Washington · Private foundation
Puyallup Kiwanis Foundation
THE FOUNDATION PROVIDES SUPPORT TO VARIOUS ACTIVITIES AND ORGANIZATIONS TO BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY OF PUYALLUP AND THE SURROUNDING AREA. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS REVIEWS THE CHARITABLE PURPOSE AND ELIGIBILITY OF OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO RECEIVE FUNDS TO FURTHER THE ORGANIZATIONS' CHARITABLE OBJECTIVES. Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds…
- $85k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 19
- Grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 78%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $26,325
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 9
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 78% of the organizations Puyallup Kiwanis Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 66% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 34% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $46k 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 | 15 | $85k | 73% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $69k | 78% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $105k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $6k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $13k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $16k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $6k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Puyallup | $21,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Step by Step Family Support Center | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Northwest Sinfonietta Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Puyallup Food Bank | $1,300 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 26 recipients with no EIN on record ($269k), not named here.
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: Greater Tacoma Community Foundation
How this is measured
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About Puyallup Kiwanis Foundation
- How much does Puyallup Kiwanis Foundation give?
- Puyallup Kiwanis Foundation reported 19 grants totaling $84,866 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 9 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Puyallup Kiwanis Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (42%), Human Services (14%), Public Benefit (7%).
- Who are Puyallup Kiwanis Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: City of Puyallup ($21k), Step by Step Family Support Center ($6k), Northwest Sinfonietta Inc ($3k).
- Does Puyallup Kiwanis Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 78% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Puyallup Kiwanis 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 Puyallup Kiwanis Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Tacoma Community Foundation.
- Where is Puyallup Kiwanis Foundation based?
- Puyallup Kiwanis Foundation is based in WA.
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