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    Washington Women'S Foundation

    ActivoPhilanthropy & Voluntarism
    SEATTLE, WASitio web2064072176

    About Washington Women'S Foundation

    To provide long-term, unrestricted capital, organizational support, and networking to social change efforts benefiting women and girls in Washington State.

    Focus Areas

    Women & girlsRacial equityGender equity (including cis, trans, non-binary, gender-expansive people)AdvocacyDirect servicesGrassroots organizationsPlace-based workYouth mental healthAdult educational opportunitiesClimate justice / mitigating impacts of climate change

    Who They Fund

    not specified

    Funding Style

    About Washington Women'S Foundation

    Washington Women's Foundation centers multi-year unrestricted support for organizations advancing equity for women and girls in Washington State. Their grantmaking includes $105,000 awards to groups such as Communities of Rooted Brilliance, The Way to Justice, and Fyre - Foundation for Youth Resiliency & Engagement, showing a pattern of sizable general support rather than tightly restricted project funding. The foundation also uses collective grant programs that support advocacy, direct services, grassroots social change, and place-based work, with an emphasis on women and girls most impacted by systemic inequities. Recent awards reach groups working across education, birth justice, youth engagement, legal and civic change, and community transformation. Recipients in the recent grants list include Freedom Education Project Puget Sound, Open Arms Perinatal Services, and Rainier Beach Action Coalition, alongside organizations serving specific communities in places such as Seattle, Spokane, Omak, and Yakima. The grant descriptions consistently point to unrestricted support or support for mission, which suggests flexibility is a defining feature of how the foundation funds.

    What Washington Women'S Foundation Funds

    Advocacy and systems change are central to the foundation’s collective grantmaking. It awarded $50,000 multi-year unrestricted advocacy grants through its Collective Grants program, including support for structural change and policy work benefiting women, girls, and gender-marginalized people in Washington State. Direct service organizations are also part of the portfolio: the Collective Grants program includes a $50,000 direct services grant type for organizations delivering services to women and girls most impacted by inequities. Grassroots social change appears in a $20,000 Collective Grants–Grassroots award for emerging efforts with smaller budgets. The foundation also supports place-based work through a rotating geographic grant type focused on one area in Washington State at a time.

    How Washington Women'S Foundation Gives

    Washington Women's Foundation’s recent grant sizes cluster around a median of $16,500, with the 25th percentile at $15,000 and the 75th percentile at $35,000. The recent grants list also includes repeated $105,000 awards, indicating a mix of smaller unrestricted grants and larger multi-year commitments. The foundation funds through collective grant programs that are explicitly unrestricted and often multi-year, and its active programs accept unsolicited applications. Grants appear in multiple years, including recipients such as Fyre - Foundation for Youth Resiliency & Engagement across 2024 and 2025, which suggests ongoing relationships rather than one-time awards.

    Financial Snapshot

    Annual Giving

    $478K

    Total Assets

    $5.4M

    Total Revenue

    $1.1M

    Total Expenses

    $1.6M

    Typical Grant Size

    Most grants fall between $15K and $35K, with a median of $17K.

    25th Percentile

    $15K

    Median

    $17K

    75th Percentile

    $35K

    Geographic Reach

    Local1 state funded
    Intensidad de financiamiento
    Baja
    Alta
    Sede

    Leadership

    MARIA KOLBY-WOLFE

    Accepts unsolicited proposals

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    Where Washington Women'S Foundation Makes Grants

    All recent grants in the dataset go to recipients in the United States, and all are in Washington State. Seattle appears repeatedly among recipient cities, alongside Spokane, Burien, Omak, Federal Way, Yakima, Bellingham, Lynnwood, Covington, and Port Townsend. The foundation’s giving is local, with Washington accounting for 100% of grants in the recent list and the top state by grant count.

    Frequently Asked Questions About Washington Women'S Foundation

    What kinds of work does Washington Women's Foundation fund?

    The foundation funds advocacy, direct services, grassroots social change, and place-based work benefiting women and girls in Washington State. Its active programs also include support for racial equity, gender equity, youth mental health, adult educational opportunities, and climate justice through a women-and-girls equity lens.

    How large are typical grants?

    Typical recent grants are in the mid-five-figure range, with a 25th percentile of $15,000, a median of $16,500, and a 75th percentile of $35,000. The recent grants list also shows larger $105,000 awards and a $50,000 grant tier in the collective programs.

    Does the foundation accept unsolicited applications?

    Yes. The active grant programs listed for the foundation, including advocacy, direct services, grassroots, place-based, and Women & Girls program opportunities, all note that they accept unsolicited applications.

    Are the grants restricted or unrestricted?

