Washington · Private foundation
The Franka Foundation
Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $2.1M
- Granted FY2022
- 2
- Grants FY2022
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2022
- Median grant, FY2022
- $2,000,000
- Largest grant, FY2022
- $2,000,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 7
- FY2017 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2022
- 2
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 50% of the organizations The Franka Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $75k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 2 | $2.1M | 50% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $725k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $750k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $968k | 25% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $1.2M | 71% |
| FY2017 | 7 | $238k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holocaust Center For Humanity | $548,000 | 4 | 12% |
| Jewish Family Service | $300,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Friends of United Hatzalah Inc | $75,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chabad of Seattle | $45,000 | 1 | n/a |
| International Sephardic Educational & Cultural Center in Jerusalem | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Northwest Yeshiva High School | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Seattle Hebrew Academy | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pike Market Child Care & Preschool | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Northwest African American Museum | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($5.0M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Franka 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 · Samis Foundation · Newman Family Foundation · Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle · Jewish Communal Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About The Franka Foundation
- How much does The Franka Foundation give?
- The Franka Foundation reported 2 grants totaling $2,075,000 in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 7 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.
- What does The Franka Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2022, its largest causes are Religion (82%), Arts & Culture (12%), Human Services (5%).
- Who are The Franka Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2022: Holocaust Center For Humanity ($548k), Jewish Family Service ($300k), Friends of United Hatzalah Inc ($75k).
- Does The Franka Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Franka 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 Franka Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Seattle Foundation, Samis Foundation, Newman Family Foundation.
- Where is The Franka Foundation based?
- The Franka Foundation is based in WA.
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