Washington · Private foundation
Arakawa Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $935k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2024
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $150,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 10
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $8.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 40% of the organizations Arakawa Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 20% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $99k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 12 | $935k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $490k | 40% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $560k | 57% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $533k | 38% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $250k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $595k | 67% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $424k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denise Louie Education center | $450,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Seattle Symphony Orchestra Inc | $450,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Rainier Scholars | $431,118 | 4 | 3% |
| Technology Access Foundation | $385,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Wing Luke Memorial Foundation | $359,317 | 5 | 4% |
| Farestart | $300,000 | 2 | 1% |
| College Success Foundation | $300,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Equity in Education Coalition | $247,700 | 2 | 6% |
| Year Up Inc | $200,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Brightspark Early Learning Services | $175,000 | 2 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denise Louie Education center | $450,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Seattle Symphony Orchestra Inc | $450,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Rainier Scholars | $431,118 | 4 | 3% |
| Technology Access Foundation | $385,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Wing Luke Memorial Foundation | $359,317 | 5 | 4% |
| Farestart | $300,000 | 2 | 1% |
| College Success Foundation | $300,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Equity in Education Coalition | $247,700 | 2 | 6% |
| Year Up Inc | $200,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Brightspark Early Learning Services | $175,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Techbridge Girls | $125,000 | 2 | 2% |
| School's Out Washington | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| BELONG Partners | $75,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Treehouse | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Book-It Repertory Theatre | $50,000 | 1 | 3% |
| The Jim Saunders Fund | $30,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Education First | $28,600 | 2 | 12% |
| Kukio Hoomana Fund | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($10k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Arakawa 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: Seattle Foundation · Gates Foundation · United Way of King County · The Satterberg Foundation Inc · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Medina Foundation · Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc · The Norcliffe Foundation · Satya and Rao Remala Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Wyman Youth Trust · Stolte Family Foundation
How this is measured
About Arakawa Foundation
- How much does Arakawa Foundation give?
- Arakawa Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $935,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 10 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Arakawa Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (51%), Arts & Culture (22%), Employment (13%).
- Who are Arakawa Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Denise Louie Education center ($450k), Seattle Symphony Orchestra Inc ($450k), Rainier Scholars ($431k).
- Does Arakawa Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Arakawa 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 Arakawa Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Seattle Foundation, Gates Foundation, United Way of King County.
- Where is Arakawa Foundation based?
- Arakawa Foundation is based in WA.
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