Washington · Public charity
Arboretum Foundation
The ARBORETUM FOUNDATION promotes, protects, and enhances the washington park arboretum for current and future generations by strengthening and building a diverse and engaged community of donors, volunteers, and advocates.
- $1.0M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $965,552
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $965,552
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 3
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $14M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Arboretum 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; $0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 2 | $1.0M | 50% |
| FY2024 | 1 | $1.6M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $1.5M | 0% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $1.4M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $784k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $663k | 67% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $769k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $568k | 67% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Washington | $6,917,109 | 8 | n/a |
| University of Washington | $244,480 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Seattle | $38,518 | 1 | n/a |
| The Student Conservation Association Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| History Ink | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.4M), not named here.
About Arboretum Foundation
- How much does Arboretum Foundation give?
- Arboretum Foundation reported 2 grants totaling $1,004,070 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 3 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Arboretum Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (48%), Education (39%), Environment (10%).
- Who are Arboretum Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: University of Washington ($6.9M), University of Washington ($244k), City of Seattle ($39k).
- Does Arboretum Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Arboretum Foundation based?
- Arboretum Foundation is based in WA.
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