Washington · Private foundation
Brooks 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.
- $770k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 7%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $300,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 15
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $13M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 7% of the organizations Brooks Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 | $745k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $755k | 7% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $745k | 7% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $595k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $725k | 20% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $602k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, 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 | $1,775,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Alaska Wilderness League | $525,000 | 6 | 3% |
| Voto Latino Foundation Inc | $500,000 | 3 | 2% |
| American Lands Project | $225,000 | 3 | 15% |
| C895 Knhc Public Radio Association | $135,000 | 6 | 8% |
| Washington Trails Association | $135,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Humane Society for Seattleking County | $135,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Kuow Puget Sound Public Radio | $135,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Sigma Alpha Epsilon Foundation | $127,000 | 6 | 1% |
| National Park Foundation | $125,000 | 5 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The University of Puget Sound | $1,775,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Alaska Wilderness League | $525,000 | 6 | 3% |
| Voto Latino Foundation Inc | $500,000 | 3 | 2% |
| American Lands Project | $225,000 | 3 | 15% |
| C895 Knhc Public Radio Association | $135,000 | 6 | 8% |
| Washington Trails Association | $135,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Humane Society for Seattleking County | $135,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Kuow Puget Sound Public Radio | $135,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Sigma Alpha Epsilon Foundation | $127,000 | 6 | 1% |
| National Park Foundation | $125,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Seattle (6871) | $40,000 | 4 | 0% |
| College Success Foundation | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($280k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Brooks 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: American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About Brooks Foundation
- How much does Brooks Foundation give?
- Brooks Foundation reported 15 grants totaling $770,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 15 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Brooks Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (48%), Environment (20%), Public Benefit (12%).
- Who are Brooks Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: The University of Puget Sound ($1.8M), Alaska Wilderness League ($525k), Voto Latino Foundation Inc ($500k).
- Does Brooks Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Brooks 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 Brooks Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Brooks Foundation based?
- Brooks Foundation is based in WA.
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