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Foundations That Fund Education in Washington

Imperigo has identified 1,025 funders that made 15,063 grants totaling $1.6B to 1,295 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 $1.6B
Funders 1,025
Grants 15,063
Organizations funded 1,295

Top Funders — page 2 of 4

26. Cornish Foundation
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $243K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.1M
27. Foundation for the Seattle Colleges
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.1M · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.1M
28. National University
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.8M · through 2022 · 4.7% of their giving
$3.8M
29. Bainbridge Community Foundation
43 grants to 13 organizations · largest $160K · through 2025 · 10.5% of their giving
$1.6M
30. Seattle Pacific Foundation
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $370K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$855K
31. Perigee Fund
20 grants to 8 organizations · largest $565K · through 2024 · 4.4% of their giving
$3.6M
32. Bargains Galore Thrift Store
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $179K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$768K
33. Valley Girls & Guys
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $251K · through 2021 · 46.8% of their giving
$742K
34. Greater Tacoma Community Foundation
172 grants to 20 organizations · largest $350K · through 2024 · 5.0% of their giving
$3.0M
35. One Call for All
54 grants to 15 organizations · largest $83K · through 2024 · 12.0% of their giving
$1.2M
36. Seattle Prof Engineering Employees Assn DBA Soc of Prof Eng Empl in Aerospace
35 grants to 13 organizations · largest $40K · through 2024 · 56.4% of their giving
$636K
37. Seattle Milk Fund Inc
4 grants to 3 organizations · largest $257K · through 2022 · 30.5% of their giving
$632K
38. David & Cathy Habib Foundation C/O Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle
14 grants to 7 organizations · largest $150K · through 2022 · 23.8% of their giving
$588K
39. Wa State Association for Justice Legal Education Seminars
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $157K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$540K
40. Whatcom Educational Credit Union
24 grants to 9 organizations · largest $128K · through 2025 · 45.9% of their giving
$537K
41. Focusing Philanthropy Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.5M · through 2024 · 2.6% of their giving
$4.2M
42. United Way of Benton & Franklin Counties
32 grants to 12 organizations · largest $72K · through 2025 · 14.6% of their giving
$734K
43. Sheng-Yen Lu Foundation
37 grants to 12 organizations · largest $60K · through 2024 · 9.9% of their giving
$1.0M
44. Electrical Industry Labor-Management Cooperation Trust Fund
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $250K · through 2024 · 81.6% of their giving
$516K
45. Financial Partners Credit Union
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $500K · through 2021 · 41.0% of their giving
$500K
46. Rotary Club of Bainbridge Island Trust
22 grants to 9 organizations · largest $105K · through 2024 · 28.2% of their giving
$487K
47. Better Health Together
15 grants to 8 organizations · largest $335K · through 2024 · 5.4% of their giving
$1.8M
48. Whidbey Community Foundation
16 grants to 7 organizations · largest $128K · through 2024 · 19.1% of their giving
$493K
49. Juanita View Association Aerospace Industrial Lodge No 751
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $255K · through 2021 · 38.2% of their giving
$438K
50. Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $2.0M · through 2023 · 1.9% of their giving
$4.5M

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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