Washington · Private foundation
Ordinary People Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $225k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2024
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 12
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 33% of the organizations Ordinary People Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $19k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 13 | $205k | 31% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $141k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $112k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $133k | 10% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $145k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc | $150,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Sightline Institute | $110,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Fuse Innovation Fund | $98,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Clean Energy Transition Institute | $95,000 | 5 | 3% |
| Conservation Nw | $55,000 | 4 | 1% |
| 350 Seattle | $52,000 | 5 | 2% |
| RepresentUs Education Fund | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Sustainable Markets Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Washington Progress Fund | $11,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Fannie and John Hertz Foundation | $5,000 | 5 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc | $150,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Sightline Institute | $110,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Fuse Innovation Fund | $98,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Clean Energy Transition Institute | $95,000 | 5 | 3% |
| Conservation Nw | $55,000 | 4 | 1% |
| 350 Seattle | $52,000 | 5 | 2% |
| RepresentUs Education Fund | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Sustainable Markets Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Washington Progress Fund | $11,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Fannie and John Hertz Foundation | $5,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Urbanist Fund | $5,000 | 1 | 11% |
| Washington Conservation Action Education Fund | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Rural Peoples Platform | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Fairvote Washington Foundation | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cascade Bicycle Club | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Climate Solutions | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($105k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Ordinary People 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: Seattle Foundation · Stolte Family Foundation · The Bullitt Foundation · The GreerSolien Fund · Ridge Road Foundation · Impactassetsinc · Tides Foundation · Kaleidoscope Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Sustainable Path Foundation · David & Cathy Habib Foundation · Kaphan Foundation
How this is measured
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About Ordinary People Foundation
- How much does Ordinary People Foundation give?
- Ordinary People Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $224,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 12 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Ordinary People Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (58%), Civil Rights (21%), Public Benefit (11%).
- Who are Ordinary People Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc ($150k), Sightline Institute ($110k), Fuse Innovation Fund ($98k).
- Does Ordinary People Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Ordinary People 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 Ordinary People Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Seattle Foundation, Stolte Family Foundation, The Bullitt Foundation.
- Where is Ordinary People Foundation based?
- Ordinary People Foundation is based in WA.
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