Washington · Private foundation
The Meacham 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.
- $53k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 28
- Grants FY2025
- 35
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,100
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,100
- Organizations funded a year
- 25 to 35
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 8
- Total assets, FY2025
- $633k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 20% of the organizations The Meacham Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k 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 | $53k | 14% |
| FY2024 | 35 | $41k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 31 | $38k | 39% |
| FY2022 | 30 | $42k | 30% |
| FY2021 | 29 | $40k | 28% |
| FY2020 | 25 | $25k | 32% |
| FY2019 | 28 | $29k | 14% |
| FY2018 | 26 | $30k | 31% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prince William Sound Science & Technology Institute | $30,525 | 8 | 0% |
| Solutions for Change Inc | $23,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Young Men's Christian Association of Pierce and Kitsap Counties | $16,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Gig Harbor Waterfront Alliance | $14,730 | 6 | 1% |
| Harbor Wildwatch | $14,100 | 9 | 1% |
| Childrens Shelter of Hope Foundation | $13,500 | 7 | 1% |
| American Fisheries Society Alaska Chapter | $10,000 | 2 | 18% |
| Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank | $10,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Gig Harbor Peninsula Historical Soc | $9,300 | 7 | 1% |
| Juneau High School Band Boosters | $8,500 | 3 | n/a |
Show all 76 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($48k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Meacham 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: Greater Tacoma Community Foundation · The Russell Family Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · Anne Hampton Foundation · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Kilworth Florence Char Tr Fndn · M J Murdock Charitable Trust · Seattle Foundation · Glein Family Foundation · Sequoia Foundation · Fuchsg & M Fdn Tai · The Bamford Foundation
How this is measured
About The Meacham Foundation
- How much does The Meacham Foundation give?
- The Meacham Foundation reported 28 grants totaling $52,900 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 25 and 35 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Meacham Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (17%), Philanthropy (11%), Human Services (10%).
- Who are The Meacham Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Prince William Sound Science & Technology Institute ($31k), Solutions for Change Inc ($23k), Young Men's Christian Association of Pierce and Kitsap Counties ($16k).
- Does The Meacham Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Meacham 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 Meacham Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Tacoma Community Foundation, The Russell Family Foundation, The Norcliffe Foundation.
- Where is The Meacham Foundation based?
- The Meacham Foundation is based in WA.
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