About Mike Tice Foundation
The Mike Tice Foundation concentrates its philanthropic dollars on youth development programming, with substantial, repeated support to local Boys & Girls Clubs. Although based in Las Vegas, the foundation’s giving is directed to organizations in Washington state, indicating a geographic or personal connection to that region. Its grants are large and targeted, aimed at sustaining operational capacity and program delivery for a small number of core grantees.
Focus Areas
Boys & Girls Clubs — Thurston County (after-school and youth development)Boys & Girls Clubs — Puget Sound (after-school and youth development)Local youth development and recreation programs in Washington state
Who They Fund
tax-exempt nonprofit organizationsscholarship recipients / students
Giving Approach
Highly concentrated: few, large grants directed repeatedly to the same organizations (multi-grant support to core youth-service grantees) rather than a broad portfolio of recipients.
Funding Style
general operating support
About Mike Tice Foundation
The Mike Tice Foundation’s clearest pattern is a sustained commitment to Boys & Girls Clubs in Washington, with repeated large grants to the Boys and Girls Club of Thurston County and the Boys and Girls Club of Puget Sound. Those awards sit alongside support for youth sports, club memberships, and school-based programming, showing a mix of direct service funding and program access support. Recent grants show the foundation backing organizations in Olympia and Belfair with six-figure awards in 2025, plus smaller grants to booster clubs, schools, and youth-serving nonprofits. The foundation also supports scholarships for teens and for students facing housing insecurity, indicating that it uses grants to lower barriers to participation in youth activities. Its giving pattern is focused rather than broad, with a small number of recurring grantees receiving the largest share of support. The Mike Tice Foundation also makes occasional one-time grants to schools and charitable organizations for equipment, facilities, and program continuation. Across the grant list, the recurring theme is youth development: club access, athletic support, after-school programming, and related community services.
What Mike Tice Foundation Funds
Youth development is the foundation’s central theme. In 2025, it gave $115,000 to the Boys and Girls Club of Puget Sound in Belfair and $115,000 to the Boys and Girls Club of Thurston County in Olympia, both to assist the organizations in their exempt purpose. It also supports scholarships that remove cost barriers. The Full Scholarships for Youth Experiencing Housing Insecurity program in Thurston County provides full scholarships to youth so they can access club memberships and youth programming, while the Scholarships for Teens program supports free club memberships at North Mason Teen Center and the Bremerton Boys & Girls Club. Education and school-based support appear in one-time grants as well. Liberty High School in Renton received funding for a weight room, and Oakville School District received support for new bleachers. The foundation also extends into basic-needs work through Operation Warm, which distributes winter coats to children in need.
How Mike Tice Foundation Gives
Typical grants cluster around the mid-thousands, with a p25 of $2,000, a median of $6,500, and a p75 of $10,000. At the top end, the foundation has made larger operating-style awards, including repeated five-figure and six-figure grants to core youth-serving organizations. The recipient list shows recurring support across multiple years rather than one-off giving only: several organizations appear in 2023, 2024, and 2025. The foundation is not a private family foundation with a broad program portfolio; it gives directly to nonprofits, schools, and some individuals through scholarships. It also accepts unsolicited requests for certain programs, including scholarships, one-time grants, and event sponsorships. Program-related investments are not part of its activity.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$297K
Total Assets
$25K
Total Revenue
$357K
Total Expenses
$508K
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $2K and $10K, with a median of $7K.
25th Percentile
$2K
Median
$7K
75th Percentile
$10K
Geographic Reach
National6 states funded
About 5% of grants go to recipients in WA.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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