Washington · Private foundation
East Seattle 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.
- $494k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 39
- Grants FY2025
- 32
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 59%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 33
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $7.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 59% of the organizations East Seattle Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 27% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $109k 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 | 32 | $494k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 32 | $402k | 59% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $256k | 53% |
| FY2022 | 23 | $633k | 61% |
| FY2021 | 21 | $515k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 33 | $493k | 85% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $510k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $364k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Washington Foundation | $901,765 | 8 | 0% |
| Seattle University | $608,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Cristo Rey Jesuit Seattle High School | $107,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Young Women Empowered | $76,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Legal Counsel for Youth and Children | $75,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Medical Teams International | $66,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Asheville Farmstead School Inc | $62,500 | 4 | 7% |
| Cocoon House | $62,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Northwest Education Access | $59,500 | 2 | 1% |
| The Service Board | $55,000 | 3 | 5% |
Show all 82 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 29 recipients with no EIN on record ($982k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget East Seattle 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 · The Norcliffe Foundation · United Way of King County · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Medina Foundation · School's Out Washington · M J Murdock Charitable Trust · Ellison Foundation · The Satterberg Foundation Inc · Lucky Seven Foundation · Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc · Garneau Nicon Family Foundation
How this is measured
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About East Seattle Foundation
- How much does East Seattle Foundation give?
- East Seattle Foundation reported 39 grants totaling $493,600 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 33 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does East Seattle Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (62%), Youth Development (9%), Health (9%).
- Who are East Seattle Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: University of Washington Foundation ($902k), Seattle University ($608k), Cristo Rey Jesuit Seattle High School ($107k).
- Does East Seattle Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 59% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does East Seattle 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 East Seattle Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Seattle Foundation, The Norcliffe Foundation, United Way of King County.
- Where is East Seattle Foundation based?
- East Seattle Foundation is based in WA.
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