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Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$50M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
547
Grants FY2024
429
Organizations funded FY2023
23%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$5,000,000
Organizations funded a year
300 to 429
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
13
Total assets, FY2024
$1.1B
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 23% of the organizations Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3.3M went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesArts & CultureHealthEducationYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving444$50M20%
FY2023429$41M23%
FY2022389$24M26%
FY2021344$38M23%
FY2020359$23M29%
FY2019364$13M30%
FY2018353$25M38%
FY2017300$19Mn/a
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Philanthropy$115MEducation$55MHealth$49MYouth Development$48MArts & Culture$31MRecreation & Sports$13MHuman Services$12MHousing & Shelter$5.6MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The University of Montana Foundation$21,128,455810%
Horatio Alger Assn of Distinguished Americans Inc$14,757,500753%
Special Olympics Montana Inc$3,427,500834%
Greater Missoula Family YMCA$2,845,000825%
Montana Food Bank Network Inc$1,887,50084%
John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts$1,730,00070%
Montana Rescue Mission$1,567,750817%
Mainstreet Uptown Butte Inc$1,320,000827%
Montana Technological University Foundation$1,292,60083%
Xavier College Preparatory High School$1,250,000111%
Boys and Girls Club of the Flathead Reservation and Lake County$1,050,000433%
Sun Valley Performing Arts Inc$1,010,00020%
Montana Pediatrics$1,000,000238%
City of Missoula$1,000,0001n/a
Education Design Lab$1,000,00023%
The David Foster Foundation$1,000,000119%
The Gatehouse Corporation$1,000,0001n/a
Florence Crittenton Home and Services$826,642615%
Mountain Home Montana Inc$685,00077%
Butte Family YMCA$685,000811%
Montana State University Billings Foundation & Alumni$630,00089%
Young Life$566,74050%
Montana Meth Project$558,000275%
Baby2baby$512,50051%
Team Rubicon Inc$500,00011%
MISSOULA CULTURAL COUNCIL dba ARTS MISSOULA$452,500714%
Zootown Arts Community Center$397,000617%
Challenge Aspen$375,000210%
Montana Conservation Corps Inc$365,00081%
Glacier National Park Conservancy$347,30542%
Child Bridge Inc$315,00072%
Missoula Food Bank & Community Center$314,00081%
Intermountain Deaconess Childrens Services$308,50041%
University of San Diego$300,00030%
Rocky Mountain Ballet Theatre$287,400821%
Carroll College$285,00080%
Montana State University Foundation Inc$275,00070%
Butte Rescue Mission$251,25085%
Code Girls United$242,100512%
Friends of Sarah McLachlan School of Music Society Inc$228,525399%
Philanthropy Northwest$222,94081%
Eagle Mount$222,50082%
Poverello Center Inc$221,00082%
United Way of Missoula County$207,75083%
Butte Emergency Food Bank$202,00082%
Roger Federer Charitable Fund Inc$200,0002n/a
Friends of Haac Inc$185,575188%
Leadership Montana Inc$185,00076%
Great Falls Community Food Bank Inc$178,75082%
Treasure State Foundation$175,000117%
Boys and Girls Club of Missoula County$174,23887%
Habitat for Humanity International of the Flathead Valley$170,00083%
Billings Food Bank Inc$168,25080%
Montana Nonprofit Association$167,50075%
Western Montana Mental Health Center$165,00040%
Missoula Interfaith Collaborative$162,00089%
Families First$160,28868%
Big Sky Film Institute$160,00078%
Boys & Girls Club of Richland County$160,00074%
American Indian College Fund$157,50080%
Empower Mt$152,00078%
Boys and Girls Clubs of Yellowstone County$150,00071%
Curtis School Foundation$150,00011%
Childwise Institute$145,000221%
Helena Food Share Inc$143,00081%
Home Resource Inc$142,50083%
Montana Actors Theatre Inc$142,500811%
Spark Arts Ignite Learning$140,000219%
Thrive Inc$140,00043%
Watson Children's Shelter Inc$130,92072%
Yellowstone Casa Inc$123,60083%
Family Promise of Great Falls$122,340712%
National Museum of Forest Service History$122,30035%
Gallatin Valley Young Mens Christian Association Inc$120,00055%
The Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation USA$112,84018%
Warriors & Quiet Waters Foundation Inc$111,00051%
The Univ of Montana-Western Foundation$110,00081%
Tumbleweed Runaway Program Inc$110,00044%
Friends of the Children - Lane County$110,00037%
Flathead Warming Center Inc$110,00044%
