New York · Private foundation
Purple Crayon Foundation
Its FY2021 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $783k
- Granted FY2021
- 20
- Grants FY2021
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 93%
- First-time grantees FY2021
- Median grant, FY2021
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 14
- FY2019 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 7
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 93% of the organizations Purple Crayon Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 97% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 3% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $733k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 14 | $753k | 93% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $21k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $40k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2021.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2021, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Washington Foundation | $450,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Minority Veterans of America | $55,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Washington State University Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Technology Access Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Peacetrees Vietnam | $32,602 | 2 | 1% |
| Global Partnerships | $25,000 | 2 | 0% |
| National Oldtime Fiddlers Inc | $15,750 | 1 | 11% |
| Pink Berets | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Trust for Public Land | $14,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Uplift International Inc | $13,000 | 2 | n/a |
Show all 15 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Washington Foundation | $450,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Minority Veterans of America | $55,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Washington State University Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Technology Access Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Peacetrees Vietnam | $32,602 | 2 | 1% |
| Global Partnerships | $25,000 | 2 | 0% |
| National Oldtime Fiddlers Inc | $15,750 | 1 | 11% |
| Pink Berets | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Trust for Public Land | $14,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Uplift International Inc | $13,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Ibma Foundation Inc | $10,750 | 1 | 3% |
| Caura Futures Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Washington Wild | $5,750 | 1 | 1% |
| Northwest Folklife | $3,998 | 1 | 0% |
| American Banjo Museum Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($61k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Purple Crayon 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 · Impactassetsinc · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Purple Crayon Foundation
- How much does Purple Crayon Foundation give?
- Purple Crayon Foundation reported 20 grants totaling $782,998 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 14 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2021.
- What does Purple Crayon Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2021, its largest causes are Education (71%), International (8%), Public Benefit (8%).
- Who are Purple Crayon Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2021: University of Washington Foundation ($450k), Minority Veterans of America ($55k), Washington State University Foundation ($50k).
- Does Purple Crayon Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 93% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Purple Crayon 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 Purple Crayon Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Seattle Foundation, Impactassetsinc, Network for Good.
- Where is Purple Crayon Foundation based?
- Purple Crayon Foundation is based in NY.
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