Washington · Private foundation
JKU 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.
- $18k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2025
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 6%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 17 to 18
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $327k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 6% of the organizations JKU Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k 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 | 10 | $18k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 17 | $17k | 6% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $17k | 12% |
| FY2022 | 18 | $18k | 11% |
| FY2021 | 17 | $16k | 47% |
| FY2020 | 18 | $16k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle Public Library Foundation | $7,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Carter Center Inc | $7,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Hopelink | $7,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Northwest Harvest Emm | $6,600 | 6 | 0% |
| SPCA of Texas | $6,500 | 6 | 0% |
| The Humane Society for Seattleking County | $6,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Seattle Public Library | $6,400 | 6 | n/a |
| American Association for Cancer Research Inc | $6,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Treehouse | $5,000 | 5 | 0% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $4,200 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle Public Library Foundation | $7,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Carter Center Inc | $7,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Hopelink | $7,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Northwest Harvest Emm | $6,600 | 6 | 0% |
| SPCA of Texas | $6,500 | 6 | 0% |
| The Humane Society for Seattleking County | $6,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Seattle Public Library | $6,400 | 6 | n/a |
| American Association for Cancer Research Inc | $6,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Treehouse | $5,000 | 5 | 0% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $4,200 | 4 | 0% |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Swim Across America Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Food Lifeline | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lifelong Health for All | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Woodland Park Zoological Society | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Prison Pet Partnership Program | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Pasado's Safe Haven | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($23k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget JKU 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
About JKU Foundation
- How much does JKU Foundation give?
- JKU Foundation reported 10 grants totaling $18,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 18 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does JKU Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (30%), Health (20%), Human Services (12%).
- Who are JKU Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Seattle Public Library Foundation ($7k), The Carter Center Inc ($7k), Hopelink ($7k).
- Does JKU Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 6% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does JKU 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 JKU Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is JKU Foundation based?
- JKU Foundation is based in WA.
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