Denver Scholarship Foundation$105,00050%
Human Resource Development Council of District IX Inc$105,00080%
Habitat for Humanity of Southwest Montana$105,000610%
Missoula Butterfly House and Insectarium$104,60083%
The Myrna Loy$101,26063%
Children's Home Society of Idaho Inc$100,00013%
St Luke's Health Foundation Ltd$100,00011%
Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors Inc$100,00011%
Stop the Addiction Fatality Epidemic (Safe) Project US$100,00015%
Alliance for Youth Inc$100,00055%
Missoula Writing Collaborative$97,14079%
Boys and Girls Club of Red Lodge and the Beartooth Front Inc$96,18086%
Childrens Museum of Bozeman Inc$93,00074%
Big Sky Youth Empowerment Project Inc$92,50081%
Kids Chance of Montana$90,500622%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Montana$90,00075%
Montana Natural History Center$90,00063%
Flathead Valley Community College Foundation Inc$90,00080%
Rising Star Academy$88,7008n/a
Youth Homes$86,10080%
Bozeman Art Museum$85,00077%
Childrens Oncology Camp Foundation$85,00052%
Hopa Mountain Inc$85,00052%
Brightways Learning$83,85024%
Butte Symphony Association$81,00088%
Boys and Girls Club of Glacier Country$80,37365%
Billings Family YMCA Inc$80,00081%
Coding for Kids$80,0004n/a
Garden City Harvest Inc$80,00081%
Great Falls Rescue Mission$78,50081%
Family Promise of Greater Helena Inc$77,50059%
Greater Gallatin United Way Inc$77,25081%
BITTERROOT PERFORMING ARTS COUNCIL INC formerly Performing Arts Company Inc$77,00066%
Community Leadership & Development Inc$76,50061%
Education Foundation for Billings Public Schools$75,00082%
Young Families Early Head Start$75,00043%
Stars and Stripes Children's Foundation$75,00021%
Tamarack Grief Resource Center Inc$75,00053%
Helena Area Habitat for Humanity$75,00045%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Big Sky Country$73,75087%
Department of Public Health & Human Services$73,5005n/a
We Charity William C Moran & Assoc PC$73,4401n/a
Missoula Civic Symphony Association$73,00082%
Missoula Art Museum$70,06971%
Flathead Food Bank Inc$70,00081%
Producers Partnership Inc$68,00026%
Alpine Artisans Inc$67,900713%
United Way of Butte and Anaconda$67,750815%
Livingston Food Pantry of Park County$67,50081%
Flathead Lutheran Bible Camp$67,5007n/a
Hi-Lines Help for Abused Spouses Inc$62,500521%
Anaconda Pca Family Resource Center$60,500527%
Hands on Global Inc$60,000320%
Montana Hope Project Inc$60,00082%
Rose Haven Cic$60,00031%
Safe Space Inc$60,00082%
Aspen-Abuse Support & Prevention Education Network$60,00043%
Rocky Mountain College$60,00080%
A Carousel for Missoula Foundation Inc$59,99875%
Child Care Resources$59,60031%
Equinox Theatre Company Dba Verge Theater$58,59049%
Yes Youth Empowerment Services$57,500611%
Community Hope Inc$57,00088%
Northwest Association for Blind Athletes$57,00071%
University of Providence$56,25050%
Dress for Success Billings Inc$55,000515%
Butte Spirit Center$55,00034%
YWCA Helena$55,00052%
Curebound$55,00060%
Cohesion Dance Project$55,000510%
Friendship Center of Helena Inc$53,94541%
Montana Land to Hand$53,50045%
Montana FFA Foundation Inc$53,00062%
Family Promise of Yellowstone Valley$52,50046%
Bradley Angle$52,50070%
Missoula Parks & Recreation$52,4003n/a
Tobys House Crisis Nursery Inc$52,20038%
Butte School District #1$50,6326n/a
Crow Language Consortium Inc$50,10036%
Haven$50,02541%
Montana Casagal Association$50,02035%
Lewis & Clark Foundation$50,00037%
The Center for Early Education$50,00010%
Missoula Education Foundation$50,000824%
National Forest Foundation$50,00030%
Joint Service Special Operations Fund Inc$50,000145%
Bridge Receiving Center$50,00053%
The Momentum Group Create Common Good$50,00048%
Legacy Connections$50,00011%
North Valley Music School$50,00053%
The LifeGuard Group Inc$50,00013%
Friends of the Children - Montana$50,00022%
Life Rolls on Foundation$50,00016%
Opera Montana$50,00062%
Equitable Giving Circle$50,00015%
Boise Rescue Mission$50,0004n/a
The Her Campaign$50,00035%
Spokane Guilds' School & Neuromuscular Center$50,00011%
Jeremy Bullock Memorial Fund$50,000510%
Horses Spirits Healing Inc$50,00065%
Family Service$49,75080%
Union Gospel Mission of Missoula$49,50081%
Family Shelter of the Bitterroot Inc$49,000811%
Youth Dynamics Inc$47,25030%
Missoula Public Library Foundation$46,50032%
Great Falls School District No 1 & A$45,2477n/a
Humanities Montana$45,00033%
Habitat for Humanity International$45,00036%
