Washington · Private foundation
Orcas Bay 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.
- $20k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 11%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $800
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 21
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $545k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 11% of the organizations Orcas Bay Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 34% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 14 | $19k | 21% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $15k | 11% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $23k | 38% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $28k | 8% |
| FY2021 | 18 | $33k | 11% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $33k | 7% |
| FY2019 | 21 | $35k | 10% |
| FY2018 | 21 | $37k | 14% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Institute for Economic Research | $36,600 | 7 | 0% |
| Orcas Montessori School | $17,900 | 6 | 1% |
| Orcas Family Health Center | $14,500 | 2 | 2% |
| Judicial Watch Inc | $13,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Orcas Island Food Bank | $9,000 | 5 | 3% |
| Institute for Humane Studies | $7,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Sail Orcas - a Sailing Education Foundation | $4,200 | 8 | 1% |
| Orcas Center | $3,920 | 5 | 0% |
| Airhawks Flying Club | $3,400 | 6 | n/a |
| The San Juan Preservation Trust | $3,100 | 6 | 0% |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Institute for Economic Research | $36,600 | 7 | 0% |
| Orcas Montessori School | $17,900 | 6 | 1% |
| Orcas Family Health Center | $14,500 | 2 | 2% |
| Judicial Watch Inc | $13,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Orcas Island Food Bank | $9,000 | 5 | 3% |
| Institute for Humane Studies | $7,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Sail Orcas - a Sailing Education Foundation | $4,200 | 8 | 1% |
| Orcas Center | $3,920 | 5 | 0% |
| Airhawks Flying Club | $3,400 | 6 | n/a |
| The San Juan Preservation Trust | $3,100 | 6 | 0% |
| Orcas Animal Protection Society | $2,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Orcas Choral Society | $2,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Wildlife Health Center Foundation | $2,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Orcas Open Arts | $850 | 2 | 0% |
| Children's Discovery Foundation | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Orcas Island Historical Society | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| National Foundation for Gun Rights Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($140k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Orcas Bay 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: Orcas Island Community Foundation · Donald Family Foundation · Daniel and Margaret Carper Foundation · Sos Foundation · Seattle Foundation · The Anders Foundation · The Hoagland Family Foundation · Dutton Jones Foundation · Kemper Freeman Foundation · Glasser Family Fund · The GreerSolien Fund · Www Foundation
How this is measured
About Orcas Bay Foundation
- How much does Orcas Bay Foundation give?
- Orcas Bay Foundation reported 15 grants totaling $20,100 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 21 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Orcas Bay Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Social Science (31%), Education (17%), Youth Development (12%).
- Who are Orcas Bay Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: American Institute for Economic Research ($37k), Orcas Montessori School ($18k), Orcas Family Health Center ($15k).
- Does Orcas Bay Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Orcas Bay 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 Orcas Bay Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Orcas Island Community Foundation, Donald Family Foundation, Daniel and Margaret Carper Foundation.
- Where is Orcas Bay Foundation based?
- Orcas Bay Foundation is based in WA.
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