Funding search · EIN 911942024 · Seattle, WA

McKinstry Charitable Foundation

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

882
grants reported
$4.0M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$300
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. 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

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129 grants matching “STEM education · $1.8M

  • $200,000

    Eastern Washington University Foundation · Cheney, WA · 2024

    Education and STEM

  • $45,000

    University of Washington Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Education and STEM

  • $25,000

    Seattle Colleges Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Education and STEM

  • $20,600

    Western Washington University Foundation · Bellingham, WA · 2024

    Education and STEM

  • $20,400

    Washington STEM Center · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Education and STEM

  • $13,400

    Youthcare · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Education and STEM

  • $3,100

    Ace Mentor Program of America · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    Education and STEM

  • $2,900

    Hillsborough Education Foundation · Tampa, FL · 2024

    Education and STEM

  • $1,500

    Girls 4 Science · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Education and STEM

  • $1,200

    Year One · Denver, CO · 2024

    Education and STEM

  • $900

    Jeff Roberts Memorial Scholarship Fund · Daleville, IN · 2024

    Education and STEM

  • $600

    Richardson Plano Guide Right Foundation · Dallas, TX · 2024

    Education and STEM

  • $300

    Hope Project Liberia · Leavenworth, WA · 2024

    Education and STEM

  • $300

    Imagine Childrens Museum · Everett, WA · 2024

    Education and STEM

  • $300

    Institute for Shipboard Education · Fort Collins, CO · 2024

    Education and STEM

  • $300

    Mikeroweworks Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Education and STEM

  • $300

    Northview Mentor Program · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024

    Education and STEM

  • $300

    Pinnacle Presbyterian Day School · Scottsdale, AZ · 2024

    Education and STEM

  • $300

    Riverdale School Foundation · Lake Oswego, OR · 2024

    Education and STEM

  • $300

    Rutgers University Foundation · New Brunswick, NJ · 2024

    Education and STEM

  • $300

    Sawhorse Revolution · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Education and STEM

  • $300

    Seattle University · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Education and STEM

  • $300

    Sister Schools · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Education and STEM

  • $300

    The Ambrose School · Meridian, ID · 2024

    Education and STEM

  • $300

    University Cooperative School · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Education and STEM

  • $300

    Vashon Island Public Schools Foundation · Vashon, WA · 2024

    Education and STEM

  • $300

    St Petersburg Catholic High School · St Petersburg, FL · 2024

    Education and STEM

  • $300

    Building Leaders Using Music Education in Haiti · Southfield, MI · 2024

    Education and STEM

  • $300

    Purpose Dignity Action · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Education and STEM

  • $300

    Building Futures Foundation · Vancouver, WA · 2024

    Education and STEM

  • $300

    Bozeman Public Library Foundation · Bozeman, MT · 2024

    Education and STEM

  • $300

    Bat City Comic Professionals · Bradenton, FL · 2024

    Education and STEM

  • $300

    Communities in Schools of Benton Franklin · Kennewick, WA · 2024

    Education and STEM

  • $300

    Ace Mentor Program of Washington · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Education and STEM

  • $300

    Eastside Community School · Issaquah, WA · 2024

    Education and STEM

  • $300

    Explorer West An Independent Middle School · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Education and STEM

  • $300

    Ferris High School Ptg · Spokane, WA · 2024

    Education and STEM

  • $300

    Friends of Bell School · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Education and STEM

  • $300

    Heritage Home Scholars · Greeneville, TN · 2024

    Education and STEM

  • $150,000

    Eastern Washington University Foundation · Cheney, WA · 2023

    Education and STEM

  • $65,000

    Corporation of Gonzaga University · Spokane, WA · 2023

    Education and STEM

  • $50,000

    University of Washington Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Education and STEM

  • $50,000

    Eastern Washington University Foundation · Cheney, WA · 2023

    Education and STEM

  • $25,000

    Seattle Colleges Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Education and STEM

  • $20,000

    Western Washington University Foundation · Bellingham, WA · 2023

    Education and STEM

  • $20,000

    University of Washington Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Education and STEM

