Fales Foundation Trust
Milwaukee, WI · EIN 91-6087669. Reported 118 grants totalling $1,003,000 to 106 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
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. Fales Foundation Trust did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $3,000 and $5,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $436,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
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.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| See Attached | Milwaukee, WI | $436,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Family Works Attn Marcia Wright-Soika | Seattle, WA | $65,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Congregations for the Homeless | Bellevue, WA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Coyote Central | Seattle, WA | $13,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Girl Scouts of Western Washington | Seattle, WA | $12,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Marys Place | Seattle, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| New Beginnings | Seattle, WA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Pongo Poetry Project | Seattle, WA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Seattle Repertory Theatre | Seattle, WA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Vine Maple Place | Maple Valley, WA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Wellspring Family Services | Seattle, WA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| YMCA of Greater Seattle | Seattle, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| YWCA Seattlekingsnohomish | Seattle, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hunger Intervention Program | Seattle, WA | $9,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Hugo House | Seattle, WA | $8,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Mockingbird Society | Seattle, WA | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Seattle Education Access | Seattle, WA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Plymouth Housing Group | Seattle, WA | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Your Money Matters | Auburn, WA | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Bike Works Seattle | Seattle, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Catholic Community Services of King Cnty | Seattle, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Community Roots Housing Fdn | Seattle, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Compass Health | Everett, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Dawn- Domestic Abuse Womens Network | Kent, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Elizabeth Gregory Home | Seattle, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Family Works | Seattle, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Goodwin Connections | Seattle, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Helping Hands Food Bank | Sedrowoolley, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Imagine Housing | Kirkland, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jewish Family Service of Seattle | Seattle, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jubilee Womens Center | Seattle, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Key to Change | Seattle, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| King County Library System | Issaquah, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lake City Partners Ending Homelessness | Seattle, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lindquist Dental Clinic for Children | Tacoma, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Neighborhood Clinic | Tacoma, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Northwest Indian College Fdn | Bellingham, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Northwest School for Deaf and Hardof Hearing Children | Shoreline, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Nourish Pierce County | Tacoma, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Office Moms & Dads | Vancouver, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Operation Nightwatch | Seattle, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pacific Nw Ballet | Seattle, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pediatric Interim Care Center Inc | Kent, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pioneer Human Services | Seattle, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Plymouth Housing | Seattle, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Seattle Humane | Bellevue, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Seattle Symphony | Seattle, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Skagit Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Services | Mount Vernon, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Society of St Vincent De Paul | Seattle, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Solid Ground | Seattle, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Solid Ground Washington | Seattle, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Southeast Effective Development | Seattle, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Street Youth Ministries | Seattle, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Teentix | Seattle, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Wishing Well Foundation | Puyallup, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University Heights Center | Seattle, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| West Seattle Food Bank | Seattle, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wonderland Child & Family Services | Shoreline, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Youth Eastside Services | Bellevue, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Youth in Focus | Seattle, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| YWCA Pierce County | Tacoma, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| East African Community Services | Seattle, WA | $4,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Amara Parenting & Adoption | Seattle, WA | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs King County | Seattle, WA | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Crisis Connections | Seattle, WA | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Friendship Circle of Washington | Mercer Island, WA | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Northwest Center | Renton, WA | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Wallingford Community Senior Center | Seattle, WA | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Freehold Studiotheatre | Seattle, WA | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Holocaust Center for Humanity | Seattle, WA | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Roots Young Adult Shelter | Seattle, WA | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Brdige Disability Ministries | Bellevue, WA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Camp Korey | Mount Vernon, WA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Homage | Lynnwood, WA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jefferson Healthcare Fdn | Port Townsend, WA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jubilee Reach | Bellevue, WA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| King County Sexual Assault Resource | Renton, WA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Liberia E-Library | Puyallup, WA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Needs of the Community Society | Seattle, WA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Northwest School for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Children | Shoreline, WA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rainier Valley Food Bank | Seattle, WA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Seattle Shakespeare Company | Seattle, WA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Tacoma Community House | Tacoma, WA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Tacoma Urban League | Tacoma, WA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Communities of Belonging | Seattle, WA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Denise Louie Education Center | Seattle, WA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Freehold Theatre Labstudio | Seattle, WA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Historical Society of Seattle & King County Dba Museum of History & Ind | Seattle, WA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Real Change Homeless Empowerment | Seattle, WA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Refugee Womens Alliance | Seattle, WA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Safe Crossings Foundation | Seattle, WA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Shared Housing Services | Tacoma, WA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ted Brown Music Outreach | Tacoma, WA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ark Institute of Learning | Tacoma, WA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Courageous Connections | Tulalip, WA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Dress for Success Seattle | Seattle, WA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Encompass Northwest | North Bend, WA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hilltop Artists in Residence | Tacoma, WA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Junior Achievement of Washington | Auburn, WA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| One Heart Wild | Silverdale, WA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Seattle Art Museum | Seattle, WA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Space Between | Seattle, WA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Special Olympic Washington | Seattle, WA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Youth Speaks Seattle | Seattle, WA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Birthday Dreams | Renton, WA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Tacoma Opera Association | Tacoma, WA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
12 of 106 (11%) received money in more than one year over the 3 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 18%, across 1 year-to-year transition. 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 the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Lake City Partners Ending Homelessness
GEN OP FDS FOR OUR WINTER - Solid Ground Washington
BROADVIEW EMERGENCY SHELTER
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 83 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 66 | $247,000 | $3,750 |
| 2022 | 51 | $320,000 | $5,000 |
| 2024 | 1 | $436,000 | $436,000 |
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. 57% 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.
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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.
How to approach this foundation
- 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.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Washington.
- 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.
- 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 Fales Foundation Trust'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 0634, Milwaukee, WI, 53201. 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.
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