FundersWashington

The Honorable Frank L & Arlene G

Vancouver, WA · EIN 26-1852476. Reported 137 grants totalling $1,986,441 to 72 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$10,305median grant
$1,986,441granted, 2021-2024
72organizations funded
61%of grantees funded again the next year
$2,239,454assets, 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. The Honorable Frank L & Arlene G 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 $10,305. Half of everything it gave fell between $10,000 and $20,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $51,500. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

$1,000 - $5,000
11 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
17 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
95 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
9 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
5 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
Lower Columbia College FoundationLongview, WA$136,500442024
Clark College FoundationVancouver, WA$130,000442024
Community House on BroadwayLongview, WA$109,000442024
Battle Ground HealthcareBattle Ground, WA$80,500442024
Community Health PartnersLongview, WA$75,000442024
Free Clinic of Southwest WashingtonVancouver, WA$70,000332024
Peacehealth Sw Medical Center FoundVancouver, WA$70,000222023
Core HealthLongview, WA$65,000442024
Fish of Cowlitz CountyLongview, WA$60,000442024
Lelooska FoundationAriel, WA$58,255442024
Fish of VancouverVancouver, WA$55,000332024
Mount Saint Helens InstituteAmboy, WA$55,000442024
Community Home Health & HospiceLongview, WA$50,000112022
Fort Vancouver Regional Library FouVancouver, WA$50,000222023
Pink Lemonade ProjectVancouver, WA$50,000442024
Lower Columbia School GardensLongview, WA$40,000442024
Medical Teams InternationalTigard, OR$40,000332024
Hello Life Eating DisorderLongview, WA$39,000442024
Shriners Hospitals for ChildrenPortland, OR$38,518222022
Innovative Services NwVancouver, WA$30,000222023
Longview Public Service GroupLongview, WA$30,000332024
The Historic TrustVancouver, WA$30,000222024
ConfluencesVancouver, WA$27,000332023
Lighthouse Resource CenterVancouver, WA$25,000112021
Pomeroy Living History FarmYacolt, WA$25,000222022
Sunshine Physically Handicapped FouVancouver, WA$24,000442024
Youth and Family LinkLongview, WA$23,000112024
Children's Discovery MuseumLongview, WA$22,000222024
His Heart FoundationVancouver, WA$22,000222024
Hockinson People Working TogetherBrush Prairie, WA$22,000112023
Columbia DanceVancouver, WA$21,400222022
Bethany Lutheran ChurchLongview, WA$20,305222024
HevinCastle Rock, WA$20,000112024
Lions Sight Foundation of Clark CoVancouver, WA$20,000112024
Peacehealth St John Medical CenterLongview, WA$20,000112023
Shriners Hospital for ChildrenPortland, OR$20,000112024
Lions Sight Foundation-CowlitzLongview, WA$16,000222022
YMCA Clark CountyVancouver, WA$15,000112024
Kelso School District FoundationKelso, WA$14,358112021
Stella Historical SocietyLongview, WA$14,160422022
Hockinson School DistrictBrush Prairie, WA$13,000112024
Hockinson High SchoolBrush Prairie, WA$12,145112022
American Legion AuxVancouver, WA$10,000112023
Art Longview Public Service GroupLongview, WA$10,000112024
Caring ClosetVancouver, WA$10,000112023
Columbia Future ForgeCamas, WA$10,000112024
Columbia SpringsVancouver, WA$10,000222024
ConfluenceVancouver, WA$10,000112024
Cowlitz Family HealthLongview, WA$10,000112023
Family Promise of Clark CountyCamas, WA$10,000112021
Girls Inc of the Pacific NorthwestPortland, OR$10,000112024
Historic Music Preservation ProjectVancouver, WA$10,000112024
Hough FoundationVancouver, WA$10,000112024
Lifeline ConnectionsVancouver, WA$10,000112024
Longview Community ChurchLongview, WA$10,000112023
Love OverwhelmingLongview, WA$10,000112022
Ra Long Scholarship FoundationLongview, WA$10,000112022
Salmon Creek Hospital FoundationVancouver, WA$10,000112022
Three Rivers Christian SchoolLongview, WA$10,000112024
People Working TogetherBrush Prairie, WA$9,000112021
Salmon Creek Lions Club FoundationVancouver, WA$6,500112022
Camas Washougal Historical SocietyWashoughal, WA$5,400222023
Clark County Skills Ctr Foundation Cascadia Technical Academy FoundationVancouver, WA$5,000112021
Friends of Fort Vancouver National Historic SiteVancouver, WA$5,000112021
Longview Outdoor GalloryLongview, WA$5,000112023
Nw Furniture BankVancouver, WA$5,000112021
Vancouver Natl Historic Reserve TrVancouver, WA$5,000112021
Longview 23 ClubLongview, WA$4,000112021
Jane Weber Evergreen ArboretumVancouver, WA$3,700112021
Longview Outdoor GalleryLongview, WA$2,500112021
Family Promise of Cowlitz CountyKelso, WA$1,200112023
Cowlitz ChaplaincyLongview, WA$1,000112021

32 of 72 (44%) 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 61%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. 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 87 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Human Services
21 grants
Health Care
19 grants
Arts & Culture
12 grants
Education
9 grants
Environment
7 grants
Mental Health
5 grants
Community Improvement
4 grants
International Affairs
3 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202135$342,571$10,000
202233$487,670$11,000
202333$526,200$15,000
202436$630,000$15,000

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. 95% 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
$1.9M
Oregon
$109K

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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.

The Firstenburg Foundation20 shared recipientsFidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund15 shared recipientsKaiser Foundation Hospitals13 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc11 shared recipientsThe Health Care Foundation10 shared recipientsM J Murdock Charitable Trust10 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $10,305. 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 The Honorable Frank L & Arlene G'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: 900 Washington St Suite 900, Vancouver, WA, 98660. 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 26-1852476 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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