Washington · Public charity
Seattle Parks Foundation
We partner with community to champion thriving and equitable parks and public spaces.
- $308k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $221k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $27,876
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $172,900
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 5
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $15M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations Seattle Parks Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $637k 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 | 3 | $221k | 67% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $637k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $8k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $40k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Possibility Labs | $410,098 | 1 | 1% |
| King County Play Equity Coalition | $382,900 | 2 | 56% |
| Tilth Alliance | $27,876 | 1 | n/a |
| Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition - TAG | $20,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Seattle Parks Foundation | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Asian Arts Initiative | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Bike Works Seattle | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| United Indians of All Tribes Foundation | $5,750 | 1 | 0% |
| Center for Healing and Justice Through Sport | $5,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Braided Seeds | $5,375 | 1 | 2% |
Where it is load-bearing
Seattle Parks Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 9 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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: Seattle Foundation · The Satterberg Foundation Inc · School's Out Washington · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Seattle Parks Foundation
- How much does Seattle Parks Foundation give?
- Seattle Parks Foundation reported 3 itemized grants totaling $220,776, out of $307,929 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 5 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Seattle Parks Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Community Improvement (45%), Youth Development (43%), Environment (6%).
- Who are Seattle Parks Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Possibility Labs ($410k), King County Play Equity Coalition ($383k), Tilth Alliance ($28k).
- Does Seattle Parks Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Seattle Parks Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Seattle Foundation, The Satterberg Foundation Inc, School's Out Washington.
- Where is Seattle Parks Foundation based?
- Seattle Parks Foundation is based in WA.
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