Funding search · EIN 825328231 · Bellevue, WA

Ken Birdwell Foundation

Name: Ken Birdwell Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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.

669
grants reported: $34.4M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $24,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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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.

7 grants matching “rainbow” · $335,367

$249,000
Rainbow Center · Tacoma, WA · 2024
Capacity building support
$660
Rainbow Center · Tacoma, WA · 2024
Gala sponsorship
$44,930
Rainbow Center · Tacoma, WA · 2023
Capacity building support for: rainbow center #1: alf fellowship, and rainbow center #2: tech upgrade
$32,181
Rainbow Center · Tacoma, WA · 2023
Capacity building support for: staff retreat, team building & mission alignment
$7,096
Rainbow Center · Tacoma, WA · 2023
Capacity building support for: professional training & development
$500
Rainbow Center · Tacoma, WA · 2023
Gala sponsorship
$1,000
Rainbow Center · Tacoma, WA · 2022
Engagement grant

Top recipients

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

Native Americans in Philanthropy1 grant · $1.5M
Decolonizing Wealth Project2 grants · $1.0M
First Graduate10 grants · $727,867
Southeast Seattle Education Coalition14 grants · $689,938
Coalition On Homelessness14 grants · $636,260
Somali Health Board10 grants · $630,833
Eden Youth & Family Center14 grants · $606,856
Family Resource Navigators8 grants · $591,285
Village Community Resource Center8 grants · $574,067
Opportunity Junction12 grants · $568,310

Giving over time

$8.4M

2022

$12.5M

2023

$13.5M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 669 grants.

