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Anderson 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.

$1.8M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
38
Grants FY2025
36
Organizations funded FY2024
3%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$30,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$250,000
Organizations funded a year
33 to 41
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
6
Total assets, FY2025
$11M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 3% of the organizations Anderson Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentEducationRecreation & SportsArts & CultureOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving38$1.8M21%
FY202436$1.5M3%
FY202337$1.6M16%
FY202239$1.5M15%
FY202141$1.4M32%
FY202036$1.5M22%
FY201935$1.5M11%
FY201833$1.5M24%
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$7.2MHuman Services$3.3MEducation$2.2MYouth Development$822kReligion$110kRecreation & Sports$51kHousing & Shelter$33kArts & Culture$30kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
OR
IA
PA
CA
CO
TN
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 49 grantees
All grantees of Anderson Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center$950,00080%
Pediatric Interim Care Center$890,00097%
Overlake Hospital Foundation$710,00081%
Kindering Center$685,00081%
Bellevue Boys & Girls Clubs Inc$465,00091%
Board of Trustees of Whitman College$415,00090%
Evergreenhealth Foundation$407,00072%
Amara$350,00091%
Olive Crest$325,00090%
Eastside Academy$315,00082%
College Success Foundation$305,00090%
Childhaven$290,00080%
Boyer Children's Clinic$225,00071%
Tucker Maxon School$225,00091%
Pacific Lutheran University$200,00040%
Independent Colleges of Washington$185,00083%
Heritage University$172,50050%
Treehouse$156,00050%
Camp Korey$150,00061%
Northwest Education Access$140,00081%
Hearing Speech and Deafness Center Dba Hearing Speech and Deaf Center$125,00070%
Little Bit Therapeutic Riding Center$122,50051%
Friends of Fsh Research$95,00045%
Brightspark Early Learning Services$78,00040%
Childrens Home Society of Washington$50,00010%
Assistance League of Seattle$40,00042%
Seattle Children's Hospital$40,00010%
Hopelink$37,50050%
Cush It To The Limit$30,00032%
Outdoors for all Foundation$28,00021%
The Education Foundation$25,000251%
Eastside Heritage Center$25,00036%
Community Homes Inc$25,0001n/a
Peace Community Center$22,50021%
Bellevue Schools Foundation$20,0002n/a
Denver Dumb Friends League$15,00020%
Youth Eastside Services$12,00030%
Northwest Harvest Emm$10,00010%
Family Law Casa of King County$10,00012%
R Merle Palmer Minority Scholarship$6,00030%
New Horizons Ministries$5,00010%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$5,00010%
Cancer Pathways$5,00011%
Give Kids the World Inc$5,00010%
Bellevue Art Museum$5,00010%
Orca Conservancy$3,00012%
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center$2,50010%
The Coffee Oasis$2,50010%
Vashon Maury Community Food Bank$1,5001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 37 recipients with no EIN on record ($5.3M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Anderson Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 46 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center: $950,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetPediatric Interim Care Center: $890,000 over 9y, 6.7% of budgetOverlake Hospital Foundation: $710,000 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetKindering Center: $685,000 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetBellevue Boys & Girls Clubs Inc: $465,000 over 9y, 1.5% of budgetBoard of Trustees of Whitman College: $415,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetEvergreenhealth Foundation: $407,000 over 7y, 2.1% of budgetAmara: $350,000 over 9y, 1.3% of budgetOlive Crest: $325,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetEastside Academy: $315,000 over 8y, 2.3% of budgetCollege Success Foundation: $305,000 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetChildhaven: $290,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetBoyer Children's Clinic: $225,000 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetTucker Maxon School: $225,000 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetPacific Lutheran University: $200,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetIndependent Colleges of Washington: $185,000 over 8y, 2.5% of budgetHeritage University: $172,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetTreehouse: $156,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetCamp Korey: $150,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetNorthwest Education Access: $140,000 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetHearing Speech and Deafness Center Dba Hearing Speech and Deaf Center: $125,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetLittle Bit Therapeutic Riding Center: $122,500 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetFriends of Fsh Research: $95,000 over 4y, 5.2% of budgetBrightspark Early Learning Services: $78,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetChildrens Home Society of Washington: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAssistance League of Seattle: $40,000 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetSeattle Children's Hospital: $40,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHopelink: $37,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCush It To The Limit: $30,000 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetOutdoors for all Foundation: $28,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetThe Education Foundation: $25,000 over 2y, 51% of budgetEastside Heritage Center: $25,000 over 3y, 6.4% of budgetPeace Community Center: $22,500 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetDenver Dumb Friends League: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetYouth Eastside Services: $12,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNorthwest Harvest Emm: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFamily Law Casa of King County: $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetR Merle Palmer Minority Scholarship: $6,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetNew Horizons Ministries: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCancer Pathways: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetGive Kids the World Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBellevue Art Museum: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetOrca Conservancy: $3,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetFred Hutchinson Cancer Center: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Coffee Oasis: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 46.

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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.

Puget Sound Energy FoundationDE46.3× affinity21 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Seattle Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · United Way of King County · Medina Foundation · Grousemont Foundation · Moccasin Lake Foundation · Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc · NW Childrens Foundation · Employees Community Fund of Boeing-Puget Sound · Lucky Seven Foundation · Elizabeth a Lynn Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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How do I get to Anderson Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Anderson Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About Anderson Foundation

How much does Anderson Foundation give?
Anderson Foundation reported 38 grants totaling $1,847,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 33 and 41 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Anderson Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (52%), Human Services (24%), Education (16%).
Who are Anderson Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center ($950k), Pediatric Interim Care Center ($890k), Overlake Hospital Foundation ($710k).
Does Anderson Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 3% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Anderson 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 Anderson Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Puget Sound Energy Foundation, Seattle Foundation, The Norcliffe Foundation.
Where is Anderson Foundation based?
Anderson Foundation is based in WA.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 86 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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