Washington · Private foundation
Sheep Meadow 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.
- $580k
- Granted FY2023
- 7
- Itemized grants FY2023
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2023
- $455k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2023
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 26
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 5
- Total assets, FY2023
- $4.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 14% of the organizations Sheep Meadow Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 7 | $455k | 14% |
| FY2022 | 24 | $524k | 13% |
| FY2021 | 18 | $477k | 6% |
| FY2020 | 26 | $407k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miss Porter's School Inc | $376,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Trustees of Phillips Academy | $250,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Portland Art Museum | $125,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Ecotrust | $85,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Island Institute | $75,000 | 4 | 0% |
| North Haven Library | $25,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Westridge School for Girls Inc | $25,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Friends of Pilgrim School | $20,000 | 2 | 9% |
| North Haven Conservation Partners | $16,000 | 3 | 7% |
| Mayhew | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miss Porter's School Inc | $376,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Trustees of Phillips Academy | $250,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Portland Art Museum | $125,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Ecotrust | $85,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Island Institute | $75,000 | 4 | 0% |
| North Haven Library | $25,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Westridge School for Girls Inc | $25,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Friends of Pilgrim School | $20,000 | 2 | 9% |
| North Haven Conservation Partners | $16,000 | 3 | 7% |
| Mayhew | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Wesleyan University | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Vashon Interfaith Council to Prevent Homelessness | $12,500 | 3 | 2% |
| North Haven Foundation | $11,500 | 3 | 2% |
| The Colburn School | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Dove Project | $10,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Ciclavia Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Vashon Youth and Family Services | $9,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Playwrights Project | $7,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Vashon Allied Arts | $5,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Vashon Community Care Foundation | $2,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Metropolitan Family Service | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Oregon Food Bank | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($753k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Sheep Meadow 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: Seattle Foundation · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Bny Mellon Charitable Gift Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About Sheep Meadow Foundation
- How much does Sheep Meadow Foundation give?
- Sheep Meadow Foundation reported 7 itemized grants totaling $455,000, out of $580,000 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 26 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Sheep Meadow Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2023, its largest causes are Education (16%), Human Services (6%), Environment (4%).
- Who are Sheep Meadow Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2023: Miss Porter's School Inc ($376k), Trustees of Phillips Academy ($250k), Portland Art Museum ($125k).
- Does Sheep Meadow Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Sheep Meadow 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 Sheep Meadow Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Seattle Foundation, Puget Sound Energy Foundation, Bny Mellon Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Sheep Meadow Foundation based?
- Sheep Meadow Foundation is based in WA.
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