· Private foundation
Guthrie 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, FY2019 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| UNIVERSITY OF IOWA | $7,743 |
| WHIDBEY ISLAND CENTER FOR THE ARTS | $5,000 |
| THISISHOUSTON | $4,000 |
| WOODLAND PARK PLAYERS | $3,243 |
| NMDOG | $2,750 |
| ARGOS A SHELTER DOG RESCUE INC | $2,750 |
| KINDRED SPIRITS ANIMAL SANCTUARY | $2,743 |
| PACIFIC NORTHWEST QUILT & FIBER ART | $2,500 |
| PLANNED PARENTHOOD | $1,500 |
| BAINBRIDGE ISLAND MODERN QUILT MUS | $1,500 |
| THE TREVOR PROJECT | $1,500 |
| BALLARD FOOD BANK | $1,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY19–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 39% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
12 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 2 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, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- WIWHIDBEY ISLAND CENTER FOR THE ARTS4× · 2021–2025 · $27k · revenue +50%
- SPSEATTLE PUBLIC THEATER3× · 2019–2022 · $26k · revenue +49%
- AAARGOS A SHELTER DOG RESCUE7× · 2019–2025 · $19k · revenue +148%
Funded once
- BIBAINBRIDGE ISLAND BOOK FESTIVALone grant, 2023 · $8k
- UOUNIVERSITY OF IOWA CENTER FOR ADVANCEMENTone grant, 2019 · $7k
- 22960one grant, 2023 · $3k
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.
Artist Trust supports the livelihoods of artists working in all disciplines to create a more vibrant and equitable Washington State.
A Seattle-based improv theater with the mission to foster creativity, build community, and inspire personal growth through the art of comedy.
Through collaborative artistic leadership, Washington Ensemble Theatre fearlessly creates audacious stories for adventurous Seattle audiences.
On the Boards' mission is to invest in leading contemporary performing artists near and far and connect them to a diverse range of communities interested in forward-thinking art and ideas.
The washington humane society protects animals, supports families, and advocates for positive change to create a world where all animals can thrive. we enrich the humanity of our communities by promoting compassion and encouraging people…
The vision of Spokane Humane Society is to enrich the lives of animals and their companions through Support, Education, Advocacy and Love (SEAL). As the oldest local non-profit in Spokane, we have been serving companion animals in need and…
TOJ's mission is to help maintain a vital and diverse arts culture in Seattle. We accomplish this by offering and operating an affordable, sustainable venue dedicated to performance, art and community. We amplify the voices of Seattle's…
Northwest Film Forum incites public dialogue and creative action through collective cinematic experiences. A nonprofit film and arts center located in Seattle, Northwest Film Forum presents hundreds of films, festivals, community events,…
PAWS cares for lost, abandoned and abused animals and finds them new homes with responsible owners. PAWS also provides low cost spay and neuter services, a pet food pantry, and community education. During 2024 PAWS adopted out 577 pets.…
Cultivating quality arts experiences, connecting communities, and increasing creative engagement.
Founded in 1978, World Arts West is a nationally-recognized leader in advocating for cultural arts communities. Serving the largest multicultural dance and music network in the United States, we are a wraparound cultural artist service…
How this is measured
16 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. 16 of the 25 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 WHIDBEY ISLAND CENTER FOR THE ARTS ↗
- Who funds SEATTLE PUBLIC THEATER ↗
- Who funds ARGOS A SHELTER DOG RESCUE ↗
- Who funds KINDRED SPIRITS ANIMAL SANCTUARY ↗
- Who funds NMDOG Inc ↗
- Who funds THISISHOUSTON ↗
- Who funds Woodland Park Players ↗
- Who funds TREVOR PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds BALLARD FOOD BANK ↗
- Who funds NORTHWEST HARVEST EMM ↗
- Who funds Arts Corps ↗
- Who funds Red Eagle Soaring ↗
- Who funds TREEHOUSE ↗
- Who funds RAINIER VALLEY FOOD BANK ↗
- Who funds LITTLE BIT THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER ↗
- Who funds URBAN ARTWORKS ↗
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: Artsfund · Seattle Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · 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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Guthrie Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Guthrie Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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