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Paul M Anderson Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$374k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
22
Grants FY2025
24
Organizations funded FY2024
13%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$17,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$50,000
Organizations funded a year
24 to 34
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
2
Total assets, FY2025
$4.2M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 13% of the organizations Paul M Anderson Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $24k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesRecreation & SportsAnimalsEnvironmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving21$367k0%
FY202424$310k13%
FY202329$284k3%
FY202231$320k10%
FY202129$289k3%
FY202030$255k3%
FY201934$250k9%
FY201831$250kn/a
97% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Education$475kHealth$369kHousing & Shelter$319kEnvironment$274kArts & Culture$185kFood & Nutrition$177kRecreation & Sports$138kHuman Services$131kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Northwest Harvest Emm$176,50080%
Bellevue Schools Foundation$157,00082%
Heritage University$149,25080%
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center$145,00080%
Acres of Diamonds$105,00081%
University of Washington Foundation$102,00080%
Conservation Nw$99,00071%
Washington's National Park Fund$94,00081%
Boy Scouts of America$91,00080%
Maris Place$88,000610%
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All grantees of Paul M Anderson Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Northwest Harvest Emm$176,50080%
Bellevue Schools Foundation$157,00082%
Heritage University$149,25080%
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center$145,00080%
Acres of Diamonds$105,00081%
University of Washington Foundation$102,00080%
Conservation Nw$99,00071%
Washington's National Park Fund$94,00081%
Boy Scouts of America$91,00080%
Maris Place$88,000610%
Center for Whale Research$88,00082%
Rocky Mountain Institute$86,00080%
Low Income Housing Institute$86,00060%
Recovery Beyond Paradigm$66,00084%
Supporters of Newport Orchestra$60,0006n/a
San Juan Community Home Trust$56,00081%
Mountain Rescue Council$52,00067%
Page Ahead Childrens Literacy Prgm$51,00061%
Building Changes$46,00060%
Bellevue Botanical Garden Society$40,00081%
Hopelink$40,00020%
Youth Eastside Services$32,00060%
Outdoors for all Foundation$30,00040%
Housing Hope$26,00050%
Domestic Abuse Women's Network$25,00050%
Duke's Damsel on a Train Foundation$20,00014%
Pushing Boundaries$18,00061%
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation$16,75030%
Atwork$14,00040%
Cascade Bicycle Club$14,00020%
Board of Trustees of Whitman College$12,00020%
Eastside Academy$10,00030%
Earthcorps$10,00020%
Bellevue Art Museum$6,00020%
The Salish Sea School$4,00020%
The Puppy Rescue Mission Inc$1,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($208k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Paul M Anderson Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNorthwest Harvest Emm: $176,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetBellevue Schools Foundation: $157,000 over 8y, 1.7% of budgetHeritage University: $149,250 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetFred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center: $145,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAcres of Diamonds: $105,000 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetUniversity of Washington Foundation: $102,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetConservation Nw: $99,000 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetWashington's National Park Fund: $94,000 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetBoy Scouts of America: $91,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetMaris Place: $88,000 over 6y, 10% of budgetCenter for Whale Research: $88,000 over 8y, 1.6% of budgetRocky Mountain Institute: $86,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetLow Income Housing Institute: $86,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetRecovery Beyond Paradigm: $66,000 over 8y, 3.5% of budgetSan Juan Community Home Trust: $56,000 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetMountain Rescue Council: $52,000 over 6y, 6.6% of budgetPage Ahead Childrens Literacy Prgm: $51,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetBuilding Changes: $46,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetBellevue Botanical Garden Society: $40,000 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetHopelink: $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetYouth Eastside Services: $32,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetOutdoors for all Foundation: $30,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetHousing Hope: $26,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetDomestic Abuse Women's Network: $25,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetDuke's Damsel on a Train Foundation: $20,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetPushing Boundaries: $18,000 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetCystic Fibrosis Foundation: $16,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAtwork: $14,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCascade Bicycle Club: $14,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBoard of Trustees of Whitman College: $12,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEastside Academy: $10,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetEarthcorps: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBellevue Art Museum: $6,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Salish Sea School: $4,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetThe Puppy Rescue Mission Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 35.

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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.

Puget Sound Energy Fo…The Norcliffe Foundat…Seattle FoundationUnited Way of King Co…Lucky Seven FoundationMoccasin Lake Foundat…School's Out Washingt…Mightycause Charitabl…Anderson FoundationAven FoundationElizabeth a Lynn Foun…Medina Foundation
Puget Sound Energy FoundationDE38.9× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Puget Sound Energy Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · Seattle Foundation · United Way of King County · Lucky Seven Foundation · Moccasin Lake Foundation · School's Out Washington · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Anderson Foundation · Aven Foundation · Elizabeth a Lynn Foundation · Medina Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Paul M Anderson Foundation

How much does Paul M Anderson Foundation give?
Paul M Anderson Foundation reported 22 grants totaling $374,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 24 and 34 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Paul M Anderson Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (20%), Health (16%), Housing & Shelter (14%).
Who are Paul M Anderson Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Northwest Harvest Emm ($177k), Bellevue Schools Foundation ($157k), Heritage University ($149k).
Does Paul M Anderson Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Paul M Anderson Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Paul M Anderson Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Puget Sound Energy Foundation, The Norcliffe Foundation, Seattle Foundation.
Where is Paul M Anderson Foundation based?
Paul M Anderson Foundation is based in WA.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 44 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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