Delaware · Private foundation
Sellen Community Foundation
Its FY2021 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $600k
- Granted FY2021
- 42
- Grants FY2021
- 40
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2021
- Median grant, FY2021
- $500
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $249,956
- Organizations funded a year
- 35 to 43
- FY2017 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 3
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 38% of the organizations Sellen Community Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $31k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 40 | $350k | 38% |
| FY2020 | 39 | $335k | 56% |
| FY2019 | 35 | $278k | 51% |
| FY2018 | 36 | $350k | 39% |
| FY2017 | 43 | $392k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.
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 FY2021, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Medical Center Foundation | $355,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Seattle Children's Foundation | $300,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Franciscan Foundation | $200,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Multicare Foundations | $115,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Museum of Flight Foundation | $93,750 | 3 | 0% |
| Artsfund | $61,000 | 5 | 1% |
| United Way of King County | $51,200 | 5 | 0% |
| Agc of Washington Education Foundation | $45,750 | 5 | 1% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $35,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Sunny Skys Animal Rescue and Hospital | $27,500 | 1 | 4% |
Show all 101 grantees
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($73k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Sellen Community 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.
Open a dossier: Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Seattle Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · United Way of King County · Credit Unions in the State of Washington · Moccasin Lake Foundation · Raikes Foundation · Medina Foundation · Gates Foundation · Artsfund · Employees Community Fund of Boeing-Puget Sound · Real Progress Foundation
How this is measured
About Sellen Community Foundation
- How much does Sellen Community Foundation give?
- Sellen Community Foundation reported 42 grants totaling $600,283 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 35 and 43 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
- What does Sellen Community Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2021, its largest causes are Health (53%), Philanthropy (15%), Arts & Culture (11%).
- Who are Sellen Community Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2021: Swedish Medical Center Foundation ($355k), Seattle Children's Foundation ($300k), Franciscan Foundation ($200k).
- Does Sellen Community Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Sellen Community 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 Sellen Community Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Puget Sound Energy Foundation, Seattle Foundation, The Norcliffe Foundation.
- Where is Sellen Community Foundation based?
- Sellen Community Foundation is based in DE.
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