Foundations · IRS 990 filings

Foundations in Washington

1,535
foundations
$16.28B
grants paid, FY2022–FY2025
324
say they accept unsolicited
$9,000
median grant

Grantlas lists 1,535 foundations based in Washington — 1,428 private foundations and 107 grantmaking charities such as community foundations and United Ways — from their 990-PF and Form 990 filings for FY2022–FY2025. Together they paid out $16.28 billion in grants in their latest filing year, and 324 of them (21%) say they accept unsolicited requests. The most common cities are Seattle (410), Bellevue (117) and Spokane (71).

324 of them say on their 990-PF that they accept unsolicited requests. Foundations accepting applications in Washington.

Top 25 of 1,535 foundations

All 25 foundations below say on their 990-PF that they accept unsolicited requests. Another 299 in this list say so too. Ranked by what they paid in grants in their latest filing.

Foundations in Washington
Gates FoundationSeattle, WA$500,000$6.31B$1–$350.5MNo grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
M J Murdock Charitable TrustVancouver, WA$87,000$116.6M$4,000–$1.5MNo grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The Norcliffe FoundationSeattle, WA$15,000$56.5M$500–$7.1MNo grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The Satterberg Foundation IncSeattle, WA$125,000$42.6M$500–$1MNo grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Wilburforce FoundationSeattle, WA$50,000$19.3M$1,000–$800,000No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Giving Grousbeck FazzalariSeattle, WA$50,000$17.8M$1,000–$3.7MNo grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2023Locked: fit score and contacts
Larry Benaroya Family FoundationMercer Island, WA$15,000$17M$500–$10MNo grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Schultz Family FoundationSeattle, WA$100,000$12.1M$2,500–$1.4MNo grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Aven FoundationMedina, WA$25,000$9M$10,000–$3.2MNo grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Names Family FoundationFircrest, WA$10,000$7M$275–$1.5MNo grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Paccar FoundationBellevue, WA$6.9M$6.9M—No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Vista Hermosa FoundationPasco, WA$54,084$6.1M$138–$317,595No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Stewardship FoundationTacoma, WA$50,000$5.5M$4,000–$200,000No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Keyes FoundationFriday Harbor, WA$10,000$5.2M$1,000–$5.2MNo grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Gary E Milgard Family Foundation - MarkTacoma, WA$50,000$4.9M$10,000–$1.2MNo grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Gary E Milgard Family Foundation-CariTacoma, WA$150,000$4.9M$10,000–$1MNo grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
College Spark WashingtonSeattle, WA$60,000$3.9M$250–$360,000No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Mount Baker FoundationBellingham, WA$10,000$3.7M$500–$2.5MNo grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
The Jain Foundation IncSeattle, WA$121,329$3.4M$22,136–$600,000No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
B Corry and Donna J McFarlandLakewood, WA$100,000$3.4M$1,000–$536,000No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Ben B Cheney Foundation IncTacoma, WA$5,000$3.4M$50–$525,000No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Mary Garner Esary TrustWalla Walla, WA$3,500$3.4M$500–$3.3MNo grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Estate of Joseph L StubblefieldWalla Walla, WA$9,550$3.1M$350–$3.2MNo grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Joshua Green Foundation IncSeattle, WA$5,000$3.1M$250–$500,000No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Simperman-Corette FoundationSammamish, WA$100,000$2.9M$20,000–$1.4MUp 838% over 3 yearsFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
  • Median grant and grant range come from the 990-PF grant schedule; a dash means there is none to report.
  • “One grant” means a schedule with a single grant — no median, nothing to range over. “One amount” means several grants, all the same size.
  • 3-yr trend compares the latest filing year with the year two before it, so it needs grants on file for both. Most foundations file one year of grants, so most rows show a dash.

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Data from 990-PF and Form 990 filings, FY2022–FY2025. Updated November 8, 2026.