Funding search · disability services and research · Washington
Who funds disability services and research work in Washington
15 funders have a record of paying for disability services and research work by Washington recipients: 50 grants totaling $5.0M, most recently in 2025 — mostly private foundations, plus grantmaking charities. The largest by matched giving are Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology ($1.1M), Names Family Foundation ($265,000) and The Kresge Foundation ($850,000).
From IRS Form 990-PF and 990 Schedule I filings, 2019–2025. Grants already paid to Washington recipients — evidence of what these funders back, not open calls.
Alliance for Clinical Trials in OncologyChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $1.1M · through 2024Largest: $494,055 to ADAPTIVE BIOTECHNOLOGIES — cancer research
Largest: $125,000 to RAINIER ADAPTIVE SPORTS — general operating support
Largest: $300,000 to ECOADAPT — general operating support to ecoadapt to build the field of climate adaptation.
Innovia FoundationSpokane, WACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $85,750 · through 2024Largest: $53,500 to EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — for ewu music messengers, scholarships, kewu radio fund, and adaptive athletics program
Spokane Guilds' School FoundationSpokane, WACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $946,000 · through 2024Largest: $383,000 to Spokane Guilds' School & Neuromuscular Center — to provide support to the spokane guilds' school & neuromuscular center (the school) which provides educational, medical and therapy services for children with developmental disabi…
Move UnitedRockville, MDCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $71,074 · through 2023Largest: $36,042 to OUTDOORS FOR ALL FOUNDATION — adaptive summer sports programming expenses
Largest: $180,000 to ECOADAPT — environmental - general operations and climate adaptation implementation support
Easter SealsChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $292,340 · through 2024Largest: $123,385 to EASTERSEALS WASHINGTON — disability services
Largest: $68,825 to NORTHWEST ASSOCIATION FOR BLIND ATHLETES — funds to support the expansion of their sports adaptation program.
Largest: $57,500 to SEATTLE ADAPTIVE SPORTS — philanthropic/educational purpose
Largest: $47,500 to ECOADAPT — fostering a national climate change adaptation conversation and catalyzing the action required for innovative and collaborative climate-amplified extreme weather resilience.
Carleton CollegeNorthfield, MNCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $95,728 · through 2024Largest: $41,251 to UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON — temporal dynamics of microbial and viral function and adaptation in hydrothermal vents
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