Washington · Private foundation
The Brooks and Suzanne Ragen 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.
- $880k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2025
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 31%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $235,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 13
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $14M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 31% of the organizations The Brooks and Suzanne Ragen Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 16% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $125k 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 | 17 | $880k | 35% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $805k | 31% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $779k | 46% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $704k | 60% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $561k | 60% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $510k | 25% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $460k | 80% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $115k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 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, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle Art Museum | $1,506,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Yale University | $1,220,388 | 5 | n/a |
| University of Washington | $598,790 | 4 | n/a |
| Yale University | $244,899 | 1 | n/a |
| High Desert Museum | $200,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Jewish Family Service | $120,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Center for Victims of Torture | $110,000 | 5 | 0% |
| American Jewish Committee | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Photo Center Nw | $100,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Youthcare | $35,000 | 2 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle Art Museum | $1,506,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Yale University | $1,220,388 | 5 | n/a |
| University of Washington | $598,790 | 4 | n/a |
| Yale University | $244,899 | 1 | n/a |
| High Desert Museum | $200,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Jewish Family Service | $120,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Center for Victims of Torture | $110,000 | 5 | 0% |
| American Jewish Committee | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Photo Center Nw | $100,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Youthcare | $35,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The San Juan Preservation Trust | $35,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Northwest Abortion Access Fund | $30,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Community Land Trust of Waldron Island | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
| San Juan Community Home Trust | $25,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Kind Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Put Me in Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Long Live the Kings | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Refugee Womens Alliance | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Northwest Immigrant Rights Project | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Community Day School Association | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of the San Juans | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| At Home Group | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Madrona Institute | $10,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Center for Whale Research | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| San Juan Community Theatre Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friday Harbor Food Bank | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($309k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Brooks and Suzanne Ragen Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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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 · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · The Meeker Rom Grausz Family Foundation · San Juan Island Community Foundation · The GreerSolien Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Norcliffe Foundation · M J Murdock Charitable Trust · The Oregon Community Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
Compare The Brooks and Suzanne Ragen Family Foundation with peer funders
About The Brooks and Suzanne Ragen Family Foundation
- How much does The Brooks and Suzanne Ragen Family Foundation give?
- The Brooks and Suzanne Ragen Family Foundation reported 18 grants totaling $880,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 13 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Brooks and Suzanne Ragen Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (45%), Arts & Culture (39%), Civil Rights (4%).
- Who are The Brooks and Suzanne Ragen Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Seattle Art Museum ($1.5M), Yale University ($1.2M), University of Washington ($599k).
- Does The Brooks and Suzanne Ragen Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 31% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Brooks and Suzanne Ragen 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 The Brooks and Suzanne Ragen Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Seattle Foundation, Mightycause Charitable Foundation, The Meeker Rom Grausz Family Foundation.
- Where is The Brooks and Suzanne Ragen Family Foundation based?
- The Brooks and Suzanne Ragen Family Foundation is based in WA.
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