Funding search · EIN 911276055 · Seattle, WA

Janet Wright Ketcham Foundation

Name: Janet Wright Ketcham Foundation grants, 2022–2025
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.

77
grants reported: $2.7M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. 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.

Friends of Waterfront Seattle4 grants · $1.0M
Seattle Art Museum4 grants · $618,000
Schwab Charitable2 grants · $200,000
Epiphany Parish of Seattle4 grants · $125,000
Sahar Education1 grant · $100,000
Council On Foreign Relations3 grants · $75,000
United Way of King County2 grants · $65,000
Water 1st International1 grant · $60,000
Ywca Seattle King County3 grants · $60,000
Seattle University1 grant · $50,000

Giving over time

$424,700

2022

$651,500

2023

$862,750

2024

$774,500

2025

Grant history

All 77 reported grants, largest first.

$286,500
Seattle Art Museum · Seattle, WA · 2024
To provide support to exempt organization
$275,000
Seattle Art Museum · Seattle, WA · 2023
To provide support to exempt organization
$250,000
Friends of Waterfront Seattle · Seattle, WA · 2025
To provide support to exempt organization
$250,000
Friends of Waterfront Seattle · Seattle, WA · 2024
To provide support to exempt organization
$250,000
Friends of Waterfront Seattle · Seattle, WA · 2023
To provide support to exempt organization
$250,000
Friends of Waterfront Seattle · Seattle, WA · 2022
To provide support to exempt organization
$150,000
Schwab Charitable · San Francisco, CA · 2024
To provide support to exempt organization
$100,000
Sahar Education · Seattle, WA · 2025
To provide support to exempt organization
$65,000
Epiphany Parish of Seattle · Seattle, WA · 2025
To provide support to exempt organization
$60,000
Water 1st International · Seattle, WA · 2022
To provide support to exempt organization
$50,000
Schwab Charitable · San Francisco, CA · 2025
To provide support to exempt organization
$50,000
Seattle University · Seattle, WA · 2025
To provide support to exempt organization
$50,000
United Way of King County · Seattle, WA · 2025
To provide support to exempt organization
$30,000
Saint Mark'S Cathedral Parish · Seattle, WA · 2025
To provide support to exempt organization
$30,000
Seattle Art Museum · Seattle, WA · 2025
To provide support to exempt organization
$26,500
Seattle Art Museum · Seattle, WA · 2022
To provide support to exempt organization
$25,000
Council On Foreign Relations · New York, NY · 2025
To provide support to exempt organization
$25,000
Ywca Seattle King County · Seattle, WA · 2025
To provide support to exempt organization
$25,000
Council On Foreign Relations · New York, NY · 2024
To provide support to exempt organization
$25,000
Epiphany Parish of Seattle · Seattle, WA · 2024
To provide support to exempt organization
$25,000
Ywca Seattle King County · Seattle, WA · 2024
To provide support to exempt organization
$25,000
Epiphany Parish of Seattle · Seattle, WA · 2023
To provide support to exempt organization
$25,000
Council On Foreign Relations · New York, NY · 2022
To provide support to exempt organization
$20,000
Saint Mark'S Cathedral · Seattle, WA · 2024
To provide support to exempt organization
$20,000
Seattle Symphony · Seattle, WA · 2024
To provide support to exempt organization
$15,000
Saint Mark'S Cathedral · Seattle, WA · 2023
To provide support to exempt organization
$15,000
Seattle Symphony · Seattle, WA · 2023
To provide support to exempt organization
$15,000
United Way of King County · Seattle, WA · 2023
To provide support to exempt organization
$13,000
The Great Elehpant Migration · New York, NY · 2025
To provide support to exempt organization
$13,000
Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival · Eastsound, WA · 2023
To provide support to exempt organization
$10,000
Cascade Pbs · Seattle, WA · 2025
To provide support to exempt organization
$10,000
Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival · Eastsound, WA · 2025
To provide support to exempt organization
$10,000
Pacific Northwest Ballet · Seattle, WA · 2025
To provide support to exempt organization
$10,000
Saint Stephen'S Episcopal Church · Seattle, WA · 2025
To provide support to exempt organization
$10,000
