Washington · Private foundation
The Aldarra 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.
- $100M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2024
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $2,175,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $51,000,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 24
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $946k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations The Aldarra Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 14 | $100M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $80M | 0% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $51M | 7% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $23M | 21% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $3.1M | 11% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $1.9M | 0% |
| FY2017 | 24 | $1.5M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Museum of Flight Foundation | $132,883,000 | 7 | 67% |
| Arboretum Foundation | $5,846,985 | 7 | 54% |
| Medic One Foundation | $5,491,700 | 7 | 40% |
| Cascade Public Media | $5,310,545 | 7 | 5% |
| Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center | $5,268,200 | 4 | 0% |
| Canine Companions for Independence Inc | $5,217,045 | 7 | 4% |
| Mary's Place Seattle | $5,114,545 | 4 | 7% |
| Seattles Union Gospel Mission | $5,071,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Pasado's Safe Haven | $4,728,975 | 7 | 22% |
| University of Washington Foundation | $4,720,545 | 3 | 1% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Museum of Flight Foundation | $132,883,000 | 7 | 67% |
| Arboretum Foundation | $5,846,985 | 7 | 54% |
| Medic One Foundation | $5,491,700 | 7 | 40% |
| Cascade Public Media | $5,310,545 | 7 | 5% |
| Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center | $5,268,200 | 4 | 0% |
| Canine Companions for Independence Inc | $5,217,045 | 7 | 4% |
| Mary's Place Seattle | $5,114,545 | 4 | 7% |
| Seattles Union Gospel Mission | $5,071,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Pasado's Safe Haven | $4,728,975 | 7 | 22% |
| University of Washington Foundation | $4,720,545 | 3 | 1% |
| Hopelink | $4,653,145 | 4 | 2% |
| Treehouse | $4,642,545 | 5 | 8% |
| Northwest School for Hearing-Impaired Children | $1,721,570 | 5 | 15% |
| University of Washington | $1,715,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Northwest Harvest Emm | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Bertschi School | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Maris Place | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Lung Association | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Assn | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Washington State University Foundation | $500 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($68M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Aldarra Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 18 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 · American Gift Fund · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About The Aldarra Foundation
- How much does The Aldarra Foundation give?
- The Aldarra Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $100,000,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 24 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Aldarra Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (53%), Health (28%), Animals (4%).
- Who are The Aldarra Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Museum of Flight Foundation ($133M), Arboretum Foundation ($5.8M), Medic One Foundation ($5.5M).
- Does The Aldarra Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Aldarra 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 The Aldarra Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Seattle Foundation, American Gift Fund, Mightycause Charitable Foundation.
- Where is The Aldarra Foundation based?
- The Aldarra Foundation is based in WA.
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