Washington · Private foundation
The Dimmer Family Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $305k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 82
- Grants FY2024
- 88
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 9%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 83 to 105
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 9
- Total assets, FY2024
- $14M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 9% of the organizations The Dimmer Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 26% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $186k 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 | 82 | $305k | 9% |
| FY2023 | 88 | $721k | 9% |
| FY2022 | 83 | $291k | 22% |
| FY2021 | 102 | $382k | 18% |
| FY2020 | 105 | $487k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
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, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Bridge Children's Foundation | $141,300 | 5 | 0% |
| Greentrike | $84,805 | 5 | 1% |
| Friends of American Lake Veterans Golf Course | $58,500 | 4 | 4% |
| The Salvation Army | $52,500 | 2 | n/a |
| College Success Foundation | $51,250 | 5 | 0% |
| University of Oregon Foundation | $50,200 | 2 | 0% |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of South Puget Sound | $35,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Young Men's Christian Association of Pierce and Kitsap Counties | $28,450 | 3 | 0% |
| Emergency Food Network of Tacoma and Pierce County | $28,200 | 5 | 0% |
| Rotary Club of Tacoma | $25,900 | 4 | 5% |
Show all 100 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 56 recipients with no EIN on record ($854k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Dimmer 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: Greater Tacoma Community Foundation · The Bamford Foundation · Fuchsg & M Fdn Tai · Kilworth Florence Char Tr Fndn · Names Family Foundation · Ben B Cheney Foundation Inc · The Norcliffe Foundation · Woodworth Family Foundation · Korum for Kids Foundation · Gary E Milgard Family Foundation- Sunshine · LT Murray Family Foundation · Sequoia Foundation
How this is measured
About The Dimmer Family Foundation
- How much does The Dimmer Family Foundation give?
- The Dimmer Family Foundation reported 82 grants totaling $305,280 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 83 and 105 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does The Dimmer Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (17%), Health (12%), Arts & Culture (11%).
- Who are The Dimmer Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Mary Bridge Children's Foundation ($141k), Greentrike ($85k), Friends of American Lake Veterans Golf Course ($59k).
- Does The Dimmer Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 9% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Dimmer Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Dimmer Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Tacoma Community Foundation, The Bamford Foundation, Fuchsg & M Fdn Tai.
- Where is The Dimmer Family Foundation based?
- The Dimmer Family Foundation is based in WA.
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