$1.5M
Native Americans in Philanthropy · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Capacity building support
$500,000
Decolonizing Wealth Project · Detroit, MI · 2024
Philanthropic partnerships grant
$500,000
Decolonizing Wealth Project · Detroit, MI · 2023
Philanthropic partnerships grant
$450,000
La Liga De Ciudades · San Juan, PR · 2024
Capacity building support
$448,333
Center for Habitat Reconstruction · Aguas Buenas, PR · 2023
Philanthropic partnerships grant
$448,333
Coaliucionde Coaliciones · Ponce, PR · 2023
Philanthropic partnerships grant
$448,333
Sembrando Sentido · San Juan, PR · 2023
Philanthropic partnerships grant
$277,613
Eastside Arts Alliance · Oakland, CA · 2023
Capacity building support for: salary increases and operations director, and hr - dental and increased benefits costs
$252,853
First Graduate · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Capacity building support for: capacity building - staff and development
$249,000
Rainbow Center · Tacoma, WA · 2024
Capacity building support
$248,161
Coalition On Homelessness · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Capacity building support
$230,000
Feest · Seattle, WA · 2024
Capacity building support
$226,456
La Cocina · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Capacity building support for: improving infrastructure: salesforce improvements, cola adjustments, hr software & more
$224,345
Southeast Seattle Education Coalition · Seattle, WA · 2023
Capacity building support for: director of policy and research, sabbatical support, and marketing & communications coordinator
$200,000
Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation · Menlo Park, CA · 2024
Philanthropic partnerships grant
$195,000
Korean Community Center of the East Bay · San Leandro, CA · 2023
Capacity building support for: board/governance & strategic planning
$180,700
Homeless Children'S Network · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Capacity building support
$176,800
Emergency Feeding Program · Renton, WA · 2023
Capacity building support for: warehouse/office equipment/retreat, and staff raises
$173,011
Safe Futures Youth Center · Seattle, WA · 2023
Capacity building support for: fundraising development
$170,201
Mindful Life Project · Richmond, CA · 2024
Capacity building support
$170,000
East African Community Services · Seattle, WA · 2024
Capacity building support
$169,427
Urban Tilth · Richmond, CA · 2023
Capacity building support for: staffing: management training, professional development plans, & spanish language app
$169,333
Pogo Park · Richmond, CA · 2024
Capacity building support
$168,667
Young Women Empowered (Y-We) · Seattle, WA · 2024
Capacity building support
$167,917
Center for Empowering Refugees & Immigrants · Oakland, CA · 2024
Capacity building support
$167,024
Community Passageways · Seattle, WA · 2024
Capacity building support
$166,704
Street Level Health Project · Oakland, CA · 2024
Capacity building support
$166,667
Got Green · Seattle, WA · 2024
Capacity building support
$166,667
Ventures · Seattle, WA · 2024
Capacity building support
$166,667
Congolese Integration Network · Seatac, WA · 2023
Capacity building support for: maisha: immigration legal support, research & certification program
$166,667
The Latina Center · Richmond, CA · 2023
Capacity building support for: financial management capacity (continued), communications & development capacity (continued), and operations capacity (continued)
$166,667
Ventures · Seattle, WA · 2023
Capacity building support for: transition: executive leadership change & development director consultant
$166,666
Planting Justice · Oakland, CA · 2023
Capacity building support for: training: university of ca davis aquaponics training for local leaders
$166,666
Got Green · Seattle, WA · 2022
Capacity building support for: strategy, structure and leadership
$166,659
Got Green · Seattle, WA · 2023
Capacity building support for: powerful structure & visionary strategy
$166,309
Eastside Arts Alliance · Oakland, CA · 2024
Capacity building support
$166,000
East Oakland Boxing Association · Oakland, CA · 2023
Capacity building support for: staff compensation: salary support for executive director, program development manager, youth development program coordinator, program assistant, & boxing coach
$166,000
Missseyinc · Oakland, CA · 2023
Capacity building support for: strategic development
$166,000
Pogo Park · Richmond, CA · 2023
Capacity building support for: campaign for pogo park
$166,000
Young Women Empowered (Y-We) · Seattle, WA · 2023
Capacity building support for: thought leadership: curriculum development, communications & event management
$166,000
Young Women Empowered (Y-We) · Seattle, WA · 2023
Capacity building support for: leadership transition capacity building
$166,000
Planting Justice · Oakland, CA · 2022
Capacity building support for: admin support and marketing
$166,000
Pogo Park · Richmond, CA · 2022
Capacity building support for: campaign for pogo park project
$165,000
Community Passageways · Seattle, WA · 2023
Capacity building support for: executive staffing: sr. Hr director extension & new coo
$161,500
Utopia · Kent, WA · 2024
Capacity building support
$160,698
First Graduate · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Capacity building support for: staff development
$160,000
East African Community Services · Seattle, WA · 2023
Capacity building support for: building executive & board capacity
$160,000
Ukrainian Community Center of Wa · Renton, WA · 2023
Capacity building support for: marketing communications specialist, chief admin officer (2nd year)
$157,778
Urban Tilth · Richmond, CA · 2024
Capacity building support
$155,000
Naam (Northwest African American Museum) · Seattle, WA · 2024
Capacity building support
$155,000
Utopia · Kent, WA · 2023
Capacity building support for: development director, events and volunteer coordinator
$154,125
Village Community Resource Center · Brentwood, CA · 2023
