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Kaleidoscope Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$159k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
1
Grants FY2024
33
Organizations funded FY2023
27%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$159,041
Largest grant, FY2024
$159,041
Organizations funded a year
33 to 79
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
1
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 27% of the organizations Kaleidoscope Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’23
EnvironmentArts & CultureEducationAnimalsCivil RightsCommunity ImprovementOther
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 yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving1$159k100%
FY202333$115k27%
FY202272$434k31%
FY202156$358k41%
FY202076$415k49%
FY201779$307kn/a
97% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Environment$1.2MEducation$149kAnimals$138kArts & Culture$77kCommunity Improvement$61kRecreation & Sports$34kScience & Tech$28kCivil Rights$15kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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NY
MA
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NJ
CA
CO
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TN
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DC
GA
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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 119 grantees
All grantees of Kaleidoscope Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Ecotrust$159,04112%
Land Trust Alliance Inc$120,00040%
Columbia Land Trust$100,00030%
Forterra Nw$69,53751%
Stand$66,00021%
National Audubon Society Inc$65,52230%
University of Colorado Foundation$60,00020%
Foundation for Sustainability and Peacemaking in MesoAmerica$56,000342%
University of Alaska Foundation$52,63210%
Ducks Unlimited Inc$50,00010%
Northwest Natural Resource Group$41,52233%
Museum of Glass$40,50040%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$40,00020%
Communities for a Healthy Bay$35,10053%
The Seattle Aquarium Society$35,00020%
Washington State Parks Foundation$32,57443%
Washington Association of Land Trusts$29,22345%
Climate Solutions$29,05040%
Conservation Nw$29,01231%
Futurewise$27,67042%
Pacific Science Center Foundation$27,50040%
National Fisheries Conservation Center$27,500233%
Lighthawk$25,00031%
University of Washington Foundation$25,00010%
Earthcorps$20,84340%
Woodland Park Zoological Society$20,00020%
Fuse Innovation Fund$19,00031%
Sightline Institute$18,00030%
Washington Conservation Action Education Fund$15,72050%
Nisqually Land Trust$15,00010%
Wild Salmon Center$13,00020%
Prince William Sound Science & Technology Institute$13,00050%
Restore America's Estuaries$10,00011%
Jefferson Land Trust$10,00010%
Hoh River Trust$10,000170%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$9,70050%
Infact DBA Corporate Accountability$7,53030%
Puget Sound Restoration Fund$7,50030%
Long Live the Kings$6,50020%
Downtown Emergency Service Center$6,01540%
Trustees for Alaska$5,04040%
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$5,00010%
American Civil Liberties Union of Washington$5,00010%
Re Sources$5,00010%
Inland Northwest Land Trust$4,50020%
Food Lifeline$4,50040%
Northwest Harvest Emm$4,50040%
Environmental Protection Network$4,00030%
Foundation for Western Washington University and Alumni$4,00020%
Wellspring Family Services$4,00030%
Hilltop Artists in Residence$3,60030%
Symphony Tacoma$3,50020%
Wild Fish Conservancy$3,12330%
Farestart$3,09030%
Civic Influencers Inc$3,09020%
Seattle Opera$3,04320%
Washington Progress Alliance$3,00010%
Grist Magazine Inc$3,00010%
Northwest Watershed Institute$3,00011%
Artsfund$2,77340%
World Wildlife Fund Inc$2,54540%
Seattle Repertory Theatre$2,51130%
Sound Action$2,48251%
Island Press$2,12820%
Toxic-Free Future F/K/A Washington Toxics Coalition$2,04940%
The Schott Foundation for Public Education$2,00010%
Nmdp Foundation$2,00010%
Ohio Campus Compact$2,00010%
Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide$2,00030%
350 Seattle$1,72530%
Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility$1,10640%
Islandwood$1,04310%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$1,04010%
Peconic Land Trust Inc$1,03010%
Environmental Science Center$1,03010%
Capitol Land Trust$1,03010%
Nashville International Center for Empowerment$1,03010%
Kaniksu Land Trust Inc$1,00010%
Seattle Art Museum$1,00010%
Sierra Club Foundation$1,00020%
Kachemak Heritage Land Trust Inc$1,00010%
Carolina Horse Park Foundation$1,00010%
Okanogan Land Trust$1,00010%
Meaningful Movies Project$1,0002n/a
Zeno$1,00010%
Tacoma Art Museum$1,0001n/a
Hispanic Federation Inc$90010%
Western States Center$9001n/a
League of Women Voters Education Fund$80010%
Center for Popular Democracy Inc$75010%
The Mountaineers$60920%
USA for Unfpa Inc$52710%
National Young Farmers Coalition Inc$52510%
The Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust$52210%
Stewardship Partners$52210%
Washington Wildlife & Recreation Coalition$5221n/a
Arboretum Foundation$52210%
Seattle Jazz Orchestra Dba Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra$51120%
Methow Conservancy$50010%
Legacy Land Conservancy$50010%
Front and Centered$50010%
Hudson Land Trust Inc$50012%
Puget Sound Advocates for Retirement Action$41520%
High Country News$35020%
Friends of Saltwater State Park$3142n/a
Braided River$26110%
Northwest Maritime Center$25910%
Young Women Empowered$2501n/a
Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International Inc$25010%
Artist Trust$25010%
Seattle Shakespeare Festival$25010%
Agitarte Inc$2111n/a
Positive Futures Network Dba Yes Media$20010%
Town Hall Association$16620%
Westerlies Music Inc$10010%
Path$10010%
Plains Art Museum$10010%
501 Commons$5010%