Boys and Girls Club of Lodge Grass$45,00034%
Boys and Girls Club of the Northern Cheyenne Nation$45,00032%
Red Willow Learning Center Inc$45,000310%
College of Western Idaho Foundation Inc$45,00041%
Boys and Girls Club of Lewistown$44,80043%
Montana School for the Deaf and Blind Foundation$44,00044%
Child Care Connections Inc$43,00041%
Billings Symphony Society$43,00080%
Anaconda Ministerial Project Care$42,75088%
Million Girl Army Inc$42,5006n/a
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Oregon$42,50080%
Breakthrough T1d$42,50030%
Friends of the Community Inc$41,750824%
Community Food Bank of Mineral County$41,5008n/a
The AED Foundation Inc$40,00021%
Reach Inc$40,00020%
Science Technology Outdoor Activities Knowledge Entrepreneurs$40,000228%
Seattles Union Gospel Mission$40,0002n/a
Mothers' Milk Bank of Montana Inc$40,00038%
Community Food and Agriculture Coalition$40,00035%
School Administrators of Montana$40,00022%
One Montana$40,000211%
RiverStone Health Foundation$40,00022%
Friends of the British Columbia Cancer Foundation US$40,000213%
Great Falls Public Schools Foundation$40,00021%
Supporters of Abuse Free Environments Inc$40,00021%
Family Promise of Spokane$40,00020%
Mindful Philanthropy Inc$40,00022%
Casa for Kids Inc$40,00023%
Montana Wilderness School$40,00042%
Regional Access Mobility Program of Montana Inc$40,0004n/a
Libby Food Pantry Inc$40,00088%
Log Jam Inc$40,000425%
Olive Crest$40,00050%
Big Timber After School Club$40,000512%
The Missoula Transportation & Restoration$40,000257%
Neighborhood Youth Association$40,00023%
Friends of Francis$35,000249%
Columbus Community Foundation$35,000315%
Habitat for Humanity of Gallatin Valley Inc$35,00022%
Sae International$35,00010%
Bozeman Public Schools Foundation Inc$35,00072%
Mile High Nordic Ski Education Foundation$35,0005n/a
Fairfield Community Civic and Recreation Inc$35,000213%
Writing Coaches of Montana$34,590410%
North Valley Food Bank$34,50080%
Montana Association for the Blind Inc$34,139410%
Brain Injury Association of Montana Brain Injury Alliance of Montana$34,000712%
United Way of Hill County$34,000510%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Yellowstone County$33,750612%
Homeword Inc$32,50040%
Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies the Montana Coalition Inc$32,00055%
Big Brothers Big Sisters Of NORTHWEST MONTANA$31,50037%
The Rock Youth Center$31,30756%
Sagebrush Food Pantry$31,250728%
Helena Education Foundation$31,00081%
Young Musicians Club$30,0008n/a
A Ray of Hope$30,00034%
Caring Foundation of Montana Inc$30,000315%
Missoula County Public Schools$30,0002n/a
The Discovery Center of Idaho Inc$30,00031%
Parenting Now$30,00041%
Senior Mobile Home Repair Program$30,000323%
Bitterroot Ecological Awareness Resource$30,000228%
Red Ants Pants Foundation$30,00021%
Blankets & Bears Inc$30,000673%
American Legion Laurel Dodgers$30,00036%
American Jobs for Americas Youth Montana$30,000223%
The Jadyn Fred Fund$30,00034%
Idaho Youth Ranch Inc$30,00030%
Eagle Mount Billings$30,00043%
Head Start Inc$30,00020%
Community Harvest Inc$29,500521%
Hamilton Players Inc$29,00056%
Alpine Theatre Project Inc$28,62561%
Stevensville Pantry Partners Food Bank$28,50083%
Polson Loaves and Fish Pantry Inc$28,50084%
Central Montana Community Cupboard Inc$28,5008n/a
Girl Scouts of Montana and Wyoming$28,28720%
Front Range Casa Gal Inc$27,50036%
Montana Outdoor Science School$27,50052%
Hockaday Museum of Art$27,50035%
Anaconda Community Interventioninc$27,500352%
Opportunity Resources Inc$26,00040%
The Montana Learning Center At Canyon Ferry Lake$25,25033%
Silver Lining Foundation$25,000411%
The National Judicial College$25,00040%
Friendship House of Christian Service Inc$25,00021%
Montana Youth Diabetes Alliance Inc$25,00043%
A Voice Art Vision & Outreach in Community Education$25,000224%
Princess Grace Foundation - USA$25,00010%
Backpack Brigade$25,00021%
Sharewell$25,00011%
Independent School Alliance for Minority Affairs$25,00013%
Befrienders$25,000215%
Opportunity Community Club$25,0002n/a
Executive Development Institute$25,0002n/a
Copper Village Museum & Art Center$25,00048%
Blackfeet Community College$25,00010%
The Chris Tucker Foundation$25,00016%
Cancer Pathways$25,00021%
Loads of Dignity$25,000220%
Bozeman Symphony Society$25,00021%
International Traditional Games Soc$24,998313%
Stevensville Sharing Tree$24,5006n/a
Child Development Center Inc$24,50030%