    The foundation’s collective grant programs are described as unrestricted, and several are multi-year. Recent grant descriptions also use wording such as “unrestricted” and “to support mission,” indicating that flexible operating support is a consistent feature of its giving.

    Where does Washington Women's Foundation give?

    Its recent grants are entirely local to Washington State. The recipient cities in the list include Seattle, Spokane, Burien, Omak, Federal Way, Yakima, Bellingham, Lynnwood, Covington, and Port Townsend.

    Latest 990 Filing

    2025

    Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.

    Oportunidades de Subvenciones Abiertas

    Financiamiento actual y próximo de Washington Women'S Foundation al que tu organización sin fines de lucro podría postularse.

    Abierta ahoraRecepción continua / abiertaMonto: 50 mil US$ – 150 mil US$

    Collective Grants — Advocacy Grant

    advocacysystems changepolicy+2 más

    ¿Quién puede postularse? Organizations should be working on advocacy that benefits Washington State residents and align with WaWF’s equity focus. WaWF states it only funds organizations with a presence in Washington State unless the advocacy occurs at the federal level to benefit Washington residents.

    Fecha límite: Annual or cycle-based through the Collective Grants process; current page indicates year-round application access via the portal.

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    Abierta ahoraRecepción continua / abiertaMonto: 5 mil US$ – 15 mil US$

    Advocacy Grant (Collective Grants)

    AdvocacyGender equityRacial equity+1 más

    ¿Quién puede postularse? Organizations serving women and girls most impacted by inequities; aligned with WaWF grant criteria and rubric; organizations are expected to be accountable to the communities they serve.

    Fecha límite: The deadline for consideration for the Advocacy grant is August 12th.

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    Abierta ahoraCierra en 20 días (2 sept 2026)Monto: 20 mil US$ – 40 mil US$

    Collective Grants — Grassroots Grant (PopUp)

    grassroots organizingsocial changewomen and girls+1 más

    ¿Quién puede postularse? Organizations should be emerging grassroots social change efforts, generally with budgets at or below $500,000, and should fit WaWF’s women/girls equity focus.

    Fecha límite: Deadline for consideration is September 2.

    Ver y postularse
    Abierta ahoraCierra en 20 días (2 sept 2026)Monto: 2 mil US$ – 100 mil US$

    Collective Grants (WaWF)

    Adult Educational OpportunitiesYouth Mental HealthMitigating the Impact of Climate Change+8 más

    ¿Quién puede postularse? Organizations serving communities affected by inequity due to race, gender identity, and/or other historically excluded characteristics; organizations must be accountable to the community being served and demonstrate expertise and impact; in later iterations, WaWF focused on organizations reflective of and embedded in the communities they serve.

    Fecha límite: Varies by cycle; examples in scraped content include March 5 (Direct Services), March 30 (Place-Based), August 12 (Advocacy), and September 2 (Grassroots).

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    Abierta ahoraRecepción continua / abiertaMonto: 50 mil US$ – 150 mil US$

    Collective Grants — Direct Services Grant

    direct serviceswomen and girlsequitable access to services+1 más

    ¿Quién puede postularse? Organizations must provide direct services benefiting women and girls most impacted by inequities and meet WaWF’s general grant criteria, including being present in Washington State and aligned with its equity focus.

    Fecha límite: Annual or cycle-based through the Collective Grants process; the foundation describes a year-round portal.

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    Recent Grants

    Most recent grants reported to the IRS.

