Washington · Private foundation
The Frye 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.
- $244k
- Granted FY2023
- 12
- Grants FY2023
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 56%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
61% of The Frye Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Cauze Charitable Fund, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 5 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year The Frye Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 5 organizations, $244k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2023
- $12,500
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $90,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 26
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 6
- Total assets, FY2023
- $3.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 56% of the organizations The Frye Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 59% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 41% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $109k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 9 | $183k | 56% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $217k | 89% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $5k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 17 | $186k | 59% |
| FY2017 | 26 | $210k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandy Hook Promise Foundation | $106,000 | 1 | 0% |
| International Documentary Foundation Inc | $90,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Joshua P Williams Foundation | $34,275 | 3 | 8% |
| Homes of Hope Inc | $30,790 | 1 | 0% |
| Youth with a Mission New Beginnings Home | $25,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Flamboyan Foundation Inc | $20,021 | 1 | n/a |
| Community for Youth | $17,430 | 2 | 2% |
| Farestart | $12,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Seattle Children's Hospital | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| National Multiple Sclerosis Society | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 26 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 27 recipients with no EIN on record ($462k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Frye Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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 · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Frye Foundation
- How much does The Frye Foundation give?
- The Frye Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $244,138 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 26 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Frye Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (12%), International (9%), Public Benefit (6%).
- Who are The Frye Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Sandy Hook Promise Foundation ($106k), International Documentary Foundation Inc ($90k), The Joshua P Williams Foundation ($34k).
- Does The Frye Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 56% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Frye 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 Frye Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Seattle Foundation, Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc, The Pfizer Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Frye Foundation based?
- The Frye Foundation is based in WA.
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