Washington · Private foundation
The Macrae 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.
- $122k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2024
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $15,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 15
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 13% of the organizations The Macrae Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k 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 | 18 | $122k | 39% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $121k | 13% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $121k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $127k | 27% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $121k | 23% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $130k | 15% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $141k | 29% |
| FY2017 | 14 | $138k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle Art Museum | $257,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Three Ring Ranch | $120,500 | 8 | 13% |
| Mercer Island Schools Foundation | $105,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Mercer Island Youth & Family Services Foundation | $85,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Pacific Northwest Ballet Association | $83,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Friends of Fircrest | $56,000 | 8 | 48% |
| Pitch Your Peers Seattle Inc | $45,000 | 5 | 7% |
| Hamlin Robinson School | $45,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Seattle Repertory Theatre | $40,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Canine Companions for Independence Inc | $22,500 | 6 | 0% |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle Art Museum | $257,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Three Ring Ranch | $120,500 | 8 | 13% |
| Mercer Island Schools Foundation | $105,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Mercer Island Youth & Family Services Foundation | $85,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Pacific Northwest Ballet Association | $83,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Friends of Fircrest | $56,000 | 8 | 48% |
| Pitch Your Peers Seattle Inc | $45,000 | 5 | 7% |
| Hamlin Robinson School | $45,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Seattle Repertory Theatre | $40,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Canine Companions for Independence Inc | $22,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Mercer Island Lacrosse Club | $20,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Camp Fire Inland Northwest | $15,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Conservation Lands Foundation | $10,000 | 3 | 0% |
| George Pocock Rowing Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Island Choral Experience Dba Harmony Youth Collective | $7,000 | 2 | 4% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Macaw Rescue and Sanctuary | $5,500 | 8 | 1% |
| Eden Peopleplanet | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Duke University | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Young Life | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Corporation of Gonzaga University | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Health in Harmony | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Port Townsend Marine Science Center | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($71k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Macrae Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 23 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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 · The Norcliffe Foundation · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About The Macrae Foundation
- How much does The Macrae Foundation give?
- The Macrae Foundation reported 18 grants totaling $121,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 15 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Macrae Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (39%), Education (16%), Animals (15%).
- Who are The Macrae Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Seattle Art Museum ($257k), Three Ring Ranch ($121k), Mercer Island Schools Foundation ($105k).
- Does The Macrae Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Macrae 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 Macrae Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Seattle Foundation, The Norcliffe Foundation, Puget Sound Energy Foundation.
- Where is The Macrae Foundation based?
- The Macrae Foundation is based in WA.
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