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Estate of Joseph L Stubblefield

Walla Walla, WA · EIN 91-6031350. Reported 79 grants totalling $5,030,825 to 60 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$5,000median grant
$5,030,825granted, 2021-2024
60organizations funded
48%of grantees funded again the next year
$7,694,575assets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Estate of Joseph L Stubblefield did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $20,000; the smallest was $100 and the largest $3,212,500. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
10 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
25 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
10 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
15 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
9 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
4 grants
$100,000 and Up
6 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Blue Mountain Community Foundation Blue Mountain Community FoundationWalla Walla, WA$3,212,500112024
Blue Mountain Community FoundationWalla Walla, WA$778,500332023
Wsu FoundationPullman, WA$230,000332023
Walla Walla Parks & RecreationWalla Walla, WA$144,000222023
Whitman CollegeWalla Walla, WA$100,000332023
Wsu Foundation Wsu FoundationPullman, WA$55,000112024
Christian Aid CenterWalla Walla, WA$45,000112023
Walla Walla Community College FoundWalla Walla, WA$40,000222022
YMCA of Walla Walla YMCA of Walla WallaWalla Walla, WA$32,000112024
Akin AkinSeattle, WA$25,000112024
Children's Home SocietySeattle, WA$25,000112021
Christian Aid Center Christian Aid CenterWalla Walla, WA$25,000112024
Walla Walla Public Schools FoundatiWalla Walla, WA$25,000222023
Whitman College Whitman CollegeWalla Walla, WA$25,000112024
District 5080 Charitable FundWalla Walla, WA$20,000112021
VFW Post 992 VFW Post 992Walla Walla, WA$20,000112024
Walla Walla Pickleball AssociationWalla Walla, WA$20,000112022
Early Learning CoalitionWalla Walla, WA$15,000112022
Rotary Club of Walla Walla Fdn Rotary Club of Walla Walla FdnWalla Walla, WA$15,000112024
Rotary FoundationdWalla Walla, WA$15,000112021
United Way of the Blue MountainsWalla Walla, WA$15,000112022
Walla Walla Community College Fdn Walla Walla Community College FdnWalla Walla, WA$15,000112024
Walla Walla Catholic Schools Walla Walla Catholic SchoolsWalla Walla, WA$11,100112024
Blue Mountain Action Council Blue Mountain Action CouncilWalla Walla, WA$10,000112024
Liberty Christian School Liberty Christian SchoolWalla Walla, WA$10,000112024
United Way of the Blue Mountains United Way of the Blue MountainsWalla Walla, WA$10,000112024
Waters From WineWalla Walla, WA$8,000222022
Water From Wine Water From WinePatterson, WA$6,000112024
Away Home WashingtonWalla Walla, WA$5,000112022
Campfire Walla Walla Campfire Walla WallaWalla Walla, WA$5,000112024
Friends of Childeren Walla Walla Friends of Children Walla WallaWalla Walla, WA$5,000112024
Hope Street Hope StreetWalla Walla, WA$5,000112024
St Basis AcademyWalla Walla, WA$5,000112021
Star ProjectWalla Walla, WA$5,000112022
The Star Project the Star ProjectWalla Walla, WA$5,000112024
Ww Citizens for SchoolsWalla Walla, WA$5,000112023
Walla Walla Catholic SchoolsWalla Walla, WA$4,500332023
Little Theater of Walla WallaWalla Walla, WA$4,025112022
Stanford UniversityStanford, CA$3,500222023
Big Blue BoostersWalla Walla, WA$2,550222023
Great Explorations Great ExplorationsWalla Walla, WA$2,500112024
Walla Walla Valley BaseballWalla Walla, WA$2,500112022
YWCA of Walla WallaWalla Walla, WA$2,250222023
Blue Mt Humane SocietyWalla Walla, WA$2,000222022
Childrens Museum of Walla WallaWalla Walla, WA$2,000112021
City of Walla Walla-Parks & RecWalla Walla, WA$2,000112021
YWCA of Walla Walla YWCA of Walla WallaWalla Walla, WA$1,500112024
Big Blue Boosters Big Blue BoostersWalla Walla, WA$1,300112024
Blue Mountain Humane Society Blue Mountain SocietyWalla Walla, WA$1,000112024
Great Explorations in EducationWalla Walla, WA$1,000112021
SonbridgeWalla Walla, WA$1,000112023
Stanford University Stanford UniversityStanford, CA$1,000112024
Walla Walla Valley Disability Netwk Walla Walla Valley Disability NetwkWalla Walla, WA$1,000112024
Pacific Little LeagueWalla Walla, WA$650222022
Pacific Little League Pacific Little LeagueWalla Walla, WA$600112024
Walla Walla Baseball Club Walla Walla Baseball ClubWalla Walla, WA$500112024
Walla Walla Parks & Recreation Wall Walla Parks & RecreationWalla Walla, WA$450112024
Humanitarian Experience Humanitarian ExperienceSalt Lake City, UT$350112024
Walla Walla Exchange Club FdnWalla Walla, WA$300332023
Big Blue BoosteresWalla Walla, WA$250112021

14 of 60 (23%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 48%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 24 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Philanthropy & Grantmaking
7 grants
Human Services
6 grants
Education
4 grants
Crime & Legal
2 grants
Food & Nutrition
1 grant
Animal Welfare
1 grant
International Affairs
1 grant
Recreation & Sports
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202117$486,500$3,000
202221$484,125$5,000
202313$558,400$5,000
202428$3,501,800$5,500

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 100% of this one's giving went to organizations in Washington. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

Washington
$5.0M
California
$4K
Utah
$350

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.

Blue Mountain Community Foundation11 shared recipientsClara and Art Bald Trust9 shared recipientsFidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund9 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc6 shared recipientsYancey P Winans Testamentary Trust6 shared recipientsThe Sunny Day Charitable Foundation6 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $5,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Washington.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Estate of Joseph L Stubblefield's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 1757, Walla Walla, WA, 99362. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 91-6031350 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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