How much does First Fed Foundation give?

First Fed Foundation reported 40 grants totaling $642,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 28 and 39 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.

What does First Fed Foundation fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Housing & Shelter (20%), Human Services (15%), Health (14%).

Who are First Fed Foundation's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Jefferson Healthcare Foundation ($210k), The Boys & Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula ($160k), Northwest Maritime Center ($155k).

Does First Fed Foundation fund new organizations?

In FY2024, 60% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Does First Fed Foundation accept unsolicited applications?

Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.

Which funders back the same organizations as First Fed Foundation?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Norcliffe Foundation, Seattle Foundation, Puget Sound Energy Foundation.

Where is First Fed Foundation based?

First Fed Foundation is based in WA.

Foundation Dossiers

Washington · Private foundation

First Fed Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$643k
Granted FY2025(still arriving): 40
Grants FY2025: 35
Organizations funded FY2024: 60%
First-time grantees FY2024

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Median grant, FY2025: $12,500
Largest grant, FY2025: $50,000
Organizations funded a year: 28 to 39; FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025: 1
Total assets, FY2025: $3.8M
Applications: Takes unsolicited applications; Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 60% of the organizations First Fed Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 59% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 41% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $324k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

Human ServicesHealthArts & CultureEnvironmentHousing & ShelterEducationOther

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 year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2025still arriving	40	$643k	43%
FY2024	35	$550k	60%
FY2023	36	$600k	56%
FY2022	39	$800k	49%
FY2021	32	$803k	72%
FY2020	38	$740k	71%
FY2019	36	$850k	83%
FY2018	28	$745k	96%

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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 2025.

Housing & Shelter$1.3MHuman Services$980kHealth$939kArts & Culture$637kCommunity Improvement$555kFood & Nutrition$404kYouth Development$347kEducation$283kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Jefferson Healthcare Foundation	$210,000	5	13%
The Boys & Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula	$160,000	4	3%
Northwest Maritime Center	$155,000	3	1%
Olympic Medical Center Foundation	$126,000	4	6%
Peninsula Behavioral Health	$125,000	3	1%
Housing Resources Bainbridge	$110,000	2	3%
Port Angeles Food Bank	$110,000	4	1%
Port Angeles Waterfront Center Dba Field Arts & Events Hall	$107,500	3	1%
Mercy Housing Northwest	$100,000	1	1%
Sequim Senior Services dba Shipley Center	$100,000	1	13%

