Funding search · EIN 916025144 · Seattle, WA

The Behnke Foundation

Name: The Behnke 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.

50
grants reported: $912,601
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $1,500
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

health human services culture arts education animal rescue

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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.

Cornish College of the Arts4 grants · $819,474
Wellspring Family Services4 grants · $23,327
Seattle Children'S Hospital3 grants · $11,000
Skidmore College4 grants · $10,500
Fifth Avenue Theater4 grants · $9,000
Overlake Medical Center2 grants · $6,000
Feral Cat Sanctuary3 grants · $4,750
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center2 grants · $4,000
The Lisa McGraw Figure Skating Foundation2 grants · $3,500
The Community Library3 grants · $3,000

Giving over time

$114,408

2022

$115,847

2023

$349,275

2024

$333,071

2025

Grant history

All 50 reported grants, largest first.

$332,499
Cornish College of the Arts · Seattle, WA · 2024
Arts and culture
$307,202
Cornish College of the Arts · Seattle, WA · 2025
Art and culture
$90,000
Cornish College of the Arts · Seattle, WA · 2022
Arts and culture
$89,773
Cornish College of the Arts · Seattle, WA · 2023
Arts and culture
$6,226
Wellspring Family Services · Seattle, WA · 2024
Health and human services
$6,074
Wellspring Family Services · Seattle, WA · 2023
Health and human services
$5,869
Wellspring Family Services · Seattle, WA · 2025
Health and human services
$5,500
Fifth Avenue Theater · Seattle, WA · 2025
Art and culture
$5,158
Wellspring Family Services · Seattle, WA · 2022
Health and human services
$5,000
Seattle Children'S Hospital · Seattle, WA · 2022
Health and human services
$4,500
Seattle Children'S Hospital · Seattle, WA · 2023
Health and human services
$3,000
Overlake Medical Center · Bellevue, WA · 2025
Health and human services
$3,000
Overlake Medical Center · Bellevue, WA · 2023
Health and human services
$3,000
Skidmore College · Saratoga Springs, NY · 2022
Education
$2,500
Skidmore College · Saratoga Springs, NY · 2025
Education
$2,500
The Lisa McGraw Figure Skating Foundation · Princeton, NJ · 2025
Art and culture
$2,500
Skidmore College · Saratoga Springs, NY · 2024
Education
$2,500
Skidmore College · Saratoga Springs, NY · 2023
Education
$2,000
Planned Parenthood Grant Nw · Seattle, WA · 2025
Health and human services
$2,000
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center · Seattle, WA · 2023
Health and human services
$2,000
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center · Seattle, WA · 2022
Health and human services
$1,750
Feral Cat Sanctuary · Lynnwood, WA · 2024
Animal rescue
$1,500
Feral Cat Sanctuary · Lynnwood, WA · 2025
Animal rescue
$1,500
Little Bit Therapecutic Riding Center · Redmond, WA · 2025
Health and human services
$1,500
Seattle Children'S Hospital · Seattle, WA · 2024
Health and human services
$1,500
Feral Cat Sanctuary · Lynnwood, WA · 2023
Animal rescue
$1,500
Fifth Avenue Theater · Seattle, WA · 2023
Arts and culture
$1,500
Feral Care · Bothell, WA · 2022
Animal care
$1,500
Kindering Center · Bellevue, WA · 2022
Health and human services
$1,500
Seattle Theater Group · Seattle, WA · 2022
Arts and culture
$1,500
University of San Diego · San Diego, CA · 2022
Education
$1,250
Little Bit Therapecutic Riding Center · Redmond, WA · 2024
Health and human services
$1,000
The Community Library · Ketchum, ID · 2025
Health and human services
$1,000
Fifth Avenue Theater · Seattle, WA · 2024
Arts and culture
$1,000
Seattle Aquarium · Seattle, WA · 2024
Education
$1,000
The Community Library · Ketchum, ID · 2024
Health and human services
$1,000
Pacific Northwest Ballet · Seattle, WA · 2023
Arts and culture
$1,000
Seattle Theater Group · Seattle, WA · 2023
Arts and culture
$1,000
The Community Library · Ketchum, ID · 2023
Health and human services
$1,000
The Lisa McGraw Figure Skating Foundation · Pennington, NJ · 2023
Arts and culture
$1,000
Fifth Avenue Theater · Seattle, WA · 2022
Arts and culture
$1,000
Pacific Northwest Ballet · Seattle, WA · 2022
Arts and culture
$500
University of San Diego · San Diego, CA · 2025
Education
$500
Woodland Park Zoo · Seattle, WA · 2024
Arts and culture
$500
Kindering Center · Bellevue, WA · 2023
Education
$500
Woodland Park Zoo · Seattle, WA · 2023
Arts and culture
$500
Higher Ground · Ketchum, ID · 2022
Health and human services
$500
Woodland Park Zoological Society · Seattle, WA · 2022
Arts and culture
$250
Planned Parenthood of Western Washington · Seattle, WA · 2022
Health and human services
$50
Calyx Press · Corvallis, OR · 2024
Arts and culture

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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.