Washington · Private foundation
Mize Family Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $250k
- Granted FY2023
- 14
- Grants FY2023
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 57%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of Mize Family Foundation’s FY2026 grant dollars went to Jefferson Community Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2026 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year Mize Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 7 organizations, $250k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2023
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 14
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 8
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 57% of the organizations Mize Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 58% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 42% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $145k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 14 | $250k | 57% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $265k | 29% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $280k | 43% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $265k | 25% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $235k | 45% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $195k | 11% |
| FY2017 | 13 | $275k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thousand Currents | $200,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism | $195,260 | 8 | 1% |
| Honor the Earth | $160,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide | $140,150 | 6 | 2% |
| Global Press Institute | $140,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Front Line USA Foundation | $130,000 | 6 | 5% |
| The Chisholm Legacy Project Inc | $60,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Na'ah Illahee Fund | $50,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Global Fund for Women Inc | $50,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Latino Community Fund of Washington State | $45,000 | 2 | 1% |
Show all 26 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($690k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Mize Family 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: Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · Seattle Foundation · Tides Foundation · The Schmidt Family Foundation · Impactassetsinc · United Philanthropy Forum · Laird Norton Family Foundation · Rsf Social Finance Inc · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · The Ford Foundation · The Doll Family Foundation · The Bullitt Foundation
How this is measured
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About Mize Family Foundation
- How much does Mize Family Foundation give?
- Mize Family Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $250,000 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 14 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Mize Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (27%), International (24%), Civil Rights (12%).
- Who are Mize Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Thousand Currents ($200k), Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism ($195k), Honor the Earth ($160k).
- Does Mize Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 57% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Mize Family 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 Mize Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc, Seattle Foundation, Tides Foundation.
- Where is Mize Family Foundation based?
- Mize Family Foundation is based in WA.
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