Washington · Private foundation
Excellence Initiative
TO PROMOTE EXCELLENCE IN ARTS, SCIENCE, EDUCATION AND CULTURE. Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $1.3M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2024
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $125,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,135,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 5
- FY2020 to FY2023
- Total assets, FY2024
- $89M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 67% of the organizations Excellence Initiative funded were first-time grantees, receiving 94% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 6% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $158k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 3 | $1.3M | 67% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $168k | 67% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $51k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $196k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $12k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pratham USA | $157,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Sanskruti Foundation | $15,002 | 2 | 1% |
| Positive Coaching Alliance | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Abortion Care Network | $3,900 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.6M), not named here.
About Excellence Initiative
- How much does Excellence Initiative give?
- Excellence Initiative reported 3 grants totaling $1,330,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 5 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Excellence Initiative fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are International (75%), Health (13%), Education (10%).
- Who are Excellence Initiative's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Pratham USA ($157k), Sanskruti Foundation ($15k), Positive Coaching Alliance ($10k).
- Does Excellence Initiative fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Excellence Initiative 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.
- Where is Excellence Initiative based?
- Excellence Initiative is based in WA.
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