Washington · Private foundation
Welfund Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $97k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 11
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $970k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 17% of the organizations Welfund Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k 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 | 12 | $97k | 58% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $85k | 17% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $87k | 64% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $96k | 64% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $80k | 14% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $78k | 57% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $77k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $75k | 40% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding | $116,500 | 4 | 2% |
| Leavenworth Ski Hill Heritage Foundation | $45,300 | 6 | n/a |
| Wenatchee River Institute | $35,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Westminster University | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Cascade Medical Foundation | $28,000 | 3 | 9% |
| Urban Artworks | $24,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest | $23,500 | 5 | 0% |
| The Lighthouse for the Blind Inc | $22,500 | 2 | 0% |
| The Seattle Aquarium Society | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Charles Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding | $116,500 | 4 | 2% |
| Leavenworth Ski Hill Heritage Foundation | $45,300 | 6 | n/a |
| Wenatchee River Institute | $35,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Westminster University | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Cascade Medical Foundation | $28,000 | 3 | 9% |
| Urban Artworks | $24,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest | $23,500 | 5 | 0% |
| The Lighthouse for the Blind Inc | $22,500 | 2 | 0% |
| The Seattle Aquarium Society | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Charles Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Confluence Health Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Teen Closet | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Whidbey Camano Land Trust | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Grunewald Guild | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Jackson Hole Public Art | $3,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $3,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Wenatchee Valley Humane Society Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Wellspring Women's Center | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Cascade Public Media | $1,200 | 1 | 0% |
| Chris Craft Antique Boat Club Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| San Francisco Parks Alliance | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Givepower Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($351k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Welfund Inc 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 · Community Foundation of Ncw · M J Murdock Charitable Trust · Lucky Seven Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About Welfund Inc
- How much does Welfund Inc give?
- Welfund Inc reported 12 grants totaling $96,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 11 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Welfund Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Public Safety & Disaster (30%), Arts & Culture (28%), Recreation & Sports (9%).
- Who are Welfund Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding ($117k), Leavenworth Ski Hill Heritage Foundation ($45k), Wenatchee River Institute ($35k).
- Does Welfund Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Welfund Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Welfund Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Seattle Foundation, Community Foundation of Ncw, M J Murdock Charitable Trust.
- Where is Welfund Inc based?
- Welfund Inc is based in WA.
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