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Grant funders / Washington / Seattle

Grant Funders in Seattle, WA

Bespoke Grants indexes 341 grant-making foundations headquartered in Seattle, Washington — together $14.26B in indexed annual giving. Their giving most often supports health care, education, higher education and arts & culture. Local funders are one of the best starting points for a Seattle nonprofit, because many prioritize organizations in their own community.

341
Foundations in Seattle
$14.26B
Indexed annual giving
40
Listed below
WA
State

Foundations headquartered in Seattle

Ranked by giving in available IRS summaries. Filings may cover different years; these totals are not a current-year funding pool. Each links to a public overview and up to three sample grants. Full grant history and research tools require All access at $19/month.

#FoundationAnnual givingLatest grant
1Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust$5.85B2024
2Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation$5.37B2024
3Seattle Foundation$177.7M2024
4University of Washington Foundation$175.9M2024
5Richard P Haugland Foundation$141.8M2017
6Food Lifeline$114.6M2024
7Gates Philanthropy Partners$98.9M2024
8Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center$94.4M2022
9Seattle Children's Hospital Foundation$81.8M2024
10Bezos Family Foundation$74.3M2024
11Fortissimo$72.3M2025
12Inatai Foundation$71.4M2024
13Path$68.0M2024
14Seattle Pacific University$66.8M2020
15Greater Good Charities$65.1M2023
16The Paul G Allen Family Foundation$63.2M2024
17Amazonsmile Foundation$60.5M2023
18Flying Heritage & Combat Armor Museum$54.5M2023
19Legal Foundation of Washington$52.5M2024
20United Way of King County$46.9M2024
21Fund for Art Science and Technology$45.5M2025
22The Satterberg Foundation Inc$44.0M2024
23Northwest Harvest Emm$41.9M2024
24Sea-mar Community Health Center$41.5M2025
25Childhaven$40.7M2023
26The Norcliffe Foundation$40.5M2024
27Scholar Fund$39.2M2023
28Fair Work Center$39.0M2024
29Delta Dental of Washington$33.8M2024
30Marguerite Casey Foundation$32.3M2024
31Seattle Children's Hospital$28.4M2024
32Catholic Community Services of Western$26.8M2023
33Philanthropy Northwest$26.7M2024
34Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason$24.0M2024
35The Max Foundation$22.8M2024
36Perigee Fund$22.6M2024
37Raikes Foundation$22.1M2024
38Friends of Seattle Waterfront$20.1M2024
39Swedish Medical Center Foundation$19.8M2023
40The Starbucks Foundation$19.3M2024

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About this page. Lists foundations whose IRS Form 990 filings give a Seattle, WA address, drawn from Bespoke Grants' index of 225,000+ U.S. foundations and 13M+ grants. Foundations based elsewhere may also fund Seattle nonprofits; the one lifetime free funder search accounts for both.