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Medina 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.

$8.9M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
238
Grants FY2025
184
Organizations funded FY2024
16%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$25,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$2,700,000
Organizations funded a year
184 to 194
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
6
Total assets, FY2025
$117M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 16% of the organizations Medina Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 16% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $753k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationHealthCommunity ImprovementYouth DevelopmentArts & CultureOther
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
FY2025still arriving200$6.0M10%
FY2024184$4.7M16%
FY2023184$4.4M17%
FY2022194$4.4M13%
FY2021184$3.6M10%
FY2020192$4.3M17%
FY2019189$4.0M31%
FY2018189$3.7M51%
99% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$8.3MHousing & Shelter$6.1MYouth Development$5.4MEducation$3.0MHealth$2.0MFood & Nutrition$1.9MCommunity Improvement$1.4MPhilanthropy$969kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Friends of the Children$500,90032%
Friends of the Children - Seattle$349,80066%
Food Lifeline$326,00060%
Farestart$320,00070%
Grays Harbor Youth Works$302,500867%
Kindering Center$300,91070%
Boyer Children's Clinic$295,00071%
New Horizons Ministries$292,50072%
Vine Maple Place$270,50081%
Bike Works Seattle$260,00083%
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All grantees of Medina Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Friends of the Children$500,90032%
Friends of the Children - Seattle$349,80066%
Food Lifeline$326,00060%
Farestart$320,00070%
Grays Harbor Youth Works$302,500867%
Kindering Center$300,91070%
Boyer Children's Clinic$295,00071%
New Horizons Ministries$292,50072%
Vine Maple Place$270,50081%
Bike Works Seattle$260,00083%
The Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Seattle (6871)$260,00070%
Amara$256,55071%
Solid Ground Washington$255,00050%
Vision House$255,00061%
Neighborhood House INC$255,00060%
Tacomapierce County Habitat for Humanit$250,00011%
Housing Hope$250,00051%
Hopelink$250,00050%
The Rescue Mission$249,00081%
LifeWire$240,00061%
Chief Seattle Club$235,50051%
Northwest Harvest Emm$233,10060%
Cocoon House$231,50051%
Northwest Education Access$230,00081%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Thurston County$229,00081%
Hopeworks Social Enterprises$228,90061%
Seashare$223,79571%
Team Read$223,79286%
Downtown Emergency Service Center$210,14680%
Ventures$210,00052%
Plymouth Housing Group and Subsidiaries$210,00040%
Child Advocacy Center of Snohomish County$208,22083%
Speak With Purpose$206,011418%
Multi-Service Center$205,00060%
Olive Crest$205,00060%
El Centro de la Raza$205,00060%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Puget Sound$196,00061%
Associated Ministries of Tacoma-Pierce County$195,00052%
Friends of Youth$195,00050%
Rainier Prep$193,73571%
The Mockingbird Society$192,00082%
HopeSparks$190,00051%
Pike Place Market Foundation$190,00052%
New Beginnings$190,00061%
Community Action of Skagit County$185,00050%
King County Sexual Assault Resource Center$185,00061%
Harvest Against Hunger$184,73061%
Jubilee Women's Center$184,62473%
Treehouse$181,10850%
Bellevue Boys & Girls Clubs Inc$181,00061%
College Success Foundation$180,10060%
Compass Housing Alliance$180,05040%
Youthcare$180,00050%
Rural Development Initiatives Inc$180,00072%
Mercy Housing Northwest$180,00051%
Domestic Abuse Women's Network$180,00052%
Southwest Youth And Family Services$178,85071%
Rainier Scholars$177,00061%
Volunteers of America Western Washington$175,00050%
Exodus Housing$175,00074%
City Year Inc$175,00070%
Child Care Action Council of Thurston County$170,00061%
Center for Inclusive Entrepreneurship$170,00046%
Juma Ventures Inc$166,10071%
Boys & Girls Club of Skagit County$165,00061%
Wonderland Child & Family Services$165,00071%
Maris Place$164,950615%
Byrd Barr Place$163,75061%
Kitchen Garden Project Inc Garden-Raised Bounty$163,00073%
Foundation for Tacoma Students$160,10371%
Emergency Food Network of Tacoma and Pierce County$160,00050%
Lydia Place$160,00071%
The Boys & Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula$158,00071%
Eastside Academy$155,00052%
Wellspring Family Services$155,00030%
Refugee Womens Alliance$155,00041%
Youth Eastside Services$150,00061%
Multicare Foundations$150,0002n/a
Technology Access Foundation$150,00061%
Recovery Cafe$149,70053%
Zeno$149,00063%
Casa Latina$148,75061%
