Funding search · EIN 911746622 · Camas, WA

The Peterson Family Foundation

Name: The Peterson Family 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.

80
grants reported: $993,125
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $1,000
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

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Discovery Institute4 grants · $260,000
Freedom Foundation4 grants · $240,000
Loma Linda University3 grants · $105,000
Adventist Forum3 grants · $103,000
Ourganda4 grants · $60,000
Walla Walla University1 grant · $50,000
Young Americans for Liberty3 grants · $33,485
Foundation Supporting Climate Sci1 grant · $24,000
Washington Policy Center3 grants · $20,000
Free the People Foundation2 grants · $15,000

Giving over time

$360,100

2022

$248,185

2023

$142,040

2024

$242,800

2025

Grant history

All 80 reported grants, largest first.

$160,000
Freedom Foundation · Olympia, WA · 2022
General fund
$100,000
Discovery Institute · Seattle, WA · 2025
General fund
$100,000
Discovery Institute · Seattle, WA · 2023
General fund
$79,000
Adventist Forum · Roseville, CA · 2022
General fund
$50,000
Walla Walla University · College Place, WA · 2025
General fund
$50,000
Discovery Institute · Seattle, WA · 2024
General fund
$35,000
Loma Linda University · Loma Linda, CA · 2025
General fund
$35,000
Freedom Foundation · Olympia, WA · 2024
General fund
$35,000
Freedom Foundation · Olympia, WA · 2023
General fund
$35,000
Loma Linda University · Loma Linda, CA · 2023
General fund
$35,000
Loma Linda University · Loma Linda, CA · 2022
General fund
$24,000
Foundation Supporting Climate Sci · Bethesda, MD · 2022
General fund
$16,700
Young Americans for Liberty · Austin, TX · 2025
General fund
$15,000
Ourganda · Vancouver, WA · 2025
General fund
$15,000
Ourganda · Vancouver, WA · 2024
General fund
$15,000
Ourganda · Vancouver, WA · 2023
General fund
$15,000
Ourganda · Vancouver, WA · 2022
General fund
$12,000
Adventist Forum · Roseville, CA · 2024
General fund
$12,000
Adventist Forum · Roseville, CA · 2023
General fund
$10,185
Young Americans for Liberty · Austin, TX · 2023
General fund
$10,000
Freedom Foundation · Olympia, WA · 2025
General fund
$10,000
Washington Policy Center · Seattle, WA · 2024
General fund
$10,000
Free the People Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
General fund
$10,000
Discovery Institute · Seattle, WA · 2022
General fund
$7,000
Riverside Christian School · Washougal, WA · 2025
General fund
$6,600
Young Americans for Liberty · Austin, TX · 2022
General fund
$5,000
Citizens in Charge · Fairfax, VA · 2024
General fund
$5,000
Hermiston Adventist Church · Hermiston, OR · 2023
General fund
$5,000
Portland City Center Sanctuary · Beaverton, OR · 2023
General fund
$5,000
Washington Policy Center · Seattle, WA · 2023
General fund
$5,000
Free the People Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
General fund
$5,000
Portland City Center Adventist Grp · Portland, OR · 2022
General fund
$5,000
Washington Policy Center · Seattle, WA · 2022
General fund
$4,000
Riverside Christian School · Washougal, WA · 2024
General fund
$4,000
Van City Church · Vancouver, WA · 2023
General fund
$4,000
Van City Church · Vancouver, WA · 2022
General fund
$2,040
Christian Ministry Alliance · Goodyear, AZ · 2024
General fund
$1,000
Cascade Policy Institute · Portland, OR · 2025
General fund
$1,000
Cato Institute · Washington, DC · 2025
General fund
$1,000
Clark County Food Bank · Vancouver, WA · 2025
General fund
$1,000
Community Foundation of Sw Washington · Vancouver, WA · 2025
General fund
$1,000
Independent Institute · Oakland, CA · 2025
General fund
$1,000
Pacific Legal Foundation · Sacramento, CA · 2025
General fund
$1,000
Reason Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
General fund
$1,000
The Salvation Army · Seattle, WA · 2025
General fund
$1,000
Achon Uganda Children'S Fund · Portland, OR · 2024
General fund
$1,000
Cascade Policy Institute · Portland, OR · 2024
General fund
$1,000
Cato Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
General fund
$1,000
Clark County Food Bank · Vancouver, WA · 2024
General fund
$1,000
Indepenent Institute · Oakland, CA · 2024
General fund
$1,000
Pacific Legal Foundation · Sacramento, CA · 2024
General fund
$1,000
Real Restoration · Nine Mile Falls, WA · 2024
General fund
$1,000
Reason Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General fund
$1,000
The Salvation Army · City of Industry, CA · 2024
General fund
$1,000
Achon Uganda Children'S Fund · Portland, OR · 2023
General fund
$1,000
Cascade Policy Institute · Portland, OR · 2023
General fund
$1,000
Cato Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
General fund
$1,000
Clark County Food Bank · Vancouver, WA · 2023
General fund
$1,000
Indepenent Institute · Oakland, CA · 2023
General fund
$1,000
International Children'S Care · Vancouver, WA · 2023
General fund
$1,000
Pacific Legal Foundation · Sacramento, CA · 2023
General fund
$1,000
Real Restoration · Nine Mile Falls, WA · 2023
General fund
$1,000
Reason Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General fund
$1,000
Rogue Pack Theatre · Portland, OR · 2023
General fund
$1,000
The Salvation Army · City of Industry, CA · 2023
General fund
$1,000
Union Gospel Mission · Portland, OR · 2023
General fund
$1,000
Achon Uganda Children'S Fund · Portland, OR · 2022
General fund
$1,000
Cascade Policy Institute · Portland, OR · 2022
General fund
$1,000
Cato Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
General fund
$1,000
Clark County Food Bank · Vancouver, WA · 2022
General fund
$1,000
Independent Institute · Oakland, CA · 2022
General fund
$1,000
International Children'S Care · Vancouver, WA · 2022
General fund
$1,000
Pacific Legal Foundation · Sacramento, CA · 2022
General fund
$1,000
Project Patch · Vancouver, WA · 2022
General fund
$1,000
Real Restoration · Nine Mile Falls, WA · 2022
General fund
$1,000
Reason Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General fund
$1,000
The Salvation Army · City of Industry, CA · 2022
General fund
$600
Columbia Adventist Academy · Battle Ground, WA · 2025
General fund
$500
Christian Ministry Alliance · Goodyear, AZ · 2025
General fund
$500
Union Gospel Mission · Portland, OR · 2022
General fund

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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.