About Apex Foundation
The Apex Foundation concentrates on large, strategic investments in mental health and biomedical research, with a particular emphasis on youth and young adult mental-health initiatives. Grants are focused and substantial, supporting national mental-health advocacy/service organizations and regional medical research institutions in the Pacific Northwest.
Focus Areas
Youth and young-adult mental health programs and suicide-prevention (e.g., JED Foundation)Mental-health advocacy and program capacity-buildingAutoimmune and biomedical research at Seattle-area medical centers (e.g., Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason)
Who They Fund
children and adolescents / studentswomen of childbearing age / new parentsfirst responders and veteranslocal community organizations and cultural institutionspeople affected by specific medical conditions (e.g., LGMD2I)
About Apex Foundation
Apex Foundation’s recent giving is anchored by seven-figure support for mental health and biomedical research, including a $750,000 grant in 2025 to Jed Foundation and a $750,000 grant in 2025 to Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason. Those gifts sit alongside a pattern of substantial awards to organizations working in youth and young-adult mental health, suicide prevention, and health research. The foundation also backs cultural and community institutions, but the recurring thread across the record is strategic, invitation-based grantmaking rather than open applications. The foundation’s program areas touch community development, education, health, empowerment, and broader health and human services. In practice, that shows up in grants to organizations such as Seattle-based medical and civic institutions, national mental-health nonprofits, and museums and history-focused organizations. It has also made repeated support to Jed Foundation across multiple years, along with continued funding for Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason. Together, those grants suggest a funder that favors concentrated partnerships and multi-year relationships over broad, diffuse giving.
What Apex Foundation Funds
Youth and young-adult mental health is one of Apex Foundation’s clearest priorities. In 2025, it gave $750,000 to Jed Foundation for mental health, after earlier support of $750,000 in 2023 for program support and $250,000 in 2023 for program support. The foundation also funds biomedical and health research. It awarded $750,000 in 2025 to Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason for health promotion and medical research, and another $100,000 in 2023 for greatest need/unrestricted support. Arts, culture, and history appear as another theme. Grants include $300,000 in 2025 to Pima Air & Space Museum for arts, culture, and history, and $250,000 in 2025 to National Medal of Honor Museum Foundation for arts, culture, and history. Apex Foundation also supported women’s wellness and food security through $115,000 to Swedish Medical Center Foundation for women’s wellness and $100,000 to American Heart Association Inc for a summer meals program.
How Apex Foundation Gives
Typical grants are small relative to the foundation’s largest awards: the p25 is $2,500, the median is $5,000, and the p75 is $25,000. The recent record also includes a smaller set of much larger, targeted grants, including several at $100,000 to $750,000. The same recipients can appear across multiple years, most clearly Jed Foundation, Pima Air & Space Museum, Whim W’him, Northwest Maritime Center, and Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason. Apex Foundation is a regular funder, and its programs are invite-only or foundation-initiated; it does not accept unsolicited proposals.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$6.2M
Total Assets
$147.8M
Total Revenue
$29.5M
Total Expenses
$8.6M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $3K and $25K, with a median of $5K.
25th Percentile
$3K
Median
$5K
75th Percentile
$25K
Geographic Reach
Regional31 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Where Apex Foundation Funds
Top 6 recipient countries by grant volume for Apex Foundation.
| Rank | Country | Grants | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United StatesDomestic | 614 | $18.1M | 96.2% |
| 2 | France | 13 |
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