The Daniel and Margaret Carper Foundation appears to make targeted, local investments, demonstrated by a single sizable, unrestricted grant to Funhouse Commons. This suggests the foundation prioritizes sustaining community-based organizations — likely those focused on youth creativity, digital/media learning, or hands-on arts programs — and favors flexible support that lets grantees apply funds where most needed.
Highly concentrated: one large, unrestricted grant to a single local grantee rather than multiple smaller awards; favors flexible support over project-restricted funding.
The Daniel and Margaret Carper Foundation’s most distinctive recent grant is a $136,702 unrestricted award to Funhouse Commons in Eastsound. That single gift stands out in a record of mostly smaller, flexible grants, and it points to a funder that supports community-based organizations with general operating help rather than tightly restricted project funding. The foundation also backed Orcas Island Comm Foundation with a $25,000 grant for a denture project, showing that its giving can extend beyond the arts and local civic work into oral health access. Across the recent grants list, the foundation appears to favor organizations that serve the Orcas Island and San Juan County area, while also making selected awards to institutions outside Washington. Recipients include The San Juan Preservation Trust, Orcas Island Chamber, The Seadoc Society, Orcas Community Resource Ctr, Orcas Senior Center, and Orcas Island Food Bank. The grant descriptions are often broad, using unrestricted support language, which suggests the foundation gives recipients room to direct funds where they are most needed. Its pattern combines place-based philanthropy with a small number of grants to organizations in other states.
In community and youth-centered arts, the foundation gave $136,702 to Funhouse Commons for unrestricted support, a signal that it is willing to fund flexible programming tied to an organization’s exempt purpose. It also made a $20,000 unrestricted grant to Pacific Nw Ballet, extending that support style to a larger arts institution. The foundation has also supported oral health access through a $25,000 grant to Orcas Island Comm Foundation for the Denture Project, one of the clearest purpose-specific awards in the record. In addition, its recent grants include several unrestricted gifts to local service organizations, such as Orcas Community Resource Ctr, Orcas Senior Center, and Orcas Island Food Bank, indicating support for basic community needs. Outside Washington, the foundation has backed advocacy, wildlife, and global service groups, including Planned Parenthood, Wolf Hollow Wildlife, and Doctors Without Borders USA, all through unrestricted support.
The foundation’s typical grant size is modest relative to its largest awards: the 25th percentile is $6,500, the median is $15,000, and the 75th percentile is $20,000. That distribution matches a pattern of many grants clustered at $15,000 to $20,000, alongside a small number of larger exceptions. The recent record also shows repeat support to several recipients across multiple years, including Orcas Island Comm Foundation, The San Juan Preservation Trust, The Seadoc Society, Living Tongues Institute, Pacific Nw Ballet, Wolf Hollow Wildlife, and Doctors Without Borders USA. The foundation does not fund individuals and does not make program-related investments.
$531K
$1.8M
$295K
$549K
Most grants fall between $7K and $20K, with a median of $15K.
25th Percentile
$7K
Median
$15K
75th Percentile
$20K
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Notable grantees: Funhouse Commons
Most grants go to recipients in Washington, with 69% of grants landing in the foundation’s HQ state. Eastsound appears repeatedly, alongside Friday Harbor and Seattle, showing a strong San Juan County and broader Washington footprint. Outside Washington, New York appears through grants to Planned Parenthood in New York, NY, and Massachusetts appears through Doctors Without Borders USA in Hagerstown, MA. The recipient-country distribution is entirely U.S.-based in the provided data.
Recent grants show support for local community organizations, arts and youth programming, oral health access, and some environmental, advocacy, and global-service groups. Examples include unrestricted support to arts and community groups, plus a purpose-specific grant for a denture project.
The foundation’s grant sizes cluster around a median of $15,000, with the 25th percentile at $6,500 and the 75th percentile at $20,000. Recent awards also include a larger outlier of $136,702, but most grants fall within that smaller range.
Yes. Several recipients appear more than once in the recent grant list, including Orcas Island Comm Foundation, The San Juan Preservation Trust, The Seadoc Society, Living Tongues Institute, Pacific Nw Ballet, Wolf Hollow Wildlife, and Doctors Without Borders USA.
