Washington · Private foundation
James & Grace Cain 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.
- $59k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $28,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 10
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 38% of the organizations James & Grace Cain Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 23% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k 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 | 8 | $59k | 38% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $65k | 38% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $65k | 29% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $61k | 38% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $65k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $65k | 29% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $63k | 90% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $63k | 100% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| St David's School | $138,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Folds of Honor Foundation | $61,054 | 7 | 0% |
| Children's Health Defense | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Nrcc Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Performing Arts Center Eastside | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Holy Names Academy | $15,000 | 2 | n/a |
| 7th Street Theatre Association | $15,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Arizona Theatre Company | $12,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Clickit4life Inc | $11,500 | 3 | n/a |
Show all 24 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| St David's School | $138,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Folds of Honor Foundation | $61,054 | 7 | 0% |
| Children's Health Defense | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Nrcc Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Performing Arts Center Eastside | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Holy Names Academy | $15,000 | 2 | n/a |
| 7th Street Theatre Association | $15,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Arizona Theatre Company | $12,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Clickit4life Inc | $11,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Hope for Prisoners Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| 1 Veteran Foundation | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Growing Veterans | $7,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Tucson Committe on Foreign Relations Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Mission Working Dogs | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Helping Horse Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Woodson Center | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Fisher House Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Raleigh Little Theatre Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Victory Academy Inc | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing Inc | $3,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Seattle Children's Hospital | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Overlake Service League | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Organization of Parents and Teachers of Evergreen | $500 | 1 | 1% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($154k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget James & Grace Cain Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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.
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How this is measured
About James & Grace Cain Foundation
- How much does James & Grace Cain Foundation give?
- James & Grace Cain Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $59,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 10 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does James & Grace Cain Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (44%), Arts & Culture (24%), Health (8%).
- Who are James & Grace Cain Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: St David's School ($138k), Folds of Honor Foundation ($61k), Children's Health Defense ($25k).
- Does James & Grace Cain Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does James & Grace Cain 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 James & Grace Cain Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Pfizer Foundation Inc, American Endowment Foundation, The Blackbaud Giving Fund.
- Where is James & Grace Cain Foundation based?
- James & Grace Cain Foundation is based in WA.
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