Childhaven$145,00050%
Alternatives to Hunger Bellingham Food Bank$145,00050%
Encompass Northwest$145,00051%
Jumping Mouse Childrens Center$145,00065%
Congregations for the Homeless$140,05261%
Lopez Island Family Resource Center$140,00074%
Coastal Harvest$140,00051%
Northwest Youth Services$140,00042%
The Greater Seattle Bureau of Fearless Ideas$137,60075%
Boys and Girls Clubs of King County$137,50050%
Dove House Advocacy Services$135,30063%
Opportunity Council$135,00040%
Sawhorse Revolution$135,00073%
Children's Therapy Center$135,00040%
Youth in Focus$135,00066%
Together$135,00061%
Rochester Organization of Families$134,74364%
Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault Services of Whatcom County$130,00042%
Low Income Housing Institute$130,00040%
Roots Young Adult Shelter$128,80043%
Nw Furniture Bank$128,50061%
The Coffee Oasis$128,00041%
Hand in Hand$125,00054%
Childstrive$125,00050%
Atlantic Street Center$125,00041%
Anacortes Family Center$125,00052%
501 Commons$125,00041%
Domestic Violence Services of Snohomish$125,00051%
Safeplace$124,80051%
Mother Mentors of Whidbey Island$124,725815%
Summer Search$122,50050%
Philanthropy Northwest$121,35090%
Jewish Family Service$120,00040%
Holly Ridge Center$120,00040%
Family Education & Support Services$119,75062%
Westside Baby$118,28081%
South Sound Outreach Services$117,15052%
Beyond Survival$115,80087%
Parent Trust for Washington Children$115,00053%
Communities in School of Whatcom Skagit$115,00074%
Boys and Girls Clubs of Snohomish County$115,00050%
Vashon Youth and Family Services$114,50052%
The Sophia Way$113,65061%
Turning Pointe Survivor Advocacy Center$113,42962%
Family Promise of Skagit Valley$112,00075%
Friends of the Children Tacoma$111,10056%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Whatcom County$111,00051%
Girl Scouts of Western Washington$110,00060%
Bayside Housing & Services$110,00032%
Powerful Voices$109,80073%
Safefutures Youth Center$108,48074%
Communities in Schools of Peninsula$107,80073%
Young Men's Christian Association of Pierce and Kitsap Counties$107,00060%
Interim Community Development Association$105,00041%
Communities in Schools of Puyallup$105,00055%
Kandelia$105,00053%
Degrees of Change$105,00053%
Arts Corps$104,80071%
North Kitsap Fishline$104,48551%
Nonprofit Association of Washington$102,51383%
Ada Developers Academy$100,00041%
School's Out Washington$100,00050%
Mary Bridge Children's Foundation$100,00010%
First Step Family Support Center$100,00032%
Skagit Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Services$100,00062%
Cis of Greater King County Dba Communities in Schools$100,00051%
Kitsap Community Resources$100,00040%
Panza$98,75054%
Project Feast$97,00076%
Denise Louie Education center$95,00050%
New Phoebe House$95,00053%
Answer for Youth$93,00066%
The Whatcom Literacy Council$92,06367%
Bridge Receiving Center$92,00053%
Abused Deaf Women's Advocacy Services$90,00032%
Seattle Arts and Lectures$90,00061%
Wa Assoc for Children and Families Institute for Practice Improvement$90,000342%
Open Arms Perinatal Services$90,00051%
DJH Kids and Community Center$89,05044%
Skookum Kids$88,00042%
The Dove Project$85,53058%
The Skagit Valley Family YMCA$85,00040%
Hilltop Artists in Residence$85,00062%
Asia Pacific Cultural Center$85,00032%
Helping Hand House$85,00043%
Literacy Source a Community Learning Center$85,00042%
Teen Feed$85,00034%
Way Back Inn Foundation$83,000514%
Social Venture Partners$83,00091%
Shared Housing Services$80,00046%
Crisis Connections$80,00030%
Assistance League of Everett$80,00043%
Eatonville Area Council DBA Eatonville Family Agency$77,00062%
Path With Art$76,15041%
Young Womens Christian Association of Seattle-King County-Snohomish County$75,00030%
Re Sources$75,00041%
Metropolitan Development Council$75,00020%
Peace Community Center$75,00042%
Tacoma Community House$75,00030%
Whatcom Family Young Men's Christian Association$75,00050%
Community Network Council$75,00045%
Multicultural Child and Family Hope Center$75,00020%
Community Youth Services$75,00030%
The Garage A Teen Cafe$75,00046%
Greater Lakes Mental Healthcare$75,00030%
Foundation for Private Enterprise$71,50064%
Catherine Place$70,00057%
Consejo Counseling & Referral Service$70,00030%
YWCA Pierce County$70,00021%
Stanwood-Camano Food Bank Services$70,00041%
Communities in Schools of Washington State$68,00015%
Operation Nightwatch Inc$67,50041%
Tacoma Urban League$67,00051%
Real Change Homeless Empowerment Project$65,41052%
America Scores Seattle$65,000510%
Enterprise for Equity$65,00026%
Step by Step Family Support Center$65,00020%
Sidewalk$65,00038%
Financial Beginnings Washington$61,00044%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Island County$60,000611%