Big Timber Community Food Bank$24,00082%
District IV Human Resource Dev Council$23,75080%
Dawson County Food Bank$23,75086%
Bigger Sky Kids Inc$23,5503n/a
Alberton Community Food Bank$22,7508n/a
Yellowstone Art Museum$22,50031%
International Choral Festival Inc$22,500222%
North-Missoula Community Development Corporation$22,50032%
The Anna Schindler Foundation Inc$22,50023%
Sanders Co Coalition For Families$20,00022%
Butte Historical Memorials Inc$20,0001n/a
Smelter City Recreation Complex$20,0001n/a
Project Ascent$20,0001n/a
Community Services Fellowship Inc$20,0008n/a
Intertribal Agriculture Council$20,00011%
Central Montana Childcare Alliance$20,000116%
A Family for Every Child$20,00022%
Flathead Community Health Center Inc$20,00010%
Bitterroot Early Learning Network$20,000110%
Eureka Youth Sports League$20,0001n/a
Cut Bank Trails Inc$20,0001n/a
Impact Montana Incorporated$20,00025%
Landons Legacy Foundation$20,000110%
Samaritan House Inc$20,00011%
Arts Corps$20,00021%
Southwest Montana Youth Partners$20,00027%
Montana Amateur Sports Inc Dba Big Sky State Games$20,00022%
Beaverhead Development Corporation$20,00013%
Peak Foundation$20,000126%
Crown of the Continent Guitar Foundation$20,00022%
Western Montana Chapter for Prevention of Elder Abuse$20,00031%
Richland County Coalition Against Domestic Violence Inc$20,000110%
Rural Behavioral Health Institute$20,00011%
Project Hope$20,00087%
Sandpoint Youth Center Inc$20,00048%
Sheridan Community Charitable Foundation$20,0001n/a
Centralia College Foundation$20,00031%
Clay Studio of Missoula$20,00021%
Thompson Falls Film & Theater Foundation$20,000217%
Junipero Serra High School a Corp$20,0001n/a
Arlee Community Development Corporation$20,00054%
Catalyst for Change$20,00013%
Vine Maple Place$20,00010%
Powell County Memorial Hospital Assoc$20,00010%
Living Independently for Today and Tomorrow Inc$20,00020%
By the Well Foundation$20,00021%
Orphaned Starfish Foundation Inc$20,00012%
Idaho State University Foundation Inc$20,00010%
Partners Inland Northwest$20,00020%
Partnership Health Center Inc$20,00020%
Mission Valley Live$19,5007n/a
Inner Roads Inc$19,150111%
Darby Bread Box$19,00088%
Colstrip Food Bank$19,0008n/a
Beaverhead Community Food Pantry Inc$19,00083%
Custer County Food Bank Inc$19,00082%
Bitterroot Valley Calvary Chapel$19,0008n/a
Explorationworks Inc$19,00021%
The Angel Fund$18,50082%
Montana Council of Economic Education$18,30067%
The Roxy Theater$18,00021%
Holter Museum of Art$17,00021%
Sage Gardeners$17,0004n/a
Bitter Root Valley Historical Society Inc$16,88835%
Montana Gaelic Cultural Society$16,50062%
River of Life Ministries Inc$16,2505n/a
Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation$16,00020%
Clark Fork Coalition$16,00060%
Spark Children's Museum of Montana Inc$15,90043%
Southwest Montana Arts Council$15,750313%
Mission Valley Food Pantry Inc$15,2508n/a
Vanessa Behan$15,00020%
Friends Forever Mentoring$15,00019%
Chinook Horses$15,00025%
Relief Nursery Inc$15,00010%
American Diabetes Association$15,00030%
Libby Community Interagencies Inc$15,00034%
Better Billings Foundation$15,00021%
Big Sky Autism Project$15,0001n/a
Heart of Butte$15,000240%
Bread Basket Incorporated$15,0008n/a
Three Forks Education Foundation$15,0004n/a
Wishing Star Foundation$15,00021%
Hart to Heart Ministries Inc$15,00052%
Yellowstone Historic Center Inc$15,00011%
Girls Thrive Inc$15,000116%
ChickTech$15,00031%
Lewistown Art Center$15,00035%
Heroes and Horses Inc$15,00010%
Conservatory Asl Northwest$15,0003n/a
Musselshell County Food Bank Inc$15,0007n/a
The Nurturing Center$15,00011%
Eastern Montana Casagal Inc$15,00013%
Sander County Community Development Corporation$15,000219%
Cascade County Council of the Society of St Vincent de Paul$15,00080%
Childrens Center$15,00010%
West Mont$15,00010%
Hot Springs Food Pantry$15,0008n/a
Hopscotch Foundation$15,0001n/a
The Friends of the Butte Archives$15,000127%
The Montana Awareness Education and Rehabilitation Association Inc$15,0002n/a
Solid Ground Washington$15,00010%
Human Therapy on Horseback Inc$15,000425%
Helping Hands in Hardin Inc$15,00081%
Woodbridge Community Charity Fund Inc$15,00026%
Community Health Alliance$14,50031%
Anaconda Ensemble Theatre$13,5002n/a
Columbia Falls Food Bank$13,50083%
Fort Benton Community Improvement Association$13,00032%
SW Montana Veterans Food Pantry & Services$13,00028%
Project Whitefish Kids Inc$12,70015%
