Funding search · EIN 832764877 · Seattle, WA
Brooks 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.
- 62
- grants reported
- $2.9M
- total given
- 2022–2025
- filing years
- $25,000
- 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
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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- University of Puget Sound8 grants · $1.1M
- Voto Latino Foundation2 grants · $300,000
- Alaska Wilderness League4 grants · $275,000
- American Lands Project3 grants · $225,000
- C895 - Knhc Public Radio Association4 grants · $100,000
- Sigma Alpha Epsilon Foundation4 grants · $100,000
- South Sound Ymca4 grants · $100,000
- UCLA Foundation4 grants · $100,000
- Seattle Humane Society4 grants · $100,000
- National Park Foundation4 grants · $100,000
Giving over time
Grant history
All 62 reported grants, largest first.
- $300,000
University of Puget Sound · Tacoma, WA · 2025
Endowed scholarship
- $200,000
University of Puget Sound · Tacoma, WA · 2024
General support
- $200,000
University of Puget Sound · Tacoma, WA · 2023
Endowed scholarship
- $200,000
University of Puget Sound · Tacoma, WA · 2022
Endowed scholarship
- $150,000
Voto Latino Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
- $150,000
Voto Latino Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
- $125,000
Alaska Wilderness League · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
- $100,000
University of Puget Sound · Tacoma, WA · 2025
General support
- $75,000
American Lands Project · Seattle, WA · 2025
General support
- $75,000
American Lands Project · Seattle, WA · 2024
General support
- $75,000
American Lands Project · Seattle, WA · 2023
General support
- $50,000
Alaska Wilderness League · Washington, DC · 2025
General support
- $50,000
Alaska Wilderness League · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
- $50,000
University of Puget Sound · Tacoma, WA · 2024
Endowed scholarship
- $50,000
Alaska Wilderness League · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
- $50,000
University of Puget Sound · Tacoma, WA · 2023
General support
- $50,000
University of Puget Sound · Tacoma, WA · 2022
General support
- $25,000
C895 - Knhc Public Radio Association · Seattle, WA · 2025
General support
- $25,000
Kcts 9 - Cascade Public Media · Seattle, WA · 2025
General support
- $25,000
Kuow - Puget Sound Public Radio · Seattle, WA · 2025
General support
- $25,000
National Park Foundation · Washington, DC · 2025
General support
- $25,000
Seattle Humane Society · Bellevue, WA · 2025
General support
- $25,000
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Foundation · Evanston, IL · 2025
General support
- $25,000
South Sound Ymca · Olympia, WA · 2025
General support
- $25,000
UCLA Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
General support
- $25,000
Washington Trails Association · Seattle, WA · 2025
General support
- $25,000
C895 - Knhc Public Radio Association · Seattle, WA · 2024
General support
- $25,000
Kcts 9 - Cascade Public Media · Seattle, WA · 2024
General support
- $25,000
Kuow - Puget Sound Public Radio · Seattle, WA · 2024
General support
- $25,000
National Park Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
- $25,000
Seattle Humane Society · Bellevue, WA · 2024
General support
- $25,000
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Foundation · Evanston, IL · 2024
General support
- $25,000
South Sound Ymca · Olympia, WA · 2024
General support
- $25,000
UCLA Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General support
- $25,000
Washington Trails Association · Seattle, WA · 2024
General support
- $25,000
C895 - Knhc Public Radio Association · Seattle, WA · 2023
General support
- $25,000
Kcts 9 - Cascade Public Media · Seattle, WA · 2023
General support
- $25,000
Kuow - Puget Sound Public Radio · Seattle, WA · 2023
General support
- $25,000
National Park Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
- $25,000
Seattle Humane Society · Bellevue, WA · 2023
General support
- $25,000
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Foundation · Evanston, IL · 2023
General support
- $25,000
South Sound Ymca · Olympia, WA · 2023
General support
- $25,000
UCLA Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General support
- $25,000
Washington Trails Association · Seattle, WA · 2023
General support
- $25,000
C895 - Knhc Public Radio Association · Seattle, WA · 2022
General support
- $25,000
Kcts 9 - Cascade Public Media · Seattle, WA · 2022
General support
- $25,000
Kuow - Puget Sound Public Radio · Seattle, WA · 2022
General support
- $25,000
National Park Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
- $25,000
Seattle Humane Society · Bellevue, WA · 2022
General support
- $25,000
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Foundation · Evanston, IL · 2022
General support
- $25,000
South Sound Ymca · Olympia, WA · 2022
General support
- $25,000
UCLA Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General support
- $25,000
Washington Trails Association · Seattle, WA · 2022
General support
- $10,000
Pacific Public Media (Knkx885) · Tacoma, WA · 2025
General support
- $10,000
Ymca of Greater Seattle · Seattle, WA · 2025
General support
- $10,000
College Success Foundation · Bellevue, WA · 2024
General support
- $10,000
Pacific Public Media (Knkx885) · Tacoma, WA · 2024
General support
- $10,000
Ymca of Greater Seattle · Seattle, WA · 2024
General support
- $10,000
College Success Foundation · Bellevue, WA · 2023
General support
- $10,000
Ymca of Greater Seattle · Seattle, WA · 2023
General support
- $10,000
College Success Foundation · Bellevue, WA · 2022
General support
- $10,000
Ymca of Greater Seattle · Seattle, WA · 2022
General support
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