Funding search · EIN 911961319 · Seattle, WA

The Dickey Fund

Name: The Dickey Fund 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.

62
grants reported: $636,300
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $5,000
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.

What they fund

education conservation preservation civil liberties music global sports

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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.

4 grants matching “meredith” · $214,300

$51,000
Meredith Matthews Ymca · Seattle, WA · 2025
Sports/education
$58,000
Meredith Matthews Ymca · Seattle, WA · 2024
Sports/education
$55,300
Meredith Matthews Ymca · Seattle, WA · 2023
Sports/education
$50,000
Meredith Matthews Ymca · Seattle, WA · 2022
Sports/education

Top recipients

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

Meredith Matthews Ymca4 grants · $214,300
Seattle Public Library Foundation3 grants · $75,000
Planned Parenthood Federation4 grants · $70,000
Washington Farmland Trust3 grants · $51,000
Aclu4 grants · $49,000
The Nature Conservancy3 grants · $30,000
Environment Washington Research & Policy Center3 grants · $30,000
Wilderness Awareness School4 grants · $22,000
Great Peninsula Conservancy2 grants · $20,000
Union of Concerned Scientists4 grants · $10,500

Giving over time

$158,000

2022

$204,800

2023

$150,500

2024

$123,000

2025

Grant history

All 62 reported grants, largest first.

$58,000
Meredith Matthews Ymca · Seattle, WA · 2024
Sports/education
$55,300
Meredith Matthews Ymca · Seattle, WA · 2023
Sports/education
$51,000
Meredith Matthews Ymca · Seattle, WA · 2025
Sports/education
$50,000
Meredith Matthews Ymca · Seattle, WA · 2022
Sports/education
$35,000
Seattle Public Library Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2023
Education
$30,000
Planned Parenthood Federation · Seattle, WA · 2023
Civil liberties/education
$21,000
Washington Farmland Trust · Seattle, WA · 2023
Farmland preservation
$20,000
Seattle Public Library Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2024
Education
$20,000
Environment Washington Research & Policy Center · Seattle, WA · 2023
Conservation/preservation
$20,000
Seattle Public Library Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2022
Education
$20,000
Washington Farmland Trust · Seattle, WA · 2022
Farmland preservation
$15,000
Aclu · New York, NY · 2025
Civil liberties/education
$15,000
Planned Parenthood Federation · Seattle, WA · 2025
Civil liberties/education
$15,000
Planned Parenthood Federation · Seattle, WA · 2024
Civil liberties/education
$12,000
Aclu · New York, NY · 2024
Civil liberties/education
$11,000
Aclu · New York, NY · 2023
Civil liberties/education
$11,000
Aclu · New York, NY · 2022
Civil liberties/education
$10,000
Sama Seattle Sacred Music and Art · Seattle, WA · 2025
Cultural preservation
$10,000
The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2024
Environmental education
$10,000
Washington Farmland Trust · Seattle, WA · 2024
Farmland preservation
$10,000
Great Peninsula Conservancy · Bremerton, WA · 2023
Conservation/preservation
$10,000
The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2023
Environmental education
$10,000
Great Peninsula Conservancy · Bremerton, WA · 2022
Conservation/preservation
$10,000
Planned Parenthood Federation · Seattle, WA · 2022
Civil liberties/education
$10,000
The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2022
Environmental education
$7,500
Short Mt Sanctuary · Liberty, TN · 2025
Conservation and preservation
$6,000
Wilderness Awareness School · Duvall, WA · 2025
Conservation and education
$6,000
Wilderness Awareness School · Duvall, WA · 2022
Conservation and education
$5,000
Nopal & Mesquite Sacred Pathways · Austin, TX · 2025
Conservation and preservation
$5,000
Environment Washington Research & Policy Center · Seattle, WA · 2024
Conservation/preservation
$5,000
Wilderness Awareness School · Duvall, WA · 2024
Conservation and education
$5,000
Wilderness Awareness School · Duvall, WA · 2023
Conservation and education
$5,000
Earth Justice · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Conservation and preservation
$5,000
Environment Washington Research & Policy Center · Seattle, WA · 2022
Conservation/preservation
$3,000
Kuow · Seattle, WA · 2025
Music/education
$3,000
Union of Concerned Scientists · Cambridge, MA · 2025
Education
$3,000
Kuow · Seattle, WA · 2024
Music/education
$3,000
Union of Concerned Scientists · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Education
$3,000
Union of Concerned Scientists · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Education
$3,000
Kuow · Seattle, WA · 2022
Music/education
$2,000
Natural Resources Defense Council · New York, NY · 2025
Conservation and preservation
$2,000
Sound Theatre Company · Seattle, WA · 2024
Performing arts/education
$2,000
Natural Resources Defense Council · New York, NY · 2023
Conservation and preservation
$1,500
Kbcs - Public Radio · Bellevue, WA · 2025
Global music/education
$1,500
Vashon Maury Food Bank · Vashon, WA · 2025
Food security
$1,500
Environmental Defense Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Conservation and preservation
$1,500
Kbcs - Public Radio · Bellevue, WA · 2024
Global music/education
$1,500
Tilth Alliance · Seattle, WA · 2024
Education
$1,500
Kbcs - Public Radio · Bellevue, WA · 2023
Global music/education
$1,500
Kbcs - Public Radio · Bellevue, WA · 2022
Global music/education
$1,500
National Audubon Society · New York, NY · 2022
Conservation and preservation
$1,500
Tilth Alliance · Seattle, WA · 2022
Education
$1,500
Union of Concerned Scientists · Cambridge, MA · 2022
Education
$1,000
American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals · New York, NY · 2025
Conservation and preservation
$1,000
Cascade Pbs · Seattle, WA · 2025
Public television
$1,000
American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals · New York, NY · 2024
Conservation and preservation
$1,000
Friends of the Earth · Merrifirld, VA · 2024
Conservation and preservation
$1,000
Kcts 9 - Public Broadcasting Service · Seattle, WA · 2024
Performing arts
$1,000
American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals · New York, NY · 2023
Conservation and preservation
$1,000
Classical 981 (King-Fm) · Seattle, WA · 2022
Music/education
$1,000
Sound Theatre Company · Seattle, WA · 2022
Performing arts/education
$500
Arte Noir · Seattle, WA · 2025
Art/education

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