Family Law Casa of King County$60,00052%
Children's Discovery Foundation$60,00042%
Sound Learning$60,00054%
Partner in Employment$60,00043%
World Relief Corp of National Association of Evangelicals$60,00020%
Healthy Families of Clallam County$60,0002n/a
Readiness To Learn$58,50054%
Puyallup Valley St Francis House$57,00041%
Greentrike$55,10030%
Communities in Schools of Tacoma$55,00023%
Alimentando Al Pueblo$55,00022%
STEM Paths Innovation Network$55,00022%
Community Action Council of Lewis Mason & Thurston Counties$55,00020%
Assistance League of Seattle$55,00052%
R Merle Palmer Minority Scholarship$55,00042%
Chehalis Tribal Loan Fund$55,00026%
Serenity House of Clallam County$54,94830%
Northwest Immigrant Rights Project$51,74560%
Africatown Community Land Trust$50,20252%
Confederated Lower Chinook Tribes & Bands$50,03549%
Interfaith Works$50,00031%
Ryther$50,00020%
Young Men's Christian Association of Grays Harbor$50,00031%
Together Center$50,00011%
Urban Artworks$50,00023%
Kidvantage$50,00040%
Coastal Alliance for Youth$50,000214%
Rebound of Whatcom County$50,000310%
Interfaith Coalition of Whatcom County$50,00033%
Communities in Schools of Lakewood Inc$49,20022%
Dress for Success Seattle$49,00033%
Kent Youth and Family Services$45,00020%
BELONG Partners$45,00022%
Benji Project$45,000210%
Black Healing Fund$45,000312%
Coyote Central$45,00032%
United Way of Pierce County$45,00020%
Community for Youth$45,00024%
Steps$45,00031%
Career Path Services Employment and Training$40,00020%
Children and Youth Justice Center$40,00040%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwest Washington$40,00022%
East African Community Services$40,00031%
Asian Counseling and Referral Service$40,00020%
White Center Emergency Food Association White Center Food Bank$40,00011%
Tacoma Housing Development Group$40,000218%
Peninsula Poverty Response Ppr$40,0002n/a
Transformations by Olympic Angels$39,13024%
Everett Recovery Cafe$37,50033%
Center for Human Services$35,00011%
Next Chapter Foundation$35,00024%
Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence$35,00011%
Imagine Housing$35,00010%
Operation Sack Lunch$35,00011%
Renton Area Youth & Family Services$32,50012%
Potlatch Fund$31,60032%
Familyworks$30,21841%
Ballard Food Bank$30,15230%
Choose 180$30,00021%
Children of the Valley$30,00013%
Organization for Prostitution Survivors$30,00022%
Teach for America Inc$30,00020%
Crossroads Housing$30,00022%
Coastal Community Action Program$30,00010%
Assistance League of Bellingham$30,00032%
Big-Brained Superheroes Club$29,500312%
Bay Center Food Bank$27,6041n/a
Family Promise of Grays Harbor Inc$27,000311%
African Community Housing & Development$25,65020%
United Way of King County$25,30020%
University of Washington Foundation$25,20020%
Weld Seattle$25,0001n/a
The Residency$25,0001n/a
International Rescue Committee INC$25,00010%
The Interfaith Association of Northwest$25,00011%
Third Stone$25,00010%
Young Womens Christian Association$25,00013%
Young Women Empowered$25,00011%
Thrive Washington$25,00010%
Ryan's House$25,00013%
Catholic Community Services of Western Washington$25,00010%
Coalition Ending Gender-Based Violence$25,0001n/a
Olympic Peninsula Young Mens Christian Assn$25,00011%
Youthnet$25,00021%
Foundation for Academic Endeavors$25,0001n/a
United States Fund for Unicef$25,00010%
Moore Wright Group$25,0001n/a
YWCA of Olympia$24,50026%
Kitsap Immigrant Assistance Center$22,13722%
National Center for Family Philanthropy Inc$22,10080%
United Indians of All Tribes Foundation$20,05021%
Junior Achievement of Washington$20,00011%
Mother Africa$20,0001n/a
Financial Beginnings$20,00011%
Partners in Prevention Education$20,00012%
Families of Color Seattle$20,00012%
College Access Now$20,00011%
Api Chaya$20,00011%
Valley Cities Counseling and Consultation$20,00010%
Little Bit Therapeutic Riding Center$20,00011%
A Step Ahead in Pierce County$20,00010%
Seattle Jobs Initiative$20,00010%
Panorama Global$20,00020%
Workforce Development Council Snohomish County$20,0001n/a
Nonprofit Leaders Conference for Coastal & Sw Washington$17,9006n/a
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations$15,93030%
Rvc Seattle$15,26031%
White Center Community Development Association$15,00021%
Connections a Center for Healthy Families$15,00011%
The Evergreen State College Foundation$15,00011%
Iraqi Community Center of Washington$15,0002n/a
Remote Energy$15,00012%
Street Youth Minitries$15,0001n/a
Plymouth Healing Communities$15,00012%
North Olympic Regional Veterans Housing Network$15,00014%
Hospitality House$15,00015%
Refugee Artisan Initative$15,00011%
