Washington · Private foundation
Henry M Jackson Foundation
The henry m. Jackson foundation was founded in 1983 to continue the unfinished work of the late senator henry m. "scoop" jackson in the areas in which he played a key leadership role: international affairs education, human rights, environment and natural resources management, and public service. Through its grantmaking and strategic…
- $569k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 25
- Grants FY2025
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 47%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 23
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $17M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 47% of the organizations Henry M Jackson Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 58% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 42% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $159k 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 | 19 | $539k | 68% |
| FY2024 | 17 | $275k | 47% |
| FY2023 | 21 | $246k | 52% |
| FY2022 | 23 | $313k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $10k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freedom House | $254,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Council on Strategic Risks | $200,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Human Rights First | $160,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Environmental and Energy Study Institute | $30,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Climate Solutions | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Millennial Action Project Dba Future Caucus | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| University of Washington | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Housing Development Consortium of Seattle - King County | $20,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Glacier Peak Institute | $19,000 | 4 | 1% |
| North Cascades Institute | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 37 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($475k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Henry M Jackson 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: Seattle Foundation · Henry M Jackson Endowment · Gates Foundation · Credit Unions in the State of Washington · School's Out Washington · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · The Satterberg Foundation Inc · The Norcliffe Foundation · The Hugh and Jane Ferguson Foundation · Community Foundation of Snohomish County · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Grousemont Foundation
How this is measured
About Henry M Jackson Foundation
- How much does Henry M Jackson Foundation give?
- Henry M Jackson Foundation reported 25 grants totaling $568,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 23 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Henry M Jackson Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Civil Rights (27%), Public Benefit (23%), International (19%).
- Who are Henry M Jackson Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Freedom House ($254k), The Council on Strategic Risks ($200k), Human Rights First ($160k).
- Does Henry M Jackson Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 47% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Henry M Jackson Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Henry M Jackson Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Seattle Foundation, Henry M Jackson Endowment, Gates Foundation.
- Where is Henry M Jackson Foundation based?
- Henry M Jackson Foundation is based in WA.
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