· Private foundation
Fred and Margaret Grimm 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k5 grants · $9k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $60k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| NATIONAL BAY SCOUT OF AMERICA FOUNDATION | $25,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND | $22,500 |
| CHIEF SEATTLE COUNCIL BSA | $12,000 |
| LIFE ENRICHMENT OPTIONS | $5,000 |
| NAVY LEAGUE SEATTLE COUNCIL | $2,500 |
| WORLD VISION | $624 |
| MARINE CORP AIR STATION KANEOHE BAY | $500 |
| PURRFECT PALS | $500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY18–23, $22k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 68% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
10 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 58% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $29k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TUTHE UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND9× · 2017–2025 · $271k · revenue -13%
- BSBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA8× · 2017–2025 · $94k · revenue -16%
- IGIndividual grant recipient3× · 2020–2022 · $25k
Funded once
- CWCENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY(CWU) FOUNDATIONone grant, 2021 · $52k
- WCWORLD CONCERNone grant, 2018 · $30k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2018 · $30k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Restoring hope, building futures, and strengthening our communities through programs with youth, young adults and families. we support the behavioral health of at-risk and in-crisis youth across the greater south king county area. we take…
Seattle humane promotes the human-animal bond by saving and serving pets in need, regardless of age, ability, circumstance or geography.
We take a joyful, community-oriented approach to raising engaged citizens, deep learners, and brave adventurers with the skills, creativity, and heart needed to better the world.
The association of washington cities builds connections between our state's diverse cities and towns, while providing our members with the support needed to thrive through delivery of data-driven education, nationally recognized pooling…
United way of snohomish county improves lives for families in snohomish county by bringing people, resources, and strategy together.
We are a community of cpas and financial professionals cultivating authentic relationships, unique learning experiences, and purposeful advocacy for our future.
The ywca is dedicated to eliminating racism and empowering women.
The mission of the boy scouts of america is to prepare young people to make ethical choices over their lifetimes by instilling in them the values of the scout oath and law.
Sccs builds the city of god by forming servant leaders who love goodness, truth, and beauty.
KCSARC is the largest and most comprehensive non-profit provider of sexual assault services in King County and Washington State. Our vision is a community free of sexual violence. Our mission is to: give voice to victims, their families,…
Life science washington is a non-profit trade and professional association dedicated to promoting innovation and responsible growth in the life sciences and biomedical industries in the state of washington. promotion and education are…
Humanities washington (hw) opens minds and bridges divides by creating spaces to explore different perspectives. we envision a state where all people seek a deeper understanding of others, themselves, and the human experience, in order to…
How this is measured
23 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 23 of the 64 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds THE UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND ↗
- Who funds BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA ↗
- Who funds CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTERS OF WASHINGTON ↗
- Who funds LIFE ENRICHMENT OPTIONS ↗
- Who funds Sharias Closet ↗
- Who funds CHILDREN'S HUNGER FUND ↗
- Who funds HIDDEN GENIUS PROJECT ↗
- Who funds SEATTLE NATIVITY SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds WORLD VISION INC ↗
- Who funds Northwest Family Life Learning And Counseling Center ↗
- Who funds SEATTLE ROTARY SERVICE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds RUN TO WIN OUTREACH ↗
- Who funds FARESTART ↗
- Who funds Holly House for Kids ↗
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 · United Way of King County · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Fred and Margaret Grimm Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Fred and Margaret Grimm Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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