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The Starbucks 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.

$17M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
37
Grants FY2025
65
Organizations funded FY2024
22%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$175,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$4,989,160
Organizations funded a year
53 to 234
FY2019 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
16
Total assets, FY2025
$21M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 22% of the organizations The Starbucks Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $850k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesInternationalPhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentFood & NutritionEducationOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving34$9.1M3%
FY202465$17M22%
FY202364$11M31%
FY202253$10M36%
FY202157$11M56%
FY202067$12M46%
FY2019234$11Mn/a
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

International$46MPhilanthropy$27MPublic Safety & Disaster$15MYouth Development$6.1MHuman Services$3.7MEducation$3.3MEnvironment$2.9MFood & Nutrition$2.3MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 303 grantees
All grantees of The Starbucks Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Mercy Corps$8,073,98070%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$6,225,00070%
World Central Kitchen Inc$4,067,03371%
Points of Light Foundation$3,526,942211%
Seattle International Foundation$3,030,330617%
Big Brothers Big Sisters Of America$2,565,01752%
Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc$2,507,24570%
City Year Inc$2,222,60060%
United Nations Foundation Inc$1,677,63850%
Planet Water Foundation$1,640,850713%
Lutheran World Relief Inc$1,560,80361%
World Neighbors Inc$1,530,27267%
Feeding America$1,400,29020%
Global Water Challenge$1,269,68649%
Send a Cow Inc$1,263,469484%
The National Mentoring Partnership Inc$1,250,00047%
Maris Place$1,250,000696%
Junior Achievement USA$1,209,50041%
Boys & Girls Clubs of America$1,125,00050%
Conservation International Foundation$1,124,93230%
Ja Worldwide Inc$1,050,00014%
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS Tuberculosis and Malaria$1,000,00030%
International Rescue Committee INC$926,18050%
World Relief Corp of National Association of Evangelicals$813,01540%
YWCA USA Inc$800,00023%
Covenant House$800,00031%
Wellspring Family Services$749,99962%
Days For Girls International$749,635411%
The Mission Continues$747,86324%
Hanns R Neumann Stiftung North America Inc$744,000424%
American Friends of Bean Voyage$732,142552%
Save The Children Federation Inc$650,00030%
United States Fund for Unicef$600,00050%
The Malala Fund$506,04022%
Interfaith America$500,00014%
Waterorg$500,00021%
Public Allies Inc$450,00023%
Lava Mae$450,000230%
Direct Relief$450,00020%
United Way of King County$420,94030%
Farestart$367,95051%
Technoserve Inc$350,00020%
World Coffee Research$322,73733%
No One Left Behind$300,000314%
Village Enterprise Fund$300,00033%
Wakami Foundation$269,632336%
Operation Gratitude Inc$250,00011%
Robin Hood Foundation$250,00010%
Catholic Community Services of Western Washington$250,00020%
Broad Street Ministry$220,00042%
Born This Way Foundation$209,05623%
David Lynch Foundation for Consciousness -Based Education and World Peace$200,00131%
Junior Achievement of Georgia$200,00051%
National Forest Foundation$200,00011%
Upwardly Global$180,00022%
Grounds for Health Inc$175,000217%
The DC Central Kitchen Inc$175,00050%
Operation Sack Lunch$152,37022%
The Asia Foundation$150,76350%
Shower Power Inc$150,000339%
US Chamber of Commerce Foundation$150,00020%
Brooklyn Bureau of Community Service$150,00020%
Generosity-Global Incorporated$150,000233%
Girl Rising$149,06714%
Eastern Congo Initiative$135,00032%
Team Rubicon Inc$125,00020%
World Wildlife Fund Inc$107,69010%
Brazil Foundation$105,30521%
Lutheran Immigration & Refugee Service Inc Dba Global Refuge$104,31810%
Socialworks$100,00018%
Global Poverty Project Inc$100,00010%
Hello Neighbor$100,00022%
United Service Organizations Inc$100,00010%
Generation You Employed Inc$100,00020%
Partnership for Gender Equality Equal Origins$100,000224%
Teachers College Columbia University$99,90710%
Lanna Foundation$94,873311%
Water First International$88,00723%
Hope Vibes Inc$85,000317%
Friends of Barefoot College International Inc$83,588111%
Big City Mountaineers$80,00017%
The Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Seattle (6871)$75,00010%
Ocean Conservancy$75,00010%
1951 Coffee Company$75,00016%
Urban League of Metropolitan St Louis$75,00020%
Youthcare$70,00030%
Junior Achievement of Washington$65,00031%
Worklife Partnership$58,75013%
Christel House International Inc$54,98120%
Billie Jean King Foundation$50,00025%
Gofundmeorg$50,00010%
United Way of New York City$50,00010%
Hope South Florida Inc$50,00011%
United Ways of the Pacific Northwest$50,000112%
Teamwork Englewood Inc$50,00012%
Turning Points for Children$48,00010%
Children of Mine$45,000213%
Junior Achievement of Georgia Discovery Center Inc$40,00122%
Deaf-Reach Inc$40,00031%
Highline College Foundation$36,00012%
Indianapolis Private Industry Council$35,00010%
Bridge of Light Inc$35,0001n/a
Beautiful Day$35,00024%
New York City Police Foundation Inc$35,00020%
United Way of Greater Atlanta Inc$32,50020%
Hillsides$31,10010%
International Women's Coffee Alliance$30,000210%
Seattle Children's Foundation$30,00010%
Friends of Refugees Inc$30,00012%
Covenant House Washington DC$30,00020%
Greater Chicago Food Depository$30,00010%
Association for the Advancement of Mexican Americans$30,00010%
Liberty's Kitchen Inc$30,00011%
A Wider Circle Inc$30,00020%
United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey$30,00010%
College Track$30,00010%
Center for Disaster Philanthropy Inc$30,00010%
Boston Private Industry Council Inc The$30,0001n/a
United Way Inc$30,00010%
Youthbuild Boston Inc$29,75011%
Globalgiving Foundation Inc$28,40010%
Partnerships With Industry$25,98410%
International Institute of New England Inc$25,00010%
Pacific Gateway Workforce Partnership$25,0001n/a
Arizona Center for Youth Resources$25,00011%
Urban League of Eastern Masschusetts Inc$25,00012%
Earthecho International Inc$25,00012%
Goodwill of the Olympics and Rainier Region$25,00010%
The Matthews House$25,00011%
The Sandals Foundation Inc$25,00013%
Resources for Children With Special Needs Inc$25,00011%
Jobtrain Inc$25,00011%
The Hope Program Inc$25,00011%
Leadersup$25,0001n/a
African American Museum in Philadelphia$25,00011%
National Cares Mentoring Movement Inc$25,00011%
Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle$25,00011%
Tarrant Area Food Bank$25,00020%
Queens Community House$25,00010%
Monument Crisis Center$25,00011%
The Bridge for Youth$25,00011%
Highlander Research & Education Center Inc$25,00010%
Kupu$25,00010%
Community Empowerment Association Inc$25,00012%
Juma Ventures Inc$25,00010%
Food Bank for New York City$25,00010%
Maui Food Bank Inc$25,00010%
The Aakoma Project Inc$25,00026%
Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth$23,01511%
Food Bank of Rio Grande Valley Inc$22,16020%
Center on Halsted$20,00010%
Dress for Success Denver$20,00016%
Office of Port Job Opportunities and Business Support$20,00011%
Mental Health Association in Tulsa Inc dba Mental Health Association Oklahoma$20,00010%
Opportunity Village$20,00010%
Youth Opportunities Unlimited$20,00010%
Prodigy Ventures Inc$20,00013%
The Urban Farming Institute of Bostoninc$20,00013%
University of Maryland Foundation Inc$20,00010%
Homefront Inc$20,00010%
Hearts to Nourish Hope Inc$20,00011%
Washington DC Police Foundation$18,00011%
Travis Manion Foundation$15,94020%
Refoundry Inc$15,00012%
License to Freedom$15,00012%
Junior Achievement of Sacramento Inc$15,00013%
Abounding Service Inc$15,00018%
Girlforward$15,00012%
Year One Inc$15,00010%
Vietnamese American Nongovernmental Organization Network$15,00013%
Re-Establish Richmond Inc$15,00012%
The YWCA of Western New York Inc$14,45011%
Youthbuild Global Inc$14,00010%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Puerto Rico Inc$12,90920%
Recipe for Success Foundation$11,00021%
Peacekeeper Society$10,0001n/a
Operation Veterans' Hope$10,0001n/a
Eight Million Stories Inc$10,00011%
Hope Services$10,00010%
Team Kids Inc$10,00013%
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention$10,00010%
Refugee Artisan Initative$10,00011%
Youth Empowerment Project$10,00010%
The Support Group Inc$10,0001n/a
Dress for Success Seattle$10,00011%
The Home of the Innocents Inc$10,00010%
Save Abee Foundation Inc$10,00017%
Assisting Lives in Las Vegas$10,00011%
Food Bank for the Heartland$10,00010%
USO Wisconsin Inc$10,0001n/a
Jewish Social Service Agency$10,00010%
Blossoms of Guyana$10,0001n/a
Institute for Nonprofit News$10,00010%
Colorado Healing Fund$10,00010%
Native Expeditions Corp$10,0001n/a
Loggerhead Marinelife Center Inc$10,00010%
FisherNightingale Houses Inc$10,00012%
Family Education & Support Services$10,00010%
Salt Lake Neighborhood Housing Services DBA Neighborworks Salt Lake$10,00010%
Martin Luther King Community Center Incorporated$10,00010%
Junior Achievement of Northern California$10,00010%
Asian Counseling and Referral Service$10,00010%
AmPowering$10,00012%
New Avenues for Youth Inc$10,00010%
The Ray Pfeifer Foundation$10,00013%
Hero Pups Inc$10,000111%
Blue Star Families Inc$10,00010%
Arkansas Foodbank$10,00010%
Brave Trails$10,00010%
Inter-Faith Food Shuttle$10,00010%
