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Yancey P Winans Testamentary Trust

Walla Walla, WA · EIN 91-6306164. Reported 90 grants totalling $374,516 to 56 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$4,792median grant
$374,516granted, 2021-2025
56recipients, as named on its returns
38%of grantees funded again the next year
$1,061,184assets, 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. Yancey P Winans Testamentary 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.

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 $4,792. Half of everything it gave fell between $3,500 and $5,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $15,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

$1,000 - $5,000
46 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
43 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
1 grant

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Christian Aid CenterWalla Walla, WA$21,500552025
Carnegie Picture LabWalla Walla, WA$18,500442025
Walla Walla Symphony SocietyWalla Walla, WA$18,000442025
YMCA of Walla WallaWalla Walla, WA$16,500442025
Blue Mountain Therapeutic RidingWalla Walla, WA$16,385442024
YMCAWalla Walla, WA$16,000332023
Downtown Walla Walla FoundationWalla Walla, WA$15,000112021
Fort Walla Walla MuseumWalla Walla, WA$15,000332025
Community CouncilWalla Walla, WA$14,500442025
Gesa Power House TheatreWalla Walla, WA$11,500332024
Oregon East SymphonyPendleton, OR$10,000222025
Walla Walla Parks and Rec DepartmentWalla Walla, WA$10,000222025
Walla Walla UniversityWalla Walla, WA$10,000222023
Weller Public LibraryWaitsburg, WA$8,000222025
Oregon East Symphony & ChoralePendleton, OR$6,000222022
Trilogy Recovery CommunityWalla Walla, WA$6,000222023
Art Walla WallaWalla Walla, WA$5,000112025
Blue Mountain Community FoundationWalla Walla, WA$5,000112024
Children Home Society of WashingtonWalla Walla, WA$5,000112023
City of Walla Walla Parks & Recreation DepartmentWalla Walla, WA$5,000112022
Great Explorations in EducationWalla Walla, WA$5,000112022
HelplineWalla Walla, WA$5,000112021
Miltonfreewater Area Chamber of CommerceMiltonfreewater, OR$5,000112022
Shakespeare Uncorkd Walla WallaWalla Walla, WA$5,000112023
Special Olympics WaSeattle, WA$5,000112021
Special Olympics WashingtonSeattle, WA$5,000112022
Walla Walla Community CollegeWalla Walla, WA$5,000112025
Walla Walla Community HospiceWalla Walla, WA$5,000112021
Walla Walla Little League BaseballWalla Walla, WA$5,000112023
Walla Walla Pacific Little LeagueWalla Walla, WA$5,000112021
Walla Walla Public Schools FoundationWalla Walla, WA$5,000112025
Walla Walla Summer TheatreWalla Walla, WA$5,000112024
Walla Walla UniveristyWalla Walla, WA$5,000112021
Walla Walla Valley Pioneer & Historical SocietyWalla Walla, WA$5,000112022
Blue Zones Project Walla Walla ValleyWalla Walla, WA$4,700112022
Blue Mountain Land TrustWalla Walla, WA$4,526112023
The Health Club at LincolnWalla Walla, WA$4,500112023
Children's Home Society of WashingtonWalla Walla, WA$4,000112024
Port of Walla WallaWalla Walla, WA$4,000112021
Walla Walla Disability NetworkWalla Walla, WA$4,000112024
Walla Walla Public LibraryWalla Walla, WA$4,000112023
Weller Public Library 2023Waitsburg, WA$4,000112023
Touchet Booster Club 2023Touchet, WA$3,905112023
Tieton Arts & HumanitiesTieton, WA$3,500112024
West of the Blues RodeoMilton Freewater, OR$3,500112024
Blue Mountain Action CouncilWalla Walla, WA$3,000112021
City of College PlaceCollege Place, WA$3,000112025
City of Ww Parks & RecreationWalla Walla, WA$3,000112021
Common Roots Housing TrustWalla Walla, WA$3,000112025
United Way of the Blue MountainsWalla Walla, WA$3,000332023
YWCA of Walla WallaWalla Walla, WA$3,000112021
Childrens Home Society of WashingtoWalla Walla, WA$2,500112021
Touchet School DistrictTouchet, WA$2,000222023
Walla Walla Music OrganizationWalla Walla, WA$2,000112021
Walla Walla Valley UltimateWalla Walla, WA$1,500112024
Walla Walla Gun ClubWalla Walla, WA$1,000112021

17 of 56 (30%) received money in more than one year over the 5 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 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.

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 activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 48 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.

Arts & Culture
15 grants
Human Services
10 grants
Education
5 grants
Health Care
4 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
4 grants
Community Improvement
4 grants
Mental Health
2 grants
Environment
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202123$83,000$3,000
202217$77,085$5,000
202318$74,431$4,513
202418$75,000$4,250
202514$65,000$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

93% of its giving went to organizations in Washington. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.

Washington
$350K
Oregon
$24K

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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 a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.

Blue Mountain Community Foundation24 shared recipientsGeorge T Welch Testamentary Trust17 shared recipientsClara and Art Bald Trust15 shared recipientsSherwood Trust14 shared recipientsMary Garner Esary Trust13 shared recipientsFidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund10 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $4,792. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
  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 Yancey P Winans Testamentary Trust's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.

Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 1796, Walla Walla, WA, 99362. 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 91-6306164 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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