The Loeb Family Foundation focuses on targeted, capital-style gifts to institutions rather than a broad set of small operating grants. Recent giving emphasizes capital campaigns and building projects, with notable support for Jewish communal institutions in Seattle and at least one higher-education building fund. The foundation makes a small number of relatively large, strategic grants and often repeats support to the same organizations.
Concentrated and strategic: few (4) but comparatively large grants totaling $225k, including repeat awards to the same grantee(s) and emphasis on capital/capital campaign support rather than many small grants.
The Stephen and Dianne Loeb Family Foundation’s recent giving is defined by a small number of large, institution-level commitments, especially support tied to capital campaigns and building funds. In 2025, the foundation gave $50,000 to Temple De Hirsch Sinai in Seattle for its capital campaign, continuing a pattern of project-specific support for religious and educational institutions. Another 2025 grant went to the University of Delaware for a building gift fund, showing that facility-focused giving is not limited to one type of organization. That emphasis on buildings and restricted project funds appears alongside repeat support for the same organizations over time. The foundation’s recent grants also include large entries listed as “See Attachment B” in Seattle in both 2023 and 2024, indicating phased or recurring institutional support. Smaller awards appear as well, but they sit within a portfolio shaped by larger, targeted gifts rather than broad-based operating support. The pattern suggests a family foundation making deliberate, closely held grants to institutions where the purpose is tied to a specific project, fund, or campaign. Its giving is concentrated enough that each award carries meaningful weight relative to the foundation’s annual grantmaking.
Facility and capital support is the clearest thread in the foundation’s recent grantmaking. It gave $50,000 to Temple De Hirsch Sinai in Seattle to support its capital campaign, and $15,000 to the University of Delaware for Building X Gift Fund. Those grants point to a preference for financing physical infrastructure or named building-related funds. The foundation also supports community-benefit programming. In 2025, it gave $2,000 to Hawaii Community Foundation for the Kukui'ula Community Benefit Fund, linking its giving to a local benefit structure rather than a general unrestricted grant. General support appears in a few smaller awards, including $1,000 to Kellogg School of Management and $1,000 to Squalicum High School. Across these examples, the common pattern is targeted institutional giving with specific designations attached to each grant.
Typical grant size is tightly clustered: the p25 is $77,500, the median is $80,000, and the p75 is $82,500. That distribution reflects a small set of comparatively large awards, with only a few much smaller grants appearing in the recent list. The foundation’s recent record also shows repetition: grants to the same Seattle recipient appear in both 2023 and 2024 under the same attachment reference, suggesting phased or repeat support rather than one-off giving only. The foundation is a family foundation, and it does not fund individuals or make program-related investments. Its grants are local in scope, and the recent record shows highly concentrated giving rather than a broad application-driven portfolio.
$230K
$1.6M
$49K
$82K
Most grants fall between $78K and $83K, with a median of $80K.
25th Percentile
$78K
Median
$80K
75th Percentile
$83K
About 100% of grants go to recipients in WA.
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Notable grantees: see attachment B (two grants totaling $160,000) — primary institutional beneficiary, Temple De Hirsch Sinai — synagogue capital campaign ($50,000), University of Delaware — building gift fund ($15,000)
Giving is concentrated in Washington, which accounts for 100% of recent recipient locations and is the top state by grant count. Seattle appears repeatedly in the recent grants, including Temple De Hirsch Sinai and two grants listed as See Attachment B. Outside Washington, the recent list includes Newark, Delaware; Evanston, Illinois; and Lihue, Hawaii. The country distribution is entirely U.S.-based, with no non-U.S. recipient countries in the recent data.
Recent grants show support for institutions tied to capital and building needs, including Temple De Hirsch Sinai for a capital campaign and the University of Delaware for a Building X Gift Fund. The foundation also made smaller grants for community-benefit programming and general support to a school and a management school.
The recent size distribution is clustered at the upper end: p25 is $77,500, median is $80,000, and p75 is $82,500. That pattern shows that most grants are relatively large, even though a few smaller awards also appear in the recent list.
The recent recipient record is entirely Washington-based in the sense that 100% of grants went to recipients in Washington, and Washington is the top state by grant count. Seattle appears multiple times in the recent grants, while a few named recipients are in Delaware, Illinois, and Hawaii.
Yes. The recent grants list includes two Seattle entries labeled See Attachment B, one in 2023 and one in 2024, which suggests repeated or phased support. The broader pattern also points to institution-level relationships rather than many one-time small gifts.
No. The foundation does not fund individuals, and the recent grants are all made to institutions such as a synagogue, a university, a community foundation, a school, and a management school.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temple De Hirsch Sinai | Seattle, WA | $50,000 | 2025 | to support Capital Campaign |
| University of Delaware | Newark, DE | $15,000 | 2025 | FOR Building X Gift Fund |
| Hawaii Community Foundation | Lihue, HI | $2,000 | 2025 | for the Kukui'ula Community Benefit Fund |
| Hawaii State Junior Golf Association | Lihue, HI | $1,000 | 2025 | for general support |
| Squalicum High School | Bellingham, WA | $1,000 | 2025 | for general support |
| Kellogg School of Management | Evanston, IL | $1,000 | 2025 | for general support |
| see attachment B | SEATTLE, WA | $75,000 | 2024 | see attachment B |
| SEE ATTACHMENT B | SEATTLE, WA | $85,000 | 2023 | SEE ATTACHMENT B |
Temple De Hirsch Sinai
$50,000to support Capital Campaign
University of Delaware
$15,000FOR Building X Gift Fund
Hawaii Community Foundation
$2,000for the Kukui'ula Community Benefit Fund
Hawaii State Junior Golf Association
$1,000for general support
Squalicum High School
$1,000for general support
Kellogg School of Management
$1,000for general support
see attachment B
$75,000see attachment B
SEE ATTACHMENT B
$85,000SEE ATTACHMENT B