Washington · Private foundation
Patterson Charitable 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.
- $87k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2025
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $7,539
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $11,308
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 15
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Patterson Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | $90k | 14% |
| FY2024 | 14 | $90k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $80k | 14% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $78k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $90k | 47% |
| FY2019 | 15 | $89k | 7% |
| FY2018 | 15 | $85k | 7% |
| FY2017 | 14 | $90k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walla Walla Community Hospice | $79,737 | 8 | 0% |
| Blue Mountain Humane Society | $75,966 | 8 | 1% |
| Blue Mountain Wildlife | $53,158 | 8 | 3% |
| Christian Aid Center | $50,374 | 5 | n/a |
| Fort Walla Walla Museum Walla Walla Valley Historical Society | $34,286 | 5 | 1% |
| Walla Walla Alliance for the Homeless | $34,285 | 5 | 1% |
| We Heart Seattle | $27,714 | 5 | 1% |
| Seattles Union Gospel Mission | $26,580 | 8 | n/a |
| St Francis House | $26,578 | 8 | 1% |
| Global Partnerships | $22,315 | 8 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walla Walla Community Hospice | $79,737 | 8 | 0% |
| Blue Mountain Humane Society | $75,966 | 8 | 1% |
| Blue Mountain Wildlife | $53,158 | 8 | 3% |
| Christian Aid Center | $50,374 | 5 | n/a |
| Fort Walla Walla Museum Walla Walla Valley Historical Society | $34,286 | 5 | 1% |
| Walla Walla Alliance for the Homeless | $34,285 | 5 | 1% |
| We Heart Seattle | $27,714 | 5 | 1% |
| Seattles Union Gospel Mission | $26,580 | 8 | n/a |
| St Francis House | $26,578 | 8 | 1% |
| Global Partnerships | $22,315 | 8 | 0% |
| Walla Walla Sheriff's Foundation | $17,142 | 5 | 21% |
| United Way of the Blue Mountains | $13,142 | 2 | 1% |
| Northwest Harvest Emm | $12,888 | 4 | 0% |
| University of Washington Foundation | $12,527 | 3 | 0% |
| Friends of Miller Bay | $10,571 | 3 | n/a |
| Walla Walla Summer Theater Group | $3,769 | 1 | 2% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($188k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Patterson Charitable 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: Blue Mountain Community Foundation · Sherwood Trust · Clara and Art Bald Trust · George T Welch Testamentary Trust · Bonnie & Clifford Braden Foundation · The Sunny Day Charitable Foundation · Estate of Joseph L Stubblefield · Yancey P Winans Testamentary Trust · Seattle Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
About Patterson Charitable Foundation
- How much does Patterson Charitable Foundation give?
- Patterson Charitable Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $86,878 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 15 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Patterson Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (20%), Animals (19%), Health (15%).
- Who are Patterson Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Walla Walla Community Hospice ($80k), Blue Mountain Humane Society ($76k), Blue Mountain Wildlife ($53k).
- Does Patterson Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Patterson Charitable 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 Patterson Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Blue Mountain Community Foundation, Sherwood Trust, Clara and Art Bald Trust.
- Where is Patterson Charitable Foundation based?
- Patterson Charitable Foundation is based in WA.
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