forms and are not included yet.