    RecipientLocationAmountYearPurpose
    THE WAY TO JUSTICESPOKANE, WA$105,0002025UNRESTRICTED - TO SUPPORT MISSION
    INTIMAN THEATRESEATTLE, WA$105,0002025UNRESTRICTED - TO SUPPORT MISSION
    FYRE - FOUNDATION FOR YOUTH RESILIENCY & ENGAGEMENTOMAK, WA$105,0002025UNRESTRICTED - TO SUPPORT MISSION
    FREEDOM EDUCATION PROJECT PUGET SOUNDSEATTLE, WA$35,0002025UNRESTRICTED - TO SUPPORT MISSION
    DOWNTOWN EMERGENCY SERVICES CENTERSEATTLE, WA$30,0002025UNRESTRICTED - TO SUPPORT MISSION
    INCHELIUM LANGUAGE AND CULTURAL ASSNINCHELIUM, WA$30,0002025UNRESTRICTED - TO SUPPORT MISSION
    ARMS AROUND YOUSEATTLE, WA$16,5002025UNRESTRICTED - TO SUPPORT MISSION
    INNOVATIONS HUMAN TRAFFICKING COLLABORATIVEOLYMPIA, WA$15,0002025UNRESTRICTED - TO SUPPORT MISSION
    UNDERSTORY ARTSCOVINGTON, WA$15,0002025UNRESTRICTED - TO SUPPORT MISSION
    YWCA OF KITSAP COUNTYBREMERTON, WA$8,0002025UNRESTRICTED - TO SUPPORT MISSION
    HOPE STREETWALLA WALLA, WA$6,5002025UNRESTRICTED - TO SUPPORT MISSION
    SPARK CENTRALSPOKANE, WA$6,5002025UNRESTRICTED - TO SUPPORT MISSION
    GLOBAL TO LOCALSEATAC, WA$105,0002024UNRESTRICTED - TO SUPPORT MISSION
    TTAWAXT BIRTH JUSTICE CENTERSELAH, WA$105,0002024UNRESTRICTED - TO SUPPORT MISSION
    COMMUNITIES OF ROOTED BRILLIANCESEATTLE, WA$105,0002024UNRESTRICTED - TO SUPPORT MISSION
    FYRE - FOUNDATION FOR YOUTH RESILIENCY & ENGAGEMENTOMAK, WA$30,0002024UNRESTRICTED - TO SUPPORT MISSION
    PEACEKEEPER SOCIETYUNION GAP, WA$30,0002024UNRESTRICTED - TO SUPPORT MISSION
    VOICES OF TOMORROWBURIEN, WA$30,0002024UNRESTRICTED - TO SUPPORT MISSION
    OPEN ARMS PERINATAL SERVICESSEATTLE, WA$18,0002024UNRESTRICTED - TO SUPPORT MISSION
    INSTITUTE FOR WASHINGTON'S FUTUREBELLINGHAM, WA$16,5002024UNRESTRICTED - TO SUPPORT MISSION
    LA CASA HOGARYAKIMA, WA$16,5002024UNRESTRICTED - TO SUPPORT MISSION
    SHADES OF MOTHERHOODSPOKANE, WA$15,0002024UNRESTRICTED - TO SUPPORT MISSION
    ARTS IMPACTFEDERAL WAY, WA$15,0002024UNRESTRICTED - TO SUPPORT MISSION
    RAINIER BEACH ACTION COALITIONSEATTLE, WA$15,0002024UNRESTRICTED - TO SUPPORT MISSION
    FIRELANDSPORT TOWNSEND, WA$105,0002023UNRESTRICTED
    CHOOSE 180BURIAN, WA$105,0002023UNRESTRICTED
    SALISH SCHOOL OF SPOKANESPOKANE, WA$105,0002023UNRESTRICTED
    FEDERAL WAY BIRTH CENTERFEDERAL WAY, WA$50,0002023UNRESTRICTED
    WA NA WARISEATTLE, WA$30,0002023UNRESTRICTED
    COMMUNITY PASSAGEWAYSSEATTLE, WA$30,0002023UNRESTRICTED
    NEW BEGINNINGSSEATTLE, WA$30,0002023UNRESTRICTED
    PROJECT GIRL MENTORINGLYNNWOOD, WA$15,0002023UNRESTRICTED
    RVC SEATTLESEATTLE, WA$15,0002023UNRESTRICTED
    ELIZABETH GREGORY HOMESEATTLE, WA$15,0002023UNRESTRICTED
    CARL MAXEY CENTERSPOKANE, WA$10,0002023UNRESTRICTED
    PARA LOS NINOSBURIAN, WA$7,5002023UNRESTRICTED
    POWERFUL VOICESSEATTLE, WA$7,5002023UNRESTRICTED
    TEAM CHILDSEATTLE, WA$7,5002023UNRESTRICTED
    NEW CONNECTIONSTACOMA, WA$7,5002023UNRESTRICTED
    OPEN DOORS TO MULTICULTURAL FAMILIESKENT, WA$7,5002023UNRESTRICTED
    NATIVE ACTION NETWORKSEATTLE, WA$7,5002023UNRESTRICTED

