Foundations that fund legal aid and crime prevention in Washington
These 25 foundations made grants to legal aid and crime prevention in Washington in the most recent IRS filing I have for each. None of them ticked the box for giving only to preselected organizations, and each filing gives application instructions or a website. That doesn't prove a foundation takes applications, and some on this list may not. The text below is copied from the filings, most of them for tax year 2024, so check a foundation's website or call before you apply.
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Ellison Foundation
- $15,000 to Eastside Legal Assistance Program, Bellevue: Legal services
- $10,000 to Rest, Seattle: Human services
- $5,000 to Seattle Police Foundation, Seattle: Community services
How to apply: Ellison-foundation.org
Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust
- $100,000 to Vanessa Behan, Spokane: General operating (daffodil grant)
- $55,000 to Lavender Rights Project, Seattle: Unrestricted programming (daffodil grant)
How to apply: Online form submission through our website.
Deadlines: No
Restrictions: Focus is oregon.
Moccasin Lake Foundation
- $60,000 to Nw Childrens Foundation, Seattle: General & Unrestricted
- $10,000 to Lavender Rights Project, Seattle: General & Unrestricted
How to apply: Moccasinlakefoundation.org
Deadlines: Moccasinlakefoundation.org
Restrictions: Moccasinlakefoundation.org
Fuchsg & M Fdn Tai
- $20,000 to Safe Streets Campaign, Tacoma: General operating
- $15,000 to Center for Dialog & Resolution, Tacoma: General operating
How to apply: Applications should be submitted using our application form
Restrictions: Yes, see our application form
The Bamford Foundation
- $20,000 to Safe Streets Campaign, Tacoma: Program support (twci in the neighborhoods)
- $7,500 to Bold Solutions, Tacoma: Program support - girls project juvenile justice
How to apply: The bamford foundation has now adopted an online grants portal through which organizations may submit a letter of inquiry. Www.grantinterface.com. See www.bamfordfoundation.org for more information.
Deadlines: For 2024, grant cycles will occur during the winter, spring, and summer quarters.
Restrictions: For 2024, the foundation will focus on leveraging the impact of small (less than 15,000) size grants with both new and existing grant partners. The foundation continues to make grants aligned with four priority giving areas, primarily...
Wyman Youth Trust
- $2,500 to The If Project, Seattle: Civic
- $2,000 to Atlantic Street Center, Seattle: Social health
How to apply: Letter of proposal with description and history of the organization description of project and financial need information on board of trustees and directors annual operating budget applications accepted by mail only
Deadlines: June 15 arts and culture, december 1 social health service, sept 15 civic education
Restrictions: Not for profit organization with proof of 501(c)3 status
Sherwood Trust
- $160,000 to Star Project, Walla Walla: Core
How to apply: See www.sherwoodtrust.org for application instructions.
Deadlines: Letter of Intent deadline February 5th. Application deadline March 5th.
Restrictions: Religious, charitable, and educational purposes within the Walla Walla geographical area.
Herman P and Sophia Taubman Foundation %bank of Oklahoma Private Wealth
- $119,000 to Washington Innocence Project, Seattle: Rectifying & Preventing Wrongful Criminal Convictions
How to apply: Written request to Foundation Trustees stating the amount and nature of the request and the contact information of the party requesting contributions
Restrictions: Award must be for charitable, religious, scientific, educational or literary purposes
Gow Family Foundation
- $50,000 to Northwest Community Bail Fund, Seattle: General purposes
How to apply: Grant application available from the foundation.
The Schmidt Family Foundation
- $50,000 to Environmental Defender Law Center, Port Townsend: Protecting human rights in africa
How to apply: Online process, please see details at the websites: https://tsffoundation.org/ https://www.schmidtmarine.org/
Deadlines: Online process, please see details at: https://tsffoundation.org/. Https://www.schmidtmarine.org/
Restrictions: Online process, please see details at the websites: https://tsffoundation.org/ https://www.schmidtmarine.org/
The Tinker Foundation Inc
- $40,000 to Committee for Children, Seattle: Social-emotional learning for lower-elementary school students and their educators in the...
How to apply: See www.tinker.org
Deadlines: See www.tinker.org
Restrictions: See www.tinker.org
The Wiebe Foundation
- $35,000 to Engedi Refuge Ministries, Lynden: General operating fund
How to apply: None specified
Restrictions: No
Elizabeth C Pool Charitable Tr Uma
- $31,893 to Vanessa Behan, Spokane: General operating
How to apply: Contact jean edwards
Deadlines: Contact jean edwards
Restrictions: Grants for human health, human housing and shelter for women and children suffering under the threat of physical harm, youth development for underprivileged - eastern washington or northern id
Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc
- $25,000 to Atlantic Street Center, Seattle: Youth development summer academy
How to apply: Only online applications are accepted. Visit www.libertymutualfoundation.org to apply online.
