Washington · Private foundation
The Foss Family 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.
- $243k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 22
- Grants FY2024
- 23
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 35%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 23
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 35% of the organizations The Foss Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k 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 | 22 | $243k | 9% |
| FY2023 | 23 | $199k | 35% |
| FY2022 | 23 | $188k | 35% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $152k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 18 | $164k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 19 | $127k | 37% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $93k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 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, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amara | $165,000 | 7 | 1% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $152,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Maris Place | $150,779 | 7 | 12% |
| Medic One Foundation | $132,500 | 7 | 2% |
| Seattle Police Foundation | $73,905 | 7 | 1% |
| Seattle Children's Hospital | $60,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Teens in Public Service | $46,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Parkview Services | $27,662 | 6 | 0% |
| Bellwether Housing | $26,309 | 3 | 0% |
| Institute for Systems Biology | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 30 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($277k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Foss 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 · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · The Thomas and Michele Parsons Family Foundation · Employees Community Fund of Boeing-Puget Sound · Moccasin Lake Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About The Foss Family Foundation
- How much does The Foss Family Foundation give?
- The Foss Family Foundation reported 22 grants totaling $242,900 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 23 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does The Foss Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (36%), Health (19%), Public Safety & Disaster (18%).
- Who are The Foss Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Amara ($165k), American Heart Association Inc ($153k), Maris Place ($151k).
- Does The Foss Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 35% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Foss 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 Foss Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Seattle Foundation, Puget Sound Energy Foundation, The Norcliffe Foundation.
- Where is The Foss Family Foundation based?
- The Foss Family Foundation is based in WA.
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