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Wilkins Charitable Foundation

Dallas, TX · EIN 91-6277933. Reported 161 grants totalling $832,997 to 103 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$5,000median grant
$832,997granted, 2021-2024
103organizations funded
38%of grantees funded again the next year
$5,477,948assets, 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. Wilkins Charitable 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.

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 $5,000 and $5,000; the smallest was $2,000 and the largest $13,334. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

$1,000 - $5,000
14 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
142 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
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
The Sophia WayBellevue, WA$22,500442024
University of WashingtonSeattle, WA$21,000332024
Babies of HomelessnessBothell, WA$15,000332024
Backpack BrigadeSeattle, WA$15,000332023
Domestic Violence Services of Snohomish CountyEverett, WA$15,000222024
Elizabeth Gregory HomeSeattle, WA$15,000332024
Family WorksSeattle, WA$15,000332024
Financial Beginnings WashingtonTukwila, WA$15,000332023
Hunger Intervention ProgramSeattle, WA$15,000332024
North HelplineSeattle, WA$15,000332024
Sound GenerationsSeattle, WA$15,000222022
Teen FeedSeattle, WA$15,000332024
Westside BabySeattle, WA$15,000332024
YWCA of Tacoma & Pierce CountyTacoma, WA$15,000332024
Northwest Kidney CentersSeattle, WA$13,334112021
Bridge Disability MinistriesBellevue, WA$13,332222024
Safe Crossings FoundationSeattle, WA$13,000332023
Bread of Life Mission AssociationSeattle, WA$12,500222022
Vision HouseRenton, WA$12,500222024
Assistance League of the EastsideRedmond, WA$11,000332024
Assistance League of SeattleSeattle, WA$10,000222023
Attain HousingKirkland, WA$10,000222023
Communities in Schools of RentonRenton, WA$10,000222023
Dawson Place Child Advocacy CenterEverett, WA$10,000222023
Dental Lifeline NetworkWilsonville, OR$10,000222024
Dove ProjectVashon, WA$10,000222023
Eastside Friends of SeniorsSammamish, WA$10,000222024
Exodus HousingSumner, WA$10,000222023
Family Law CASA of King CountySeattle, WA$10,000222022
Fred Hutchison Cancer ResearchSeattle, WA$10,000112024
Hope CentralSeattle, WA$10,000222024
Jubilee Women's CenterSeattle, WA$10,000222022
Mary's PlaceSeattle, WA$10,000222022
Medic One FoundationBellevue, WA$10,000222024
Needs of the Community SocietySeattle, WA$10,000222023
Northwest Family Life LearningSeattle, WA$10,000222023
Pediatric Interim Care CenterKent, WA$10,000222022
SeashareBainbridge Island, WA$10,000222022
Seattle Childrens PlaygardenSeattle, WA$10,000112021
Support 7Lynnwood, WA$10,000222024
West Seattle Food BankSeattle, WA$10,000222022
AIDS Housing Association Dba Ahat HomecareTacoma, WA$9,000222024
Christmas HouseEverett, WA$9,000222024
Unity School of ChristianityUnity Village, MO$9,000332024
Bloodworks NorthwestSeattle, WA$7,500222022
Eastside Baby CornerIssaquah, WA$7,500112021
Amara Parenting & Adoption ServicesSeattle, WA$7,000112022
Freedom Education Project Puget SoundSeattle, WA$6,000112022
Freedom ProjectSeattle, WA$6,000112021
Aces of DiamondsDuvall, WA$5,000112024
After School All StarsTukwila, WA$5,000112021
Bridge Back ProjectBellevue, WA$5,000112024
Catherine's PlaceTacoma, WA$5,000112022
Child Advocacy Center of SnohomishEverett, WA$5,000112024
City MinistriesKirkland, WA$5,000112024
Cocoon HouseEverett, WA$5,000112021
Crisis Connection Fka Crisis ClinicSeattle, WA$5,000112021
Dawn - Domestic Abuse Women's NetworkTukwila, WA$5,000112024
Dress for Success SeattleSeattle, WA$5,000112022
Eastside Legal AssistanceBellevue, WA$5,000112023
Eastwest Food RescueWoodinville, WA$5,000112022
FosterfulVancouver, WA$5,000112022
Free Range HealthMarysville, WA$5,000112021
Genetic Support FoundationOlympia, WA$5,000112024
Hearing Speech & Deafness CenterSeattle, WA$5,000112023
Hope Low Vision FoundationTacoma, WA$5,000112022
KandeliaSeattle, WA$5,000112024
KidvantageIssaquah, WA$5,000112022
Lahai HealthLynnwood, WA$5,000112024
Lifewire Fka Eastside Domestic Violence ProgramBellevue, WA$5,000112022
Listen & TalkKirkland, WA$5,000112022
Monroe Gospel Women's MissionMonroe, WA$5,000112021
NAMI Seattle WashingtonSeattle, WA$5,000112023
NAMI WashingtonSeattle, WA$5,000112022
New Phoebe House AssociationTacoma, WA$5,000112023
Office Moms & DadsVancouver, WA$5,000112021
Orion IndustriesAuburn, WA$5,000112023
Pacific Treatment Alternatives Dba Sound PathwaysEverett, WA$5,000112021
Particular Council of Tacoma Society Aka Society of St Vincent De PaulTacoma, WA$5,000112022
Rising Out of the Shadows Aka RootsSeattle, WA$5,000112023
RootsSeattle, WA$5,000112022
Seattle Children's Hospital FoundationSeattle, WA$5,000112021
Seattle Milk Fund Dba Goodwin ConnectionSeattle, WA$5,000112021
Seattle's Childrens HospitalSeattle, WA$5,000112022
Second Chance OutreachBurlington, WA$5,000112022
Shepherd's Counseling Service Dba Roanoke Park CounselingSeattle, WA$5,000112022
Skagit Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault ServicesMount Vernon, WA$5,000112024
Snohomish County Council of St Vincent De PaulEverett, WA$5,000112022
South Park Senior CitizensSeattle, WA$5,000112024
St Anne Hospital Foundation Aka Highland Medical Center FdnBurien, WA$5,000112022
St Stephen Housing AssociationRenton, WA$5,000112023
Street Youth MinistriesSeattle, WA$5,000112024
TacidTacoma, WA$5,000112021
Trinity Presbyterian ChurchTacoma, WA$5,000112023
Turning Pointe Survivor Advocacy CenterShelton, WA$5,000112022
Veteran Rites IncTacoma, WA$5,000112024
Wallingford Community Senior CenterSeattle, WA$5,000112023
Washington Vocational ServicesEverett, WA$5,000112024
Wishing Well FoundationPuyallup, WA$5,000112023
Rebuilding Hope Sexual AssaultTacoma, WA$4,000112024
Brigadoon Service DogsBellingham, WA$3,831112023
Unity Village ChapelKingston, WA$3,000112022
UpowerSeattle, WA$2,000112024

42 of 103 (41%) 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 38%, 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.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 102 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Human Services
39 grants
Health Care
11 grants
Food & Nutrition
9 grants
Housing & Shelter
9 grants
Community Improvement
8 grants
Crime & Legal
5 grants
Religion
5 grants
Youth Development
4 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202140$211,334$5,000
202246$234,500$5,000
202337$194,497$5,000
202438$192,666$5,000

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. 98% 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
$814K
Oregon
$10K
Missouri
$9K

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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.

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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 Wilkins Charitable Foundation'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 653067, Dallas, TX, 75265. 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 91-6277933 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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