Washington · Private foundation
Friday 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.
- $3.5M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2021
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,500,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $2,500,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 7
- FY2020 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $32M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 67% of the organizations Friday Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 2 | $3.5M | 100% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $35M | 67% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $274M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle Art Museum | $304,336,500 | 2 | 99% |
| Seattle Symphony Foundation | $1,500,000 | 1 | 50% |
| Seattle Opera | $1,000,000 | 1 | 5% |
| The Henry Gallery Association Inc | $1,000,000 | 1 | 24% |
| Artsfund | $270,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Seattle Chamber Music Society Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Seattle Repertory Theatre | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($4.6M), not named here.
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: Grousemont Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · Seattle Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Friday Foundation
- How much does Friday Foundation give?
- Friday Foundation reported 2 grants totaling $3,500,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 7 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2021.
- What does Friday Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (100%).
- Who are Friday Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Seattle Art Museum ($304M), Seattle Symphony Foundation ($1.5M), Seattle Opera ($1.0M).
- Does Friday Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Friday Foundation 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 Friday Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Grousemont Foundation, The Norcliffe Foundation, Seattle Foundation.
- Where is Friday Foundation based?
- Friday Foundation is based in WA.
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