Washington · Private foundation
Foundation for Intelligent Life on Earth
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.
- $115k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2025
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $262
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $40,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 16
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 8
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 38% of the organizations Foundation for Intelligent Life on Earth funded were first-time grantees, receiving 75% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 25% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $39k 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 | 17 | $75k | 24% |
| FY2024 | 16 | $52k | 38% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $20k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $15k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $17k | 82% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $19k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 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, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aldersgate United Methodist Church | $82,150 | 6 | n/a |
| Northwest Harvest Emm | $10,262 | 4 | 0% |
| Issaquah Alps Trails Club | $6,300 | 3 | 3% |
| Missouri River Bird Observatory | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Seti Institute | $600 | 5 | 0% |
| Cascade Public Media | $600 | 5 | 0% |
| Kuow Puget Sound Public Radio | $600 | 5 | 0% |
| Wikimedia Foundation Inc | $520 | 5 | 0% |
| Mozilla Foundation | $520 | 5 | 0% |
| Yellowstone Forever | $262 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 16 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aldersgate United Methodist Church | $82,150 | 6 | n/a |
| Northwest Harvest Emm | $10,262 | 4 | 0% |
| Issaquah Alps Trails Club | $6,300 | 3 | 3% |
| Missouri River Bird Observatory | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Seti Institute | $600 | 5 | 0% |
| Cascade Public Media | $600 | 5 | 0% |
| Kuow Puget Sound Public Radio | $600 | 5 | 0% |
| Wikimedia Foundation Inc | $520 | 5 | 0% |
| Mozilla Foundation | $520 | 5 | 0% |
| Yellowstone Forever | $262 | 1 | 0% |
| Beach Cities Symphony Association | $125 | 1 | n/a |
| Kamp Music | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Alliance for Education | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Software in the Public Interest Inc | $62 | 1 | 0% |
| Charity Navigator | $60 | 1 | 0% |
| The Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Seattle (6871) | $50 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($93k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Foundation for Intelligent Life on Earth supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Foundation for Intelligent Life on Earth with peer funders
About Foundation for Intelligent Life on Earth
- How much does Foundation for Intelligent Life on Earth give?
- Foundation for Intelligent Life on Earth reported 18 grants totaling $114,742 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 16 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Foundation for Intelligent Life on Earth fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (75%), Religion (18%), Food & Nutrition (3%).
- Who are Foundation for Intelligent Life on Earth's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Aldersgate United Methodist Church ($82k), Northwest Harvest Emm ($10k), Issaquah Alps Trails Club ($6k).
- Does Foundation for Intelligent Life on Earth fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Foundation for Intelligent Life on Earth 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 Foundation for Intelligent Life on Earth?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Online Giving Foundation Inc, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
- Where is Foundation for Intelligent Life on Earth based?
- Foundation for Intelligent Life on Earth is based in WA.
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