Funding search · EIN 911200096 · Mercer Island, WA

Marcia Paulsell Zech Foundation

Name: Marcia Paulsell Zech Foundation grants, 2021–2023
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.

64
grants reported: $43,750
total given: 2021–2023
filing years: $500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2023. 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.

Ryther Child Center3 grants · $6,000
Pike Market Senior Center3 grants · $3,000
New Beginnings3 grants · $3,000
Sound Generations3 grants · $3,000
Burke Museum2 grants · $2,000
Childhaven2 grants · $2,000
Family Works3 grants · $2,000
Good Cheer Food Bank3 grants · $2,000
Hopelink of Washington3 grants · $2,000
Medic One Foundation3 grants · $2,000

Giving over time

$14,000

2021

$12,500

2022

$17,250

2023

Grant history

All 64 reported grants, largest first.

$2,000
Ryther Child Center · Seattle, WA · 2023
Operating
$2,000
Ryther Child Center · Seattle, WA · 2022
Operating
$2,000
Ryther Child Center · Seattle, WA · 2021
Operating
$1,000
Akin (Formerly Childhaven) · Seattle, WA · 2023
Operating
$1,000
Family Works · Seattle, WA · 2023
Operating
$1,000
Good Cheer Food Bank · Langley, WA · 2023
Operating
$1,000
Hopelink of Washington · Redmond, WA · 2023
Operating
$1,000
Medic One Foundation · Bellevue, WA · 2023
Operating
$1,000
New Beginnings · Seattle, WA · 2023
Operating
$1,000
Pike Market Senior Center · Seattle, WA · 2023
Operating
$1,000
Seattle Children'S Hospital · Seattle, WA · 2023
Operating
$1,000
Sound Generations · Seattle, WA · 2023
Operating
$1,000
Youth Eastside Services · Bellevue, WA · 2023
Operating
$1,000
Burke Museum · Seattle, WA · 2022
Operating
$1,000
Childhaven · Seattle, WA · 2022
Operating
$1,000
New Beginnings · Seattle, WA · 2022
Operating
$1,000
Pike Market Senior Center · Seattle, WA · 2022
Operating
$1,000
Sound Generations · Seattle, WA · 2022
Operating
$1,000
Burke Museum · Seattle, WA · 2021
Operating
$1,000
Childhaven · Seattle, WA · 2021
Operating
$1,000
New Beginnings · Seattle, WA · 2021
Operating
$1,000
Pike Market Senior Center · Seattle, WA · 2021
Operating
$1,000
Sound Generations · Seattle, WA · 2021
Operating
$500
Food Lifeline · Seattle, WA · 2023
Operating
$500
King County Library System Foundation · Issaquah, WA · 2023
Operating
$500
Mercer Island Community Fund · Mercer Island, WA · 2023
Operating
$500
Mercer Island Schools Foundation · Mercer Island, WA · 2023
Operating
$500
Mercer Island Youth & Family Services · Mercer Island, WA · 2023
Operating
$500
Northwest Harvest · Seattle, WA · 2023
Operating
$500
Salvation Army Nw Division · Seattle, WA · 2023
Operating
$500
Seattle Union Gospel Mission · Seattle, WA · 2023
Operating
$500
Family Works · Seattle, WA · 2022
Operating
$500
Food Lifeline · Seattle, WA · 2022
Operating
$500
Good Cheer Food Bank · Langley, WA · 2022
Operating
$500
Goosefoot Community Foundation · Langley, WA · 2022
Operating
$500
Hopelink of Washington · Redmond, WA · 2022
Operating
$500
Medic One Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2022
Operating
$500
Mercer Island Schools Foundation · Mercer Island, WA · 2022
Operating
$500
Mercer Island Youth & Family Services · Mercer Island, WA · 2022
Operating
$500
Salvation Army Nw Division · Seattle, WA · 2022
Operating
$500
Seattle Union Gospel Mission · Seattle, WA · 2022
Operating
$500
Family Works · Seattle, WA · 2021
Operating
$500
Food Lifeline · Seattle, WA · 2021
Operating
$500
Good Cheer Food Bank · Langley, WA · 2021
Operating
$500
Goosefoot Community Foundation · Langley, WA · 2021
Operating
$500
Hopelink of Washington · Redmond, WA · 2021
Operating
$500
Humanities Washington · Seattle, WA · 2021
Operating
$500
Medic One Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2021
Operating
$500
Mercer Island Schools Foundation · Mercer Island, WA · 2021
Operating
$500
Mercer Island Youth & Family Services · Mercer Island, WA · 2021
Operating
$500
Mercy Corps · Prescott, AZ · 2021
Operating
$500
Salvation Army Nw Division · Seattle, WA · 2021
Operating
$500
Seattle Union Gospel Mission · Seattle, WA · 2021
Operating
$250
Alzheime'S Association · Seattle, WA · 2023
Operating
$250
American Diabetes Association · Merrifield, VA · 2023
Operating
$250
Bike Works · Seattle, WA · 2023
Operating
$250
Friends of Mercer Island Library · Mercer Island, WA · 2023
Operating
$250
Northwest Parkinson'S Foundation · Mercer Island, WA · 2023
Operating
$250
Bike Works · Seattle, WA · 2022
Operating
$250
Island Country Historical Society · Coupeville, WA · 2022
Operating
$250
American Diabetes Association · Merrifield, VA · 2021
Operating
$250
American Red Cross · Seattle, WA · 2021
Operating
$250
Bike Works · Seattle, WA · 2021
Operating
$250
Island Country Historical Society · Coupeville, WA · 2021
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.