Washington · Private foundation
Suskin 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.
- $1.5M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 46
- Grants FY2025
- 38
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 8%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $70,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 28 to 38
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 10
- Total assets, FY2025
- $11M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 8% of the organizations Suskin Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $55k 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 | 46 | $1.5M | 28% |
| FY2024 | 38 | $905k | 8% |
| FY2023 | 37 | $900k | 30% |
| FY2022 | 29 | $785k | 7% |
| FY2021 | 28 | $770k | 7% |
| FY2020 | 28 | $680k | 7% |
| FY2019 | 30 | $595k | 13% |
| FY2018 | 29 | $590k | 21% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center | $490,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Northwest Harvest Emm | $340,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Homeward Pet Adoption Center | $305,000 | 9 | 2% |
| Emergency Food Network of Tacoma and Pierce County | $285,000 | 9 | 0% |
| LifeWire | $245,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Food Lifeline | $240,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Childrens Home Society of Washington | $210,000 | 9 | 0% |
| The Humane Society for Seattleking County | $200,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Medic One Foundation | $200,000 | 7 | 1% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $200,000 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 41 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 29 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.7M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Suskin Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 39 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: Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Seattle Foundation · The Albertsons Companies Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Glassybaby White Light Fund · The Norcliffe Foundation · Catania Family Foundation · Pemco Foundation Inc · Wilkins Charitable Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Windermere Foundation · The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
How this is measured
About Suskin Foundation
- How much does Suskin Foundation give?
- Suskin Foundation reported 46 grants totaling $1,470,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 28 and 38 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Suskin Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (23%), Food & Nutrition (19%), Human Services (18%).
- Who are Suskin Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center ($490k), Northwest Harvest Emm ($340k), Homeward Pet Adoption Center ($305k).
- Does Suskin Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 8% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Suskin 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 Suskin Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Puget Sound Energy Foundation, Seattle Foundation, The Albertsons Companies Foundation.
- Where is Suskin Foundation based?
- Suskin Foundation is based in WA.
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