Washington · Public charity
Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle
The URBAN LEAGUE OF METROPOLITAN SEATTLE (ulms) empowers african americans, as well as other diverse underserved communities, to thrive by securing educational and economic opportunities.
- $6.8M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $181k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 4
- FY2023 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $51M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 14 | $181k | 93% |
| FY2024 | 1 | $20k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $71k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2023 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Island Soul LLC | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Foundation for Tacoma Students | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Tabor 100 Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Northwest Harvest Emm | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Association of Washington Cities | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Evermark LLC | $16,390 | 1 | n/a |
| C Davis Texas Bbq | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Seattle Economic Development Fund Business Impact Nw | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Baseball Beyond Borders | $12,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Kd Hall Foundation | $10,104 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Island Soul LLC | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Foundation for Tacoma Students | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Tabor 100 Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Northwest Harvest Emm | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Association of Washington Cities | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Evermark LLC | $16,390 | 1 | n/a |
| C Davis Texas Bbq | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Seattle Economic Development Fund Business Impact Nw | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Baseball Beyond Borders | $12,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Kd Hall Foundation | $10,104 | 1 | n/a |
| Highline College Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Service Is a Lifestyle100 Black Parents | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Black Restaurant Week LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Rho Lambda Zeta Chapter | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kitara Johnson LLC | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Where Ya at LLC | $5,863 | 1 | n/a |
| Charles Davis Bbq | $5,650 | 1 | n/a |
| Black Education Strategy Roundtable | $5,500 | 1 | 3% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle 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 · Credit Unions in the State of Washington · The Norcliffe Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle
- How much does Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle give?
- Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle reported 14 itemized grants totaling $181,117, out of $6,793,765 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 4 organizations a year over FY2023 to FY2024.
- What does Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2025, its largest causes are Community Improvement (37%), Education (20%), Food & Nutrition (19%).
- Who are Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2023 to FY2025: Island Soul LLC ($50k), Foundation for Tacoma Students ($30k), Tabor 100 Inc ($20k).
- Does Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Seattle Foundation, Credit Unions in the State of Washington, The Norcliffe Foundation.
- Where is Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle based?
- Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle is based in WA.
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