  • $10,000

    Youthcare · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Education and STEM

  • $10,000

    Pacific Science Center Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Education and STEM

  • $10,000

    Washington STEM Center · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Education and STEM

  • $10,000

    Year One · Denver, CO · 2023

    Education and STEM

  • $10,000

    Seattle University · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Education and STEM

  • $5,000

    Arizona Science Center · Phoenix, AZ · 2023

    Education and STEM

  • $5,000

    Washington Alliance for Better Schools · Shoreline, WA · 2023

    Education and STEM

  • $5,000

    Foundation of the Association of Energy Engineers · Atlanta, GA · 2023

    Education and STEM

  • $2,400

    Washington STEM Center · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Education and STEM

  • $2,100

    Youthcare · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Education and STEM

  • $2,000

    Hillsborough Education Foundation · Tampa, FL · 2023

    Education and STEM

  • $1,800

    Childrens Book Bank · Portland, OR · 2023

    Education and STEM

  • $1,500

    Year One · Denver, CO · 2023

    Education and STEM

  • $1,200

    Washington Alliance for Better Schools · Shoreline, WA · 2023

    Education and STEM

  • $1,200

    Denver Public Schools Foundation · Denver, CO · 2023

    Education and STEM

  • $1,200

    Ace Mentor Program of America · Portland, OR · 2023

    Education and STEM

  • $1,200

    Washington STEM Center · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Education and STEM

  • $1,100

    Childrens Book Bank · Portland, OR · 2023

    Education and STEM

  • $1,000

    Girls 4 Science · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Education and STEM

  • $700

    Youthcare · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Education and STEM

  • $600

    Ace Mentor Program of America · Portland, OR · 2023

    Education and STEM

  • $600

    Washington Alliance for Better Schools · Shoreline, WA · 2023

    Education and STEM

  • $300

    The Ambrose School · Meridian, ID · 2023

    Education and STEM

  • $300

    Atlanta Womens Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2023

    Education and STEM

  • $300

    Hope Project Liberia · Leavenworth, WA · 2023

    Education and STEM

  • $300

    Seattle Public Library Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Education and STEM

  • $300

    University Cooperative School · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Education and STEM

  • $300

    Urban Roots Garden Classrooms · Reno, NV · 2023

    Education and STEM

  • $300

    Manhattan Public Schools Foundation · Manhattan, MT · 2023

    Education and STEM

  • $300

    Friends of Bell School · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Education and STEM

  • $300

    Northview Mentor Program · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023

    Education and STEM

  • $300

    Ace Mentor Program of Washington · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Education and STEM

  • $300

    Ballard High School Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Education and STEM

  • $300

    Bozeman Public Library Foundation · Bozeman, MT · 2023

    Education and STEM

  • $300

    Communities in Schools of Peninsula · Vaughn, WA · 2023

    Education and STEM

  • $300

    Evergreen Children'S Association · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Education and STEM

  • $300

    Explorer West An Independent Middle School · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Education and STEM

  • $300

    First Nations Development Institute · Longmont, CO · 2023

    Education and STEM

  • $300

    The Howard University · Washington, DC · 2023

    Education and STEM

  • $300

    Imagine Childrens Museum · Everett, WA · 2023

    Education and STEM

  • $300

    Institute for Shipboard Education · Fort Collins, CO · 2023

    Education and STEM

  • $300

    Mikeroweworks Foundation · Santa Monica, CA · 2023

    Education and STEM

  • $300

    North Arkansas College Pioneer Club · Harrison, AR · 2023

    Education and STEM

  • $300

    River City Ministry of Pulaski County · North Little Rock, AR · 2023

    Education and STEM

  • $300

    Riverdale Parent Teacher Club · Portland, OR · 2023

    Education and STEM

  • $300

    Rotary Club of New Braunfels Foundation · New Braunfels, TX · 2023

    Education and STEM

  • $300

    Sammamish Rotary Foundation · Sammamish, WA · 2023

    Education and STEM

  • $700,000

    Eastern Washington University Foundation · Cheney, WA · 2022

    Education and stem

  • $160,500

    Washington STEM Center · Seattle, WA · 2022

    Education and stem

  • $70,000

    University of Washington Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2022

