How much does Beardsley Foundation give?

Beardsley Foundation reported 61 grants totaling $277,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 46 and 59 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.

What does Beardsley Foundation fund?

By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (16%), Education (16%), Human Services (11%).

Who are Beardsley Foundation's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2021 to FY2024: The University of Puget Sound ($71k), Friends of Mukai ($50k), Vashon Allied Arts ($50k).

Does Beardsley Foundation fund new organizations?

In FY2023, 34% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Does Beardsley 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 Beardsley Foundation?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Seattle Foundation, Puget Sound Energy Foundation, Mightycause Charitable Foundation.

Where is Beardsley Foundation based?

Beardsley Foundation is based in WI.

Foundation Dossiers

Wisconsin · Private foundation

Beardsley 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.

$277k
Granted FY2024(still arriving): 61
Grants FY2024: 59
Organizations funded FY2023: 34%
First-time grantees FY2023

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Median grant, FY2024: $2,500
Largest grant, FY2024: $20,000
Organizations funded a year: 46 to 59; FY2021 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024: 11
Total assets, FY2024: $5.1M
Applications: Preselected organizations only; Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 34% of the organizations Beardsley Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 39% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $140k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

Human ServicesEnvironmentAnimalsHousing & ShelterInternationalRecreation & SportsOther

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 year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2024still arriving	59	$272k	56%
FY2023	59	$361k	34%
FY2022	55	$312k	44%
FY2021	46	$284k	n/a

89% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$198kEducation$197kHuman Services$133kHousing & Shelter$99kYouth Development$76kHealth$65kFood & Nutrition$64kPhilanthropy$53kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
The University of Puget Sound	$71,000	4	0%
Friends of Mukai	$50,000	1	29%
Vashon Allied Arts	$50,000	4	2%
Vashon Household	$50,000	2	3%
Farestart	$42,500	4	0%
Camp Fire Central Puget Sound	$30,750	2	1%
Vine Maple Place	$26,000	2	0%
White Center Emergency Food Association White Center Food Bank	$23,000	2	0%
Foss Waterway Seaport	$22,000	3	1%
Vashon Youth and Family Services	$22,000	4	0%

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All grantees of Beardsley Foundation by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
The University of Puget Sound	$71,000	4	0%
Friends of Mukai	$50,000	1	29%
Vashon Allied Arts	$50,000	4	2%
Vashon Household	$50,000	2	3%
Farestart	$42,500	4	0%
Camp Fire Central Puget Sound	$30,750	2	1%
Vine Maple Place	$26,000	2	0%
White Center Emergency Food Association White Center Food Bank	$23,000	2	0%
Foss Waterway Seaport	$22,000	3	1%
Vashon Youth and Family Services	$22,000	4	0%
Vashon Community Scholarship Fndn	$20,000	3	3%
Little Bit Therapeutic Riding Center	$20,000	1	1%
Pacific Science Center Foundation	$20,000	4	0%
Journeymen Institute	$15,000	1	3%
Treehouse	$13,000	4	0%
North Cascades Institute	$10,000	3	0%
The Center for Reproductive Rights Inc	$10,000	1	0%
American Hero Quilts	$10,000	2	n/a
Summit Community Center	$10,000	1	1%
Homestead Community Land Trust	$10,000	1	0%
Voice of Vashon	$10,000	1	6%
The Goodtimes Project	$10,000	1	1%
Freedom Project	$10,000	1	0%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc	$10,000	1	0%
West Seattle Food Bank	$8,000	2	0%
Woodland Park Zoological Society	$8,000	4	0%
Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest	$8,000	4	0%
The Steamer Virginia V Foundation	$8,000	1	1%
Vashon Care Network	$8,000	2	n/a
Tilth Alliance	$7,500	1	0%
Feeding Texas	$7,500	1	0%
Cool Earth Action USA Inc	$7,000	2	0%
Vashon Partners in Education	$7,000	4	3%
Vashon Island Pet Protectors	$7,000	4	1%
World Central Kitchen Inc	$7,000	2	0%
Children's Miracle Network	$6,500	3	0%
Catholic Relief Services	$6,000	4	n/a
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc	$6,000	3	0%
VashonBePrepared	$5,000	1	5%
South Seattle College Foundation	$5,000	1	0%
Pacific Legal Foundation	$5,000	1	0%
NAMI Seattle	$5,000	2	0%
Youthcare	$5,000	1	0%
Plymouth Housing Group and Subsidiaries	$5,000	1	0%
Women's Accessible Medical Services PS	$5,000	1	0%
Equestrian Events Inc	$5,000	1	0%
Asheville Humane Society Inc	$5,000	1	0%
Maris Place	$5,000	1	2%
Old Dog Haven	$4,375	4	0%
Rainforest Trust	$4,000	2	0%
Saint Frances Cabrini Charitable Services	$3,000	3	0%
Ryther	$3,000	1	0%
Emerald City Pet Rescue	$2,500	1	0%
Northwest Abortion Access Fund	$2,000	1	0%
Schooner Martha Foundation	$2,000	1	n/a
Sound Action	$2,000	1	1%
Freedom Service Dogs Inc	$2,000	1	0%
Cascade Public Media	$2,000	1	0%
Facing Homelessness	$2,000	1	0%
Equine Land Conservation Resource	$2,000	1	1%
Westside Baby	$2,000	1	0%
Brigadoon Service Dogs	$1,500	1	0%
Washington Policy Center	$1,000	1	0%
Hopelink	$1,000	1	0%
Doney Memorial Pet Clinic Dba Doney Coe Pet Clinic	$1,000	1	0%
The Humane Society for Seattleking County	$1,000	1	0%
Healthwell Foundation	$1,000	1	0%
Jubilee Women's Center	$1,000	1	0%
Semper Fi & America's Fund	$1,000	1	0%
Bridle Trails Park Foundation	$1,000	1	1%
Gentle Giants Draft Horse Rescue Society Ltd	$500	1	0%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc	$500	1	0%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc	$500	1	0%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 50 recipients with no EIN on record ($468k), not named here.

Beardsley Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 69 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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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 69.

Nonprofits that may fit its grantmaking

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.

Seattle FoundationWA57.7× affinity34 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Seattle Foundation · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Credit Unions in the State of Washington · United Way of King County · The Norcliffe Foundation · Lucky Seven Foundation · The Royal Little Family Foundation · Moccasin Lake Foundation · Medina Foundation · Greater Tacoma Community Foundation · Employees Community Fund of the Boeing Company

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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About Beardsley Foundation

How much does Beardsley Foundation give?: Beardsley Foundation reported 61 grants totaling $277,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 46 and 59 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
What does Beardsley Foundation fund?: By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (16%), Education (16%), Human Services (11%).
Who are Beardsley Foundation's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2021 to FY2024: The University of Puget Sound ($71k), Friends of Mukai ($50k), Vashon Allied Arts ($50k).
Does Beardsley Foundation fund new organizations?: In FY2023, 34% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Beardsley 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 Beardsley Foundation?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Seattle Foundation, Puget Sound Energy Foundation, Mightycause Charitable Foundation.
Where is Beardsley Foundation based?: Beardsley Foundation is based in WI.