Washington · Private foundation
Growing Tree 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.
- $2.0M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 93%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $252,138
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $600,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 15
- FY2023 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $14M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 93% of the organizations Growing Tree Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 97% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 5 | $1.3M | 40% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $671k | 93% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $507k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 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, FY2023 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interlochen Center for the Arts | $683,415 | 2 | 1% |
| Cincinnati Nature Center | $526,800 | 2 | 1% |
| Viva Farms | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cope Environmental Center | $120,000 | 2 | 15% |
| YWCA of Greater Cincinnati | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc | $40,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Southern Poverty Law Center Inc | $40,000 | 1 | 0% |
| United Way of Skagit County | $30,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Padilla Bay Foundation | $24,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 15 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interlochen Center for the Arts | $683,415 | 2 | 1% |
| Cincinnati Nature Center | $526,800 | 2 | 1% |
| Viva Farms | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cope Environmental Center | $120,000 | 2 | 15% |
| YWCA of Greater Cincinnati | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc | $40,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Southern Poverty Law Center Inc | $40,000 | 1 | 0% |
| United Way of Skagit County | $30,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Padilla Bay Foundation | $24,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Audubon Society | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Skagitonians to Preserve Farmland | $6,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Earthwatch Institute Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Orca Conservancy | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($710k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Growing Tree Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: Growing Tree Foundation Inc · The Skagit Community Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Growing Tree Foundation
- How much does Growing Tree Foundation give?
- Growing Tree Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $1,997,838 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 15 organizations a year over FY2023 to FY2024.
- What does Growing Tree Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (42%), Philanthropy (22%), Environment (22%).
- Who are Growing Tree Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2023 to FY2025: Interlochen Center for the Arts ($683k), Cincinnati Nature Center ($527k), Viva Farms ($200k).
- Does Growing Tree Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 93% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Growing Tree 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 Growing Tree Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Growing Tree Foundation Inc, The Skagit Community Foundation, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
- Where is Growing Tree Foundation based?
- Growing Tree Foundation is based in WA.
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