Washington · Private foundation
Bishop Family 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.
- $241k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $78,334
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 9
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.9M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Bishop Family 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 | 13 | $241k | 38% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $225k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $210k | 22% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $208k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $236k | 38% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $203k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $195k | 20% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $197k | 38% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Seattle Aquarium Society | $608,334 | 7 | 1% |
| Lopez Island Family Resource Center | $58,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Crohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc | $35,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Social Venture Partners | $30,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Eastside Preparatory School | $23,200 | 9 | 0% |
| Washington Conservation Action Education Fund | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Housing Lopez | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| New England Quilt Museum Inc | $12,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Greater Boston Food Bank Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Michigan State University | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 13 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Seattle Aquarium Society | $608,334 | 7 | 1% |
| Lopez Island Family Resource Center | $58,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Crohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc | $35,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Social Venture Partners | $30,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Eastside Preparatory School | $23,200 | 9 | 0% |
| Washington Conservation Action Education Fund | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Housing Lopez | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| New England Quilt Museum Inc | $12,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Greater Boston Food Bank Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Michigan State University | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Quilt Study Group | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Seattle Times Community Impact Fund | $4,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.1M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Bishop Family 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 · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Bishop Family Foundation
- How much does Bishop Family Foundation give?
- Bishop Family Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $241,344 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 9 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Bishop Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (83%), Philanthropy (7%), Human Services (4%).
- Who are Bishop Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Seattle Aquarium Society ($608k), Lopez Island Family Resource Center ($58k), Crohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc ($35k).
- Does Bishop Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Bishop Family 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 Bishop Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Seattle Foundation, Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
- Where is Bishop Family Foundation based?
- Bishop Family Foundation is based in WA.
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