Washington · Private foundation
Bowline Fund
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.
- $176k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2024
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $175,889
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $175,889
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 13
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $3.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Bowline Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 1 | $176k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $156k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $200k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $290k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $306k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $169k | 62% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $151k | 13% |
| FY2017 | 12 | $153k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle Neighborhood Greenways | $1,037,704 | 7 | 39% |
| Tides Inc | $330,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Seattle Parks Foundation | $115,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Sightline Institute | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Northwest Immigrant Rights Project | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Northwest Folklife | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Low Income Housing Institute | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Bike Works Seattle | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Climate Action Families | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Openplans Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle Neighborhood Greenways | $1,037,704 | 7 | 39% |
| Tides Inc | $330,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Seattle Parks Foundation | $115,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Sightline Institute | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Northwest Immigrant Rights Project | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Northwest Folklife | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Low Income Housing Institute | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Bike Works Seattle | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Climate Action Families | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Openplans Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Maris Place | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Rhapsody Project | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Seattle Globalist | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| World Bicycle Relief Nfp | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| El Centro de la Raza | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Seattle Folklore Society Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| 350 Seattle | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($20k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Bowline Fund supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 11 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 · The Bullitt Foundation · Lucky Seven Foundation · Impactassetsinc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Bowline Fund
- How much does Bowline Fund give?
- Bowline Fund reported 1 grants totaling $175,889 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 13 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Bowline Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Community Improvement (86%), Recreation & Sports (8%), Arts & Culture (2%).
- Who are Bowline Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Seattle Neighborhood Greenways ($1.0M), Tides Inc ($330k), Seattle Parks Foundation ($115k).
- Does Bowline Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Bowline Fund 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 Bowline Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Seattle Foundation, The Norcliffe Foundation, Mightycause Charitable Foundation.
- Where is Bowline Fund based?
- Bowline Fund is based in WA.
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