    Education and stem

  • $50,000

    Gonzaga University · Spokane, WA · 2022

    Education and stem

  • $10,000

    Pacific Science Center Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2022

    Education and stem

  • $10,000

    Teach for America · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    Education and stem

  • $7,700

    National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering · Alexandria, VA · 2022

    Education and stem

  • $5,600

    Washington State University Foundation · Pullman, WA · 2022

    Education and stem

  • $4,000

    Ace Mentor Program of America · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    Education and stem

  • $3,100

    Childrens Book Bank · Portland, OR · 2022

    Education and stem

  • $1,900

    Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center · Finland, MN · 2022

    Education and stem

  • $1,500

    Hillsborough Education Foundation · Tampa, FL · 2022

    Education and stem

  • $1,000

    Girls 4 Science · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Education and stem

  • $900

    The Envirolution · Reno, NV · 2022

    Education and stem

  • $600

    The Lamplighter School · Dallas, TX · 2022

    Education and stem

  • $300

    Institute for Shipboard Education · Fort Collins, CO · 2022

    Education and stem

  • $300

    Mary L Price Scholarship Fund · Southfield, MI · 2022

    Education and stem

  • $300

    Meadowbrook Community Care · Seattle, WA · 2022

    Education and stem

  • $300

    Friends of Bell School · Chicago, NY · 2022

    Education and stem

  • $300

    National Black Child Development Institute · Aurora, CO · 2022

    Education and stem

  • $300

    Nile Foundation · Billings, MT · 2022

    Education and stem

  • $300

    Northview Mentor Program · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022

    Education and stem

  • $300

    Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center · Seattle, WA · 2022

    Education and stem

  • $300

    Pinnacle Presbyterian Day School · Scottsdale, AZ · 2022

    Education and stem

  • $300

    Richardson Plano Guide Right Foundation · Dallas, TX · 2022

    Education and stem

  • $300

    Skyview Academy Foundation · Highlands Ranch, CO · 2022

    Education and stem

  • $300

    Strive Preparatory Schools · Denver, CO · 2022

    Education and stem

  • $300

    Filipino Lawyers of Washington Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2022

    Education and stem

  • $300

    University Cooperative School · Seattle, WA · 2022

    Education and stem

  • $300

    Evergreen Goodwill of Northwest Washington · Seattle, WA · 2022

    Education and stem

  • $300

    Evergreen Childrens Association · Seattle, WA · 2022

    Education and stem

  • $300

    Denver City Lax · Denver, CO · 2022

    Education and stem

  • $300

    Bozeman Public Library Foundation · Bozeman, MT · 2022

    Education and stem

  • $300

    Hamblen Elementary School · Spokane, IL · 2022

    Education and stem

  • $300

    Hope Project-Liberia · Leavenworth, WA · 2022

    Education and stem

  • $300

    Imagine Childrens Museum · Everett, WA · 2022

    Education and stem

Top recipients

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

  • Eastern Washington University Foundation1 grant · $700,000
  • Eastern Washington University Foundation4 grants · $700,000
  • Washington STEM Center1 grant · $160,500
  • Clean Energy Transition Institute4 grants · $154,100
  • University of Washington Foundation3 grants · $115,000
  • Path2 grants · $100,000
  • University of Washington Foundation1 grant · $70,000
  • Climate Solutions3 grants · $69,600
  • Washington Alliance for Better Schools5 grants · $68,800
  • Treehouse5 grants · $68,000

Giving over time

$1.5M
2022
$1.4M
2023
$1.1M
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 882 grants.