Seattle Symphony · Seattle, WA · 2025
To provide support to exempt organization
$10,000
Smith College · Northampton, MA · 2025
To provide support to exempt organization
$10,000
Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival · Eastsound, WA · 2024
To provide support to exempt organization
$10,000
Pacific Northwest Ballet · Seattle, WA · 2024
To provide support to exempt organization
$10,000
Saint Stephen'S Episcopal Church · Seattle, WA · 2024
To provide support to exempt organization
$10,000
Seattle Public Library Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2024
To provide support to exempt organization
$10,000
Northwest Harvest · Auburn, WA · 2023
To provide support to exempt organization
$10,000
Seattle Opera · Seattle, WA · 2023
To provide support to exempt organization
$10,000
Ywca Seattle King County · Seattle, WA · 2023
To provide support to exempt organization
$10,000
Epiphany Parish of Seattle · Seattle, WA · 2022
To provide support to exempt organization
$10,000
Saint Mark'S Cathedral · Seattle, WA · 2022
To provide support to exempt organization
$10,000
Seattle Opera · Seattle, WA · 2022
To provide support to exempt organization
$10,000
Ywca Seattle · Seattle, WA · 2022
To provide support to exempt organization
$6,000
Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival · Eastsound, WA · 2022
To provide support to exempt organization
$5,000
Arboretum Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2025
To provide support to exempt organization
$5,000
Seattle'S Union Gospel Mission · Seattle, WA · 2025
To provide support to exempt organization
$5,000
Treehouse · Seattle, WA · 2025
To provide support to exempt organization
$5,000
Wood River Land Trust · Hailey, ID · 2025
To provide support to exempt organization
$5,000
Northwest Harvest · Auburn, WA · 2024
To provide support to exempt organization
$5,000
Seattle'S Union Gospel Mission · Seattle, WA · 2024
To provide support to exempt organization
$5,000
Seattle'S Union Gospel Mission · Seattle, WA · 2023
To provide support to exempt organization
$5,000
National Multiple Sclerosis Society · New York, NY · 2022
To provide support to exempt organization
$4,200
Sound Foundations Nw · Normandy Park, WA · 2022
To provide support to exempt organization
$3,000
Emmanuel Episcopal Parish of Orcas Island · Eastsound, WA · 2025
To provide support to exempt organization
$3,000
Emmanuel Episcopal Parish of Orcas Island · Eastsound, WA · 2024
To provide support to exempt organization
$3,000
Emmanuel Episcopal Parish of Orcas Island · Eastsound, WA · 2023
To provide support to exempt organization
$3,000
Emmanuel Episcopal Parish of Orcas Island · Eastsound, WA · 2022
To provide support to exempt organization
$2,500
Washington Women'S Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2025
To provide support to exempt organization
$2,500
St George'S College · Alexandria, VA · 2024
To provide support to exempt organization
$2,500
Uc Davis Seadoc Society · Davis, CA · 2024
To provide support to exempt organization
$2,500
Kcts 9 · Seattle, WA · 2023
To provide support to exempt organization
$2,500
Washington Women'S Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2023
To provide support to exempt organization
$2,500
Opal Community Land Trust · Eastsound, WA · 2022
To provide support to exempt organization
$2,000
Upower · Seattle, WA · 2024
To provide support to exempt organization
$2,000
Seattles Union Gospel Mission · Seattle, WA · 2022
To provide support to exempt organization
$500
Audubon Society · Topeka, KS · 2025
To provide support to exempt organization
$500
Kuow 949 Fm · Seattle, WA · 2025
To provide support to exempt organization
$500
Kuow 949 Fm · Seattle, WA · 2024
To provide support to exempt organization
$500
Cornell Lab of Ornithology · Ithaca, NY · 2023
To provide support to exempt organization
$500
Music Advocacy Group · Orcas, WA · 2022
To provide support to exempt organization
$250
Audubon Society · Topeka, KS · 2024
To provide support to exempt organization
$250
Birdnote · Asheville, NC · 2024
To provide support to exempt organization
$250
Cornell Lab of Ornithology · Ithaca, NY · 2024
To provide support to exempt 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.