Washington · Public charity
Russell Wilson Foundation
The RUSSELL WILSON FOUNDATION dba why not you foundation was established to empower youth to lead with a why not you attitude by investing in youth education and health programs in communities with the greatest need.
- $608k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 8
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 91%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $591k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $75,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $211,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 11
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $99k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 91% of the organizations Russell Wilson Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 50% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 50% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.0M 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 8 | $591k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $2.0M | 91% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $1.1M | 33% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $335k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $257k | 67% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $607k | 75% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $757k | 60% |
| FY2017 | 6 | $585k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cascade Public Schools Why Not You Academy | $1,915,794 | 4 | 28% |
| Seattle Children's Foundation | $1,246,122 | 3 | 1% |
| Friends of the Children - Seattle | $1,022,151 | 4 | 14% |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Western Pennsylvania | $211,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro Denver Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Community Partnership for Child Development | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kids in Need of Dentistry | $100,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of America | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Educating Children of Color Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 21% |
| Reach Out and Read Colorado | $100,000 | 1 | 6% |
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Where it is load-bearing
Russell Wilson Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 29 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 · Colorado Gives Foundation · Hill Foundation Wells Fargo Bank Na · Moccasin Lake Foundation · United Way of King County · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · El Pomar Foundation · Delta Dental Plan of Colorado Foundation Inc · Colorado Springs Health Foundation · The Joseph Henry Edmondson Foundation · The Anschutz Foundation · Pikes Peak Community Foundation
How this is measured
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About Russell Wilson Foundation
- How much does Russell Wilson Foundation give?
- Russell Wilson Foundation reported 8 itemized grants totaling $591,000, out of $608,217 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 11 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Russell Wilson Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (43%), Education (37%), Youth Development (16%).
- Who are Russell Wilson Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Cascade Public Schools Why Not You Academy ($1.9M), Seattle Children's Foundation ($1.2M), Friends of the Children - Seattle ($1.0M).
- Does Russell Wilson Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 91% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Russell Wilson Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Seattle Foundation, Colorado Gives Foundation, Hill Foundation Wells Fargo Bank Na.
- Where is Russell Wilson Foundation based?
- Russell Wilson Foundation is based in WA.
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