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Fales Foundation Trust

Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$320k
Granted FY2023
51
Grants FY2023
51
Organizations funded FY2023
43%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2023
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2023
$65,500
Organizations funded a year
51 to 66
FY2021 to FY2023
States reached, FY2023
1
Total assets, FY2023
$4.8M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 43% of the organizations Fales Foundation Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 34% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $109k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23
Human ServicesEducationArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentHealthHousing & ShelterOther
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
FY202351$320k43%
FY202266$247k80%
FY202166$292kn/a
98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2026.

Housing & Shelter$176kHuman Services$148kFood & Nutrition$145kArts & Culture$115kYouth Development$105kHealth$54kEducation$41kInternational$20kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Familyworks$74,00031%
Coyote Central$16,00031%
Congregations for the Homeless$15,00020%
Maris Place$15,00023%
New Beginnings$15,00030%
Solid Ground Washington$15,00030%
Hunger Intervention Program$14,50030%
Pongo Publishing Inc$13,00032%
Seattle Repertory Theatre$13,00030%
Girl Scouts of Western Washington$12,00020%
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All grantees of Fales Foundation Trust by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Familyworks$74,00031%
Coyote Central$16,00031%
Congregations for the Homeless$15,00020%
Maris Place$15,00023%
New Beginnings$15,00030%
Solid Ground Washington$15,00030%
Hunger Intervention Program$14,50030%
Pongo Publishing Inc$13,00032%
Seattle Repertory Theatre$13,00030%
Girl Scouts of Western Washington$12,00020%
Plymouth Housing Group and Subsidiaries$12,00020%
The Mockingbird Society$10,50030%
Bread of Life Mission$10,00010%
Elizabeth Home$10,00020%
Street Youth Minitries$10,0002n/a
The Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Seattle (6871)$10,00010%
Jewish Family Service$10,00020%
Food Lifeline$10,00010%
Lake City Partners Ending Homelessness$10,00020%
Wellspring Family Services$10,00020%
Jubilee Women's Center$10,00021%
Vine Maple Place$10,00020%
Youth in Focus$10,00021%
Operation Nightwatch Inc$10,00020%
Pioneer Human Services Inc$10,00020%
Crisis Connections$9,00020%
Roots Young Adult Shelter$8,50020%
Richard Hugo House$8,50020%
Community Roots Housing Foundation$8,00020%
Northwest Education Access$7,50010%
Refugee Womens Alliance$7,50020%
Teentix$7,50021%
Seattle Shakespeare Festival$6,00020%
Your Money Matters$6,00021%
Treehouse$5,00010%
Seattle Chamber Music Festival$5,00010%
Pediatric Interim Care Center$5,00010%
Domestic Abuse Women's Network$5,00010%
Neighborhood Clinic$5,00011%
Southeast Effective Development$5,00010%
Farestart$5,00010%
Seattle Children's Theatre Association$5,00010%
Wishing Well Foundation$5,00012%
Skagit Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Services$5,00011%
Northwest Indian College Foundation$5,0001n/a
Real Change Homeless Empowerment Project$5,00020%
YWCA Pierce County$5,00010%
Compass Housing Alliance$5,00010%
The Humane Society for Seattleking County$5,00010%
Lindquist Dental Clinic for Children$5,00010%
Low Income Housing Institute$5,00010%
Northwest Harvest Emm$5,00010%
Wonderland Child & Family Services$5,00010%
Mercy Housing Northwest$5,00010%
Youth Eastside Services$5,00010%
Imagine Housing$5,00010%
Assistance League of Seattle$5,00011%
Neighborhood House INC$5,00010%
Real Escape From the Sex Trade$5,00010%
Bike Works Seattle$5,00010%
West Seattle Food Bank$5,00010%
Fosterful$5,00011%
Helping Hands Food Bank$5,00010%
Harvest Against Hunger$5,00010%
North Helpline$5,00010%
Nourish Pierce County$5,00010%
Pike Market Senior Center$5,00010%
Uplift Northwest$5,00010%
Gage Academy of Art$5,00010%
Community Lunch on Capitol Hill$5,00011%
Queen Anne Helpline$5,00011%
Recovery Cafe$5,00010%
Ballard Food Bank$5,00010%
The University Heights Center for the Community Association$5,00010%
Compass Health$5,00010%
Key to Change$5,00011%
East African Community Services$4,50010%
The Friendship Circle of Washington$4,00010%
Seattle JazzED$4,00010%
Penny's Place$4,0001n/a
Seattle Arts and Lectures$4,00010%
Northwest Center$4,00010%
Wallingford Community Senior Center$4,00011%
Boys and Girls Clubs of King County$4,00010%
Holocaust Center For Humanity$3,50010%
Arts West$3,00010%
Jefferson Healthcare Foundation$3,00014%
Phinney Neighborhood Association$3,00010%
Backpack Brigade$3,00011%
Needs of the Community Society$3,00012%
Jubilee REACH$3,00010%
Wing-It Productions$3,00011%
Tacoma Urban League$3,00010%
Rainier Valley Food Bank$3,00010%
Camp Korey$3,00010%
Tacoma Community House$3,00010%
Senior Services of Snohomish County$3,00010%
Ted Brown Music Outreach$2,50012%
Denise Louie Education center$2,50010%
Youthcare$2,50010%
Shared Housing Services$2,5001n/a
Safe Crossings Foundation$2,50010%
Seattle Music Partners$2,50011%
Valley Cities Counseling and Consultation$2,50010%
Communities of Belonging$2,50012%
Freehold Theatre Lab Studio$2,50010%
Historical Society of Seattle & King County dba Museum of History & Industry$2,50010%
Space Between$2,00011%
Special Olympics Washington$2,00010%
One Heart Wild$2,00010%
Ark Institute of Learning$2,00010%
Courageous Connections$2,00014%
Encompass Northwest$2,00010%
Junior Achievement of Washington$2,00010%
Byrd Barr Place$2,00010%
Seattle Art Museum$2,00010%
Dress for Success Seattle$2,00010%
Hilltop Artists in Residence$2,00010%
Birthday Dreams$1,50010%
