Washington · Private foundation
The W 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.
- $32k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2024
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $6,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 17
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $231k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations The W Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 13 | $32k | 62% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $9k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $15k | 40% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $18k | 36% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $16k | 29% |
| FY2019 | 17 | $23k | 47% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $31k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 17 | $21k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun Valley Summer Symphony Inc | $18,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Downtown Emergency Service Center | $13,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Northwest Harvest Emm | $9,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Holocaust Center For Humanity | $8,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Alliance for Gun Responsibility Foundation | $7,500 | 3 | 1% |
| North Seattle College | $6,269 | 3 | n/a |
| Pike Place Market Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Maris Place | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Casa Latina | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Kuow Puget Sound Public Radio | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 24 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun Valley Summer Symphony Inc | $18,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Downtown Emergency Service Center | $13,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Northwest Harvest Emm | $9,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Holocaust Center For Humanity | $8,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Alliance for Gun Responsibility Foundation | $7,500 | 3 | 1% |
| North Seattle College | $6,269 | 3 | n/a |
| Pike Place Market Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Maris Place | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Casa Latina | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Kuow Puget Sound Public Radio | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Arboretum Foundation | $2,325 | 2 | 0% |
| The Seattle Times Community Impact Fund | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Rainier Scholars | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| St Louis Area Food Bank Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Northwest Immigrant Rights Project | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pilgrim Africa | $1,217 | 1 | 0% |
| University District Service League | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ballard Food Bank | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sound Generations | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Jewish Family Service | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| White Center Emergency Food Association White Center Food Bank | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| National Park Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Rainier Valley Food Bank | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bread of Life Mission | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 31 recipients with no EIN on record ($66k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The W 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: Seattle Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · Lucky Seven Foundation · United Way of King County · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Gates Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Moccasin Lake Foundation · Peach Foundation · Brant Foundation · Real Progress Foundation
How this is measured
About The W Foundation
- How much does The W Foundation give?
- The W Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $31,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 17 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The W Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (24%), Philanthropy (20%), Food & Nutrition (10%).
- Who are The W Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Sun Valley Summer Symphony Inc ($18k), Downtown Emergency Service Center ($14k), Northwest Harvest Emm ($9k).
- Does The W Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The W 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 W Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Seattle Foundation, The Norcliffe Foundation, Lucky Seven Foundation.
- Where is The W Foundation based?
- The W Foundation is based in WA.
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