Charity Navigator$5010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 52 recipients with no EIN on record ($216k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Kaleidoscope Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 112 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetEcotrust: $159,041 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetLand Trust Alliance Inc: $120,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetColumbia Land Trust: $100,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetForterra Nw: $69,537 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetStand: $66,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetNational Audubon Society Inc: $65,522 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Colorado Foundation: $60,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFoundation for Sustainability and Peacemaking in MesoAmerica: $56,000 over 3y, 42% of budgetUniversity of Alaska Foundation: $52,632 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDucks Unlimited Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNorthwest Natural Resource Group: $41,522 over 3y, 2.8% of budgetMuseum of Glass: $40,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetNatural Resources Defense Council Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCommunities for a Healthy Bay: $35,100 over 5y, 2.6% of budgetThe Seattle Aquarium Society: $35,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWashington State Parks Foundation: $32,574 over 4y, 3.0% of budgetWashington Association of Land Trusts: $29,223 over 4y, 4.8% of budgetClimate Solutions: $29,050 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetConservation Nw: $29,012 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetFuturewise: $27,670 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetPacific Science Center Foundation: $27,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNational Fisheries Conservation Center: $27,500 over 2y, 33% of budgetLighthawk: $25,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetUniversity of Washington Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEarthcorps: $20,843 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetWoodland Park Zoological Society: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFuse Innovation Fund: $19,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetSightline Institute: $18,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetWashington Conservation Action Education Fund: $15,720 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetNisqually Land Trust: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWild Salmon Center: $13,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetPrince William Sound Science & Technology Institute: $13,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetRestore America's Estuaries: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetJefferson Land Trust: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHoh River Trust: $10,000 over 1y, 70% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $9,700 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetInfact DBA Corporate Accountability: $7,530 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPuget Sound Restoration Fund: $7,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetLong Live the Kings: $6,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDowntown Emergency Service Center: $6,015 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTrustees for Alaska: $5,040 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Civil Liberties Union of Washington: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetRe Sources: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetInland Northwest Land Trust: $4,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFood Lifeline: $4,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNorthwest Harvest Emm: $4,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetEnvironmental Protection Network: $4,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budget

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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 112.

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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.

Seattle FoundationWA75.8× affinity55 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Seattle Foundation · The Bullitt Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · The Russell Family Foundation · The Hugh and Jane Ferguson Foundation · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · The Satterberg Foundation Inc · Grousemont Foundation · The Rose Foundation for Communities the Environment · M J Murdock Charitable Trust · Patagoniaorg · Treeline 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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How do I get to Kaleidoscope Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Kaleidoscope Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About Kaleidoscope Foundation

How much does Kaleidoscope Foundation give?
Kaleidoscope Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $159,041 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 33 and 79 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Kaleidoscope Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (68%), Education (8%), Animals (8%).
Who are Kaleidoscope Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Ecotrust ($159k), Land Trust Alliance Inc ($120k), Columbia Land Trust ($100k).
Does Kaleidoscope Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 27% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Kaleidoscope 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 Kaleidoscope Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Seattle Foundation, The Bullitt Foundation, The Norcliffe Foundation.
Where is Kaleidoscope Foundation based?
Kaleidoscope Foundation is based in WA.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 173 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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