Friends of Liberty County Library Inc$12,5004n/a
Jefferson Valley Community Foundation$12,500219%
Bitter Root Resource Conservation & Development Area Inc$12,50011%
Butte Center for Performing Arts Inc$12,50051%
Montana Ballet Company$12,50031%
Junior League of Billings Inc$12,500310%
Barrio Golden Gloves$12,300342%
Troy Food Pantry$12,2508n/a
Montana Continuum of Care Coalition$12,00033%
Glacier Symphony Orchestra and Chorale$12,00021%
Montana Natural Resources Youth Camp Inc$12,0005n/a
Southwestern Montana Family YMCA Inc$11,96021%
Bigfork Food Bank Inc$11,75081%
Carter County Food Bank$11,2508n/a
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Park and Sweet Grass Counties$11,25033%
Our Kids$11,0003n/a
Friends of Whitepine Grange$11,0003n/a
Society of Saint Vincent de Paul Holy Spirit Conference$10,80023%
Ennis Community Childrens School$10,50017%
Butte Cares Inc$10,50030%
Panhandle Alliance for Education$10,35061%
Meagher County Nutrition Coalition$10,2508n/a
Whitehall Area Food Pantry$10,2508n/a
Gardiner Food Pantry of Park County$10,25083%
Tobacco Valley Food Pantry$10,25082%
Valley Community Emergency Food Bank Inc$10,2508n/a
Chinook Food Pantry Inc$10,2508n/a
West Shore Food Bank$10,25081%
Teton County Food Pantry Inc$10,25083%
Malta Food Bank Inc$10,2508n/a
Ukraine America Initiative$10,000113%
National Foundation of Denistry for the Handicapped$10,0001n/a
District 7 Human Resources Development Council Inc$10,00010%
South King County Food Coalition Skcfc$10,00011%
Sanders Co Council on Aging$10,00012%
Angel Flight West Inc$10,00010%
Young Parents' Education Center$10,00018%
Reclaiming Our Greatness$10,00012%
Dress for Success Oregon$10,00011%
Mentor North$10,00012%
Food for Our Children Inc$10,00024%
Impact Nw$10,00010%
Santiam Memorial Hospital$10,00010%
Portland YouthBuilders$10,00010%
Hatch$10,0001n/a
Doernbecher Children's Hospital Foundation$10,00010%
Kalispell Education Foundation Inc$10,00025%
Center for Restorative Youth Justice$10,00014%
Rural Dynamics Inc$10,00012%
Portland Community College Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Montana Joining Community Forces Incorporated$10,0001n/a
Bitterroot Public Library Foundation Inc$10,000114%
Park County Rural Fire Dept$10,0001n/a
Siskiyou Domestic Violence & Crisis Center$10,00011%
Linking Our Voices Everyday$10,000232%
Museum of the Rockies Inc$10,00020%
Umpqua Fishery Enhancement Derby$10,00013%
Firewood Bank of the Ruby Valley$10,0001n/a
Soar 365$10,00010%
Friends of the Library$10,000113%
Bonner Community Food Center Inc$10,00010%
Texas Lions Camp Inc$10,00010%
Libby Elementary Schools Parent Council Inc$10,0001n/a
The Friendship Circle of Washington$10,00011%
Spokane Tribal Network$10,00011%
Montana Professional Teaching Foundation$10,00019%
Partnership for Children$10,00011%
Friends of the Historical Museum at Fort Missoula$10,00014%
Friends of the Children Eastern Montana$10,00012%
Center Against Sexual and Domestic Abuse$10,00011%
Clark County Food Bank$10,00010%
Faith Therapeutic Riding Service$10,0001n/a
Special K Ranch$10,00010%
Georgia Military College Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Friends of Missoula Parks Inc$10,00012%
Advocates for Survivors of Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault Inc$10,00010%
Oregon Tradeswomen Inc$10,00011%
Ride for 22$10,0001n/a
Ecology Project International$10,00010%
Clark College District 14 Foundation$10,00010%
Salmon Hockey Association Inc$10,00012%
Food for Lane County$10,00010%
Power for Abundant Recovery$10,00013%
Blood Cancer United Inc$10,00010%
County Cupboard Inc$10,0003n/a
Bitterroot CASA Inc$10,0001n/a
USA Cares Inc$10,00010%
Lane Community College Foundation$10,00010%
Montana State Firefighters Memorial$10,0001n/a
Northern Cheyenne Food Pantry$10,00014%
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Eastern Montana$10,00012%
Potlatch Fund$10,00011%
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Western Montana$10,00011%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$10,00010%
National Inclusion Project Inc$10,00012%
Boise Bicycle Project Inc$10,00011%
Positivity Outward$10,0001n/a
Boulder River Carousel and Amusements Inc$10,0001n/a
Cowlitz County Habitat for Humanity$10,00011%
Feed More Inc$10,00010%
Boys & Girls Club of Spokane County$10,00011%
Project Beauty Share$10,00011%
Invest in Youth$10,00017%
Sandpoint Area Seniors Inc$10,00021%
