Grants and funding in Washington

7,053 foundations reported granting into Washington on their most recent IRS filings: 31,589 itemized grants worth $11B between them. On top of that, 38 live grant programs and 199 contract opportunities are specific to Washington, alongside 3,344 nationwide programs also open here.

foundations granting into the state

7,053

of 129,981 grantmaking foundations on file

in itemized grants into the state

$11B

across 31,589 grants on IRS filings

live grants specific to Washington

38

of 3,984 live grants tracked nationwide

community lenders serving the state

60

of 483 CDFIs on file

Who gives the most into Washington

The five foundations reporting the largest itemized grant dollars into Washington on their most recent filings. Size and openness are different things: the giants here are mostly endowments that choose their own recipients, which is why the list worth working from is the 7,053 above filtered to funders that accept applications.

Who the Washington-specific grants are for

Of the 38 live grant programs specific to Washington, here is who the announcements name. 24 more are open to any organization type and counted separately, never twice.

Wherever you sit, nonprofits, cities and towns, tribal organizations and every other reader get their own page saying what Quillify does and does not do for them.

The lenders almost nobody checks

60 community development lenders serve Washington: below-market debt that takes no ownership, for organizations a bank would make wait. Among them: Community Reinvestment Fund, Inc., NDN Fund, Inc., Community Impact Loan Fund, Local Enterprise Assistance Fund, Accion Opportunity Fund. Quillify tracks all 483 nationwide alongside the grants, because the right answer to a funding gap is sometimes a loan you can actually get.