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Thomas C Wright 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.

$837k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
37
Grants FY2024
25
Organizations funded FY2023
24%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$450,000
Organizations funded a year
1 to 25
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
6
Total assets, FY2024
$13M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 24% of the organizations Thomas C Wright Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $32k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesArts & CultureEducationYouth DevelopmentEnvironmentReligionOther
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
FY2024still arriving37$837k35%
FY202325$548k24%
FY202218$270k11%
FY202118$796k33%
FY202013$32k62%
FY20195$515k60%
FY20181$1.0M0%
FY20174$507kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$2.6MEducation$869kHousing & Shelter$550kArts & Culture$295kHealth$135kAnimals$38kEnvironment$23kYouth Development$23kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Amara$1,513,800316%
Kindering Center$901,50064%
Seattle University$750,00040%
Congregations for the Homeless$526,00076%
Bellevue Art Museum$258,96045%
Reading Partners$54,97260%
Page Ahead Childrens Literacy Prgm$44,00042%
Bridge Meadows$43,50051%
The Sophia Way$23,86250%
Bellevue Botanical Garden Society$22,75021%
Show all 31 grantees
All grantees of Thomas C Wright Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Amara$1,513,800316%
Kindering Center$901,50064%
Seattle University$750,00040%
Congregations for the Homeless$526,00076%
Bellevue Art Museum$258,96045%
Reading Partners$54,97260%
Page Ahead Childrens Literacy Prgm$44,00042%
Bridge Meadows$43,50051%
The Sophia Way$23,86250%
Bellevue Botanical Garden Society$22,75021%
Seattle Childrens Playgarden$22,50061%
Hopelink$22,00060%
Adoptee Mentoring Society$20,00024%
Sound Generations$19,50050%
Rainier Scholars$15,00020%
Village Theatre$13,98920%
Bridge Ministries Bridge Disability Ministries$13,00050%
George Weyerhaeuser Pacific Rim Bonsai Collection$11,87521%
LifeWire$11,50040%
New Beginnings$11,50030%
Atlantic Street Center$6,00030%
Treehouse$5,05010%
Camp Korey$2,50010%
Childhaven$2,50010%
Pediatric Interim Care Center$2,50010%
Rwanda Girls Initiative$2,50010%
Safe Crossings Foundation$1,00010%
Association of Small Foundations$83010%
Eastside Audubon Society$50010%
Feral Cat SpayNeuter Project$50010%
National Audubon Society Inc$25010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($183k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Thomas C Wright Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAmara: $1,513,800 over 3y, 16% of budgetKindering Center: $901,500 over 6y, 3.8% of budgetSeattle University: $750,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCongregations for the Homeless: $526,000 over 7y, 5.5% of budgetBellevue Art Museum: $258,960 over 4y, 4.7% of budgetReading Partners: $54,972 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetPage Ahead Childrens Literacy Prgm: $44,000 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetBridge Meadows: $43,500 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetThe Sophia Way: $23,862 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetBellevue Botanical Garden Society: $22,750 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetSeattle Childrens Playgarden: $22,500 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetHopelink: $22,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAdoptee Mentoring Society: $20,000 over 2y, 3.7% of budgetSound Generations: $19,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetRainier Scholars: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetVillage Theatre: $13,989 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBridge Ministries Bridge Disability Ministries: $13,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetGeorge Weyerhaeuser Pacific Rim Bonsai Collection: $11,875 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetLifeWire: $11,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNew Beginnings: $11,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAtlantic Street Center: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTreehouse: $5,050 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCamp Korey: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetChildhaven: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPediatric Interim Care Center: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetRwanda Girls Initiative: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSafe Crossings Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAssociation of Small Foundations: $830 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEastside Audubon Society: $500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFeral Cat SpayNeuter Project: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Audubon Society Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% 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 31.

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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.

Seattle FoundationPuget Sound Energy Fo…The Norcliffe Foundat…United Way of King Co…Mightycause Charitabl…Medina FoundationEmployees Community F…Aven FoundationWilkins Charitable Fo…Grousemont FoundationMoccasin Lake Foundat…Liberty Mutual Founda…
Seattle FoundationWA40.7× affinity20 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Seattle Foundation · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · United Way of King County · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Medina Foundation · Employees Community Fund of the Boeing Company · Aven Foundation · Wilkins Charitable Foundation · Grousemont Foundation · Moccasin Lake Foundation · Liberty Mutual 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 Thomas C Wright Foundation

How much does Thomas C Wright Foundation give?
Thomas C Wright Foundation reported 37 grants totaling $836,605 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 25 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Thomas C Wright Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (57%), Education (19%), Housing & Shelter (12%).
Who are Thomas C Wright Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Amara ($1.5M), Kindering Center ($902k), Seattle University ($750k).
Does Thomas C Wright Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 24% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Thomas C Wright 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 Thomas C Wright Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Seattle Foundation, Puget Sound Energy Foundation, The Norcliffe Foundation.
Where is Thomas C Wright Foundation based?
Thomas C Wright 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 42 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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