Community Resources Foundation$15,00012%
Scarlet Road$15,0002n/a
Youth for Christtacoma Area Inc$12,00020%
Grays Harbor County Casa$11,00016%
Asset Funders Network$10,20030%
Educurious Partners$10,00010%
Kitsap Rescue Mission$10,00011%
Advocates for the West Inc$10,00011%
Everstrong Prevention$10,00011%
Somali Youth & Family Club$10,00011%
Taalim Community Center$10,00019%
United Way of Thurston County$10,00011%
Idaho Conservation League Inc$10,00010%
Earthheart Foundation$10,000110%
Ted Brown Music Outreach$7,50017%
Opportunity Center of Orting Dba - the Haven Teen Center$7,500112%
Real Escape From the Sex Trade$7,50010%
Charles Wright Academy$5,00010%
Alliance for a Better Community$5,0001n/a
Willapa Counseling Center$5,00010%
Boiler Room$3,60013%
Duwamish Tribal Services Dba Duwamish Tribal Services Inc$2,58540%
United Way of Clallam County$2,50010%
Tacoma Ujajewish Community Fund$2,50012%
Ploughshares Fund Inc$1,5002n/a
Northwest Abortion Access Fund$1,29410%
Book-It Repertory Theatre$1,29150%
Bellarmine Preparatory School$1,0001n/a
Medical Debt Resolution Inc$76230%
Economic Opportunity Institute$70630%
Kuow Puget Sound Public Radio$69150%
Hedgebrook$60020%
University of Washington$5501n/a
The Park School of Buffalo$50010%
The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust USA Inc$50010%
Garfield High School Ptsa Pie$5001n/a
Hispanic Federation Inc$33610%
Middle East Children's Alliance$30010%
Sacramento Bicycle Kitchen$30010%
Vashon Allied Arts$30010%
Friends of the Sacramento Public Library$25910%
Pomona College$25010%
National Network of Abortion Funds Inc$25010%
Washington Trails Association$25030%
Sanctuary Art Center$23040%
Freedom Education Project Puget Sound$22920%
Artwerks$20020%
Renewal Food Bank$20020%
Scholar Fund$20010%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of America$17510%
Refugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services$15010%
Donorschooseorg$12510%
Strawberry Theatre Workshop$10510%
Birds Connect Seattle$10410%
Together Rising$10310%
Institute for Asian Pacific American Leadership and Advancement$10310%
Perinatal Support Washington$10310%
Central Washington Justice For Our Neighbors$10310%
Seattle Recreative$10220%
Pacific Public Media$10010%
Bellevue Art Museum$10010%
Episcopal Relief and Development$10010%
Oxfam-America Inc$10010%
Climate Solutions$10010%
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention$10010%
Progressive Animal Welfare Society aka PAWS$10010%
Humanities Washington$10010%
Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project Inc$10010%
Global Partnerships$10010%
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Inc$10010%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$10010%
The Food Depot$10010%
Whitman Middle School Ptsa$10020%
Seattle Public Library Foundation$9510%
Rainier Valley Food Bank$7510%
The Seattle Aquarium Society$7510%
The Alliance for Climate Protection$6010%
University District Service League$5210%
Legal Voice$5210%
Amazon Conservation Association$5110%
Spokane Public Radio$5010%
Kids Without Borders$5010%
Earthjustice$5010%
Globalgiving Foundation Inc$5010%
Blood Cancer United Inc$5010%
Dialysis & Kidney Transplant Fund$5010%
Seward Park Clay Studio$5010%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$5010%
Children's Alliance$5010%
Southern Arizona Network for Down Syndrome$5010%
Music Workshop$5010%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$3510%
Alliance for Education$3510%
The Washington Bus Education Fund$3110%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 97 recipients with no EIN on record ($5.2M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Medina Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFriends of the Children: $500,900 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetFriends of the Children - Seattle: $349,800 over 6y, 6.0% of budgetFood Lifeline: $326,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetFarestart: $320,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetGrays Harbor Youth Works: $302,500 over 8y, 67% of budgetKindering Center: $300,910 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetBoyer Children's Clinic: $295,000 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetNew Horizons Ministries: $292,500 over 7y, 2.1% of budgetVine Maple Place: $270,500 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetBike Works Seattle: $260,000 over 8y, 2.9% of budgetThe Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Seattle (6871): $260,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetAmara: $256,550 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetSolid Ground Washington: $255,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetVision House: $255,000 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetNeighborhood House INC: $255,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetTacomapierce County Habitat for Humanit: $250,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetHousing Hope: $250,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetHopelink: $250,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetThe Rescue Mission: $249,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetLifeWire: $240,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetChief Seattle Club: $235,500 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetNorthwest Harvest Emm: $233,100 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCocoon House: $231,500 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetNorthwest Education Access: $230,000 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Thurston County: $229,000 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetHopeworks Social Enterprises: $228,900 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetSeashare: $223,795 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetTeam Read: $223,792 over 8y, 5.7% of budgetDowntown Emergency Service Center: $210,146 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetVentures: $210,000 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetPlymouth Housing Group and Subsidiaries: $210,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetChild Advocacy Center of Snohomish County: $208,220 over 8y, 3.3% of budgetSpeak With Purpose: $206,011 over 4y, 18% of budgetMulti-Service Center: $205,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetOlive Crest: $205,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetEl Centro de la Raza: $205,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of Puget Sound: $196,000 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetAssociated Ministries of Tacoma-Pierce County: $195,000 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetFriends of Youth: $195,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetRainier Prep: $193,735 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetThe Mockingbird Society: $192,000 over 8y, 1.8% of budgetHopeSparks: $190,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetPike Place Market Foundation: $190,000 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetNew Beginnings: $190,000 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetCommunity Action of Skagit County: $185,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetKing County Sexual Assault Resource Center: $185,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetHarvest Against Hunger: $184,730 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetJubilee Women's Center: $184,624 over 7y, 3.0% 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 200.

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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.

The Norcliffe FoundationWA235.6× affinity180 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Norcliffe Foundation · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · NW Childrens Foundation · School's Out Washington · Seattle Foundation · Lucky Seven Foundation · United Way of King County · Employees Community Fund of Boeing-Puget Sound · The Satterberg Foundation Inc · Moccasin Lake Foundation · Credit Unions in the State of Washington · Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc

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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About Medina Foundation

How much does Medina Foundation give?
Medina Foundation reported 238 grants totaling $8,897,126 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 184 and 194 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Medina Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (25%), Housing & Shelter (18%), Youth Development (16%).
Who are Medina Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Friends of the Children ($501k), Friends of the Children - Seattle ($350k), Food Lifeline ($326k).
Does Medina Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 16% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Medina 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 Medina Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Norcliffe Foundation, Puget Sound Energy Foundation, NW Childrens Foundation.
Where is Medina Foundation based?
Medina 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 529 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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