Deadlines: There are no submission deadlines. Liberty mutual foundation has rolling reviews of applications.
Restrictions: Liberty mutual foundation does not provide philanthropic support for: individuals; foundations that are primarily grantmaking agencies; religious organizations requesting funds for sectarian activities; fraternal, social or political...
Hill Family Foundation
- $10,000 to Atlantic Street Center, Seattle: donation
How to apply: Any application format can be used.
Forest Foundation
- $10,000 to The Center for Dialog & Resolution, Tacoma: General operating support
How to apply: Go to www.forestfound.org website, click "begin application", click "apply", and submit a "letter of inquiry" through the online application process.
Deadlines: Go to website, click "guidelines" link, then click "application timeline" link
Restrictions: See attached "forest foundation mission & other foundation details"
Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation
- $7,500 to Safefutures Youth Center, Seattle: After-school program to motivate youth to succeed in academics
How to apply: Grant applications should be submitted via the online application found at www.dpwfoundation.org.
Deadlines: Grant applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, with decisions generally made within 90 days.
Restrictions: Generally limited to 501(c)(3) organizations with an emphasis on organizations that provide direct services to economically and socially disadvantaged youth special needs individuals and their families, as well as education programming in...
Umpqua Bank Charitable Foundation
- $6,000 to Vanessa Behan, Spokane: Emergency Respite Care
How to apply: Web application at www.umpquabank.com/community. Please provide a project description, financial information, tax status verification and contact information.
Deadlines: March 6th, june 12th, september 4th
Restrictions: LIMITED TO OR, WA, NV, ID, CA, AZ, CO, UT; Priority Focus Areas: Economically Vibrant Communities; Healthy Communities; Inclusive Communities; and Sustainable Communities.
The Ellis Foundation
- $5,000 to Weld Seattle, Seattle: General operating
How to apply: Application form
Restrictions: The ellis foundation concentrates its giving in the areas of the envir
The Farber Baggenstos Family Foundation
- $5,000 to Safe Streets Campaign, Tacoma: General & Unrestricted
How to apply: Electronically submitted application online at https://www.farberbaggenstosfoundation.org/index.php/grant-application -download-and-submission
Deadlines: June 15 of each year
Restrictions: See www.farberbaggenstosfoundation.org
Mms Giving Foundation
- $5,000 to Children and Youth Justice Center, Seattle: In furtherance of 501(c)(3) charitable purpose
How to apply: Written request
Milton & Miriam Waldbaum Family Foundation
- $2,500 to Northwest Justice Project, Seattle: General funding
How to apply: The application should include general background information on the applicant, the amount requested, the proposed use of the requested amount, and the proposed budget of the organization.
Deadlines: Applications are accepted at any time
Restrictions: There are no restrictions due to the geographical location, kind of institution, etc. Award amounts are limited only by the foundation's capicity to pay amounts relative to the total.
Washington Federal Foundation
- $2,000 to Weld Seattle, Seattle: Financial literacy
How to apply: Applicants should complete a grant application and provide a copy of the irs letter confirming the organization's exempt status, its mission statement, a copy of the organization's operating and program budget, financial statements, and recently filed form 990 must be submitted....
Restrictions: Grants are focused on applicants from communities with branches of washington federal bank
The Russell Family Foundation
- $1,000 to Hilltop Action Coalition, Tacoma: General operating support
How to apply: Letters of inquiry are received through an online grant making program (foundant technologies) that is accessed through the trff website and may be invited to submit full proposals. The information and materials requested vary for each program but typically include project...
Deadlines: Grant cycle deadlines may be accessed on the trff website.
Restrictions: Employee matching gifts and discretionary grants must be given to a nonprofit 501(c)(3) or completed through expenditure responsibility if it is for a charitable purpose.
The Avista Foundation
- $1,000 to Create Your Statement, Spokane: Teen Dating Abuse Prevention
How to apply: The filing names a contact. Use the filings link above.
Deadlines: Various
Restrictions: The Avista Foundation a community investment program of Avista Corporation provides funding to non-profit organizations addressing the needs of communities and citizens served by Avista Utilities in Eastern Washington Northern Idaho...
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