Washington · Private foundation
Kiwanis Club of Tacoma 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.
- $23k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 53%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,792
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 22
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $269k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 53% of the organizations Kiwanis Club of Tacoma Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 57% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 43% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k 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 | 13 | $23k | 38% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $13k | 53% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $12k | 45% |
| FY2022 | 19 | $18k | 42% |
| FY2021 | 22 | $20k | 45% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $15k | 38% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $74k | 40% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $10k | 33% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Rescue Mission | $61,186 | 7 | 1% |
| University of Washington | $18,933 | 8 | n/a |
| Kiwanis International Foundation | $15,763 | 7 | 0% |
| Emergency Food Network of Tacoma and Pierce County | $4,968 | 8 | 0% |
| Tacoma Public Schools | $4,933 | 5 | n/a |
| Chapman University | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Lindquist Dental Clinic for Children | $1,344 | 2 | 0% |
| United Way of Pierce County | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Parkland Community Association | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Greentrike | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Rescue Mission | $61,186 | 7 | 1% |
| University of Washington | $18,933 | 8 | n/a |
| Kiwanis International Foundation | $15,763 | 7 | 0% |
| Emergency Food Network of Tacoma and Pierce County | $4,968 | 8 | 0% |
| Tacoma Public Schools | $4,933 | 5 | n/a |
| Chapman University | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Lindquist Dental Clinic for Children | $1,344 | 2 | 0% |
| United Way of Pierce County | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Parkland Community Association | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Greentrike | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Greater Tacoma Peace Prize | $594 | 1 | n/a |
| R Merle Palmer Minority Scholarship | $550 | 2 | 0% |
| Seattle Children's Foundation | $477 | 2 | 0% |
| Tacoma Tree Foundation | $350 | 1 | 0% |
| Foss Waterway Seaport | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| College Success Foundation | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 40 recipients with no EIN on record ($78k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Kiwanis Club of Tacoma 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: Forest Foundation · Woodworth Family Foundation · Gary E Milgard Family Foundation- Sunshine · The Bamford Foundation · Greater Tacoma Community Foundation · The Baker Foundation · The Dimmer Family Foundation · Sequoia Foundation · Heidner Marco J Char Trust · Kilworth Florence Char Tr Fndn · Fuchsg & M Fdn Tai · Korum for Kids Foundation
How this is measured
About Kiwanis Club of Tacoma Foundation
- How much does Kiwanis Club of Tacoma Foundation give?
- Kiwanis Club of Tacoma Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $23,118 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 22 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Kiwanis Club of Tacoma Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Housing & Shelter (38%), Youth Development (26%), Education (18%).
- Who are Kiwanis Club of Tacoma Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Rescue Mission ($61k), University of Washington ($19k), Kiwanis International Foundation ($16k).
- Does Kiwanis Club of Tacoma Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 53% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Kiwanis Club of Tacoma 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 Kiwanis Club of Tacoma Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Forest Foundation, Woodworth Family Foundation, Gary E Milgard Family Foundation- Sunshine.
- Where is Kiwanis Club of Tacoma Foundation based?
- Kiwanis Club of Tacoma Foundation is based in WA.
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