Funding search · EIN 473065249 · Seattle, WA
Ninneweb 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.
- 74
- grants reported
- $1.0M
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $10,000
- 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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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Friends of Cooper Island3 grants · $105,000
- Santa Barbara Middle School3 grants · $85,000
- Create3 grants · $80,000
- Molokai Arts Center3 grants · $75,000
- Minnesota Dance Theatre1 grant · $75,000
- Molokai Land Trust3 grants · $75,000
- Bureau of Fearless Ideas3 grants · $75,000
- Kupeke Ahupuaa1 grant · $60,000
- Skidmore College3 grants · $60,000
- Advocates for the West3 grants · $30,000
Giving over time
Grant history
All 74 reported grants, largest first.
- $75,000
Minnesota Dance Theatre · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Support ballet school .
- $60,000
Kupeke Ahupuaa · Kaunakakai, HI · 2024
Support protection of cultural resources and restoration of native ecosystems.
- $35,000
Friends of Cooper Island · Seattle, WA · 2024
Support Arctic Guillemot research.
- $35,000
Friends of Cooper Island · 2023
Support Black Guillemot research.
- $35,000
Friends of Cooper Island · 2022
general operations
- $30,000
Create · Eugene, OR · 2024
Support building sustainable future coping with water food fuel shortages.
- $30,000
Santa Barbara Middle School · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Support scholarship fund.
- $30,000
Santa Barbara Middle School · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Support scholarship fund.
- $25,000
Bureau of Fearless Ideas · Seattle, WA · 2024
Support writing and storytelling programs.
- $25,000
Documentaries Seattle · Renton, WA · 2024
Support Dante Marioni documentary film production.
- $25,000
Hugo House · Seattle, WA · 2024
Support literary arts organization operations.
- $25,000
Molokai Arts Center · Kualapun, HI · 2024
Support enrichment Molokai community by way of art.
- $25,000
Molokai Land Trust · Kanakakau, HI · 2024
Support land preservation.
- $25,000
Bureau of Fearless Ideas · Seattle, WA · 2023
Support writing and storytelling programs.
- $25,000
Create · Eugene, OR · 2023
Support building sustainable future coping with water food fuel shortages.
- $25,000
Molokai Arts Center · Kualapun, HI · 2023
Support enrichment Molokai community by way of art.
- $25,000
Molokai Land Trust · Kanakakau, HI · 2023
Support land preservation.
- $25,000
Arts Corp · Seattle, WA · 2022
general operations
- $25,000
Bureau of Fearless Ideas · Seattle, WA · 2022
general operations
- $25,000
Co-Lab Dance Corp · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
general operations
- $25,000
Create · Eugene, OR · 2022
general operations
- $25,000
Molokai Arts Center · Kualapuu, HI · 2022
general operations
- $25,000
Molokai Land Trust · Kaunakakai, HI · 2022
general operations
- $25,000
Santa Barbara Middle School · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
scholarship fund
- $20,000
Skidmore College · Saratoga Springs, NY · 2024
Support Opportunity Program and SEF Internships.
- $20,000
Skidmore College · Saratoga Springs, NY · 2023
Support Opportunity Program and SEF Internships.
- $20,000
Skidmore College · Saratoga Springs, NY · 2022
scholarship fund
- $11,000
Honolulu Civil Beat · Honolulu, HI · 2023
Support local news organization.
- $10,010
Didi Hirsch · Culver City, CA · 2024
Support mental health services.
- $10,000
Advocates for the West · Boise, ID · 2024
Support protecting sensitive and iconic species from governmental neglect and industry contempt.
- $10,000
Bertschi School · Seattle, WA · 2024
Support Bertschi Fund to fulfill programming needs.
- $10,000
Honolulu Civil Beat · Honolulu, HI · 2024
Support local news organization.
- $10,000
Nw African American Museum · Seattle, WA · 2024
Support Black history art and culture.
