Washington · Private foundation
Alta Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $45k
- Granted FY2023
- 8
- Grants FY2023
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 86%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
99% of Alta Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 1 organization directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year Alta Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 6 organizations, $45k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2023
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 9
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 4
- Total assets, FY2023
- $817
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 86% of the organizations Alta Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 75% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 25% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 7 | $40k | 86% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $82k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $89k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $86k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $86k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $78k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 9 | $81k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Center for Humanitarian Outreach and Intercultural Exchange | $381,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Treehouse | $56,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Arizona Friends of Foster Children Foundation | $35,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Washington State University Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Foster Arizona | $15,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Arizona Musicfest Inc | $12,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Pilchuck Glass School | $11,200 | 2 | 0% |
| Reining Horse Foundation Inc | $8,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Arizona Reining Horse Assoc Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Thrive Az Foster Care Prevention Reunification and Aged Out | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Center for Humanitarian Outreach and Intercultural Exchange | $381,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Treehouse | $56,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Arizona Friends of Foster Children Foundation | $35,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Washington State University Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Foster Arizona | $15,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Arizona Musicfest Inc | $12,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Pilchuck Glass School | $11,200 | 2 | 0% |
| Reining Horse Foundation Inc | $8,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Arizona Reining Horse Assoc Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Thrive Az Foster Care Prevention Reunification and Aged Out | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Take Two Alternative Educational Services of Southern Oklahoma Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 5% |
| Ron and Vicki Santo Diabetic Alert Dogs Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Seattle Opera | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Shunpike | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($52k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Alta Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Arizona Community Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Charities Aid Foundation America · Network for Good · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
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About Alta Foundation
- How much does Alta Foundation give?
- Alta Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $45,000 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 9 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Alta Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (55%), International (28%), Human Services (7%).
- Who are Alta Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Center for Humanitarian Outreach and Intercultural Exchange ($381k), Treehouse ($56k), Arizona Friends of Foster Children Foundation ($35k).
- Does Alta Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 86% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Alta Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Alta Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Arizona Community Foundation, The Chicago Community Trust, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
- Where is Alta Foundation based?
- Alta Foundation is based in WA.
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