· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- $10k–50k11 grants · $245k
- $50k–250k3 grants · $225k
- $250k+1 grant · $300k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND | $300,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND | $100,000 |
| AMERICAN LANDS PROJECT | $75,000 |
| ALASKA WILDERNESS LEAGUE | $50,000 |
| NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION | $25,000 |
| SOUTH SOUND YMCA | $25,000 |
| C895 - KNHC PUBLIC RADIO ASSOCIATION | $25,000 |
| WASHINGTON TRAILS ASSOCIATION | $25,000 |
| SIGMA ALPHA EPSILON FOUNDATION | $25,000 |
| KUOW - PUGET SOUND PUBLIC RADIO | $25,000 |
| SEATTLE HUMANE SOCIETY | $25,000 |
| KCTS 9 - CASCADE PUBLIC MEDIA | $25,000 |
| UCLA FOUNDATION | $25,000 |
| YMCA OF GREATER SEATTLE | $10,000 |
| PACIFIC PUBLIC MEDIA (KNKX885) | $10,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY22–25, $40k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
15 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 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
Backed again, and grew
- CKC895 KNHC PUBLIC RADIO ASSOCIATION6× · 2020–2025 · $135k · revenue +158%
- WTWASHINGTON TRAILS ASSOCIATION6× · 2020–2025 · $135k · revenue +61%
- THTHE HUMANE SOCIETY FOR SEATTLEKING COUNTY6× · 2020–2025 · $135k · revenue +66%
Funded once
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
To restore habitat, water quality and native species in the puget sound
The mission of the Foundation is to promote, accept, and maximize private support for programs, initiatives, and properties of Washington State University and its regional campuses. The Foundation also prudently manages, invests, and…
The association of washington cities builds connections between our state's diverse cities and towns, while providing our members with the support needed to thrive through delivery of data-driven education, nationally recognized pooling…
The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…
To protect and extend civil liberties and civil rights by supporting the aclu-wa foundation.
Life science washington is a non-profit trade and professional association dedicated to promoting innovation and responsible growth in the life sciences and biomedical industries in the state of washington. promotion and education are…
Washington wild protects and restores wild lands and waters in washington state through advocacy, education and civic engagement.
The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…
Preserve in perpetuity the natural habitats, rural landscapes, and open spaces of the great peninsula of washington's puget sound.
We are a community of cpas and financial professionals cultivating authentic relationships, unique learning experiences, and purposeful advocacy for our future.
Seattle foundation's mission is to ignite powerful and rewarding philanthropy to make greater seattle a stronger, more vibrant community for all.
The seattle public library foundation inspires the community's philanthropic support, advocacy for, and pride in the library.
How this is measured
13 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 13 of the 16 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds THE UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND ↗
- Who funds ALASKA WILDERNESS LEAGUE ↗
- Who funds VOTO LATINO FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN LANDS PROJECT ↗
- Who funds C895 KNHC PUBLIC RADIO ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds WASHINGTON TRAILS ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds THE HUMANE SOCIETY FOR SEATTLEKING COUNTY ↗
- Who funds KUOW PUGET SOUND PUBLIC RADIO ↗
- Who funds Sigma Alpha Epsilon Foundation ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds UCLA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER SEATTLE (6871) ↗
- Who funds College Success Foundation ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Brooks Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Brooks Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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