How much does Independent Colleges of Washington give?

Independent Colleges of Washington reported 9 itemized grants totaling $1,000,540, out of $1,220,227 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 10 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.

What does Independent Colleges of Washington fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (100%).

Who are Independent Colleges of Washington's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Seattle Pacific University ($692k), Saint Martin's University ($692k), Whitworth University ($687k).

Does Independent Colleges of Washington fund new organizations?

In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Which funders back the same organizations as Independent Colleges of Washington?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund, American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.

Where is Independent Colleges of Washington based?

Independent Colleges of Washington is based in WA.

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Independent Colleges of Washington

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$1.2M
Granted FY2025(still arriving): 9
Itemized grants FY2025: 9
Organizations funded FY2024: 0%
First-time grantees FY2024

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Itemized, FY2025: $1.0M; The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025: $116,279
Largest grant, FY2025: $129,223
Organizations funded a year: 9 to 10; FY2017 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025: 1
Total assets, FY2025: $4.4M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Independent Colleges of Washington funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

How this is measured

First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2025still arriving	9	$1.0M	0%
FY2024	9	$859k	0%
FY2023	9	$735k	0%
FY2022	10	$616k	0%
FY2021	10	$689k	0%
FY2020	10	$536k	0%
FY2019	10	$601k	0%
FY2017	10	$500k	n/a

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$5.5M

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Seattle Pacific University	$692,344	9	0%
Saint Martin's University	$691,990	9	0%
Whitworth University	$686,856	9	0%
Pacific Lutheran University	$647,266	9	0%
The University of Puget Sound	$561,586	9	0%
Corporation of Gonzaga University	$552,249	9	0%
Board of Trustees of Whitman College	$544,172	9	0%
Seattle University	$512,618	9	0%
Heritage University	$411,474	9	0%
Walla Walla University	$235,702	6	0%

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Independent Colleges of Washington supplied at peak.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 10.

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.

Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy FundNY12.3× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Independent Colleges of Washington

How much does Independent Colleges of Washington give?: Independent Colleges of Washington reported 9 itemized grants totaling $1,000,540, out of $1,220,227 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 10 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
What does Independent Colleges of Washington fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (100%).
Who are Independent Colleges of Washington's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Seattle Pacific University ($692k), Saint Martin's University ($692k), Whitworth University ($687k).
Does Independent Colleges of Washington fund new organizations?: In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Independent Colleges of Washington?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund, American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
Where is Independent Colleges of Washington based?: Independent Colleges of Washington is based in WA.