Washington · Private foundation
The Gary & Connie Kunis 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.
- $211k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2025
- 30
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $11,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 19 to 30
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 13% of the organizations The Gary & Connie Kunis Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 97% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 10 | $211k | 30% |
| FY2024 | 30 | $273k | 13% |
| FY2023 | 26 | $260k | 8% |
| FY2022 | 26 | $189k | 35% |
| FY2021 | 30 | $181k | 63% |
| FY2020 | 21 | $107k | 19% |
| FY2019 | 19 | $129k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 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, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Seattle Aquarium Society | $223,310 | 7 | 0% |
| Woodland Park Zoological Society | $102,100 | 4 | 0% |
| Bozeman Symphony Society | $97,889 | 4 | 2% |
| Seattle Public Library Foundation | $65,000 | 4 | 0% |
| North Seattle College | $54,250 | 4 | n/a |
| Seattle University | $40,000 | 3 | 0% |
| American Association of Zoo Keepers | $39,450 | 1 | n/a |
| Swedish Medical Center Foundation | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Seattle Art Museum | $27,700 | 7 | 0% |
| Montana Chamber Music Society | $21,070 | 4 | 9% |
Show all 47 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($553k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Gary & Connie Kunis 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: Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Montana Community Foundation Inc · Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation · Seattle Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Morton H Meyerson Family Foundation · United Way of King County · Gilhousen Family Foundation · Gianforte Family Charitable Trust · Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc · The Norcliffe Foundation · M J Murdock Charitable Trust
How this is measured
Compare The Gary & Connie Kunis Foundation with peer funders
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About The Gary & Connie Kunis Foundation
- How much does The Gary & Connie Kunis Foundation give?
- The Gary & Connie Kunis Foundation reported 10 grants totaling $210,548 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 19 and 30 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does The Gary & Connie Kunis Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (49%), Animals (26%), Arts & Culture (13%).
- Who are The Gary & Connie Kunis Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: The Seattle Aquarium Society ($223k), Woodland Park Zoological Society ($102k), Bozeman Symphony Society ($98k).
- Does The Gary & Connie Kunis Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Gary & Connie Kunis 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 Gary & Connie Kunis Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Puget Sound Energy Foundation, Montana Community Foundation Inc, Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation.
- Where is The Gary & Connie Kunis Foundation based?
- The Gary & Connie Kunis Foundation is based in WA.
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