Capacity building support for: equitable pay, salesforce customization and development planning
$154,000
Mindful Life Project · Richmond, CA · 2023
Capacity building support for: sr. Director of operations, and talent & culture specialist
$150,000
Glover Empowermentoring Program (Gem) · Kent, WA · 2024
Capacity building support
$150,000
Naam (Northwest African American Museum) · Seattle, WA · 2024
Capacity building support
$150,000
North Bay Housing Coalition · Suisun City, CA · 2024
Capacity building support
$150,000
Old Skool Cafe · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Capacity building support
$150,000
Glover Empowermentoring Program (Gem) · Kent, WA · 2023
Capacity building support for: earn income strategy
$150,000
Niad · Richmond, CA · 2022
Capacity building support for: chief advancement officer
$148,383
Misssey · Oakland, CA · 2022
Capacity building support for: marketing & staffing development
$144,330
Sound Outreach · Tacoma, WA · 2023
Capacity building support for: audit & tax return, sourdough starter part 2: proofing the dough, and grant staff & client development
$144,168
La Cocina · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Capacity building support for: salesforce and executive staffing
$143,800
Center for Empowering Refugees & Immigrants · Oakland, CA · 2023
Capacity building support for: strengthening equity across employees (training and hr manual review), a new home for ceri (increased rent costs), and strengthening administrative support
$142,000
Old Skool Cafe · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Capacity building support for: fundraising development, and pr & influencer dinner
$138,817
Intercultural Children & Family Services · Renton, WA · 2024
Capacity building support
$137,310
Family Resource Navigators · San Leandro, CA · 2024
Capacity building support
$135,000
Afghan Health Initiative · Auburn, WA · 2024
Capacity building support
$135,000
Opportunity Junction · Antioch, CA · 2024
Capacity building support
$133,940
First Graduate · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Capacity building support for: salary dev & ca adjustments
$133,500
Niad · Richmond, CA · 2023
Capacity building support for: staffing: part-time exhibitions assistant and grant program developer salary
$133,000
Emergency Feeding Program · Renton, WA · 2024
Capacity building support
$131,050
Niad Art Center · Richmond, CA · 2024
Capacity building support
$130,050
Intercultural Children & Family Services · Renton, WA · 2023
Capacity building support for: executive director salary
$130,000
Somali Health Board · Tukwila, WA · 2024
Capacity building support
$130,000
Opportunity Junction · Antioch, CA · 2022
Capacity building support for: director of finance
$129,088
Tenderloin Museum (Uptown Tenderloin) · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Capacity building support for: staff development, and resource generating: new staff position
$127,800
Somali Health Board · Seattle, WA · 2022
Capacity building support for: finance director & audit
$127,000
Homeless Children'S Network · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Capacity building support for: grant writer staffing
$126,000
Old Skool Cafe · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Capacity building support for: executive staffing
$125,415
Family Resource Navigators · San Leandro, CA · 2022
Capacity building support for: director of operations and finance
$124,942
Village Community Resource Center · Brentwood, CA · 2024
Capacity building support
$124,010
Korean Community Center · San Leandro, CA · 2023
Capacity building support for: executive staff: manager of philanthropy and communications salary
$121,575
Family Resource Navigators · San Leandro, CA · 2022
Capacity building support for: increasing fund raising capacity - development director
$120,000
East African Community Services · Seattle, WA · 2022
Capacity building support for: cfo hire
$119,163
Street Level Health Project · Oakland, CA · 2023
Capacity building support for: finance director
$117,778
First Graduate · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Capacity building support for: staff raises and annual retreat
$117,452
Feest · Seattle, WA · 2023
Capacity building support for: audit support and sabbaticals
$115,620
Asian Women'S Shelter · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Capacity building support for: grant writer & admin
$113,363
Para Los Ninos De Highline · Burien, WA · 2023
Capacity building support for: family resource specialist, lift maintenance and youth organizer
$112,887
Tenderloin Museum (Uptown Tenderloin) · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Capacity building support for: staff growth: program director salary
$112,423
Neighborhood Clinic · Tacoma, WA · 2024
Capacity building support
$110,200
Street Level Health Project · Oakland, CA · 2023
Capacity building support for: restorative and wellness support, and resource development and communications
$110,000
Partner in Employment · Seatac, WA · 2024
Capacity building support
$110,000
Ukranian Community Center of Wa · Renton, WA · 2024
Capacity building support
$110,000
Partner in Employment · Seatac, WA · 2023
Capacity building support for: organizational development consulting
$106,600
Yes Nature To Neighborhoods · Richmond, CA · 2023
Capacity building support for: leadership staffing: director of finance & operations salary
$102,453
Center for Human Development · Concord, CA · 2024
Capacity building support
$101,550
Food Runners · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Capacity building support
$100,950
Old Skool Cafe · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Capacity building support for: hospitality manager
$100,800
Homeless Children'S Network · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Capacity building support for: executive director

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