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All grantees of First Fed Foundation by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Jefferson Healthcare Foundation	$210,000	5	13%
The Boys & Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula	$160,000	4	3%
Northwest Maritime Center	$155,000	3	1%
Olympic Medical Center Foundation	$126,000	4	6%
Peninsula Behavioral Health	$125,000	3	1%
Housing Resources Bainbridge	$110,000	2	3%
Port Angeles Food Bank	$110,000	4	1%
Port Angeles Waterfront Center Dba Field Arts & Events Hall	$107,500	3	1%
Mercy Housing Northwest	$100,000	1	1%
Sequim Senior Services dba Shipley Center	$100,000	1	13%
Center for Inclusive Entrepreneurship	$100,000	2	4%
Habitat for Humanity Clallam County	$100,000	1	7%
Lydia Place	$90,000	3	2%
Serenity House of Clallam County	$85,000	3	1%
Council of the Olympic Peninsula of the Society of St Vincent de Paul	$85,000	2	n/a
Jamestown Sklallam Tribal Capital Inc	$75,000	1	n/a
Parkview Services	$75,000	2	1%
Kulshan Community Land Trust	$75,000	3	9%
Radio Port Townsend	$75,000	2	19%
North Olympic Healthcare Network	$75,000	3	0%
Forks Community Food Bank Inc	$75,000	3	11%
Roxy Bremerton	$75,000	2	62%
Whatcom Family Young Men's Christian Association	$72,500	4	1%
Foundation for Western Washington University and Alumni	$70,000	2	1%
Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding	$62,500	3	1%
Max Higbee Community Recreation Center	$60,000	3	8%
Whatcom Dispute Resolution Center	$60,000	2	1%
Whatcom Center for Early Learning	$57,500	2	2%
Olympic Peninsula Young Mens Christian Assn	$55,000	2	1%
Camp Beausite Northwest	$55,000	3	4%
Composite Recycling Technology Center	$50,000	1	n/a
Central Stage Theatre of County Kitsap	$50,000	1	11%
United Way of Clallam County	$50,000	2	3%
Road2home	$50,000	2	5%
Olympic Peninsula Community Clinic	$50,000	1	n/a
Unity Care Northwest	$50,000	1	0%
Kitsap Community Resources	$50,000	1	0%
Young Women's Christian Association of Bellingham	$50,000	1	4%
Holly Ridge Center	$50,000	1	1%
Kitsap Rescue Mission	$50,000	1	3%
Habitat for Humanity in Whatcom County	$50,000	1	2%
Scarlet Road	$47,500	4	4%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Whatcom County	$45,000	3	0%
Re Sources	$35,000	2	1%
Key City Players Key City Public Theatre	$35,000	2	11%
Central Kitsap Food Bank	$35,000	2	2%
Captain Joseph House Foundation	$35,000	2	9%
Northwest Youth Services	$35,000	2	1%
Olympic College Foundation	$35,000	1	2%
Alternatives to Hunger Bellingham Food Bank	$35,000	2	0%
Wild Bird Charity	$35,000	4	10%
Dove House Advocacy Services	$32,500	2	1%
Clallam-Jefferson County Pro Bono Lawyers	$30,500	2	12%
Center for Sustainable Infrastructure	$30,000	1	4%
Jefferson County Farmers Market	$29,500	2	14%
Sequim Food Bank	$25,000	1	n/a
Overlake Service League	$25,000	1	1%
Owl360	$25,000	1	4%
Bellevue Schools Foundation	$25,000	1	1%
Young Womens Christian Association	$25,000	1	2%
Naturebridge	$25,000	1	0%
Eastside Legal Assistance Program	$25,000	1	1%
Kitsap Legal Services	$25,000	1	4%
North Olympic Regional Veterans Housing Network	$25,000	1	6%
Sustainable Connections	$25,000	1	1%
North Olympic Library System	$25,000	1	n/a
The Sophia Way	$25,000	1	n/a
Seiu Healthcare 1199nw Multi-Employer Training & Education Fund	$25,000	1	n/a
Housing Connector	$25,000	1	1%
Bayside Housing & Services	$25,000	1	3%
Ferndale Food Bank	$25,000	1	1%
Peninsula College Foundation	$25,000	1	2%
Dungeness River Nature Center	$25,000	1	3%
Peacehealth St Joseph Medical Center Foundation	$25,000	1	1%
Olympic Housing Trust	$25,000	1	3%
Nooksack Salmon Enhancement Association	$25,000	1	1%
LifeWire	$25,000	1	n/a
Bainbridge Island Child Care Centers	$25,000	1	4%
Port Townsend Marine Science Center	$24,250	4	1%
Peninsula Alliance	$22,000	1	2%
Jumping Mouse Childrens Center	$21,000	2	2%
First Step Family Support Center	$20,000	1	1%
Helpline House	$20,000	2	0%
Morningside	$20,000	3	0%
Communities in School of Whatcom Skagit	$17,500	2	2%
Kitsap Immigrant Assistance Center	$17,500	3	1%
North Olympic Foster Parent Association	$15,000	3	n/a
College Success Foundation	$15,000	3	0%
Disaster Relief	$15,000	1	n/a
The Coffee Oasis	$15,000	1	0%
Whatcom Family & Community Network	$12,500	1	n/a
Clallam Mosaic	$12,000	1	6%
Peacock Family Services	$12,000	1	1%
Northwind Arts Center	$10,000	1	5%
Kitsap Regional Library Foundation	$10,000	2	1%
Kitsap Home Builders Foundation	$10,000	1	n/a
Puget Sound Voyaging Society	$10,000	2	n/a
Kathleen Sutton Inspirational Fund	$10,000	2	3%
Vamos Outdoors Project	$10,000	2	3%
Centrum Foundation	$10,000	1	0%
