Washington · Private foundation
Pete and Wilma Olsen 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.
- $140k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2025
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 8%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $40,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 13
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 8% of the organizations Pete and Wilma Olsen Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 | 11 | $140k | 9% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $145k | 8% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $125k | 55% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $130k | 23% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $100k | 90% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $85k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ronald McDonald House Charities of Western Washington & Alaska | $65,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $50,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Youth Eastside Services | $50,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Camp Korey | $45,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Coast Guard Foundation Inc | $40,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Jubilee REACH | $35,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Young Life | $35,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Friends of Fisher House Puget Sound | $30,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Seattle Children's Foundation | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ronald McDonald House Charities of Western Washington & Alaska | $65,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $50,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Youth Eastside Services | $50,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Camp Korey | $45,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Coast Guard Foundation Inc | $40,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Jubilee REACH | $35,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Young Life | $35,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Friends of Fisher House Puget Sound | $30,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Seattle Children's Foundation | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Shriners Hospitals for Children | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of Alaska & Washington | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Senior Services for South Sound | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Spirit of Propeller | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($285k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Pete and Wilma Olsen Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Puget Sound Energy Foundation · United Way of King County · Seattle Foundation · Glassybaby White Light Fund · Credit Unions in the State of Washington · M J Murdock Charitable Trust · The Albertsons Companies Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America
How this is measured
About Pete and Wilma Olsen Foundation
- How much does Pete and Wilma Olsen Foundation give?
- Pete and Wilma Olsen Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $140,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 13 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Pete and Wilma Olsen Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (46%), Human Services (32%), Youth Development (8%).
- Who are Pete and Wilma Olsen Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Ronald McDonald House Charities of Western Washington & Alaska ($65k), Wounded Warrior Project Inc ($50k), Youth Eastside Services ($50k).
- Does Pete and Wilma Olsen Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 8% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Pete and Wilma Olsen 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 Pete and Wilma Olsen Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Puget Sound Energy Foundation, United Way of King County, Seattle Foundation.
- Where is Pete and Wilma Olsen Foundation based?
- Pete and Wilma Olsen Foundation is based in WA.
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