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Funding search · EIN 916449464 · Seattle, WA

Frederick Stearns 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.

64
grants reported
$171,750
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$2,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. 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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  • Boys and Girls Club - King County3 grants · $34,500
  • Gonzaga University3 grants · $15,000
  • Lewiston Independent Foundation for Education3 grants · $15,000
  • Whitman College3 grants · $15,000
  • Low Income Housing Institute3 grants · $14,500
  • Methow Conservancy2 grants · $9,000
  • Bellarmine Preparatory Academy3 grants · $6,000
  • World Central Kitchen2 grants · $6,000
  • Uplift Northwest3 grants · $6,000
  • Harvest Against Hunger3 grants · $5,000

Giving over time

$57,750
2022
$54,000
2023
$60,000
2024

Grant history

All 64 reported grants, largest first.

  • $13,500

    Boys and Girls Club - King County · Seattle, WA · 2022

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  • $10,500

    Boys and Girls Club - King County · Seattle, WA · 2024

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  • $10,500

    Boys and Girls Club - King County · Seattle, WA · 2023

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  • $7,000

    Methow Conservancy · Winthrop, WA · 2022

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  • $5,000

    Gonzaga University · Spokane, WA · 2024

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  • $5,000

    Lewiston Independent Foundation for Education · Lewiston, ID · 2024

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  • $5,000

    Low Income Housing Institute · Seattle, WA · 2024

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  • $5,000

    Whitman College · Walla Walla, WA · 2024

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  • $5,000

    Gonzaga University · Spokane, WA · 2023

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  • $5,000

    Lewiston Independent Foundation for Education · Lewiston, ID · 2023

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  • $5,000

    Low Income Housing Institute · Seattle, WA · 2023

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  • $5,000

    Whitman College · Walla Walla, WA · 2023

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  • $5,000

    Gonzaga University · Spokane, WA · 2022

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  • $5,000

    Lewiston Independent Foundation for Education · Lewiston, ID · 2022

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  • $5,000

    Whitman College · Walla Walla, WA · 2022

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  • $4,500

    Low Income Housing Institute · Seattle, WA · 2022

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  • $3,000

    Kuow Public Radio · Seattle, WA · 2024

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  • $3,000

    Pbs Foundation · Arlington, VA · 2024

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  • $3,000

    World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2024

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  • $3,000

    World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2023

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  • $2,500

    Hawaii Community Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2023

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  • $2,500

    American Red Cross · Seattle, WA · 2022

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  • $2,500

    Seattle Rotary Service Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2022

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  • $2,000

    Bellarmine Preparatory Academy · Tacoma, WA · 2024

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  • $2,000

    Harvest Against Hunger · Seattle, WA · 2024

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  • $2,000

    Mary'S Place · Seattle, WA · 2024

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  • $2,000

    Methow Conservancy · Winthrop, WA · 2024

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  • $2,000

    Uplift Northwest · Seattle, WA · 2024

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  • $2,000

    Wellspring Family Services · Seattle, WA · 2024

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  • $2,000

    Bellarmine Preparatory Academy · Tacoma, WA · 2023

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  • $2,000

    Mary'S Place · Seattle, WA · 2023

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  • $2,000

    Uplift Northwest · Seattle, WA · 2023

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  • $2,000

    Wellspring Family Services · Seattle, WA · 2023

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  • $2,000

    Bellarmine Preparatory Academy · Tacoma, WA · 2022

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  • $2,000

    Harvest Against Hunger · Seattle, WA · 2022

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  • $2,000

    Uplift Northwest · Seattle, WA · 2022

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  • $1,000

    Agc of Washington Education Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2024

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  • $1,000

    Desert Community Foundation · Palm Desert, CA · 2024

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  • $1,000

    National Public Radio · Washington, DC · 2024

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  • $1,000

    Rotary International Foundation · Kent, WA · 2024

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  • $1,000

    Salvation Army · Seattle, WA · 2024

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  • $1,000

    Seattle Rotary Service Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2024

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  • $1,000

    Think Together · Santa Ana, CA · 2024

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  • $1,000

    University of Washington Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2024

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  • $1,000

    Agc of Washington Education Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2023

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  • $1,000

    Desert Community Foundation · Palm Desert, CA · 2023

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  • $1,000

    Harvest Against Hunger · Seattle, WA · 2023

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  • $1,000

    Learning Lab Boise · Boise, ID · 2023

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  • $1,000

    Rotary International Foundation · Kent, WA · 2023

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  • $1,000

    Seattle Rotary Service Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2023

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  • $1,000

    Union Gospel Mission · Seattle, WA · 2023

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  • $1,000

    University of Washington Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2023

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  • $1,000

    Ymca Child Care · Tacoma, WA · 2023

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  • $1,000

    Agc of Washington Education Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2022

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  • $1,000

    Desert Community Foundation · Palm Desert, CA · 2022

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  • $1,000

    Rotary International Foundation · Kent, WA · 2022

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  • $1,000

    Think Together · Santa Ana, CA · 2022

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  • $1,000

    University of Washington Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2022

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  • $750

    Ymca Child Care · Tacoma, WA · 2022

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  • $500

    Peace Trees Vietnam · Seattle, WA · 2024

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  • $500

    Peace Trees Vietnam · Seattle, WA · 2023

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  • $500

    Penninsula Hawks Scholarship Fund · Gig Harbor, WA · 2023

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  • $500

    Kuow Public Radio · Seattle, WA · 2022

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  • $500

    Peace Trees Vietnam · Seattle, WA · 2022

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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.