Washington · Private foundation
Madrona 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.
- $1.6M
- Granted FY2020
- 8
- Grants FY2020
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2020
Read this first · the figures below need context
93% of Madrona Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 1 organization directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2020, the last year Madrona Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 5 organizations, $2M. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2020
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2020
- $1,375,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 12
- FY2019 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2020
- 4
- Total assets, FY2020
- $12M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 38% of the organizations Madrona Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 8 | $1.6M | 38% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $430k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2023.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free Speech for People Inc | $1,470,000 | 3 | 44% |
| The Voter Participation Center | $310,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Voter Registration Project | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility | $100,000 | 1 | 16% |
| LifeWire | $22,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Just Vision Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Northwest Immigrant Rights Project | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Women for Women International | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Wa Therapy Fund Foundation | $14,000 | 1 | 6% |
| New Beginnings | $14,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free Speech for People Inc | $1,470,000 | 3 | 44% |
| The Voter Participation Center | $310,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Voter Registration Project | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility | $100,000 | 1 | 16% |
| LifeWire | $22,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Just Vision Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Northwest Immigrant Rights Project | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Women for Women International | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Wa Therapy Fund Foundation | $14,000 | 1 | 6% |
| New Beginnings | $14,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Farmore WA | $12,000 | 1 | 19% |
| Natural Resources Defense Council Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Domestic Abuse Women's Network | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Methow Conservancy | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Collaborising Inc | $6,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Black Farmers Collective | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Sophia Way | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bread for the World Institute | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Climate Science Legal Defense Fund | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($301k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Madrona Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 18 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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.
Open a dossier: Seattle Foundation · United Way of King County · Impactassetsinc · Aven Foundation · Peg and Rick Young Foundation · Moccasin Lake Foundation · Medina Foundation · Employees Community Fund of the Boeing Company · The Norcliffe Foundation · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
About Madrona Foundation
- How much does Madrona Foundation give?
- Madrona Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $1,635,000 in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 12 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2020.
- What does Madrona Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Civil Rights (54%), Public Benefit (20%), Philanthropy (11%).
- Who are Madrona Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Free Speech for People Inc ($1.5M), The Voter Participation Center ($310k), Voter Registration Project ($100k).
- Does Madrona Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Madrona 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 Madrona Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Seattle Foundation, United Way of King County, Impactassetsinc.
- Where is Madrona Foundation based?
- Madrona Foundation is based in WA.
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