· Private foundation
Paul L King 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ENDANGERED WILDLIFE TRUST USA | $125,000 |
| CATAPULT OPERA | $100,000 |
| OPERA PHILADELPHIA | $100,000 |
| CHAMBER MUSIC NORTHWEST | $50,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 18% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-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 +17% since the first grant, against +5% for those funded once.
4 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 3 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, 13% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $325k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- NFNorthern Forest Center Inc5× · 2020–2024 · $906k · revenue +300%
INTERNATIONAL CRANE FOUNDATION INC3× · 2020–2022 · $500k · revenue +14%- CMCHAMBER MUSIC NORTHWEST5× · 2021–2025 · $250k · revenue +17%
Funded once
- SFSANTA FE CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL LTDone grant, 2024 · $100k · revenue +5%
- ABAmerican Bird Conservancygraduatedone grant, 2020 · $78k · revenue +84%
- KEKairos Earthone grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue -95% · 32% of their budget
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.
To further the operatic art form by presenting ensemble performances of the highest quality in a varied repertoire of new as well as rarely performed and standard works, to ensure excellence of opera's future through its apprentice…
To thrill, inspire and educate through the shared experience of opera. seattle opera is vital to the dynamic cultural and civic life of our region and to the evolution of opera across the world.
To serve the public by producing world-class opera that preserves, promotes and advances the art form while embodying the diversity, spirit and artistic sensibility unique to los angeles. we envision an engaged and enlightened community in…
The san francisco bach choir brings people together to experience choral musics transformative power to touch, engage and inspire.
Chamber orchestra of new york (cony) is a premier ensemble that features a seasoned roster of our city's most flourishing musicians. the orchestra is internationally distinguished for championing unique repertoire that bridges the…
New york city opera was famously dubbed "the people's opera" by mayor fiorello laguardia at its founding in 1943. more than 80 years later, city opera continues its historic mission to inspire audiences with innovative and theatrically…
Camerata Pacifica's mission is to affect positively how people experience live performances of classical music. The Organization will engage our audience intellectually and emotionally by presenting the finest performance of familiar and…
Park City Opera is a non-profit organization dedicated to bringing approachable and inventive opera and vocal arts to Park City and the surrounding communities. Now in our third season, we are reimagining opera outside of the traditional…
The baltimore symphony orchestra's (bso) mission is to promote, organize, manage and maintain a symphony orchestra for the city of baltimore and the state of maryland and to hold, sponsor, and present musical concerts by the baltimore…
Pbo creates transformative experiences for musicians and listeners who share in the exploration and celebration of historically inspired music. the professional orchestra presents world-class performances on period instruments for up to…
To present world class chamber music ensembles and soloists, promising emerging artists, and innovative programs; and to foster an appreciation for chamber music in the pittsburgh community by offering educational programs and experiences.
How this is measured
10 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. 10 of the 12 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
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 Northern Forest Center Inc ↗
- Who funds INTERNATIONAL CRANE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds CHAMBER MUSIC NORTHWEST ↗
- Who funds FOUNDATION FOR INDEPENDENT ARTISTS INC ↗
- Who funds MYRIAD USA INC ↗
- Who funds SANTA FE CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL LTD ↗
- Who funds Catapult Opera Inc ↗
- Who funds OPERA PHILADELPHIA ↗
- Who funds American Bird Conservancy ↗
- Who funds Kairos Earth ↗
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: Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Paul L King Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Paul L King Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Chamber Music Northwest: 2% of income from government
How this is measured
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