Spokane Tribe of Indians$10,0001n/a
Spokane Colleges Foundation$10,00010%
A Caring Closet$10,00011%
Elder Grove Parent and Teacher Organization$10,0001n/a
Committee for Safe Swimming$10,0001n/a
Family Promise of Gallatin Valley Inc$10,00010%
Muhlenberg County Opportunity Center Inc$10,00011%
Friends of the Children-Portland$10,00010%
We Are Healers Inc$10,00012%
St James Healthcare Foundation Inc$9,87730%
Camp Paxson Preservation Project$9,600110%
Montana Independent Living Project Inc$9,50010%
Big Sandy Cultural Fund$9,0003n/a
Bitterroot Economic Development District Inc$9,0001n/a
Friends of Historic Hotel Libby Inc$8,9203n/a
National Wildlife Federation$8,74010%
Community Cancer Services Inc$8,50032%
Harvest Food Pantry Inc$8,2506n/a
Absarokee Area Food Bank$8,2506n/a
Missoula Community Chorus Inc$8,100114%
Oregon State K of C Charities$8,00034%
Cancer Support Community of Montana$8,00031%
Vision Keepers$7,8001n/a
Feed My Sheep Kitchen Inc$7,50053%
Bitterroot Therpeutic Riding$7,500116%
Center Pole$7,50050%
Great Falls Fish Inc$7,50051%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of South Dakota & Montana$7,50010%
Electric City Bmx Racing$7,5002n/a
Christian Neighbors Inc$7,5001n/a
Pacific Science Center Foundation$7,50010%
Riding on Insulin$7,50021%
Safefutures Youth Center$7,50011%
Beartooth Mountain Christian Ministries$7,5001n/a
Dayton Elementary Parent Teacher Organization$7,5002n/a
Elk River Arts & Lectures$7,50022%
Woods Not Waste$7,5001n/a
Childhood Cancer Coalition$7,00031%
Vineyard Christian Fellowship of Great Falls$7,0002n/a
Gallatin Valley Farm to School$7,00022%
Leaf Foundation$7,0001n/a
Barrett Hospital Foundation Inc$6,93511%
Whitefish Theatre Company$6,50021%
Town of West Yellowstone$6,2504n/a
Cine Billings$6,25011%
Anaconda Rotary Foundation Inc$6,0001n/a
Fast Blackfeet$6,00060%
Special Needs Sports Foundation Inc$6,0003n/a
Feed Spokane$6,00010%
Stumptown Art Studio$6,00021%
North Valley Hospital Foundation$6,00021%
Transitions$6,00010%
Montana Association for the Educati on of Young Children$6,00017%
Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) Inc$6,00010%
Flathead Library Foundation$6,0001n/a
Arlee Rehabilitation Center$6,00022%
Giraffe Laugh Inc$6,00010%
Instrument Shop$5,40024%
Wise Wonders Childrens Museum Inc$5,0401n/a
Marketplace of Ideasmarketplace for Kids Inc$5,00012%
Anacortes Family Center$5,00010%
Drummond Senior Citizens Center$5,0001n/a
King County Sexual Assault Resource Center$5,00010%
Clothes for Kids$5,00011%
Schoolhouse Supplies Inc$5,00010%
Bigfork Art and Cultural Center$5,00014%
Special Olympics Oregon Inc$5,00010%
Viking Booster Club$5,0001n/a
Lion Pathfinder Inc$5,0001n/a
Royalton-Hartland Agriculture Foundation Inc$5,00016%
Royalton Hartland Community Library$5,00013%
Studio M Booster Club$5,0001n/a
Postpartum Resource Group$5,0001n/a
Alberton Clothing Company$5,0001n/a
Cancer Cartel$5,00011%
Music Conservatory of Sandpoint$5,00021%
Broadwater Food Pantry$5,0001n/a
Girls on the Run Western Montana$5,00018%
Olympic Logging Conference Foundation$5,0001n/a
Moving Mountains Foundation$5,00018%
Montana Lions Sight & Hearing Foundation$5,00017%
National Native American Hall of Fame$5,0001n/a
Billings Clinic Foundation$5,0001n/a
Schoolhouse History and Art Center$5,00014%
Holocaust Center For Humanity$5,00010%
South Central Montana Regional Mental Health Center$5,00010%
Good Grief Group Dba Good Grief Camp$5,0001n/a
Wings Inc$5,00013%
Junior Livestock Show of Spokane$5,00011%
Blackfoot Pathways Sculpture in the Wild Inc$5,00013%
Montana Congress of Parents Teachers Students$5,0001n/a
World Language Initiative MT$5,00012%
Edith L Bishel Center for the Blind$5,00012%
The Station Foundation$5,00010%
Bienvenidos a Gallatin Valley$5,00013%
Corvallis Schools Foundation$5,00013%
Whitefish Legacy Partners Inc$5,00020%
Church of the Move$5,0001n/a
Oregon Logging Conference Foundation$5,00013%
Great Falls Children's Receiving Home$5,00011%
Parasport Spokane$5,00012%
Our Redeemer Lutheran Church$5,0001n/a
Emily Dickinson Parent Advisory Council$5,0001n/a
Coles Pantry Inc$5,00022%
Operation Homefront Inc$5,00010%
American Cancer Society Inc$5,00010%
Women's Resource Center of North Central Washington$5,00010%
Western Legacy Center$5,00015%
Covellite Presents$5,000110%
Hamilton School District$5,0001n/a
Veterans Coalition of Northwest Montana$5,000227%
Missoula Institute for Sustainable Transportation$5,00013%
