Washington · Private foundation
The James and Geraldine Godfrey 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.
- $259k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 28
- Grants FY2025
- 34
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 26%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $40,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 34
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 11
- Total assets, FY2025
- $6.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 26% of the organizations The James and Geraldine Godfrey Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $31k 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 | 28 | $259k | 14% |
| FY2024 | 34 | $205k | 26% |
| FY2023 | 24 | $201k | 13% |
| FY2022 | 26 | $191k | 15% |
| FY2021 | 25 | $181k | 20% |
| FY2020 | 27 | $160k | 37% |
| FY2019 | 22 | $131k | 77% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $57k | 22% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Women in Need | $126,600 | 9 | 2% |
| Mercy Ships International | $75,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Shriners Hospitals for Children | $70,250 | 7 | 0% |
| Fulcrum Foundation | $60,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Cato Institute | $59,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Judicial Watch Inc | $58,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center | $55,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Catholic Relief Services | $54,500 | 6 | n/a |
| Turning Point USA Inc | $50,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Seattle Children's Hospital | $50,000 | 6 | 0% |
Show all 40 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 22 recipients with no EIN on record ($399k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The James and Geraldine Godfrey 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 · Farrell Family Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
Compare The James and Geraldine Godfrey Foundation with peer funders
About The James and Geraldine Godfrey Foundation
- How much does The James and Geraldine Godfrey Foundation give?
- The James and Geraldine Godfrey Foundation reported 28 grants totaling $258,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 34 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The James and Geraldine Godfrey Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (22%), Education (18%), Public Benefit (16%).
- Who are The James and Geraldine Godfrey Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Washington Women in Need ($127k), Mercy Ships International ($75k), Shriners Hospitals for Children ($70k).
- Does The James and Geraldine Godfrey Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 26% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The James and Geraldine Godfrey 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 James and Geraldine Godfrey Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Seattle Foundation, Farrell Family Foundation, The Norcliffe Foundation.
- Where is The James and Geraldine Godfrey Foundation based?
- The James and Geraldine Godfrey Foundation is based in WA.
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