Twinstar Community Foundation
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About Twinstar Community Foundation
TwinStar Community Foundation concentrates its giving on K–12 student supports and emergency relief, prioritizing efforts that address basic needs and educational equity. Grants include local school operational needs (e.g., eliminating lunchroom debt and grocery gift cards for holiday breaks) and larger, one-time disaster relief donations directed to Hawaiian recovery efforts. The foundation tends to fund service-focused nonprofits and school-based initiatives that deliver immediate material supports to children and families.
Focus Areas
Eliminating K–12 school meal debt and supporting school lunch programs (local districts such as Yelm Community Schools)Immediate basic-needs support for students and families (grocery gift cards, holiday break assistance)Educational equity initiatives aimed at reducing disparities in K–12 outcomes (e.g., programs to eliminate educational disparities)Disaster relief and recovery funding for communities impacted by acute events (notably Maui fire relief)
Who They Fund
K-12 students (including underserved youth)classroom teachers
About Twinstar Community Foundation
A $100,000 grant to Together in Tumwater for eliminating educational disparities stands out in Twinstar Community Foundation’s recent giving and shows how strongly the foundation backs K–12 student support. The foundation’s largest awards are not abstract commitments; they are tied to school-based needs, emergency relief, and direct help for children and families. Recent grants include classroom cash for districts such as Yelm Community Schools and North Thurston Public Schools, lunch debt relief for school systems, and grocery gift cards for holiday breaks through All Kids Win. That pattern points to a funder that uses grants for immediate, practical support rather than long program cycles. The foundation also steps in when communities face acute disruption. In 2024, it made multiple donations for Maui fire relief through organizations including Hawai'i Community Foundation and Public Schools of Hawaii Foundation, alongside another Maui-related gift to Cuaid-maui. Its broader portfolio includes support for therapeutic services to autistic children, afterschool food support, and scholarships, but the strongest thread is consistent: the foundation directs resources toward basic needs, educational equity, and short-term response where families and students need assistance now.
What Twinstar Community Foundation Funds
Educational equity is a central theme. Twinstar Community Foundation gave $100,000 to Together for eliminating educational disparities, linking its largest recent award to a broad equity هدف in K–12 outcomes. School meal debt and food access are another recurring focus: it granted $19,035 to Yelm Community Schools for lunchroom debt and $10,000 to All Kids Win for holiday food gift cards. The foundation also funds classroom-level support. It awarded $39,917 to Yelm Community Schools for Classroom Cash Grant and gave $10,502 to Centralia School District for the same purpose, indicating support for teachers and school projects. Beyond schools, it funded $15,000 to Bridgeway House for therapeutic services to autistic children and $5,600 to Together in Baltimore for food for an afterschool program, showing that its giving can extend to specialized child and family services when needs are direct and immediate.
How Twinstar Community Foundation Gives
Typical grants are small, with a p25 of $496, a median of $1,924, and a p75 of $2,510, even though the recent record also includes much larger awards. The pattern suggests a mix of modest, repeated school-and-family support alongside occasional high-dollar relief or equity grants. The foundation’s grants are overwhelmingly one-off at the recipient level in the recent list, though several schools appear in multiple years, including Yelm Community Schools, North Thurston Public Schools, Olympia School District, Aberdeen School District, and Centralia School District. Twinstar Community Foundation is a staffed community foundation with a local grantmaking scope, and it also funds individuals through scholarship programs. Unsolicited applications are accepted for the TwinStar Community Foundation Scholarships program, while several other listed programs do not accept unsolicited requests.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$265K
Total Assets
$648K
Total Revenue
$544K
Total Expenses
$279K
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $496 and $3K, with a median of $2K.
25th Percentile
$496
Median
$2K
75th Percentile
$3K
Geographic Reach
Local10 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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