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Stevens Family 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.

$243k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
40
Grants FY2025
38
Organizations funded FY2024
11%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$2,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$45,500
Organizations funded a year
26 to 55
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
6
Total assets, FY2025
$3.8M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 11% of the organizations Stevens Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationEnvironmentArts & CultureAnimalsHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving39$242k10%
FY202438$186k11%
FY202353$226k19%
FY202238$188k8%
FY202155$238k25%
FY202045$191k33%
FY201935$209k31%
FY201826$210k38%
97% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$918kReligion$315kArts & Culture$199kPhilanthropy$135kInternational$57kEnvironment$55kHousing & Shelter$50kHealth$39kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
IL
NY
MA
OR
WY
CT
CA
VA
MD
NM
DC
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 62 grantees
All grantees of Stevens Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
University of Washington Foundation$228,50080%
United Way of King County$131,25080%
Seattle Country Day School$108,50070%
Seattle Opera$89,08080%
Georgetown University$75,00030%
Bertschi School$74,00030%
Lakeside School$61,50090%
Giddens School$55,00080%
Plymouth Housing Group and Subsidiaries$50,00030%
University of Bristol Foundation Inc$35,00042%
Ashesi University Foundation$28,50060%
Seattle Art Museum$23,50090%
The Little School$22,50030%
Save The Children Federation Inc$22,11060%
Woodland Park Zoological Society$20,30030%
The Seattle Aquarium Society$19,00070%
Open Window School$18,00030%
Artsfund$14,75090%
Museum of Flight Foundation$12,50080%
Seattle Children's Foundation$10,25010%
Rainier Scholars$10,00010%
The Garden Club of America$10,00020%
Wildlife Conservation Network Inc$8,58050%
Seattle Public Library Foundation$7,00070%
Wild Salmon Center$6,50020%
William D Ruckelshaus Center Foundation$5,25060%
Seattle Garden Club Inc$5,00061%
Episcopal Relief and Development$5,00030%
The Mt Baker Community Club$4,75060%
Rwanda Girls Initiative$4,51640%
Treehouse$3,63050%
King County Library System Foundation$3,05050%
Seattle Repertory Theater Foundation$3,00011%
Donorschooseorg$2,51130%
American Friends of the Royal Ballet School Inc$2,50015%
Plantamnesty$2,50011%
American Horticultural Society$2,02520%
Pratham USA$1,57910%
EarthGen Fka WA Green Schools$1,50020%
Hydrocephalus Association$1,50050%
Summer Search$1,25030%
Sierra Club Foundation$1,25020%
Copper Canyon Press$1,25020%
Seattle South African Scholarship Foundation$1,0503n/a
The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust USA Inc$1,05030%
Siff$1,0001n/a
San Francisco Architectural Heritage$1,00010%
Center for Action and Contemplation$1,00020%
Overlake Service League$1,00010%
NW Childrens Foundation$1,00010%
O'Dea High School Foundation$1,00010%
Charles & Emma Frye Free Public Art Museum$1,0001n/a
Cascade Public Media$50020%
Medic One Foundation$50010%
Northwest Literacy Foundation$50012%
The Bloedel Reserve$40020%
Evangelical Baptist Church of Kent$3001n/a
Health Tanzania Foundation$25010%
Sojourners Inc$12510%
Wikimedia Foundation Inc$10010%
Grist Magazine Inc$10010%
Northwest Perennial Alliance$5010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 40 recipients with no EIN on record ($661k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Stevens Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUniversity of Washington Foundation: $228,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetUnited Way of King County: $131,250 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSeattle Country Day School: $108,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetSeattle Opera: $89,080 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetGeorgetown University: $75,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBertschi School: $74,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetLakeside School: $61,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetGiddens School: $55,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetPlymouth Housing Group and Subsidiaries: $50,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Bristol Foundation Inc: $35,000 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetAshesi University Foundation: $28,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSeattle Art Museum: $23,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetThe Little School: $22,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $22,110 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWoodland Park Zoological Society: $20,300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Seattle Aquarium Society: $19,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetOpen Window School: $18,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetArtsfund: $14,750 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetMuseum of Flight Foundation: $12,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSeattle Children's Foundation: $10,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRainier Scholars: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe Garden Club of America: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWildlife Conservation Network Inc: $8,580 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSeattle Public Library Foundation: $7,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetWild Salmon Center: $6,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWilliam D Ruckelshaus Center Foundation: $5,250 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetSeattle Garden Club Inc: $5,000 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetEpiscopal Relief and Development: $5,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Mt Baker Community Club: $4,750 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetRwanda Girls Initiative: $4,516 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTreehouse: $3,630 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetKing County Library System Foundation: $3,050 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSeattle Repertory Theater Foundation: $3,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetDonorschooseorg: $2,511 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Friends of the Royal Ballet School Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetPlantamnesty: $2,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetAmerican Horticultural Society: $2,025 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPratham USA: $1,579 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEarthGen Fka WA Green Schools: $1,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHydrocephalus Association: $1,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSummer Search: $1,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSierra Club Foundation: $1,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCopper Canyon Press: $1,250 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust USA Inc: $1,050 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSan Francisco Architectural Heritage: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCenter for Action and Contemplation: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOverlake Service League: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNW Childrens Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 58.

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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.

Seattle FoundationWA44.7× affinity24 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Seattle Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Moccasin Lake Foundation · Grousemont Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · M J Murdock Charitable Trust · Islands Fund · Wyman Youth Trust · United Way of King County · Norberg Family Foundation · Whatley Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Stevens Family Foundation

How much does Stevens Family Foundation give?
Stevens Family Foundation reported 40 grants totaling $243,400 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 26 and 55 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Stevens Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (48%), Religion (17%), Arts & Culture (11%).
Who are Stevens Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: University of Washington Foundation ($229k), United Way of King County ($131k), Seattle Country Day School ($109k).
Does Stevens Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Stevens Family 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 Stevens Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Seattle Foundation, The Norcliffe Foundation, Puget Sound Energy Foundation.
Where is Stevens Family Foundation based?
Stevens Family Foundation is based in WA.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 106 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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