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Mms Giving Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$532k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
51
Grants FY2025
42
Organizations funded FY2024
36%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$20,000
Organizations funded a year
23 to 42
FY2020 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
2
Total assets, FY2025
$7.8M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 36% of the organizations Mms Giving Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 23% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $106k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationHealthEmploymentRecreation & SportsCommunity 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
FY2025still arriving51$532k29%
FY202442$459k36%
FY202323$257k17%
FY202238$223k42%
FY202038$201kn/a
92% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Environment$548kHealth$272kFood & Nutrition$245kArts & Culture$212kRecreation & Sports$64kEmployment$56kYouth Development$47kHuman Services$45kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Seattle Aquarium Society$484,00051%
West Seattle Food Bank$56,50050%
White Center Emergency Food Association White Center Food Bank$55,50050%
Moisture Festival$54,00055%
Consejo Counseling & Referral Service$45,00040%
Gay City Health Project$40,00040%
Seattle Roots Community Health$40,00040%
Farestart$35,00020%
Earthcorps$31,20050%
Outdoors for all Foundation$30,00020%
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All grantees of Mms Giving Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Seattle Aquarium Society$484,00051%
West Seattle Food Bank$56,50050%
White Center Emergency Food Association White Center Food Bank$55,50050%
Moisture Festival$54,00055%
Consejo Counseling & Referral Service$45,00040%
Gay City Health Project$40,00040%
Seattle Roots Community Health$40,00040%
Farestart$35,00020%
Earthcorps$31,20050%
Outdoors for all Foundation$30,00020%
Ballard Food Bank$30,00020%
The Residency$25,00021%
Mode Music and Performing Arts$24,50043%
Mary's Place Seattle$23,50050%
Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestras$22,50021%
Evergreen Goodwill of Northwest Washington$21,00040%
Sound$20,50020%
Associated Recreation Council$20,00040%
The Jefferson County Food Bank Association$20,0001n/a
Northwest Folklife$20,00021%
Vashon Maury Community Food Bank$20,00020%
Washington State Hospice & Palliative Care Organization$18,00042%
Garfield Jazz Foundation$17,00026%
Seattle JazzED$17,00021%
Cocoon House$16,00040%
Washington School-Based Health Alliance$15,0001n/a
Familyworks$15,00020%
Children and Youth Justice Center$15,00030%
Bainbridge Island Parks & Trails Foundation$14,00021%
Coastal Interpretive Center$13,00022%
Boys and Girls Clubs of King County$12,50030%
Swedish Medical Center Foundation$12,0001n/a
Whale Trail$11,500315%
Sound Generations$11,50040%
Environmental Science Center$10,00011%
Elderwise$10,00013%
Bainbridge Youth Services$10,0001n/a
Foundation for Western Washington University and Alumni$10,00020%
The Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust$10,00010%
Youth Experiential Training Institute$10,00011%
Flying House Productions$10,00011%
Kuow Puget Sound Public Radio$8,50050%
Highline College Foundation$8,00040%
Highland Food Bank$8,00022%
Bellevue College Foundation$7,00040%
Southwest Youth And Family Services$6,00020%
Room Circus Medical Clowing$6,000213%
Seattle Public Library Foundation$5,50020%
Brightspark Early Learning Services$5,00010%
The If Project$5,00011%
South End Stories$5,0001n/a
Coyote Central$5,00010%
Issaquah Cultural Circle$5,0001n/a
The Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Seattle (6871)$5,00010%
Vashon Events$3,50022%
Cascade Public Media$3,00020%
Helper Project$2,80022%
PAWS of Grays Harbor$2,50011%
SR3 Sealife Response Rehabilitation and Research$2,50010%
Treehouse$2,00010%
Path$2,00020%
Friends of Kexp$1,50010%
West Seattle Tool Library$1,50021%
Key to Change$1,00010%
Camp Korey$1,00010%
Childstrive$1,00010%
Girls Who Code Inc$30010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($191k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Mms Giving Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Seattle Aquarium Society: $484,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetWest Seattle Food Bank: $56,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetWhite Center Emergency Food Association White Center Food Bank: $55,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetMoisture Festival: $54,000 over 5y, 5.4% of budgetConsejo Counseling & Referral Service: $45,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetGay City Health Project: $40,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetSeattle Roots Community Health: $40,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFarestart: $35,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetEarthcorps: $31,200 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetOutdoors for all Foundation: $30,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetBallard Food Bank: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Residency: $25,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetMode Music and Performing Arts: $24,500 over 4y, 3.4% of budgetMary's Place Seattle: $23,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSeattle Youth Symphony Orchestras: $22,500 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetEvergreen Goodwill of Northwest Washington: $21,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSound: $20,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAssociated Recreation Council: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNorthwest Folklife: $20,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetVashon Maury Community Food Bank: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetWashington State Hospice & Palliative Care Organization: $18,000 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetGarfield Jazz Foundation: $17,000 over 2y, 5.7% of budgetSeattle JazzED: $17,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetCocoon House: $16,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFamilyworks: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetChildren and Youth Justice Center: $15,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetBainbridge Island Parks & Trails Foundation: $14,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCoastal Interpretive Center: $13,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetBoys and Girls Clubs of King County: $12,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWhale Trail: $11,500 over 3y, 15% of budgetSound Generations: $11,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetEnvironmental Science Center: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetElderwise: $10,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetFoundation for Western Washington University and Alumni: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetYouth Experiential Training Institute: $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetFlying House Productions: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetKuow Puget Sound Public Radio: $8,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHighline College Foundation: $8,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHighland Food Bank: $8,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetBellevue College Foundation: $7,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSouthwest Youth And Family Services: $6,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRoom Circus Medical Clowing: $6,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetSeattle Public Library Foundation: $5,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBrightspark Early Learning Services: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe If Project: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCoyote Central: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetThe Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Seattle (6871): $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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 61.

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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 FoundationThe Norcliffe Foundat…Puget Sound Energy Fo…United Way of King Co…ArtsfundLucky Seven FoundationSchool's Out Washingt…Real Progress Foundat…Grousemont FoundationGarneau Nicon Family …Mightycause Charitabl…Credit Unions in the …
Seattle FoundationWA62.4× affinity38 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Seattle Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · United Way of King County · Artsfund · Lucky Seven Foundation · School's Out Washington · Real Progress Foundation · Grousemont Foundation · Garneau Nicon Family Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Credit Unions in the State of Washington

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 Mms Giving Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Mms Giving 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 Mms Giving Foundation

How much does Mms Giving Foundation give?
Mms Giving Foundation reported 51 grants totaling $531,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 23 and 42 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
What does Mms Giving Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (28%), Health (14%), Food & Nutrition (13%).
Who are Mms Giving Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: The Seattle Aquarium Society ($484k), West Seattle Food Bank ($57k), White Center Emergency Food Association White Center Food Bank ($56k).
Does Mms Giving Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 36% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Mms Giving Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Mms Giving Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Seattle Foundation, The Norcliffe Foundation, Puget Sound Energy Foundation.
Where is Mms Giving Foundation based?
Mms Giving 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 88 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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