Washington · Private foundation
Cuyamaca Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $182k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2026
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 43%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $35,000
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $35,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 7
- FY2020 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 2
- Total assets, FY2026
- $2.0M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 43% of the organizations Cuyamaca Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 43% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 57% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $72k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 7 | $182k | 57% |
| FY2025 | 7 | $168k | 43% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $126k | 86% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $150k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $126k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $61k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $107k | 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 FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle Parks Foundation | $66,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Wakulima USA | $50,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Black Farmers Collective | $47,000 | 2 | 11% |
| United Territories of Pacific Islanders Washington-Utopia Wa | $47,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Institute for Washingtons Future | $36,200 | 2 | 1% |
| Shared Spaces Foundation | $24,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Northwest Indian College | $24,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sustainable Seattle | $24,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Chief Seattle Club | $24,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Duwamish Tribal Services Dba Duwamish Tribal Services Inc | $24,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle Parks Foundation | $66,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Wakulima USA | $50,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Black Farmers Collective | $47,000 | 2 | 11% |
| United Territories of Pacific Islanders Washington-Utopia Wa | $47,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Institute for Washingtons Future | $36,200 | 2 | 1% |
| Shared Spaces Foundation | $24,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Northwest Indian College | $24,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sustainable Seattle | $24,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Chief Seattle Club | $24,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Duwamish Tribal Services Dba Duwamish Tribal Services Inc | $24,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Red Eagle Soaring | $23,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Columbia River Institute for Indigenous | $23,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Mother Nation | $23,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Living Well Kent Collaborative | $21,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Skyway Coalition | $21,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Puget Sound Sage | $12,200 | 1 | 1% |
| Got Green | $12,200 | 1 | 1% |
| Mother Africa | $12,200 | 1 | 1% |
| Pan African Center For Empowerment Inc | $12,200 | 1 | 2% |
| Horn of Africa Services | $12,000 | 1 | 1% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($382k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Cuyamaca 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 · Social Justice Fund Northwest · Philanthropy Northwest · United Way of King County · Front and Centered · Inatai Foundation · The Russell Family Foundation · The Satterberg Foundation Inc · The Schmidt Family Foundation · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · Renton Regional Community Fndn · The Bullitt Foundation
How this is measured
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About Cuyamaca Foundation
- How much does Cuyamaca Foundation give?
- Cuyamaca Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $181,500 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 7 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2025.
- What does Cuyamaca Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2026, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (14%), Philanthropy (11%), Human Services (10%).
- Who are Cuyamaca Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2026: Seattle Parks Foundation ($66k), Wakulima USA ($50k), Black Farmers Collective ($47k).
- Does Cuyamaca Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Cuyamaca Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Cuyamaca Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Seattle Foundation, Social Justice Fund Northwest, Philanthropy Northwest.
- Where is Cuyamaca Foundation based?
- Cuyamaca Foundation is based in WA.
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