Tacoma Opera Association Professional Services$1,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($104k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Fales Foundation Trust supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFamilyworks: $74,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetCoyote Central: $16,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetCongregations for the Homeless: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMaris Place: $15,000 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetNew Beginnings: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSolid Ground Washington: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHunger Intervention Program: $14,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetPongo Publishing Inc: $13,000 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetSeattle Repertory Theatre: $13,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGirl Scouts of Western Washington: $12,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPlymouth Housing Group and Subsidiaries: $12,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Mockingbird Society: $10,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetBread of Life Mission: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetElizabeth Home: $10,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetThe Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Seattle (6871): $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Family Service: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFood Lifeline: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLake City Partners Ending Homelessness: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetWellspring Family Services: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJubilee Women's Center: $10,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetVine Maple Place: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetYouth in Focus: $10,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetOperation Nightwatch Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetPioneer Human Services Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCrisis Connections: $9,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRoots Young Adult Shelter: $8,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetRichard Hugo House: $8,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCommunity Roots Housing Foundation: $8,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetNorthwest Education Access: $7,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetRefugee Womens Alliance: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTeentix: $7,500 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetSeattle Shakespeare Festival: $6,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetYour Money Matters: $6,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetTreehouse: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSeattle Chamber Music Festival: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPediatric Interim Care Center: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetDomestic Abuse Women's Network: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNeighborhood Clinic: $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetSoutheast Effective Development: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFarestart: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSeattle Children's Theatre Association: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWishing Well Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetSkagit Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Services: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetReal Change Homeless Empowerment Project: $5,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetYWCA Pierce County: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCompass Housing Alliance: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Humane Society for Seattleking County: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLindquist Dental Clinic for Children: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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 116.

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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.

The Norcliffe FoundationWA139.5× affinity76 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Norcliffe Foundation · Seattle Foundation · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Medina Foundation · United Way of King County · Moccasin Lake Foundation · Lucky Seven Foundation · Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc · Garneau Nicon Family Foundation · Kawabe Memorial Fund · Employees Community Fund of the Boeing Company · Washington Federal 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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About Fales Foundation Trust

How much does Fales Foundation Trust give?
Fales Foundation Trust reported 51 grants totaling $320,000 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 51 and 66 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
What does Fales Foundation Trust fund?
By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2023, its largest causes are Housing & Shelter (11%), Human Services (9%), Food & Nutrition (9%).
Who are Fales Foundation Trust's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2021 to FY2023: Familyworks ($74k), Coyote Central ($16k), Congregations for the Homeless ($15k).
Does Fales Foundation Trust fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Fales Foundation Trust accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Fales Foundation Trust?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Norcliffe Foundation, Seattle Foundation, Puget Sound Energy Foundation.
Where is Fales Foundation Trust based?
Fales Foundation Trust is based in AZ.

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 141 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2026) is on record and reports $360k of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2023, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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