How much does Tew Foundation give?

Tew Foundation reported 42 grants totaling $3,032,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 21 and 41 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.

What does Tew Foundation fund?

By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (23%), Environment (12%), Arts & Culture (10%).

Who are Tew Foundation's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Dickinson College ($1.6M), The Trust for Public Land ($885k), University of Washington Foundation ($787k).

Does Tew Foundation fund new organizations?

In FY2023, 26% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Does Tew 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 Tew Foundation?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Seattle Foundation, The Norcliffe Foundation, Puget Sound Energy Foundation.

Foundation Dossiers

Washington · Private foundation

Tew Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$3.0M
Granted FY2024(still arriving): 42
Grants FY2024: 23
Organizations funded FY2023: 26%
First-time grantees FY2023

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Median grant, FY2024: $50,000
Largest grant, FY2024: $500,000
Organizations funded a year: 21 to 41; FY2019 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024: 6
Total assets, FY2024: $23M
Applications: Preselected organizations only; Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 26% of the organizations Tew Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 29% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $533k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

Human ServicesArts & CultureEducationRecreation & SportsEnvironmentPhilanthropyOther

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 year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2024still arriving	39	$3.0M	59%
FY2023	23	$1.8M	26%
FY2022	41	$2.7M	44%
FY2021	39	$2.0M	82%
FY2019	21	$492k	n/a

96% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Education$3.4MEnvironment$1.8MArts & Culture$1.5MHuman Services$695kHealth$599kFood & Nutrition$350kHousing & Shelter$310kRecreation & Sports$292kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Dickinson College	$1,600,000	4	0%
The Trust for Public Land	$885,000	4	0%
University of Washington Foundation	$787,000	5	0%
Seattle Opera	$391,000	3	1%
University of Washington	$250,000	1	n/a
St Therese	$235,000	1	n/a
Catholic Relief Services	$225,000	4	n/a
Seattle Art Museum	$190,000	3	0%
Path With Art	$170,000	1	6%
Rainier Valley Food Bank	$150,000	2	2%

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All grantees of Tew Foundation by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Dickinson College	$1,600,000	4	0%
The Trust for Public Land	$885,000	4	0%
University of Washington Foundation	$787,000	5	0%
Seattle Opera	$391,000	3	1%
University of Washington	$250,000	1	n/a
St Therese	$235,000	1	n/a
Catholic Relief Services	$225,000	4	n/a
Seattle Art Museum	$190,000	3	0%
Path With Art	$170,000	1	6%
Rainier Valley Food Bank	$150,000	2	2%
Ryther	$150,000	1	1%
Mini Mart City Park	$125,000	1	30%
Little Bit Therapeutic Riding Center	$120,000	2	3%
Kuow Puget Sound Public Radio	$115,000	4	0%
Ventures	$105,000	3	2%
Open Doors for Multicultural Families	$100,000	1	3%
Ballard Food Bank	$100,000	1	1%
Got Green	$100,000	1	28%
Seattle Repertory Theatre	$100,000	1	1%
Grist Magazine Inc	$100,000	1	1%
Maine Huts & Trails	$100,000	1	9%
Bainbridge Island Land Trust	$100,000	1	5%
Seattle Nativity School	$100,000	1	5%
Seattle University	$100,000	1	0%
Heritage University	$100,000	1	0%
The 1932 Criterion Theatre	$80,000	1	6%
NW Childrens Foundation	$75,000	5	2%
Hopesource	$70,000	2	0%
Volunteer Florida Foundation Inc	$70,000	1	13%
Seattle Parks Foundation	$67,000	1	1%
Multicare Foundations	$65,000	3	0%
Artsfund	$60,000	4	0%
Fish	$55,000	2	1%
Seattle Public Library Foundation	$50,000	1	0%
Forterra Nw	$50,000	1	0%
Boys and Girls Clubs of King County	$50,000	2	0%
St Luke School	$50,000	1	n/a
Seattle Neighborhood Greenways	$50,000	1	5%
Saint Frances Cabrini Charitable Services	$45,000	1	8%
Puget Soundkeeper Alliance	$44,000	1	3%
Ducks Unlimited Inc	$40,000	5	0%
Upower	$40,000	3	3%
Burke Museum Association	$31,000	4	0%
Navos	$30,000	2	0%
Northwest Film Forum	$30,000	1	3%
Shunpike	$25,000	2	0%
Assumption St Bridget School Part of Catholic Archdiocese of Seattle	$25,000	1	n/a
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches	$25,000	1	0%
Friends of Lopez Island Pool	$25,000	1	1%
Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc	$25,000	1	0%
Willowind Therapeutic Riding Center Inc	$23,000	1	6%
Woodland Park Zoological Society	$20,000	1	0%
Lopez Island Family Resource Center	$20,000	2	1%
Farestart	$20,000	1	0%
Fuse Innovation Fund	$20,000	1	2%
Pan African Center For Empowerment Inc	$20,000	1	2%
The Salvation Army	$20,000	1	n/a
St James Cathedral	$15,000	1	n/a
Fractured Atlas Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Jewish Family Service	$10,000	1	0%
Cascadia Art Museum	$10,000	1	1%
Technology Access Foundation	$10,000	2	0%
Providence Hospice of Seattle Foundation	$10,000	2	0%
Seattle Children's Theatre Association	$5,000	1	0%
Kittitas Conservation Trust	$5,000	1	0%
Artist Trust	$5,000	1	0%
Forest Ridge School of the Sacred Heart	$5,000	1	n/a
The Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Seattle (6871)	$5,000	1	0%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 32 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.1M), not named here.

Tew Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 60 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

Tap a dot to name the grantee.

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 60.

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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 FoundationWA59.6× affinity34 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 · The Satterberg Foundation Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Wyman Youth Trust · United Way of King County · Grousemont Foundation · Garneau Nicon Family Foundation · M J Murdock Charitable Trust · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Artsfund

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 Tew Foundation

How much does Tew Foundation give?: Tew Foundation reported 42 grants totaling $3,032,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 21 and 41 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
What does Tew Foundation fund?: By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (23%), Environment (12%), Arts & Culture (10%).
Who are Tew Foundation's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Dickinson College ($1.6M), The Trust for Public Land ($885k), University of Washington Foundation ($787k).
Does Tew Foundation fund new organizations?: In FY2023, 26% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Tew 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 Tew Foundation?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Seattle Foundation, The Norcliffe Foundation, Puget Sound Energy Foundation.
Where is Tew Foundation based?: Tew Foundation is based in WA.