- $10,000
Seattle University · Seattle, WA · 2024
Support Halio Ahmed Maie Scholarship.
- $10,000
Advocates for the West · Boise, ID · 2023
Support protecting sensitive and iconic species from governmental neglect and industry contempt.
- $10,000
Bertschi School · Seattle, WA · 2023
Support Bertschi Fund to fulfill programming needs.
- $10,000
Nw African American Museum · Seattle, WA · 2023
Support Black history art and culture.
- $10,000
Rainier Scholars · Seattle, WA · 2023
Support people of color access to college degree.
- $10,000
Seattle University · Seattle, WA · 2023
Support Halio Ahmed Maie Scholarship.
- $10,000
Advocates for the West · Boise, ID · 2022
general operations
- $10,000
Bertschi School · Seattle, WA · 2022
general operations
- $10,000
Nw African American Museum · Seattle, WA · 2022
general operations
- $10,000
Nyu Tisch · New York, NY · 2022
scholarship fund
- $10,000
Rainier Scholars · Seattle, WA · 2022
scholarship fund
- $10,000
Seattle University · Seattle, WA · 2022
scholarship fund
- $6,000
Kaunakakai Elementary School · Kanakakau, HI · 2023
Support 6th grade field trips.
- $5,150
Legal Voice · Seattle, WA · 2024
Support laws for positive change in womens lives.
- $5,150
Hawaii Peoples Fund · Honolulu, HI · 2023
Support grassroots social change.
- $5,150
Legal Voice · Seattle, WA · 2023
Support laws for positive change in women's lives.
- $5,000
U of W Press · Seattle, WA · 2022
general operations
- $2,602
Hawaii Alliance Progressive Action · Kapaa, HI · 2024
Support community valuing aina and people over profit.
- $2,575
Hawaii Peoples Fund · Honolulu, HI · 2024
Support grassroots social change.
- $2,575
Legal Voice · Seattle, WA · 2022
general operations
- $2,500
Knkx · Tacoma, WA · 2024
Support local journalism.
- $2,500
Colette Machado Scholarship · Kapolei, HI · 2023
Support Native Hawaiian TRIO students pursuing higher education.
- $2,500
Knkx · Tacoma, WA · 2023
Support local journalism.
- $2,500
Pacific Public Media Knkx · Tacoma, WA · 2022
general operations
- $2,000
Molokai Community Health Center · Kaunakakai, HI · 2024
Support community kitchen space.
- $1,200
Hawaii Public Radio · Honolulu, HI · 2024
Support local journalism.
- $1,000
Kuow · Seattle, WA · 2024
Support local journalism.
- $1,000
Moanas Hula Halau · Kaunakakai, HI · 2024
Support hula study and performance.
- $1,000
Molokai History Project · Kaunakakai, HI · 2024
Support preserving and showcasing cultural heritage of Molokai.
- $1,000
Wnyc · New York, NY · 2024
Support independent local journalism.
- $1,000
Hawaii Alliance Progressive Action · Kapaa, HI · 2023
Support community valuing aina and people over profit.
- $1,000
Hawaii Public Radio · Honolulu, HI · 2023
Support local journalism.
- $1,000
Kuow · Seattle, WA · 2023
Support local journalism.
- $1,000
Rainer Valley Food Bank · Seattle, WA · 2023
Support food distribution.
- $1,000
University of Illinois Foundation · Urbana, IL · 2023
Support Mark and Elyn Scholarship for Excellence in Singing.
- $1,000
Hawaii Public Radio · Honolulu, HI · 2022
general operations
- $1,000
Honolulu Civil Beat · Honolulu, HI · 2022
general operations
- $1,000
Kuow · Seattle, WA · 2022
general operations
- $1,000
Molokai Humane Society · Kaunakakai, HI · 2022
general operations
- $1,000
Planned Parenthood · Seattle, WA · 2022
general operations
- $515
Columbia Legal Services · Seattle, WA · 2022
general operations
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