  • $700,000

    Eastern Washington University Foundation · Cheney, WA · 2022

    Education and stem

  • $300,000

    Eastern Washington University Foundation · Cheney, WA · 2023

    Economic Justice

  • $200,000

    Eastern Washington University Foundation · Cheney, WA · 2024

    Education and STEM

  • $160,500

    Washington STEM Center · Seattle, WA · 2022

    Education and stem

  • $150,000

    Eastern Washington University Foundation · Cheney, WA · 2023

    Education and STEM

  • $77,200

    Clean Energy Transition Institute · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Climate Change

  • $75,000

    Clean Energy Transition Institute · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Climate Change

  • $70,000

    University of Washington Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2022

    Education and stem

  • $65,000

    Corporation of Gonzaga University · Spokane, WA · 2023

    Education and STEM

  • $63,300

    Treehouse · Seattle, WA · 2022

    Youth and family services

  • $50,000

    Path · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Health and Science

  • $50,000

    Washington State University Foundation · Pullman, WA · 2024

    Childrens Health

  • $50,000

    Eastern Washington University Foundation · Cheney, WA · 2023

    Education and STEM

  • $50,000

    Path · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Health and Science

  • $50,000

    University of Washington Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Education and STEM

  • $50,000

    Gonzaga University · Spokane, WA · 2022

    Education and stem

  • $45,000

    University of Washington Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Education and STEM

  • $42,300

    Washington Alliance for Better Schools · Shoreline, WA · 2022

    Racial justice

  • $41,900

    Climate Solutions · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Climate Change

  • $32,000

    Washington Alliance for Better Schools · Shoreline, WA · 2024

    Racial Justice

  • $30,000

    Building Transparency · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Climate Change

  • $30,000

    Building Transparency · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Climate Change

  • $30,000

    Washington Alliance for Better Schools · Shoreline, WA · 2023

    Racial Justice

  • $28,800

    Climate Solutions · Seattle, WA · 2022

    Climate change

  • $26,400

    Spark Northwest · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Climate Change

  • $25,100

    Seattle Childrens Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Racial Justice

  • $25,000

    Seattle Colleges Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Education and STEM

  • $25,000

    Climate Solutions · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Climate Change

  • $25,000

    Seattle Colleges Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Education and STEM

  • $25,000

    Spark Northwest · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Conservation and Environment

  • $25,000

    Treehouse · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Youth and Family Services

  • $25,000

    Seattle Colleges Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2022

    Racial justice

  • $21,600

    Forterra Nw · Seattle, WA · 2022

    Conservation and environment

  • $21,300

    Treehouse · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Youth and Family Services

  • $20,600

    Groundwork Denver Incorporated · Denver, CO · 2024

    Conservation and Environment

  • $20,600

    Western Washington University Foundation · Bellingham, WA · 2024

    Education and STEM

  • $20,600

    Western Washington University Foundation · Belligham, WA · 2022

    Athletics

  • $20,400

    Washington STEM Center · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Education and STEM

  • $20,000

    Global Partnerships · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Economic Justice

  • $20,000

    Forterra Nw · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Climate Change

  • $20,000

    Global Partnerships · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Economic Justice

  • $20,000

    University of Washington Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Education and STEM

  • $20,000

    Western Washington University Foundation · Bellingham, WA · 2023

    Education and STEM

  • $20,000

    Global Partnerships · Seattle, WA · 2022

    Economic justice

  • $15,000

    Oregon Tradeswomen · Portland, OR · 2024

    Gender Equity

  • $15,000

    Oregon Tradeswomen · Portland, OR · 2023

    Gender Equity

  • $14,500

    The Trevor Project · Hollywood, CA · 2022

    Lgbtq equity

  • $14,000

    Food Lifeline · Shoreline, WA · 2024

    Food Security

  • $13,400

    Youthcare · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Education and STEM

  • $13,300

    Project Worthmore · Aurora, CO · 2024

    Human and Civil Rights

  • $13,200

    Spokane Neighborhood Action Partners · Spokane, WA · 2024

    Economic Justice

  • $13,000

    Marys Place Seattle · Seattle, WA · 2022

    Gender equity

  • $12,700

    Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition Technical Advisory Group · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Conservation and Environment

