Washington · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Education in Washington

Imperigo has identified 1,004 funders that made 14,342 grants totaling $1.5B to 1,279 education organizations in Washington, with a median grant of $15K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Education Funding in Washington

Total granted $1.5B
Funders 1,004
Grants 14,342
Organizations funded 1,279

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Seattle Foundation
2,600 grants to 180 organizations · largest $3.1M · through 2024 · 7.3% of their giving
$54.8M
2. Educational Corporation Mukogawa Gakuin
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $3.0M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$14.1M
3. Credit Unions in the State of Washington
119 grants to 39 organizations · largest $2.3M · through 2024 · 28.7% of their giving
$12.7M
4. Delta Dental of Washington
19 grants to 9 organizations · largest $4.2M · through 2024 · 34.2% of their giving
$11.4M
5. Ipd Breakthrough Fund
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $3.8M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$7.8M
6. Washington State Charter Schools Association
15 grants to 10 organizations · largest $1.5M · through 2020 · 17.4% of their giving
$6.2M
7. United Way of King County
96 grants to 41 organizations · largest $1.1M · through 2024 · 5.1% of their giving
$13.2M
8. Uw Medicinenorthwest
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $3.2M · through 2019 · 100.0% of their giving
$3.2M
9. Orcas Christian School Foundation
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $597K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$2.9M
10. Whitworth Foundation
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $753K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$2.5M
11. Community Foundation of Ncw
60 grants to 29 organizations · largest $1.1M · through 2023 · 9.9% of their giving
$4.8M
12. Blueprint Washington Inc
18 grants to 7 organizations · largest $442K · through 2024 · 20.8% of their giving
$2.3M
13. Innovia Foundation
134 grants to 39 organizations · largest $1.2M · through 2024 · 7.1% of their giving
$6.3M
14. The Canary Fund DBA Canary Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $704K · through 2024 · 25.6% of their giving
$1.7M
15. Yakima Valley Community Foundation
71 grants to 20 organizations · largest $500K · through 2024 · 14.0% of their giving
$2.4M
16. School's Out Washington
119 grants to 66 organizations · largest $282K · through 2024 · 7.7% of their giving
$4.4M
17. Inatai Foundation
45 grants to 27 organizations · largest $760K · through 2024 · 4.1% of their giving
$8.1M
18. Blue Mountain Community Foundation
42 grants to 14 organizations · largest $473K · through 2024 · 9.5% of their giving
$3.1M
19. Benson Family Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $520K · through 2024 · 51.1% of their giving
$1.4M
20. Erna Jorgensen Charit Trst Tw
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $287K · through 2025 · 22.3% of their giving
$1.4M
21. StriveTogether Inc
23 grants to 4 organizations · largest $1.3M · through 2023 · 5.5% of their giving
$5.1M
22. The Franklin Academy
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $985K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.4M
23. Seattle Children's Theatre Foundation
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $362K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.3M
24. Scholarship Fund for Rainier Scholars
28 grants to 7 organizations · largest $87K · through 2024 · 88.6% of their giving
$1.2M
25. Cornish Foundation
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $243K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.1M

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to education work in Washington, not by dollar totals alone — a foundation that concentrates its giving here is usually a better prospect than a larger one for which this is a rounding error. 18 of the funders counted here are donor-advised fund sponsors, which grant on behalf of individual donors and accept no applications; they are marked and ranked last.

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About This Data

A grant appears here when a funder reported it on its IRS Form 990 and the recipient organization is classified under the NTEE group covering education work, with an address in Washington. Grants are counted from the 2025 filing year backward.

Some 990 grant schedules list a recipient by name and address without an EIN, and those grants cannot be matched to a classification — so the totals above represent identifiable education funding in Washington, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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