· Private foundation
Moss Adams 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k46 grants · $131k
- $10k–50k15 grants · $309k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $200k
- $250k+1 grant · $391k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION | $390,783 |
| WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY | $150,050 |
| OCEAN BLUE PROJECT | $50,000 |
| WILD FARM ALLIANCE | $35,000 |
| AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS | $35,000 |
| CALIFORNIA POLYTECH STATE UNIVERSITY | $33,334 |
| CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY NORTHRIDGE | $28,000 |
| THE PHD PROJECT ASSOCIATION | $25,000 |
| JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF WASHINGTON | $25,000 |
| CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY FRESNO | $20,000 |
| OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY | $20,000 |
| PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY | $20,000 |
| EVERYBODY SOLAR | $15,000 |
| SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY | $12,725 |
| CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY23–25, $73k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 86% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +27% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.
83 repeat relationships: 23 still active in FY2025, 60 since wound down; 38 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $204k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
CORPORATION OF GONZAGA UNIVERSITY9× · 2017–2025 · $152k · revenue +42%
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOUNDATION4× · 2017–2021 · $119k · revenue +182%- POPRESIDENT-BOARD OF TRUSTEES SANTA CLARA COLLEGE9× · 2017–2025 · $100k · revenue +39%
Funded once
- CSCALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY CHICOone grant, 2024 · $50k
- XSXERCES SOCIETY INCone grant, 2024 · $50k · revenue 0%
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2021 · $35k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…
The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.
A diverse and sustainable learning community dedicated to discovery and excellence in teaching, scholarship and practice, pacific university inspires students to think, care, create and pursue justice in our world.
The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…
The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…
Ashland university, guided by our christian heritage, is a comprehensive, private university that provides a transformative learning experience, shaping graduates who work, serve and lead with integrity in their local, national, and global…
Claremont Graduate University prepares individuals to be leaders for positive change in the world. Unique in its transdisciplinary approach, the University is dedicated to the creation, dissemination, and application of new knowledge and…
Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…
Capital university transforms lives by empowering an inclusive community of learners through engaging academic, co-curricular, and professional experiences.
Trinity university is an independent co-educational university whose mission is excellence in the interrelated areas of teaching, research and services.
Inspired by lutheran scholarly tradition and the liberal arts, augustana provides an education of enduring worth that challenges the intellect, fosters integrity and integrates faith with learning and service in a diverse world.
See schedule o for complete mission statement.la salle is a lasallian catholic university committed to the principle that all knowledge is practical and empowering, filled with the capacity to transform lives. anchored in the living…
How this is measured
97 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 97 of the 314 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds California State University Fresno Alumni Association Incorporated ↗
- Who funds CORPORATION OF GONZAGA UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds THE PHD PROJECT ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds PRESIDENT-BOARD OF TRUSTEES SANTA CLARA COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds WHITWORTH UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds FOUNDATION FOR WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY AND ALUMNI ↗
- Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
- Who funds Oregon State University Foundation ↗
- Who funds JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF WASHINGTON ↗
- Who funds XERCES SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds Wild Farm Alliance ↗
- Who funds CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY SAN MARCOS CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA FOUNDATION ↗
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: Credit Unions in the State of Washington · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Ibm International Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Ernst & Young Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · The Northrop Grumman Foundation · Pemco Foundation Inc · United Way Worldwide · Deloitte Foundation · Kpmg US Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Moss Adams Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Moss Adams Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Xerces Society Inc: 22% of income from government
- McKenzie River Trust: 8% of income from government
- Linfield University: 4% of income from government
- George Fox University: 2% of income from government
- Coalition for the Homeless of Central Florida Inc: 2% of income from government
- University of Portland: 1% of income from government
- Southern Oregon University Foundation: 0% of income from government
- Oregon State University Foundation: 0% of income from government
- Portland State University Foundation: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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