Washington · Private foundation
The Vijay & Sita Vashee 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.
- $290k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $220,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 14
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $449k
- 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 Vijay & Sita Vashee 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 | 10 | $290k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $153k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $113k | 10% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $103k | 14% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $90k | 15% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $90k | 17% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $59k | 30% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $57k | 13% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IIT Bombay Heritage Foundation | $345,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Seattle Art Museum | $120,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Cornell University | $70,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Overlake Hospital Foundation | $69,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Southern Poverty Law Center Inc | $52,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Cry-Child Rights and You America Inc | $51,000 | 7 | 1% |
| University of Chicago | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Seattle Repertory Theatre | $36,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Cascade Public Media | $32,500 | 9 | 0% |
| A Contemporary Theatre Inc | $30,500 | 7 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| IIT Bombay Heritage Foundation | $345,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Seattle Art Museum | $120,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Cornell University | $70,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Overlake Hospital Foundation | $69,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Southern Poverty Law Center Inc | $52,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Cry-Child Rights and You America Inc | $51,000 | 7 | 1% |
| University of Chicago | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Seattle Repertory Theatre | $36,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Cascade Public Media | $32,500 | 9 | 0% |
| A Contemporary Theatre Inc | $30,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Natural Resources Defense Council Inc | $27,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc | $27,000 | 7 | 0% |
| LifeWire | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Pratham USA | $15,000 | 4 | 0% |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc | $15,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Seattle Symphony Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($80k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Vijay & Sita Vashee 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: United Way of King County · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Grousemont Foundation · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Seattle Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About The Vijay & Sita Vashee Foundation
- How much does The Vijay & Sita Vashee Foundation give?
- The Vijay & Sita Vashee Foundation reported 10 grants totaling $290,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 14 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Vijay & Sita Vashee Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Science & Tech (33%), Arts & Culture (23%), Education (19%).
- Who are The Vijay & Sita Vashee Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: IIT Bombay Heritage Foundation ($345k), Seattle Art Museum ($120k), Cornell University ($70k).
- Does The Vijay & Sita Vashee Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Vijay & Sita Vashee 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 Vijay & Sita Vashee Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Way of King County, Jpmorgan Chase Foundation, Grousemont Foundation.
- Where is The Vijay & Sita Vashee Foundation based?
- The Vijay & Sita Vashee Foundation is based in WA.
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