Funding search · EIN 263894940 · Eagan, MN

The Ellis Foundation

Name: The Ellis 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.

57
grants reported: $759,000
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.

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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

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Washington Community Action Network3 grants · $310,000
350 Seattle4 grants · $85,000
Urban Sparks3 grants · $75,000
The Ellis Foundation1 grant · $61,000
Puget Sound Sage2 grants · $50,000
Firelands Workers United1 grant · $25,000
Social Justice Fund2 grants · $15,000
Kuow Puget Sound Public Radio3 grants · $12,000
Solid Ground Washington3 grants · $11,000
Bainbridge Performing Arts2 grants · $10,000

Giving over time

$132,500

2022

$380,500

2023

$95,000

2024

$151,000

2025

Grant history

All 57 reported grants, largest first.

$300,000
Washington Community Action Network · Seattle, WA · 2023
General operating
$61,000
The Ellis Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2025
General operating
$25,000
350 Seattle · Seattle, WA · 2025
General operating
$25,000
Puget Sound Sage · Seattle, WA · 2025
General operating
$25,000
Puget Sound Sage · Seattle, WA · 2024
General operating
$25,000
Urban Sparks · Seattle, WA · 2024
General operating
$25,000
350 Seattle · Seattle, WA · 2023
General operating
$25,000
Urban Sparks · Seattle, WA · 2023
General operating
$25,000
350 Seattle · Seattle, WA · 2022
General operating
$25,000
Firelands Workers United · Seattle, WA · 2022
General operating
$25,000
Urban Sparks · Seattle, WA · 2022
General operating
$10,000
Kuow Puget Sound Public Radio · Seattle, WA · 2025
General operating
$10,000
350 Seattle · Seattle, WA · 2024
General operating
$10,000
Homestead Community Land Trust · Seattle, WA · 2022
General operating
$10,000
Social Justice Fund · Seattle, WA · 2022
General operating
$5,000
Farestart · Seattle, WA · 2025
General operating
$5,000
Real Change Homeless Empowerment · Seattle, WA · 2025
General operating
$5,000
Solid Ground Washington · Seattle, WA · 2025
General operating
$5,000
Washington Community Action Network · Seattle, WA · 2025
General operating
$5,000
Weld Seattle · Seattle, WA · 2025
General operating
$5,000
Ymca · Washington, DC · 2025
General operating
$5,000
Afghan Advantage · Bellevue, WA · 2024
General operating
$5,000
Real Change Homeless Empowerment · Seattle, WA · 2024
General operating
$5,000
Social Justice Fund Northwest · Seattle, WA · 2024
General operating
$5,000
Solid Ground Washington · Seattle, WA · 2024
General operating
$5,000
Washington Community Action Network · Seattle, WA · 2024
General operating
$5,000
Weld Seattle · Seattle, WA · 2024
General operating
$5,000
Bainbridge Performing Arts · Bainbridge Is, WA · 2023
General operating
$5,000
Farestart · Seattle, WA · 2023
General operating
$5,000
Northwest Maritime Center · Port Townsend, WA · 2023
General operating
$5,000
Real Change · Seattle, WA · 2023
General operating
$5,000
Social Justice Fund · Seattle, WA · 2023
General operating
$5,000
Bainbridge Performing Arts · Bainbridge Is, WA · 2022
General operating
$5,000
Got Green · Seattle, WA · 2022
General operating
$5,000
Mercy Corp · Portland, OR · 2022
General operating
$5,000
Planned Parenthood · St Paul, MN · 2022
General operating
$5,000
Real Change · Seattle, WA · 2022
General operating
$2,500
Northwest Abortion Access Fund · Eugene, OR · 2024
General operating
$2,500
Planned Parenthood · San Antonio, TX · 2024
General operating
$2,500
Tenants Union Seattle · Seattle, WA · 2022
General operating
$1,000
Friends of Kexp · Seattle, WA · 2023
General operating
$1,000
Kuow Puget Sound Public Radio · Seattle, WA · 2023
General operating
$1,000
Pacific Public Media · Tacoma, WA · 2023
General operating
$1,000
Positive Futures Network · Poulsbo, WA · 2023
General operating
$1,000
Seattle Public Library Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2023
General operating
$1,000
Bike Works Seattle · Seattle, WA · 2022
General operating
$1,000
Friends of Kexp · Seattle, WA · 2022
General operating
$1,000
Kuow Puget Sound Public Radio · Seattle, WA · 2022
General operating
$1,000
Naturebridge · Sausalito, CA · 2022
General operating
$1,000
North Helpline · Seattle, WA · 2022
General operating
$1,000
Pacific Public Media · Seattle, WA · 2022
General operating
$1,000
Seattle Public Library Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2022
General operating
$1,000
Solid Ground Washington · Seattle, WA · 2022
General operating
$1,000
Yes Magazine · Bainbridge Island, WA · 2022
General operating
$500
C895-Knhc Public Radio Association · Seattle, WA · 2023
General operating
$500
C895-Knhc Public Radio Association · Seattle, WA · 2022
General operating
$500
Food Roots · Tillamook, OR · 2022
General operating

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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.