Washington · Private foundation
Bruce W Gilpin Memorial Foundation
Its FY2022 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $91k
- Granted FY2021
- 14
- Grants FY2021
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 36%
- First-time grantees FY2021
Read this first · the figures below need context
98% of Bruce W Gilpin Memorial Foundation’s FY2022 grant dollars went to Greater Tacoma Community Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2022 names 6 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2021, the last year Bruce W Gilpin Memorial Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 14 organizations, $91k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2021
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 16
- FY2017 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 5
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 36% of the organizations Bruce W Gilpin Memorial Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 20% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 14 | $91k | 36% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $85k | 10% |
| FY2019 | 16 | $94k | 31% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $93k | 42% |
| FY2017 | 12 | $82k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes Assoc of Pierce County | $87,000 | 5 | 26% |
| Emergency Food Network of Tacoma and Pierce County | $70,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Amara | $42,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Puget Sound Pet Food Bank | $40,000 | 6 | 10% |
| Pacific Pug Rescue Inc | $30,000 | 5 | 3% |
| Kindred Souls Foundation | $25,000 | 5 | 4% |
| Community Health Care | $20,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Nw Furniture Bank | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Lindquist Dental Clinic for Children | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Tacoma Community Boat Builders Inc | $18,000 | 4 | 1% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes Assoc of Pierce County | $87,000 | 5 | 26% |
| Emergency Food Network of Tacoma and Pierce County | $70,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Amara | $42,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Puget Sound Pet Food Bank | $40,000 | 6 | 10% |
| Pacific Pug Rescue Inc | $30,000 | 5 | 3% |
| Kindred Souls Foundation | $25,000 | 5 | 4% |
| Community Health Care | $20,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Nw Furniture Bank | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Lindquist Dental Clinic for Children | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Tacoma Community Boat Builders Inc | $18,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Danny & Rons Rescue | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| South Sound Care Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Mary Bridge Children's Foundation | $9,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Breakthrough T1d | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Wishing Well Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| The Houston Food Bank | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Junior Achievement of Washington | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Best Friends Animal Society | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Charlies Acres | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Raising Girls | $2,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Families Unlimited Network | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Thrive Animal Rescue Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($45k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Bruce W Gilpin Memorial Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 22 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.
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How this is measured
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About Bruce W Gilpin Memorial Foundation
- How much does Bruce W Gilpin Memorial Foundation give?
- Bruce W Gilpin Memorial Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $90,500 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 16 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
- What does Bruce W Gilpin Memorial Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2022, its largest causes are Philanthropy (81%), Health (6%), Food & Nutrition (5%).
- Who are Bruce W Gilpin Memorial Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2022: Diabetes Assoc of Pierce County ($87k), Emergency Food Network of Tacoma and Pierce County ($70k), Amara ($42k).
- Does Bruce W Gilpin Memorial Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 36% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Bruce W Gilpin Memorial 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 Bruce W Gilpin Memorial Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Tacoma Community Foundation, Korum for Kids Foundation, The Bamford Foundation.
- Where is Bruce W Gilpin Memorial Foundation based?
- Bruce W Gilpin Memorial Foundation is based in WA.
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