Assistance League of Bellingham	$10,000	2	1%
Foster Hearts	$10,000	2	1%
Washington's National Park Fund	$10,000	1	0%
Feiro Marine Life Center	$10,000	2	0%
Lutheran Community Services Northwest	$10,000	1	0%
New Day Ministry	$10,000	2	7%
Bremerton Foodline	$10,000	1	0%
Bainbridge Island Senior Community Center	$10,000	1	n/a
NAMI of Whatcom County	$10,000	2	5%
Concerned Citizens	$10,000	1	0%
Kidzz Helping Kidzz	$10,000	2	1%
Kids in Concert Inc	$10,000	2	3%
Financial Beginnings Washington	$10,000	2	1%
South Kitsap Helpline	$10,000	2	0%
Kitsap Cancer Services	$7,500	1	5%
Bainbridge Island Special Needs Foundation	$7,500	1	3%
Benji Project	$7,500	1	3%
Cascade Medical Advantage	$7,500	1	1%
Cares of Washington	$7,500	1	0%
Growing Veterans	$7,500	1	2%
The Society of St Vincent de Paul East Jefferson County Conference	$7,500	1	3%
Sequim Education Foundation	$7,500	1	3%
Rebuilding Hope Sexual Assault Center	$7,500	1	0%
North Kitsap Fishline	$7,500	1	0%
Bainbridge Youth Services	$7,000	1	1%
Port Townsend School of the Arts DBA Northwind Art	$6,750	1	3%
Northwest Agriculture Business Center	$6,500	1	1%
Kids Discovery Museum Kids Discovery Museum	$5,000	1	1%
Dungeness Valley Health & Wellness Clinic	$5,000	1	1%
Invested	$5,000	1	0%
Great Peninsula Conservancy	$5,000	1	0%
Bainbridge Island Museum of Art	$5,000	1	0%
Opportunity Council	$5,000	1	0%
North Cascades Institute	$5,000	1	0%
Operation Homefront Inc	$5,000	1	0%
Recreation Northwest	$5,000	1	3%
Boys and Girls Clubs of King County	$5,000	1	0%
Transformations by Olympic Angels	$5,000	1	1%
Kitsap Cd	$5,000	1	n/a
Cascade Connections	$5,000	1	0%
Olympic Media	$5,000	1	n/a
Coats for Kids	$5,000	1	n/a
Skookum Kids	$5,000	1	0%
Junior Achievement of Washington	$5,000	1	0%
Jefferson County Immigrant Rights Advocates	$5,000	1	2%
Answer for Youth	$5,000	1	2%
Lindquist Dental Clinic for Children	$5,000	1	0%
Bainbridge Artisan Resource Network	$5,000	1	0%
Volunteer Hospice of Clallam County	$5,000	1	0%
Olympic Neighbors	$5,000	1	1%
Ferndale Community Services	$5,000	1	1%
Kitsap Homes of Compassion	$5,000	1	n/a
Master Gardener Foundation of Clallam County	$5,000	1	n/a
Girls on the Run of Westsound	$5,000	1	2%
Kitsap Sexual Assault Center	$5,000	1	n/a
The Bellingham Public School Foundation	$5,000	1	1%
Financial Beginnings	$5,000	1	0%
Sequim Wheelers	$5,000	1	n/a
Catholic Community Services of Western Washington	$5,000	1	0%
Easter Seals Washington	$5,000	1	0%
Blue Skies for Children	$5,000	1	1%
Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe	$5,000	1	n/a
Coyote Foundation	$5,000	1	14%
Sequim Museum & Arts	$5,000	1	n/a
Transformations by Seattle Angels	$5,000	1	3%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 45 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.1M), not named here.

First Fed Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 141 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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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 141.

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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 FoundationWA112× affinity66 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 · Whatcom Community Foundation · Bainbridge Community Foundation · Kitsap Community Foundation · M J Murdock Charitable Trust · Washington Federal Foundation · Albert Haller Foundation · Jefferson Community Foundation · United Way of Clallam County

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 First Fed Foundation

How much does First Fed Foundation give?: First Fed Foundation reported 40 grants totaling $642,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 28 and 39 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does First Fed Foundation fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Housing & Shelter (20%), Human Services (15%), Health (14%).
Who are First Fed Foundation's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Jefferson Healthcare Foundation ($210k), The Boys & Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula ($160k), Northwest Maritime Center ($155k).
Does First Fed Foundation fund new organizations?: In FY2024, 60% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does First Fed Foundation accept unsolicited applications?: Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as First Fed Foundation?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Norcliffe Foundation, Seattle Foundation, Puget Sound Energy Foundation.
Where is First Fed Foundation based?: First Fed Foundation is based in WA.