Operation No Persons Left Behind Outdoors$5,00010%
Big Sky Institute for the Advancement of Nonprofits$5,00015%
World Help$5,00010%
Rise Inc$4,69810%
Flint Creek Childcare$4,6201n/a
Valor Equine Therapy Service Inc$4,50024%
Arts Alliance Inc$4,30033%
Carbon County Food Bank$4,2502n/a
Re Family Services Inc$4,05010%
Powder River First Responders Ltd$4,00022%
Senior Citizens of Lincoln County$4,00031%
Butte Trap and Skeet Club$4,00023%
Cody Dieruf Foundation$4,00022%
Montanas Outdoor Legacy Foundation$4,00011%
Quilts of Valor - Montana Chapter$3,7501n/a
Rosebud Community Hospital Inc$3,50010%
Custer County Community Table$3,50024%
Pend Oreille Arts Council$3,50021%
Park County Senior Center$3,5001n/a
Central Montana Youth Mentoring Program Inc$3,5002n/a
Belgrade Community Library Foundation$3,50023%
Haven House$3,00012%
Wibaux County Senior Citizens Inc$3,0003n/a
Montana Art Gallery Directors Assoc$3,00015%
Missoula Urban Demonstration Project$2,80021%
Sapphire Community Health Inc$2,50010%
Presbyterian Church USA$2,5001n/a
Bitterroot Valley Chorus$2,5001n/a
Billings Depot Inc$2,50011%
Missoula Community Access Television$2,50010%
A Small Act of Kindness$2,5001n/a
Girl Scouts of Western Washington$2,50010%
Deer Lodge Food Pantry$2,50013%
Pure Winds$2,5001n/a
Evel Knievel Days Inc$2,50011%
Montana Urban and Community Forestry Association$2,5001n/a
Volunteers of America of Oregon Inc$2,50010%
Havre Public Schools Education Foundation Inc$2,5001n/a
Friends of the Arlee School$2,5001n/a
Missoula Area Youth Hockey Assn$2,50010%
Recycling Works Inc$2,5001n/a
Farming for the Future Academy Inc$2,5001n/a
Cash Hyde Foundation$2,5001n/a
My Glacier Village$2,50013%
Stevensville Main Street Association Inc$2,50013%
Liberty Place Inc$2,50010%
Neighbors N Need$2,5001n/a
Montana Association of Symphony Orchestras$2,50014%
United Way Clinch-Powell Valley Inc$2,50010%
Lake County Community Development Corp$2,33010%
Missoula Quilts 4 Kids$2,2501n/a
The Cutter Theatre$2,0001n/a
Elmington Elevates Inc$2,00011%
Tobacco Valley Senior Citizens AssocInc$2,00021%
Granite County Food Pantry$2,0002n/a
Broadwater County Social Services$2,00013%
Northwest Montana Historical Society Inc$1,80011%
Remnant Church$1,5001n/a
Montana Association of Gifted and Talented Education$1,5001n/a
Powell County Literacy Program$1,5001n/a
Chabad Lubavitch of Montana$1,5001n/a
Ravalli County Economic Development Authority$1,50010%
Pondera Food Pantry Inc$1,5001n/a
St Labre Indian School$1,5001n/a
Daly Mansion Preservation Trust$1,50011%
Sula Community Historical Society$1,1001n/a
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$1,00010%
Bright N Beautiful$1,0001n/a
Lincoln County Public Library Foundation$1,00011%
Missoula Co Sheriffs Search & Rescue Association$1,0001n/a
Belt Swimming Pool Corporation$1,00013%
Montana Congress of Parents Teachers Students$1,0001n/a
Bears N Stuff$1,0001n/a
United Luv Project Inc$75011%
Help Center Inc$75010%
Slovan Volunteer Fire Deparment Inc$50010%
Friends of the Bridger Public Library$25012%
God's Love We Deliver Inc$20010%
Bideawee Inc$20010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 316 recipients with no EIN on record ($144M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 25 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe University of Montana Foundation: $21,128,455 over 8y, 10% of budgetHoratio Alger Assn of Distinguished Americans Inc: $14,757,500 over 7y, 53% of budgetSpecial Olympics Montana Inc: $3,427,500 over 8y, 34% of budgetGreater Missoula Family YMCA: $2,845,000 over 8y, 25% of budgetMontana Food Bank Network Inc: $1,887,500 over 8y, 4.3% of budgetJohn F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts: $1,730,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetMontana Rescue Mission: $1,567,750 over 8y, 17% of budgetMainstreet Uptown Butte Inc: $1,320,000 over 8y, 27% of budgetMontana Technological University Foundation: $1,292,600 over 8y, 2.8% of budgetXavier College Preparatory High School: $1,250,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetBoys and Girls Club of the Flathead Reservation and Lake County: $1,050,000 over 4y, 33% of budgetSun Valley Performing Arts Inc: $1,010,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetMontana Pediatrics: $1,000,000 over 2y, 38% of budgetEducation Design Lab: $1,000,000 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetThe David Foster Foundation: $1,000,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetFlorence Crittenton Home and Services: $826,642 over 6y, 15% of budgetMountain Home Montana Inc: $685,000 over 7y, 7.0% of budgetButte Family YMCA: $685,000 over 8y, 11% of budgetMontana State University Billings Foundation & Alumni: $630,000 over 8y, 8.8% of budgetYoung Life: $566,740 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMontana Meth Project: $558,000 over 2y, 75% of budgetBaby2baby: $512,500 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetTeam Rubicon Inc: $500,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetMISSOULA CULTURAL COUNCIL dba ARTS MISSOULA: $452,500 over 7y, 14% of budgetZootown Arts Community Center: $397,000 over 6y, 17% of budgetChallenge Aspen: $375,000 over 2y, 9.7% of budgetMontana Conservation Corps Inc: $365,000 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetGlacier National Park Conservancy: $347,305 over 4y, 2.3% of budgetChild Bridge Inc: $315,000 over 7y, 1.9% of budgetMissoula Food Bank & Community Center: $314,000 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetIntermountain Deaconess Childrens Services: $308,500 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetUniversity of San Diego: $300,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRocky Mountain Ballet Theatre: $287,400 over 8y, 21% of budgetCarroll College: $285,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetMontana State University Foundation Inc: $275,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetButte Rescue Mission: $251,250 over 8y, 5.4% of budgetCode Girls United: $242,100 over 5y, 12% of budgetFriends of Sarah McLachlan School of Music Society Inc: $228,525 over 3y, 99% of budgetPhilanthropy Northwest: $222,940 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetEagle Mount: $222,500 over 8y, 2.5% of budgetPoverello Center Inc: $221,000 over 8y, 2.2% of budgetUnited Way of Missoula County: $207,750 over 8y, 3.1% of budgetButte Emergency Food Bank: $202,000 over 8y, 2.3% of budgetFriends of Haac Inc: $185,575 over 1y, 88% of budgetLeadership Montana Inc: $185,000 over 7y, 5.8% of budgetGreat Falls Community Food Bank Inc: $178,750 over 8y, 2.2% of budgetTreasure State Foundation: $175,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetBoys and Girls Club of Missoula County: $174,238 over 8y, 7.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

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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.

Town Pump Charitable FoundationMT255.8× affinity226 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Town Pump Charitable Foundation · Montana Community Foundation Inc · Gianforte Family Charitable Trust · Headwaters Health Foundation of Western Montana · Montana Food Bank Network Inc · Treacy Foundation · Sample Foundation Inc · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · The Steele-Reese Foundation Xxxxx1004 · Oro y Plata Foundation · Whitefish Community Foundation Inc · The High Stakes Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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Find your warmest path to Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

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About Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation

How much does Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation give?
Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation reported 547 grants totaling $50,004,658 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 300 and 429 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (33%), Education (16%), Health (14%).
Who are Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The University of Montana Foundation ($21M), Horatio Alger Assn of Distinguished Americans Inc ($15M), Special Olympics Montana Inc ($3.4M).
Does Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 23% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Town Pump Charitable Foundation, Montana Community Foundation Inc, Gianforte Family Charitable Trust.
Where is Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation based?
Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation is based in MT.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 1029 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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