George & Audrey Rasmussen Family
Bellingham, WA · EIN 26-3920859. Reported 200 grants totalling $332,063 to 103 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. George & Audrey Rasmussen Family 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 $500. Half of everything it gave fell between $250 and $1,000; the smallest was $51 and the largest $30,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Nature Conservancy | Arlington, VA | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Save the Redwoods League | San Francisco, CA | $75,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Nooksack Salmon Enhancement Association | Bakersfield, CA | $12,733 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Audubon Washington | Seattle, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| California Audubon | Oakland, CA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| National Audubon Society | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| World Central Kitchen | Washington, DC | $7,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Feather River Trout Unlimited | Graegle, CA | $6,200 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Earth Justice | San Francisco, CA | $6,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Church of Christ Scientist Boston | Boston, MA | $5,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Guatemala Housing Alliance | Bow, WA | $5,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Kuow | Seattle, WA | $5,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| First Church of Christ Scientist Bellingham Wa | Bellingham, WA | $4,695 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Washington Audobon | Chico, CA | $4,120 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Center for Biological Diversity | Tucson, AZ | $4,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Hope International Development Agency | New Westminster, British Columbia | $4,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Skagit Community Foundation | Mount Vernon, WA | $3,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Helping Hands Foundation | Oakland, CA | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Palestine Childrens Relief Fund | Kent, OH | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Project Coyote | Larkspur, CA | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Propublica | New York, NY | $3,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Skagit Valley Land Trust | Mount Vernon, WA | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Wild Whatcom | Bellingham, WA | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Freedom of the Press Foundation | Brooklyn, NY | $2,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance | Salt Lake City, UT | $2,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Tree House | Seattle, WA | $2,250 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Trout Unlimited | Arlington, VA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Real Rent Duwamish | Seattle, WA | $1,750 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Seattle Dogs Homeless Program | Seattle, WA | $1,750 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Euphrates Institute | Pacific Grove, CA | $1,600 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Wilderness Watch | Missoula, MT | $1,600 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Good Farmer Fund | Seattle, WA | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Whatcomb Bike Coalitiion | Bellingham, WA | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Northwest Public Broadcasting | Pullman, WA | $1,400 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Every Mother Counts | Ny, NY | $1,250 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Kcts 9 Crosscut | Seattle, WA | $1,250 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| West Seattle Food Bank | Seattle, WA | $1,250 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Art With Heart | Seattle, WA | $1,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Association of Daniel Jensen | San Francisco, CA | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Bureau of Fearless | Seattle, WA | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Center for Reproductive Rights | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cornell Lab | Ithaca, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Euphrates | Pacific Grove, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Good Farm Fund | Ukiah, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hawkwatch Conserving Raptors and Our Shared Environment | Salt Lake City, UT | $1,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Helping Hands Food Bank | Sedrowoolley, WA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Living Unchained | Soquel, CA | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Nonviolence International | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| North West Trust for Public Land | Los Angeles, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ohana Oasis | Kilauea, HI | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Ohana Oasis | Portland, OR | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Right to Play USA | New York, NY | $1,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| She Still Rises | Tulsa, OK | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Sierra County Historical Society | Sierra City, CA | $1,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Cornell Lab of Ornithology | Ithaca, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Treehouse for Kids | Seattle, WA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Trust for Public Land Northwest | Los Angeles, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Uplift Northwest | Seattle, WA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| West Side Baby | Seattle, WA | $1,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Babies of Homelessness | Bothell, WA | $750 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Altacal Audubon Society | Chico, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Baseball Beyond Boarders | Kent, WA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Christian Science Orinda | Orinda, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Eatable Schoolyard | Berkeley, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Linfield University | Mcminnville, OR | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mary's Place No One's Child Should Sleep Outside | Seattle, WA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Miss Pitts Rescue | Rochester, WA | $500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Rainier Beach Action Coalition | South Seattle, WA | $500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Reproductive Rights | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Responsible Development | Bellingham, WA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Seattle Children Hospitality | Seattle, WA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Still She Rises Tulsa Inc | Tulsa, OK | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Bureau of Fearless Ideas | Seattle, WA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Christian Science Association of the Pupils of Daniel L Jensen Csb | San Mateo, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Institute for Bird Populations | Petaluma, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Treas Christian Science Assoc | Bellingham, WA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Trust Public Land | Los Angeles, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Vital Voices | Washington, DC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Washinton Conservation Action | Seattle, WA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| National Wildlife Federation | Reston, VA | $400 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Sewing Machine Project | Monona, WI | $400 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Washington Native Plant Society | Seattle, WA | $385 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Mountain Bike Coaliton | Bellingham, WA | $350 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Recreation Northwest | Bellingham, WA | $350 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bonney Memorial Library | Cornish, ME | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Crosscut | Seattle, WA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Institute for Bird Pop | Petaluma, CA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| North Cascades Audubon | Bellingham, WA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Oregon Timber Trail Alliance | Portland, OR | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Parent Support of Puget Sound | Bothell, WA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Recreation Nw | Bellingham, WA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Think of US | Washington, DC | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Trans Cascadia Trail Fund | Dalton Gardens, ID | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Whatcom Humane Society | Bellingham, WA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Seattle Art Museum (sam) Membership(sam) | Seattle, WA | $225 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| North Cascade | Bellingham, WA | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Knkx | Seattle, WA | $150 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| California Native Plant Soc | Sacramento, CA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| California Native Plant Society | Sacramento, CA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Northern Sierra Partnership | San Francisco, CA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Reasons to Be Cheerful | New York City, NY | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Autistic Self Advocacy Network | Washington, DC | $54 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Alaska Wilderness League | Washington, DC | $51 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
50 of 103 (49%) 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 49%, 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 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.
- Northern Sierra Partnership
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What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 75 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 55 | $78,084 | $500 |
| 2022 | 40 | $72,020 | $1,000 |
| 2023 | 71 | $96,626 | $500 |
| 2024 | 34 | $85,333 | $625 |
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. 40% of this one's giving went to organizations in California. 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 $500. 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 California.
- 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.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from George & Audrey Rasmussen Family'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: 212 Viewcrest Road, Bellingham, WA, 98229. 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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