It gives most often to recipients in Washington, which accounts for 69% of grants in the provided data. Eastsound and Friday Harbor appear frequently, and Seattle also shows up among the Washington recipients.
The recent record includes grants to organizations in New York, Massachusetts, Wisconsin, Oregon, and Washington, DC. All listed grants in the provided data go to U.S. recipients; the country distribution shows 67 grants, or 100.0%, in the United States.
2026
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FUNHOUSE COMMONS | EASTSOUND, WA | $191,151 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE. |
| WHC FOUNDATION | EASTBOUND, WA | $25,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE. |
| ORCAS ISLAND CHAMBER | EASTSOUND, WA | $25,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE. |
| ORCAS COMMUNITY RESOURCE CTR | EASTSOUND, WA | $25,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE. |
| ORCAS ISLAND COMM FOUNDATION | EASTSOUND, WA | $25,000 | 2026 | DENTURE PROJECT |
| SEJONG SOLOISTS | NEW YORK, NY | $25,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE. |
| PACIFIC NW BALLET | SEATTLE, WA | $25,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE. |
| FREEDOM FROM RELIGION FOUNDATION | MADISON, WI | $20,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE. |
| ORCAS ANIMAL PROTECTION SOCIETY | EASTSOUND, WA | $20,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE. |
| AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION | WASHINGTON, DC | $20,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE. |
| LIVING TONGUES INSTITUTE FOR ENDANGERED LANGUAGES | SALEM, OR | $20,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE. |
| WOLF HOLLOW WILDLIFE | FRIDAY HARBOR, WA | $20,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE. |
| ORCAS SENIOR CENTER | EASTSOUND, WA | $20,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE. |
| ORCAS ISLAND FOOD BANK | EASTSOUND, WA | $20,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE. |
| THE SAN JUAN PRESERVATION TRUST | FRIDAY HARBOR, WA | $20,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE. |
| ORCAS CENTER | EASTSOUND, WA | $10,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE. |
| ASPCA WESTERN REGION | NEW YORK, NY | $10,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE. |
| THE EXCHANGEORS | EASTSOUND, WA | $5,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE. |
| AIRLIFT NWUW FOUNDATION | SEATTLE, WA | $5,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE. |
| FUNHOUSE COMMONS | EASTSOUND, WA | $136,702 | 2025 | UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE. |
| ORCAS ISLAND COMM FOUNDATION | EASTSOUND, WA | $25,000 | 2025 | DENTURE PROJECT |
| ORCAS ISLAND CHAMBER | EASTSOUND, WA | $25,000 | 2025 | UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE. |
| ORCAS ANIMAL PROTECTION SOCIETY | EASTSOUND, WA | $20,000 | 2025 | UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE. |
| AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION | WASHINGTON, DC | $20,000 | 2025 | UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE. |
| THE SAN JUAN PRESERVATION TRUST | FRIDAY HARBOR, WA | $20,000 | 2025 | UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE. |
| WOLF HOLLOW WILDLIFE | FRIDAY HARBOR, WA | $20,000 | 2025 | UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE. |
| FREEDOM FROM RELIGION FOUNDATION | MADISON, WI | $20,000 | 2025 | UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE. |
| ORCAS COMMUNITY RESOURCE CTR | EASTSOUND, WA | $20,000 | 2025 | UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE. |
| WHC FOUNDATION | EASTBOUND, WA | $20,000 | 2025 | UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE. |
| LIVING TONGUES INSTITUTE FOR ENDANGERED LANGUAGES | SALEM, OR | $20,000 | 2025 | UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE. |
| PACIFIC NW BALLET | SEATTLE, WA | $20,000 | 2025 | UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE. |
| ORCAS ISLAND FOOD BANK | EASTSOUND, WA | $15,000 | 2025 | UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE. |
| ORCAS SENIOR CENTER | EASTSOUND, WA | $15,000 | 2025 | UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE. |
| ASPCA WESTERN REGION | NEW YORK, NY | $10,000 | 2025 | UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE. |
| ORCAS CENTER | EASTSOUND, WA | $10,000 | 2025 | UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE. |
| THE EXCHANGEORS | EASTSOUND, WA | $5,000 | 2025 | UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE. |
| AIRLIFT NWUW FOUNDATION | SEATTLE, WA | $5,000 | 2025 | UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE. |
| THE SAN JUAN PRESERVATION TRUST | FRIDAY HARBOR, WA | $32,000 | 2024 | UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE. |
| ORCAS ISLAND COMM FOUNDATION | EASTSOUND, WA | $20,000 | 2024 | DENTURE PROJECT |
| DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS USA | HAGERSTOWN, MA | $20,000 | 2024 | UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE. |
| THE SEADOC SOCIETY | EASTSOUND, WA | $20,000 | 2024 | UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE. |
| FREEDOM FROM RELIGION FOUNDATION | MADISON, WI | $20,000 | 2024 | UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE. |
| LIVING TONGUES INSTITUTE | SALEM, OR | $20,000 | 2024 | UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE. |
| PLANNED PARENTHOOD | NEW YORK, NY | $20,000 | 2024 | UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE. |
| AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION | WASHINGTON, DC | $15,000 | 2024 | UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE. |
| ORCAS COMMUNITY RESOURCE CTR | EASTSOUND, WA | $15,000 | 2024 | UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE. |
| PACIFIC NW BALLET | SEATTLE, WA | $15,000 | 2024 | UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE. |
| WOLF HOLLOW WILDLIFE | FRIDAY HARBOR, WA | $15,000 | 2024 | UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE. |
| ORCAS ANIMAL PROTECTION SOCIETY | EASTSOUND, WA | $10,000 | 2024 | UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE. |
| ORCAS ISLAND FOOD BANK | EASTSOUND, WA | $10,000 | 2024 | UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE. |
FUNHOUSE COMMONS
$191,151UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE.
WHC FOUNDATION
$25,000UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE.
ORCAS ISLAND CHAMBER
$25,000UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE.
ORCAS COMMUNITY RESOURCE CTR
$25,000UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE.
SEJONG SOLOISTS
$25,000UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE.
PACIFIC NW BALLET
$25,000UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE.
UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE.
ORCAS ANIMAL PROTECTION SOCIETY
$20,000UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE.
UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE.
LIVING TONGUES INSTITUTE FOR ENDANGERED LANGUAGES
$20,000UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE.
WOLF HOLLOW WILDLIFE
$20,000UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE.
ORCAS SENIOR CENTER
$20,000UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE.
UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE.
UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE.
ASPCA WESTERN REGION
$10,000UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE.
THE EXCHANGEORS
$5,000UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE.
AIRLIFT NWUW FOUNDATION
$5,000UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE.
FUNHOUSE COMMONS
$136,702UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE.
ORCAS ISLAND CHAMBER
$25,000UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE.
ORCAS ANIMAL PROTECTION SOCIETY
$20,000UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE.
UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE.
UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE.
WOLF HOLLOW WILDLIFE
$20,000UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE.
UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE.
UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE.
WHC FOUNDATION
$20,000UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE.
LIVING TONGUES INSTITUTE FOR ENDANGERED LANGUAGES
$20,000UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE.
PACIFIC NW BALLET
$20,000UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE.
UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE.
ORCAS SENIOR CENTER
$15,000UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE.
ASPCA WESTERN REGION
$10,000UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE.
THE EXCHANGEORS
$5,000UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE.
AIRLIFT NWUW FOUNDATION
$5,000UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE.
UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE.
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS USA
$20,000UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE.
THE SEADOC SOCIETY
$20,000UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE.
UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE.
LIVING TONGUES INSTITUTE
$20,000UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE.
PLANNED PARENTHOOD
$20,000UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE.
UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE.
UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE.
PACIFIC NW BALLET
$15,000UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE.
WOLF HOLLOW WILDLIFE
$15,000UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE.
ORCAS ANIMAL PROTECTION SOCIETY
$10,000UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE.
UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE.