Washington · Private foundation
The Thomas Tilford Family 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.
- $52k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $12,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 9
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $270k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations The Thomas Tilford Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 6 | $52k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $45k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $43k | 13% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $48k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $43k | 44% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $24k | 29% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $39k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $33k | 11% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Odyssey Youth Center | $79,500 | 9 | 6% |
| Buzzys Bees | $63,200 | 5 | 29% |
| Treehouse | $58,175 | 9 | 0% |
| Holy Names Academy | $18,400 | 2 | n/a |
| Holy Names Music Center | $15,500 | 5 | n/a |
| Boys & Girls Club of Spokane County | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Northwest Hope & Healing Foundation | $15,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Women & Children's Free Restaurant & Community Kitchen | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Second Harvest Inland Northwest | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Partnering for Progress | $3,500 | 7 | 0% |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Odyssey Youth Center | $79,500 | 9 | 6% |
| Buzzys Bees | $63,200 | 5 | 29% |
| Treehouse | $58,175 | 9 | 0% |
| Holy Names Academy | $18,400 | 2 | n/a |
| Holy Names Music Center | $15,500 | 5 | n/a |
| Boys & Girls Club of Spokane County | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Northwest Hope & Healing Foundation | $15,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Women & Children's Free Restaurant & Community Kitchen | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Second Harvest Inland Northwest | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Partnering for Progress | $3,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Children's Alliance | $3,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Reach for the Future | $2,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Everett Public Schools Foundation | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Spokane Symphony Society | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($65k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Thomas Tilford Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 10 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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.
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How this is measured
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About The Thomas Tilford Family Foundation
- How much does The Thomas Tilford Family Foundation give?
- The Thomas Tilford Family Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $52,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 9 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Thomas Tilford Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (34%), Youth Development (27%), Food & Nutrition (11%).
- Who are The Thomas Tilford Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Odyssey Youth Center ($80k), Buzzys Bees ($63k), Treehouse ($58k).
- Does The Thomas Tilford Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Thomas Tilford Family 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 Thomas Tilford Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Avista Foundation, Bnsf Railway Foundation, Seattle Foundation.
- Where is The Thomas Tilford Family Foundation based?
- The Thomas Tilford Family Foundation is based in WA.
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