  • $11,500

    Columbia Slough Watershed Council · Portland, OR · 2024

    Conservation and Environment

  • $11,400

    The Trevor Project · West Hollywood, CA · 2024

    LGBTQ Equity

  • $11,000

    The Gathering Place a Refuge for Rebuilding Lives · Denver, CO · 2024

    Gender Equity

  • $10,300

    Forterra Nw · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Conservation and Environment

  • $10,200

    Food Lifeline · Seattle, WA · 2022

    Food security

  • $10,000

    Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Employment for Women · Tukwila, WA · 2024

    Gender Equity

  • $10,000

    Operation Sack Lunch · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Food Security

  • $10,000

    Partnership for Learning · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Schools and Foundations

  • $10,000

    Teach for America · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Schools and Foundations

  • $10,000

    Apprenticeship and Non Traditional Employment for Women · Tukwila, WA · 2023

    Gender Equity

  • $10,000

    Columbia Slough Watershed Council · Portland, OR · 2023

    Conservation and Environment

  • $10,000

    Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition Technical Advisory Group · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Conservation and Environment

  • $10,000

    Grid Alternatives Colorado · Denver, CO · 2023

    Conservation and Environment

  • $10,000

    Groundwork Denver Incorporated · Denver, CO · 2023

    Conservation and Environment

  • $10,000

    Kindering Center · Bellevue, WA · 2023

    Youth and Family Services

  • $10,000

    Pacific Science Center Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Education and STEM

  • $10,000

    Partnership for Learning · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Schools and Foundations

  • $10,000

    Seattle University · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Education and STEM

  • $10,000

    Spokane Neighborhood Action Partners · Spokane, WA · 2023

    Economic Justice

  • $10,000

    Teach for America · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Schools and Foundations

  • $10,000

    Treehouse · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Youth and Family Services

  • $10,000

    Washington STEM Center · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Education and STEM

  • $10,000

    Year One · Denver, CO · 2023

    Education and STEM

  • $10,000

    Youthcare · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Education and STEM

  • $10,000

    Apprenticeship and Non-Traditional Employment for Women · Renton, WA · 2022

    Gender equity

  • $10,000

    Kindering Center · Bellevue, WA · 2022

    Youth and family services

  • $10,000

    Pacific Science Center Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2022

    Education and stem

  • $10,000

    Sister Carmen Community Center · Lafayette, CO · 2022

    Economic justice

  • $10,000

    Teach for America · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    Education and stem

  • $9,900

    Seattle Childrens Hospital Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2022

    Children's health

  • $9,600

    Treehouse · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Youth and Family Services

  • $8,500

    Vanessa Behan · Spokane, WA · 2022

    Youth and family services

  • $8,400

    Vanessa Behan · Spokane, WA · 2024

    Youth and Family Services

  • $8,000

    Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2022

    Conservation and environment

  • $7,700

    National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering · Alexandria, VA · 2022

    Education and stem

  • $7,500

    Vanessa Behan · Spokane, WA · 2023

    Youth and Family Services

  • $7,200

    Marys Place Seattle · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Gender Equity

  • $6,900

    The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2024

    Conservation and Environment

  • $6,900

    Marys Place Seattle · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Gender Equity

  • $6,300

    Seattle Childrens Hospital Andresearch Fdn · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Racial Justice

  • $6,300

    The Trevor Project · West Hollywood, CA · 2023

    LGBTQ Equity

  • $6,300

    Second Harvest Inland Northwest · Spokane, WA · 2022

    Food security

  • $5,600

    Washington State University Foundation · Pullman, WA · 2022

    Education and stem

  • $5,400

    Second Harvest Inland Northwest · Spokane, WA · 2024

    Food Security

  • $5,400

    Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2023

    Conservation and Environment

  • $5,300

    Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund · New York, NY · 2024

    LGBTQ Equity

  • $5,300

    Lambda Legal Defense and Educational Fund · New York, NY · 2022

    Lgbtq equity

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