    THE WAY TO JUSTICE

    $105,000
    SPOKANE, WA2025

    UNRESTRICTED - TO SUPPORT MISSION

    INTIMAN THEATRE

    $105,000
    SEATTLE, WA2025

    UNRESTRICTED - TO SUPPORT MISSION

    FYRE - FOUNDATION FOR YOUTH RESILIENCY & ENGAGEMENT

    $105,000
    OMAK, WA2025

    UNRESTRICTED - TO SUPPORT MISSION

    FREEDOM EDUCATION PROJECT PUGET SOUND

    $35,000
    SEATTLE, WA2025

    UNRESTRICTED - TO SUPPORT MISSION

    DOWNTOWN EMERGENCY SERVICES CENTER

    $30,000
    SEATTLE, WA2025

    UNRESTRICTED - TO SUPPORT MISSION

    INCHELIUM LANGUAGE AND CULTURAL ASSN

    $30,000
    INCHELIUM, WA2025

    UNRESTRICTED - TO SUPPORT MISSION

    ARMS AROUND YOU

    $16,500
    SEATTLE, WA2025

    UNRESTRICTED - TO SUPPORT MISSION

    INNOVATIONS HUMAN TRAFFICKING COLLABORATIVE

    $15,000
    OLYMPIA, WA2025

    UNRESTRICTED - TO SUPPORT MISSION

    UNDERSTORY ARTS

    $15,000
    COVINGTON, WA2025

    UNRESTRICTED - TO SUPPORT MISSION

    YWCA OF KITSAP COUNTY

    $8,000
    BREMERTON, WA2025

    UNRESTRICTED - TO SUPPORT MISSION

    HOPE STREET

    $6,500
    WALLA WALLA, WA2025

    UNRESTRICTED - TO SUPPORT MISSION

    SPARK CENTRAL

    $6,500
    SPOKANE, WA2025

    UNRESTRICTED - TO SUPPORT MISSION

    GLOBAL TO LOCAL

    $105,000
    SEATAC, WA2024

    UNRESTRICTED - TO SUPPORT MISSION

    TTAWAXT BIRTH JUSTICE CENTER

    $105,000
    SELAH, WA2024

    UNRESTRICTED - TO SUPPORT MISSION

    COMMUNITIES OF ROOTED BRILLIANCE

    $105,000
    SEATTLE, WA2024

    UNRESTRICTED - TO SUPPORT MISSION

    FYRE - FOUNDATION FOR YOUTH RESILIENCY & ENGAGEMENT

    $30,000
    OMAK, WA2024

    UNRESTRICTED - TO SUPPORT MISSION

    PEACEKEEPER SOCIETY

    $30,000
    UNION GAP, WA2024

    UNRESTRICTED - TO SUPPORT MISSION

    VOICES OF TOMORROW

    $30,000
    BURIEN, WA2024

    UNRESTRICTED - TO SUPPORT MISSION

    OPEN ARMS PERINATAL SERVICES

    $18,000
    SEATTLE, WA2024

    UNRESTRICTED - TO SUPPORT MISSION

    INSTITUTE FOR WASHINGTON'S FUTURE

    $16,500
    BELLINGHAM, WA2024

    UNRESTRICTED - TO SUPPORT MISSION

    LA CASA HOGAR

    $16,500
    YAKIMA, WA2024

    UNRESTRICTED - TO SUPPORT MISSION

    SHADES OF MOTHERHOOD

    $15,000
    SPOKANE, WA2024

    UNRESTRICTED - TO SUPPORT MISSION

    ARTS IMPACT

    $15,000
    FEDERAL WAY, WA2024

    UNRESTRICTED - TO SUPPORT MISSION

    RAINIER BEACH ACTION COALITION

    $15,000
    SEATTLE, WA2024

    UNRESTRICTED - TO SUPPORT MISSION

    FIRELANDS

    $105,000
    PORT TOWNSEND, WA2023

    UNRESTRICTED

    CHOOSE 180

    $105,000
    BURIAN, WA2023

    UNRESTRICTED

    SALISH SCHOOL OF SPOKANE

    $105,000
    SPOKANE, WA2023

    UNRESTRICTED

    FEDERAL WAY BIRTH CENTER

    $50,000
    FEDERAL WAY, WA2023

    UNRESTRICTED

    WA NA WARI

    $30,000
    SEATTLE, WA2023

    UNRESTRICTED

    COMMUNITY PASSAGEWAYS

    $30,000
    SEATTLE, WA2023

    UNRESTRICTED

    NEW BEGINNINGS

    $30,000
    SEATTLE, WA2023

    UNRESTRICTED

    PROJECT GIRL MENTORING

    $15,000
    LYNNWOOD, WA2023

    UNRESTRICTED

    RVC SEATTLE

    $15,000
    SEATTLE, WA2023

    UNRESTRICTED

    ELIZABETH GREGORY HOME

    $15,000
    SEATTLE, WA2023

    UNRESTRICTED

    CARL MAXEY CENTER

    $10,000
    SPOKANE, WA2023

    UNRESTRICTED

    PARA LOS NINOS

    $7,500
    BURIAN, WA2023

    UNRESTRICTED

    POWERFUL VOICES

    $7,500
    SEATTLE, WA2023

    UNRESTRICTED

    TEAM CHILD

    $7,500
    SEATTLE, WA2023

    UNRESTRICTED

    NEW CONNECTIONS

    $7,500
    TACOMA, WA2023

    UNRESTRICTED

    OPEN DOORS TO MULTICULTURAL FAMILIES

    $7,500
    KENT, WA2023

    UNRESTRICTED

    NATIVE ACTION NETWORK

    $7,500
    SEATTLE, WA2023

    UNRESTRICTED