Washington · Public charity
The Bellingham Public School Foundation
THE BELLINGHAM PUBLIC SCHOOL FOUNDATION raises funds and stewards community resources so that every child feels healthy, engaged, supported and challenged.
- $198k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $114k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $9,821
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $80,816
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 1
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.1M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations The Bellingham Public School Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 4 | $114k | 75% |
| FY2024 | 1 | $100k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $107k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $137k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $112k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bellingham School District 501 | $543,243 | 5 | n/a |
| Immigrant Resources and Immediate Support | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Whatcom Middle School Ptas | $9,821 | 1 | n/a |
| Kulshan Ptsa 8 3 82 | $7,099 | 1 | n/a |
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
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About The Bellingham Public School Foundation
- How much does The Bellingham Public School Foundation give?
- The Bellingham Public School Foundation reported 5 itemized grants totaling $113,736, out of $198,001 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 1 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does The Bellingham Public School Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (93%), Philanthropy (4%), Human Services (2%).
- Who are The Bellingham Public School Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Bellingham School District 501 ($543k), Immigrant Resources and Immediate Support ($10k), Whatcom Middle School Ptas ($10k).
- Does The Bellingham Public School Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Bellingham Public School Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is The Bellingham Public School Foundation based?
- The Bellingham Public School Foundation is based in WA.
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