Funding search · EIN 463669945 · Seattle, WA

Vadon Foundation

Name: Vadon Foundation grants, 2021–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

140
grants reported: $12.2M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $70,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Saas (Seattle Academy)3 grants · $1.1M
Salish School of Spokane5 grants · $951,274
Stanford University3 grants · $749,868
Inchelium Language and Culture Association4 grants · $697,513
Treehouse4 grants · $625,350
Children of the Setting Sun Productions4 grants · $540,000
The Yarrow Project2 grants · $460,000
Cheyenne River Youth Project4 grants · $390,000
Oceti Sakowin Community Academy2 grants · $300,000
Nkwusm School3 grants · $275,000

Giving over time

$1.9M

2021

$2.7M

2022

$4.1M

2023

$3.5M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 140 grants.

$1.0M
Saas (Seattle Academy) · Seattle, WA · 2023
To support organization
$285,000
Inchelium Language and Culture Association · Inchelium, WA · 2022
To support organization
$250,000
Stanford University · Redwood City, CA · 2024
To support organization
$250,000
Wambli Ska Okolakiciye · Rapid City, SD · 2024
To support organization
$250,000
Salish School of Spokane · Spokane, WA · 2023
To support organization
$250,000
Salish School of Spokane · Spokane, WA · 2022
To support organization
$249,997
Stanford University · Redwood City, CA · 2023
To support organization
$249,871
Stanford University · Redwood City, CA · 2022
To support organization
$230,000
The Yarrow Project · Tacoma, WA · 2023
To support organization
$230,000
The Yarrow Project · Tacoma, WA · 2022
To support organization
$225,000
Oceti Sakowin Community Academy · Rapid City, SD · 2024
To support organization
$200,000
Children of the Setting Sun Productions · Bellingham, WA · 2024
To support organization
$200,000
Salish School of Spokane · Spokane, WA · 2024
To support organization
$175,000
Treehouse · Ash Grove, CO · 2024
To support organization
$175,000
Treehouse · Ash Grove, CO · 2023
To support organization
$175,000
Treehouse · Ash Grove, CO · 2022
To support organization
$160,000
Inchelium Language and Culture Association · Inchelium, WA · 2024
To support organization
$160,000
Mahchiwminahnahtik Chippewa and Cree Language Revitalization · Box Elder, MT · 2023
To support organization
$150,000
Indigenous Peoples Power Project · Rapid City, SD · 2023
To support organization
$140,000
Knife Chief Buffalo Nation Society · Porcupine, SD · 2024
To support organization
$140,000
Indian Pueblo Cultural Center · Albuquerque, NM · 2023
To support organization
$140,000
Children of the Setting Sun Productions · Bellingham, WA · 2022
To support organization
$135,000
Red Eagle Soaring · Seattle, WA · 2023
To support organization
$127,513
Inchelium Language and Culture Association · Inchelium, WA · 2021
To support organization
$126,274
Salish School of Spokane · Spokane, WA · 2021
To support organization
$125,000
Inchelium Language and Culture Association · Inchelium, WA · 2023
To support organization
$125,000
Cheyenne River Youth Project · Lincoln, NE · 2022
To support organization
$125,000
Salish School of Spokane · Spokane, WA · 2021
To support organization
$120,000
National Indigenous Women'S Resource Center · Lame Deer, MT · 2023
To support organization
$120,000
Yellow Bird Lifeways Center · Lame Deer, MT · 2023
To support organization
$120,000
National Indigenous Women'S Resource Center · Lame Deer, MT · 2022
To support organization
$110,000
Na'Ah Illahee Fund · Seattle, WA · 2021
To support organization
$110,000
Spokane Language House · Spokane, WA · 2021
To support organization
$102,169
Ndn Collective · Rapid City, SD · 2021
To support organization
$100,350
Treehouse · Ash Grove, CO · 2021
To support organization
$100,000
American Indian Youth Running Strong · Alexandria, VA · 2024
To support organization
$100,000
Cheyenne River Youth Project · Lincoln, NE · 2024
To support organization
$100,000
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center · Seattle, WA · 2024
To support organization
$100,000
Indigenous Peoples Power Project · Rapid City, SD · 2024
To support organization
$100,000
Spokane Language House · Spokane, WA · 2024
To support organization
$100,000
Tanka Fund · Kyle, SD · 2024
To support organization
$100,000
Yuchi Language Project · Sapula, OK · 2024
To support organization
$100,000
Children of the Setting Sun Productions · Bellingham, WA · 2023
To support organization
$100,000
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center · Seattle, WA · 2023
