Funding search · EIN 956091887 · Mercer Island, WA

Welfund

Name: Welfund grants, 2022–2025
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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.

40
grants reported: $363,500
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $5,000
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.

What they fund

facilitate recreation winter equip fire medical preserve protection

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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.

Nw School of Wooden Boat Bu2 grants · $100,000
Leavenworth Ski Hill Heritage Fnd4 grants · $43,300
Chelan County Fire District 32 grants · $35,000
Big Brothers Puget Sound1 grant · $25,000
Cascade Medical Foundation2 grants · $23,000
Urban Art Works2 grants · $19,000
Wenatchee River Institute2 grants · $15,000
Seattle Aquarium1 grant · $15,000
St Charles Foundation1 grant · $10,000
Foundation of North Central Wa1 grant · $10,000

Giving over time

$95,500

2022

$87,000

2023

$84,500

2024

$96,500

2025

Grant history

All 40 reported grants, largest first.

$50,000
Nw School of Wooden Boat Bu · Port Hadlock, WA · 2025
General support
$50,000
Nw School of Wooden Boat Bu · Port Hadlock, WA · 2024
General support
$25,000
Big Brothers Puget Sound · Seattle, WA · 2022
General support
$25,000
Chelan County Fire District 3 · Leavenworth, WA · 2022
Support fire protection services
$22,000
Leavenworth Ski Hill Heritage Fnd · Leavenworth, WA · 2023
Facilitate winter recreation
$20,000
Cascade Medical Foundation · Leavenworth, WA · 2023
Purchase medical equip
$15,000
Seattle Aquarium · Seattle, WA · 2022
General support
$10,000
Urban Art Works · Seattle, WA · 2025
General support
$10,000
Leavenworth Ski Hill Heritage Fnd · Leavenworth, WA · 2024
Facilitate winter recreation
$10,000
Wenatchee River Institute · Leavenworth, WA · 2024
General support
$10,000
Chelan County Fire District 3 · Leavenworth, WA · 2023
Support fire protection services
$10,000
Foundation of North Central Wa · Wenatchee, WA · 2023
General support
$10,000
St Charles Foundation · Bend, OR · 2022
General support
$9,000
Urban Art Works · Seattle, WA · 2024
General support
$7,500
Urban Works · Seattle, WA · 2023
General support
$6,300
Leavenworth Ski Hill Heritage Fnd · Leavenworth, WA · 2025
Facilitate winter recreation
$5,000
Chimpanzee Sanctuary · Cle Elum, WA · 2025
General support
$5,000
Grunewald Guild · Leavenworth, WA · 2025
General support
$5,000
Red & Blue Foundation · Hayden, ID · 2025
Canfield incident
$5,000
Teen & Kid Closet · Spokane, WA · 2025
Ella lopez
$5,000
Wenatchee River Institute · Leavenworth, WA · 2025
General support
$5,000
Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest · Cle Elum, WA · 2023
Preserve wildlife
$5,000
Confluence Health Foundation · Wenatchee, WA · 2023
General support
$5,000
Teen Kid & Closet · Spokane, WA · 2023
General support
$5,000
Leavenworth Ski Hill Heritage Fnd · Leavenworth, WA · 2022
Facilitate winter recreation
$5,000
Urban Artworks · Seattle, WA · 2022
General support
$3,500
Jackson Hole Public Art · Jackson Hole, WY · 2024
General support
$3,000
Cascade Medical Foundation · Leavenworth, WA · 2022
Purchase medical equip
$2,500
Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest · Cle Elum, WA · 2022
Preserve wildlife
$2,500
Wellsprings Women Center · Sacramento, CA · 2022
General support
$2,000
Chelan County Fire District · Leavenworth, WA · 2025
General support
$2,000
St Vincent De Paul School · Federal Way, WA · 2024
General support
$2,000
McMinnville School District No 40 · McMinnville, OR · 2022
General support
$1,200
Cascade Public Media · Seattle, WA · 2025
General support
$1,000
Chris Craft Antique Boat Club · Waterford, MI · 2025
General support
$1,000
Wsu · Pullman, WA · 2025
General support
$1,000
Bmw Moa Foundation · Greer, SC · 2023
General support
$1,000
St Vincent De Paul School · Federal Way, WA · 2023
General support
$500
American Lung Association · Seattle, WA · 2023
General support
$500
Mothers Against Drunk Drivers · Irving, TX · 2022
General support

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