Washington · Private foundation
Robert E and Adele M Boydston 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.
- $243k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 23
- Grants FY2025
- 21
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $31,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 21 to 24
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Robert E and Adele M Boydston Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 22 | $228k | 5% |
| FY2024 | 21 | $215k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 21 | $215k | 5% |
| FY2022 | 23 | $230k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 24 | $235k | 8% |
| FY2020 | 23 | $188k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois Institute of Technology | $181,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The University of Puget Sound | $72,500 | 6 | 0% |
| The Tech Interactive | $62,000 | 6 | 0% |
| San Jose Museum of Art Association | $62,000 | 6 | 0% |
| San Jose Stage Company | $60,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Center for Whale Research | $60,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Hands on Children's Museum | $57,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Humane Society Silicon Valley | $36,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $35,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Kqed Inc | $35,000 | 6 | 0% |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois Institute of Technology | $181,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The University of Puget Sound | $72,500 | 6 | 0% |
| The Tech Interactive | $62,000 | 6 | 0% |
| San Jose Museum of Art Association | $62,000 | 6 | 0% |
| San Jose Stage Company | $60,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Center for Whale Research | $60,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Hands on Children's Museum | $57,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Humane Society Silicon Valley | $36,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $35,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Kqed Inc | $35,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Sidewalk | $27,500 | 3 | 3% |
| Silicon Valley Education Foundation | $14,000 | 2 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $12,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Salvation Army | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($584k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Robert E and Adele M Boydston 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.
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How this is measured
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About Robert E and Adele M Boydston Foundation
- How much does Robert E and Adele M Boydston Foundation give?
- Robert E and Adele M Boydston Foundation reported 23 grants totaling $242,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 21 and 24 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Robert E and Adele M Boydston Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (40%), Arts & Culture (26%), Health (11%).
- Who are Robert E and Adele M Boydston Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Illinois Institute of Technology ($181k), The University of Puget Sound ($73k), The Tech Interactive ($62k).
- Does Robert E and Adele M Boydston Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Robert E and Adele M Boydston 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 Robert E and Adele M Boydston Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is Robert E and Adele M Boydston Foundation based?
- Robert E and Adele M Boydston Foundation is based in WA.
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