Washington · Private foundation
Treeclimber 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.
- $13k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $3,900
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $4,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 8
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $148k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 29% of the organizations Treeclimber Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $300 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 | 5 | $13k | 20% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $10k | 29% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $10k | 67% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $10k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $12k | 43% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $9k | 43% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $9k | 75% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $9k | 33% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hopelink | $14,300 | 5 | 0% |
| Jewish Family Service | $14,000 | 3 | 0% |
| American Near East Refugee Aid | $9,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Facing Homelessness | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| United States Association for UNHCR | $4,967 | 2 | 0% |
| Human Rights Initiative of North Texas Inc | $3,050 | 1 | 0% |
| Northwest Harvest Emm | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Seattle Times Community Impact Fund | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Seattle Indian Health Board | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters Of America | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hopelink | $14,300 | 5 | 0% |
| Jewish Family Service | $14,000 | 3 | 0% |
| American Near East Refugee Aid | $9,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Facing Homelessness | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| United States Association for UNHCR | $4,967 | 2 | 0% |
| Human Rights Initiative of North Texas Inc | $3,050 | 1 | 0% |
| Northwest Harvest Emm | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Seattle Times Community Impact Fund | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Seattle Indian Health Board | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters Of America | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Kuow Puget Sound Public Radio | $2,200 | 9 | 0% |
| King County Library System Foundation | $2,118 | 2 | 0% |
| Translifeline DBA Trans Lifeline | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Old Dog Haven | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Alliance for Education | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Washington Foundation | $150 | 1 | 0% |
| Washington State Jewish Historical Socie | $103 | 1 | 0% |
| Bellevue Art Museum | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| San Francisco AIDS Foundation | $100 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($20k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Treeclimber 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 · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · American Gift Fund · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Loeb Family Foundation · Casey Family Programs · United Way of King County · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
About Treeclimber Foundation
- How much does Treeclimber Foundation give?
- Treeclimber Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $12,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 8 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Treeclimber Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (34%), International (30%), Health (8%).
- Who are Treeclimber Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Hopelink ($14k), Jewish Family Service ($14k), American Near East Refugee Aid ($9k).
- Does Treeclimber Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Treeclimber 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 Treeclimber Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Seattle Foundation, Puget Sound Energy Foundation, American Gift Fund.
- Where is Treeclimber Foundation based?
- Treeclimber Foundation is based in WA.
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