Washington · Public charity
Seattle Rotary Service Foundation
The mission of the SEATTLE ROTARY SERVICE FOUNDATION is to raise, steward, and distribute funds in support of the service activities of the rotary club of seattle.
- $235k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 58%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $192k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $16,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $75,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 12
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.5M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 58% of the organizations Seattle Rotary Service Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 69% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 31% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $181k 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 | 8 | $192k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $262k | 58% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $408k | 67% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $217k | 38% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $150k | 38% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $239k | 36% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $136k | 70% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $161k | 78% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaria Partners International | $303,302 | 3 | 21% |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of King County | $301,103 | 8 | 0% |
| United Negro College Fund Inc | $167,400 | 5 | 0% |
| Harvest Against Hunger | $121,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Pike Place Market Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Uplift Northwest | $75,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Rotary International Aspen Rotary Club | $63,448 | 1 | 19% |
| Rotary Boys & Girls Club | $62,705 | 2 | n/a |
| Plymouth Housing Group and Subsidiaries | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Wellspring Family Services | $42,610 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 51 grantees
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($15k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Seattle Rotary Service Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 46 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 · United Way of King County · The Norcliffe Foundation · Lucky Seven Foundation · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · M J Murdock Charitable Trust · Grousemont Foundation · Moccasin Lake Foundation · School's Out Washington · Gates Foundation · Medina Foundation · Raikes Foundation
How this is measured
About Seattle Rotary Service Foundation
- How much does Seattle Rotary Service Foundation give?
- Seattle Rotary Service Foundation reported 8 itemized grants totaling $192,202, out of $235,095 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 12 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Seattle Rotary Service Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are International (24%), Youth Development (15%), Education (12%).
- Who are Seattle Rotary Service Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Malaria Partners International ($303k), Boys and Girls Clubs of King County ($301k), United Negro College Fund Inc ($167k).
- Does Seattle Rotary Service Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 58% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Seattle Rotary Service Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Seattle Foundation, United Way of King County, The Norcliffe Foundation.
- Where is Seattle Rotary Service Foundation based?
- Seattle Rotary Service Foundation is based in WA.
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