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Start It Foundation

Name: Start It 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.

51
grants reported: $101,638
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $1,500
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.

What they fund

children friendly rising star theater village works autistic

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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.

5th Avenue Theatre Association4 grants · $19,000
Seattle Theatre Group4 grants · $17,000
Village Theatre4 grants · $15,000
Experience Learning Community4 grants · $9,000
Theatre Development Fund4 grants · $6,000
The Actors Fund of America4 grants · $5,000
Pacific Science Center Foundation4 grants · $5,000
Museum of Flight Foundation4 grants · $4,500
The Carl Safina Center1 grant · $4,000
The Safina Center3 grants · $3,388

Giving over time

$30,000

2022

$26,000

2023

$20,750

2024

$24,888

2025

Grant history

All 51 reported grants, largest first.

$5,000
5th Avenue Theatre Association · Seattle, WA · 2025
Rising Star Project
$5,000
Seattle Theatre Group · Seattle, WA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
5th Avenue Theatre Association · Seattle, WA · 2023
Rising Star Project
$5,000
Village Theatre · Issaquah, WA · 2023
Village Theater New works
$5,000
5th Avenue Theatre Association · Seattle, WA · 2022
Rising Star program
$4,000
5th Avenue Theatre Association · Seattle, WA · 2024
Rising Star Project
$4,000
Seattle Theatre Group · Seattle, WA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$4,000
Village Theatre · Issaquah, WA · 2024
Village Theater New Works
$4,000
Seattle Theatre Group · Seattle, WA · 2023
Disney Musicals in Schools
$4,000
Seattle Theatre Group · Seattle, WA · 2022
New works program
$4,000
The Carl Safina Center · Setauket, NY · 2022
The Adventures of Pili
$4,000
Village Theatre · Issaquah, WA · 2022
Village Beta Series fund
$3,000
Experience Learning Community · Seattle, WA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$2,000
Experience Learning Community · Seattle, WA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$2,000
Village Theatre · Issaquah, WA · 2025
Village Theater New Works
$2,000
Experience Learning Community · Seattle, WA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$2,000
Experience Learning Community · Seattle, WA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$2,000
The Safina Center · Setauket, NY · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$2,000
Theatre Development Fund · New York, NY · 2023
Neuro-diverse friendly theater for children
$2,000
Hispanic Federation · New York, NY · 2022
Puerto Rico recovery fund
$2,000
Museum of Flight Foundation · Tukwila, WA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$2,000
Theatre Development Fund · New York, NY · 2022
Sensory friendly Broadway performances for autistic and other special needs children fund
$1,500
Pacific Science Center Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$1,500
Seattle Art Museum · Seattle, WA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$1,500
West Seattle Food Bank · Seattle, WA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$1,500
Pacific Science Center Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$1,500
The Actors Fund of America · New York, NY · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$1,500
The Actors Fund of America · New York, NY · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Book-It Repertory Theatre · Seattle, WA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Museum of Flight Foundation · Tukwila, WA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Santa Clara Foster & Adoptive Parents Association · San Jose, CA · 2025
General & unrestricted
$1,000
The Actors Fund of America · New York, NY · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Theatre Development Fund · New York, NY · 2025
Sensory friendly Broadway performances for autistic and other special needs children
$1,000
The Actors Fund of America · New York, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
The Safina Center · Setauket, NY · 2024
Funds for Kike Calvo Bilingual Children's books
$1,000
Theatre Development Fund · New York, NY · 2024
Funds for Sensory friendly Broadway performances for autistic and other special needs children
$1,000
Hispanic Federation · New York, NY · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Museum of Flight Foundation · Tukwila, WA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Pacific Science Center Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Santa Clara Foster & Adoptive Parents Association · San Jose, CA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Pacific Science Center Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Santa Clara Foster & Adoptive Parents Association · San Jose, CA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$750
South Seattle Emerald · Seattle, WA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$500
A Broader Way Foundation · New York, NY · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$500
Broadway Cares-Equity Fights AIDS · New York, NY · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$500
A Broader Way Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$500
Broadway Cares-Equity Fights AIDS · New York, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$500
Museum of Flight Foundation · Tukwila, WA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$500
A Broader Way Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$500
A Broader Way Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$388
The Safina Center · Setauket, NY · 2025
General & Unrestricted

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