To support organization
$100,000
Fred Hutchinson · Seattle, WA · 2022
To support organization
$100,000
Ndn Collective · Rapid City, SD · 2022
To support organization
$100,000
Cheyenne River Youth Project · Lincoln, NE · 2021
To support organization
$100,000
Children of the Setting Sun Productions · Bellingham, WA · 2021
To support organization
$100,000
Not An Alternative · Vashon, WA · 2021
To support organization
$99,993
Fred Hutchinson · Seattle, WA · 2021
To support organization
$95,000
Nkwusm School · Arlee, MT · 2024
To support organization
$95,000
Nkwusm School · Arlee, MT · 2022
To support organization
$90,000
Knife Chief Buffalo Nation Society · Porcupine, SD · 2022
To support organization
$90,000
Syilx Language House · Spokane, WA · 2022
To support organization
$85,000
Nkwusm School · Arlee, MT · 2021
To support organization
$80,000
University of Washington · Seattle, WA · 2024
To support organization
$80,000
University of Washington · Seattle, WA · 2023
To support organization
$75,000
Makoce Agriculture Development · Porcupine, SD · 2024
To support organization
$75,000
Naca-Inspired Schools Network · Albuquerque, NM · 2024
To support organization
$75,000
Oaye Luta Okolakiciye · Pine Ridge, SD · 2024
To support organization
$75,000
Saad K'Idilye · Albuquerque, NM · 2024
To support organization
$75,000
United National Indian Tribal Youth Inc (Unity) · Mesa, AZ · 2024
To support organization
$75,000
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
To support organization
$75,000
Oceti Sakowin Community Academy · Rapid City, SD · 2023
To support organization
$75,000
United National Indian Tribal Youth Inc (Unity) · Mesa, AZ · 2023
To support organization
$75,000
Naca-Inspired Schools Network · Albuquerque, NM · 2022
To support organization
$75,000
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
To support organization
$75,000
United National Indian Tribal Youth Inc (Unity) · Mesa, AZ · 2022
To support organization
$75,000
Lakota Youth Development · Herrick, SD · 2021
To support organization
$70,000
Yellow Bird Lifeways Center · Lame Deer, MT · 2024
To support organization
$70,000
Saad K'Idilye · Albuquerque, NM · 2023
To support organization
$70,000
Saad K'Idilye · Albuquerque, NM · 2022
To support organization
$65,000
Cheyenne River Youth Project · Lincoln, NE · 2023
To support organization
$65,000
Coeur D'Alene Tribe Department of Education · Plummer, ID · 2021
To support organization
$61,112
100 Horses Women Society · Eagle Butte, SD · 2023
To support organization
$60,000
Camas Foundation · Usk, WA · 2024
To support organization
$50,000
Kwu Cnxi · Usk, WA · 2024
To support organization
$50,000
Ndn Collective · Rapid City, SD · 2024
To support organization
$50,000
Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement · Kapolei, HI · 2023
To support organization
$50,000
Endazhi-Nitaawiging Qalicb · Red Lake, MN · 2023
To support organization
$50,000
Makoce Agriculture Development · Porcupine, SD · 2023
To support organization
$50,000
Tanka Fund · Kyle, SD · 2023
To support organization
$50,000
The Greater Omaha Attendance and Learning Services (Goals) · Omaha, NE · 2022
To support organization
$50,000
Indigenous People'S Power Project · Portland, OR · 2021
To support organization
$50,000
Native American Food Sovereignty Alliance · Flagstaff, AZ · 2021
To support organization
$50,000
Syilx Language House · Spokane, WA · 2021
To support organization
$45,000
Generations Indigenous Ways · Lenoir, NC · 2024
To support organization
$45,000
Generations Indigenous Ways · Lenoir, NC · 2023
To support organization
$45,000
Generations Indigenous Ways · Lenoir, NC · 2022
To support organization
$40,000
Camas Foundation · Usk, WA · 2023
To support organization
$40,000
Zuni Youth Enrichment Project · Zuni, NM · 2023
To support organization
$40,000
Yellow Bird Lifeways Center · Lame Deer, MT · 2022
To support organization
$40,000
The Center Pole · Garryowen, MT · 2021
To support organization
$37,000
Yellow Bird Lifeways · Lame Deer, MT · 2021
To support organization
$35,000
Global Civic Policy Society · 2024
To support organization
$35,000
Haida Roots · Seattle, WA · 2024
To support organization
$35,000
Medicine Fish · Gresham, WI · 2024
To support organization
$35,000
South Dakota Education Equity Coalition · Black Hawk, SD · 2024
To support organization
$35,000
Standing Rock Community Development Corp · Fort Yates, ND · 2024
To support organization
$35,000
The Hopi School · Kykotsmovi, AZ · 2024
To support organization

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.