Reuben's Brews Foundation
Seattle, WA · EIN 85-3519140. Reported 74 grants totalling $79,998 to 58 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. Reuben's Brews Foundation 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 $498. Half of everything it gave fell between $378 and $850; the smallest was $100 and the largest $10,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cancer Pathways | Seattle, WA | $12,125 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Ballard Fc Foundation | Seattle, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Unhcr | Washington, DC | $6,661 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sound Foundations Nw | Des Moines, WA | $4,631 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ballard Food Bank | Seattle, WA | $3,592 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Zero Hunger Zero Waste | Cincinnati, OH | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Phinney Neighborhood Association | Seattle, WA | $2,438 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Kick Childhood Cancer | Seattle, WA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Live Wire Radio | Seattle, WA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Puget Sound Goat Rescue | Enumclaw, WA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Gender Justice League | Seattle, WA | $1,950 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wellspring Family Services | Seattle, WA | $1,846 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Big Table | Seattle, WA | $1,808 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| City Fruit | Seattle, WA | $1,597 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Washington State University | Pullman, WA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Edge Outdoors | Bothell, WA | $1,279 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bike Works | Seattle, WA | $1,186 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Food Lifeline | Boulevard Park, WA | $1,131 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| World Central Kitchen | Reston, VA | $1,053 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ales for Als Als Therapy Developm | Watertown, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Seattle Ladies Choir | Seattle, WA | $946 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Meow Cat Rescue | Kirkland, WA | $850 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Arthritis Foundation | Seattle, WA | $841 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Pflag Seattle | Seattle, WA | $778 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Communities in Schools | Seattle, WA | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Washington's National Park Fund | Seattle, WA | $735 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Rainn | Philadelphia, PA | $679 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Service Board | Seattle, WA | $675 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Seattle's Lbbtq Center | Seattle, WA | $526 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Families of Color Seattle | Seattle, WA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Northwest Avalanche Center | North Bend, WA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pro-Choice Wa Foundation | Seattle, WA | $483 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Northwest Education Access | Seattle, WA | $475 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Westside Baby | Seattle, WA | $475 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Earthgen | Seattle, WA | $438 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Girls on the Run | Seattle, WA | $434 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Center for Chronic Illness | Seattle, WA | $433 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Beavers Northwest | Shoreline, WA | $425 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Washington Trust for Historic Prese | Seattle, WA | $420 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Alliance for Gun Responsibility Fou | Seattle, WA | $419 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Shadow Lake Nature Preserve | Renton, WA | $404 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Girl Scouts of Western Washington | Seattle, WA | $403 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Washington National Park Fund | Seattle, WA | $396 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ignite Worldwide | Mountlake Terrace, WA | $360 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Seattle Neighborhood Greenways | Seattle, WA | $360 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Puget Soundkeeper Alliance | Seattle, WA | $345 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Puget Sound Association of the Deaf | Seattle, WA | $341 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pflag | Seattle, WA | $340 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The 5TH Avenue Theatre | Seattle, WA | $325 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Breakthrough T1D (jdrf) | New York, NY | $311 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Community Book Project | Seattle, WA | $305 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Rat City Roller Derby | Edmonds, WA | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Paws Cat City | Seattle, WA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sightline Institute | Seattle, WA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University District Food Bank | Seattle, WA | $229 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Humanities Washington | Seattle, WA | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sustainable Ballard | Seattle, WA | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Washington Wild | Seattle, WA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
11 of 58 (19%) 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 26%, across 2 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.
- Ballard Fc Foundation
501C3 ORGANIZATION - SOCIAL - Cancer Pathways
501C3 ORGANIZATION - CANCER - Ballard Food Bank
501C3 ORGANIZATION - HUNGER - Kick Childhood Cancer
501C3 ORGANIZATION - HEALTH - Puget Sound Goat Rescue
501C3 ORGANIZATION - ANIMALS - Communities in Schools
501C3 ORGANIZATION - SCHOOLS
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 47 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2 | $8,039 | $4,019 |
| 2022 | 20 | $35,683 | $764 |
| 2023 | 24 | $18,245 | $489 |
| 2024 | 28 | $18,031 | $409 |
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. 84% 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 $498. 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 Reuben's Brews Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 800 Nw 46TH St, Seattle, WA, 98107. 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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