El Centro de la Raza$10,00010%
Feeding America Tampa Bay Inc$10,00010%
Land and Cultural Preservation Fund Inc$9,04715%
Big Brothers-Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago$8,63010%
Lowcountry Food Bank Inc$7,70010%
Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tn Inc$7,50020%
Flamboyan Foundation Inc$7,5001n/a
Christians Reaching Out To Society Inc$7,50010%
San Antonio Food Bank$7,00020%
United Service Organizations of Illinois Inc$6,77010%
Puget Soundkeeper Alliance$6,65020%
Feeding San Diego$6,50010%
Compassion in Oakland$5,00011%
Central Texas Food Bank Inc$5,00010%
Roadrunner Food Bank Inc$5,00010%
Youth Employment Service of the Harbor Area Inc$5,00011%
Memphis Friendship Foundation Inc$5,000118%
Second Harvest Food Bank Santa Cruz County$5,00010%
Child Advocates of San Bernardino County$5,00011%
Meals From the Heartland Inc$5,00010%
Paterson Task Force for Community Action Inc$5,00010%
Healthy Day Partners$5,0001n/a
Deep & Beyond Inc$5,00019%
Must Ministries Inc$5,00010%
Minnies Food Pantry Inc$5,00010%
Emergency Food Network of Tacoma and Pierce County$5,00010%
The Foodbank Inc$5,00010%
Friends of the Dunes$5,00011%
Rebuilding Together - St Louis$5,00010%
Junior Achievement of Upstate South Carolina Inc$5,00012%
Veggielution$5,0001n/a
Dannon Project$5,00010%
Second Harvest Food Bank of East Tennessee$5,00010%
Learnserve International$5,00011%
Harlem Grown Inc$5,00010%
Birds Connect Seattle$5,00011%
Community Food Bank Of New Jersey Inc$5,00010%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northeast Florida Inc$5,00010%
St Mary's Food Bank Alliance$5,00010%
Community Food Bank of Central Alabama$5,00010%
Action Ministries Inc$5,00010%
Harmony Community Development Corporation$5,00010%
Sandhills Pride$5,00018%
Girls on the Run - Maine$5,0001n/a
Colorado Dream Foundation$5,00010%
Inside Out Youth Services$5,00010%
Glean Kentucky Inc$5,0001n/a
Montgomery County Public Schools Educational Foundation Inc$5,0001n/a
Jeremiah Program$5,00010%
Lorraine Civil Rights Museum Foundation$5,00010%
Open Hand Atlanta Inc$5,00010%
Cypress Community Assistance Ministries$5,00010%
Cocoon House$5,00010%
Beyond Housing Inc$5,00010%
Boys and Girls Clubs of the Capital Area$5,0001n/a
North Texas Food Bank$5,00010%
Douglas County Educational Foundation$5,00010%
Rebuilding Together Metro Chicago$5,00011%
Veterans Community Project$5,00010%
Second Harvest Inland Northwest$5,00010%
SHAPE Community Center$5,00011%
Sustain Charlotte Inc$5,00011%
Latino Memphis Inc$5,00011%
Rebuilding Together of Manchester Ct$5,00012%
The Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Idaho Foodbank Warehouse$5,00010%
Girls on the Run Greater Boston$5,00011%
Friends of San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden$4,99912%
New England Coastal Wildlife Allian$4,997110%
Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems Inc$4,98512%
Chicanos Por la Causa Inc Cplc$4,95010%
Bluecology Winning$4,78515%
Dog Tag Inc$4,1201n/a
Volunteers of America Western Washington$3,50010%
Thrive Youth Center Inc$3,25010%
One Roof$3,00010%
Child Protect of Mercer County Inc$3,00010%
Words of Comfort Hope and Promise$2,84511%
Dress for Success Southern Nevada$2,80010%
Military Heritage Foundation$2,75010%
Veterans on The Rise Inc$2,70010%
The United Way of Central Maryland Inc$2,50010%
United Way of Greenville County Inc$2,50010%
Girls on the Run Worcester County Inc$2,5001n/a
United Way of Greater St Louis Inc$2,50010%
Professional Police Officers Association of Odessa$2,5001n/a
Valley of the Sun United Way$2,50010%
United Way of Metropolitan Dallas Inc$2,50010%
Maine Association of the Deaf Inc$2,50011%
Teen Feed$2,18010%
Boys and Girls Clubs of King County$1,86010%
Lutheran Social Services National Capital Areainc$1,80010%
Community Partners$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 48 recipients with no EIN on record ($8.9M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Starbucks Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 7 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMercy Corps: $8,073,980 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $6,225,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $4,067,033 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetPoints of Light Foundation: $3,526,942 over 2y, 11% of budgetSeattle International Foundation: $3,030,330 over 6y, 17% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters Of America: $2,565,017 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetCooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc: $2,507,245 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetCity Year Inc: $2,222,600 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetUnited Nations Foundation Inc: $1,677,638 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetPlanet Water Foundation: $1,640,850 over 7y, 13% of budgetLutheran World Relief Inc: $1,560,803 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetWorld Neighbors Inc: $1,530,272 over 6y, 7.4% of budgetFeeding America: $1,400,290 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGlobal Water Challenge: $1,269,686 over 4y, 8.8% of budgetSend a Cow Inc: $1,263,469 over 4y, 84% of budgetThe National Mentoring Partnership Inc: $1,250,000 over 4y, 7.1% of budgetMaris Place: $1,250,000 over 6y, 96% of budgetJunior Achievement USA: $1,209,500 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of America: $1,125,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetConservation International Foundation: $1,124,932 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetJa Worldwide Inc: $1,050,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetThe Global Fund to Fight AIDS Tuberculosis and Malaria: $1,000,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $926,180 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetWorld Relief Corp of National Association of Evangelicals: $813,015 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetYWCA USA Inc: $800,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetCovenant House: $800,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetWellspring Family Services: $749,999 over 6y, 1.7% of budgetDays For Girls International: $749,635 over 4y, 11% of budgetThe Mission Continues: $747,863 over 2y, 4.4% of budgetHanns R Neumann Stiftung North America Inc: $744,000 over 4y, 24% of budgetAmerican Friends of Bean Voyage: $732,142 over 5y, 52% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $650,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUnited States Fund for Unicef: $600,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Malala Fund: $506,040 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetInterfaith America: $500,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetWaterorg: $500,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetPublic Allies Inc: $450,000 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetLava Mae: $450,000 over 2y, 30% of budgetDirect Relief: $450,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of King County: $420,940 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetFarestart: $367,950 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetTechnoserve Inc: $350,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWorld Coffee Research: $322,737 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetNo One Left Behind: $300,000 over 3y, 14% of budgetVillage Enterprise Fund: $300,000 over 3y, 3.3% of budgetWakami Foundation: $269,632 over 3y, 36% of budgetOperation Gratitude Inc: $250,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetRobin Hood Foundation: $250,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

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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.

Gates FoundationWA29.6× affinity21 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Gates Foundation · Wells Fargo Foundation · Medina Foundation · Credit Unions in the State of Washington · Annie E Casey Foundation Inc · Seattle Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · Schultz Family Foundation · Real Progress Foundation · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · The Rockefeller Foundation · Pwc Foundation Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About The Starbucks Foundation

How much does The Starbucks Foundation give?
The Starbucks Foundation reported 37 grants totaling $17,254,434 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 53 and 234 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
What does The Starbucks Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are International (33%), Philanthropy (19%), Public Safety & Disaster (11%).
Who are The Starbucks Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Mercy Corps ($8.1M), American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ($6.2M), World Central Kitchen Inc ($4.1M).
Does The Starbucks Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 22% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Starbucks 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 Starbucks Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Gates Foundation, Wells Fargo Foundation, Medina Foundation.
Where is The Starbucks Foundation based?
The Starbucks Foundation is based in WA.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 382 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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