Washington · Private foundation
Bobo 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.
- $106k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $55,745
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 17
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $482k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 17% of the organizations Bobo Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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 | 8 | $106k | 25% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $92k | 17% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $96k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $98k | 53% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $66k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jewish Family Service | $165,849 | 5 | 0% |
| Seattle Art Museum | $71,830 | 5 | 0% |
| Youthcare | $45,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Pike Place Market Foundation | $40,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Everstrong Prevention | $27,500 | 5 | 1% |
| University of Washington Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cancer Lifeline | $7,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Hearing Speech and Deafness Center Dba Hearing Speech and Deaf Center | $5,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Treehouse | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Woodland Park Zoological Society | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jewish Family Service | $165,849 | 5 | 0% |
| Seattle Art Museum | $71,830 | 5 | 0% |
| Youthcare | $45,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Pike Place Market Foundation | $40,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Everstrong Prevention | $27,500 | 5 | 1% |
| University of Washington Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cancer Lifeline | $7,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Hearing Speech and Deafness Center Dba Hearing Speech and Deaf Center | $5,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Treehouse | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Woodland Park Zoological Society | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Charles & Emma Frye Free Public Art Museum | $2,607 | 3 | 0% |
| Helpline House | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Northwest African American Museum | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Seattle Children's Hospital | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Lopez Island Family Resource Center | $2,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Copper Canyon Press | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of Alta Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Catherine Washburn Medical Association | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Friends of the San Juans | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Lopez Community Land Trust | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| The San Juan Preservation Trust | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Alaska Raptor Rehabilitation Center | $250 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($57k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Bobo 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 · The Norcliffe Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The US Charitable Gift Trust · Baird Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Gorder Family Foundation · Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle · Apex Foundation · Moccasin Lake Foundation · Artsfund
How this is measured
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About Bobo Foundation
- How much does Bobo Foundation give?
- Bobo Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $105,661 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 17 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does Bobo Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (44%), Arts & Culture (26%), Housing & Shelter (10%).
- Who are Bobo Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Jewish Family Service ($166k), Seattle Art Museum ($72k), Youthcare ($45k).
- Does Bobo Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Bobo 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 Bobo Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Seattle Foundation, The Norcliffe Foundation, Mightycause Charitable Foundation.
- Where is Bobo Foundation based?
- Bobo Foundation is based in WA.
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