Funding search · EIN 956092476 · Los Angeles, CA

Willametta K Day 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.

174
grants reported
$23.6M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. 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

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  • Robert Day Foundation3 grants · $10.0M
  • Robert Louis Stevenson School (Science Building)2 grants · $4.0M
  • Claremont McKenna College (Robert Day Sciences Center)2 grants · $3.0M
  • Robert Louis Stevenson School3 grants · $2.2M
  • Claremont McKenna College1 grant · $1.5M
  • Westridge School for Girls1 grant · $500,000
  • Westridge School for Girls (the Willametta Keck Day Endowment Fund2 grants · $500,000
  • University of Nevada Reno Foundation (Hooker Creek Ranch Endowed Scholarshi2 grants · $200,000
  • Southern California Institute of Architecture3 grants · $186,000
  • Linfield University4 grants · $171,250

Giving over time

$9.6M
2022
$6.9M
2023
$7.1M
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 174 grants.

  • $5.0M

    Robert Day Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $2.5M

    Robert Day Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $2.5M

    Robert Day Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $2.0M

    Robert Louis Stevenson School · Pebble Beach, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $2.0M

    Robert Louis Stevenson School (Science Building) · Pebble Beach, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $2.0M

    Robert Louis Stevenson School (Science Building) · Pebble Beach, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $1.5M

    Claremont McKenna College · Claremont, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $1.5M

    Claremont McKenna College (Robert Day Sciences Center) · Claremont, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $1.5M

    Claremont McKenna College (Robert Day Sciences Center) · Claremont, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $500,000

    Westridge School for Girls · Pasadena, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $250,000

    Westridge School for Girls (the Willametta Keck Day Endowment Fund · Pasadena, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $250,000

    Westridge School for Girls (the Willametta Keck Day Endowment Fund · Pasadena, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $180,000

    University of Nevada Reno Foundation (Hooker Creek Ranch Endowed Scholarshi · Reno, NV · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    Nevada Museum of Art · Reno, NV · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $80,000

    Linfield University · McMinnville, OR · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $80,000

    Robert Louis Stevenson School · Pebble Beach, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $80,000

    Linfield University · McMinville, OR · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $80,000

    Robert Louis Stevenson School · Pebble Beach, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $75,000

    Southern California Institute of Architecture · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $75,000

    Southern California Institute of Architecture · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    The Harrah Automobile Foundation · Reno, NV · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    Boys & Girls Club of Mason Valley · Yerington, NV · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $47,613

    Freedom for Great Apes · Bend, OR · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $45,000

    Yale University (School of Architecture) · New Haven, CT · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $45,000

    Care · Atlanta, GA · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $45,000

    Design History Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $36,000

    Southern California Institute of Architecture · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $30,000

    The Sequoyah Educational Center · Pasadena, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $30,000

    Armenian General Bevenolent Union · Pasadena, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $30,000

    Nevada Policy Research Institute · Las Vegas, NV · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $20,000

    University of Nevada Reno Foundation (Hooker Creek Ranch Endowed Scholarshi · Reno, NV · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $18,000

    Anyone Corporation · New York, NY · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $15,000

    Anyone Corporation · New York, NY · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $15,000

    Aurora Humanitarian Initiative Foundation · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $15,000

    Design History Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $15,000

    Givedirectly · New York, NY · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $15,000

    Pasadena Waldorf School · Altadena, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $15,000

    Anyone Corporation · New York, NY · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $15,000

    Design History Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $15,000

    House of Hope - Mer Hooys · Calabasas, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $15,000

    The Independent Shakespeare Co · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $15,000

    Cate School · Carpinteria, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $15,000

    Givedirectly · New York, NY · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $15,000

    Los Angeles Regional Food Bank · Vernon, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $15,000

    Pacific Council of International Policy · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $15,000

    Project X Foundation for Art and Criticism · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $15,000

    Room To Read · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $15,000

    St John Garabed Armenian Church · San Diego, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $15,000

    The Sequoyah Educational Center · Pasadena, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $13,000

    Tahoe Fund · Tahoe City, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $12,500

    Nevada Museum of Art · Reno, NV · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $10,150

    St Mary and All Angels Christian Church · Aliso Viejo, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Boys and Girls Club of Mason Valley · Yerington, NV · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Community Health Alliance · Reno, NV · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Nevada Museum of Art · Reno, NV · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Northern Nevada Children'S Cancer Foundation · Reno, NV · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Our Lady of the Snows School · Reno, NV · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Sisters of Our Lady of Mount Carmel · Reno, NV · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    The Divided Sky Foundation Corporation · Orlando, FL · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Boys and Girls Club of Mason Valley · Yerington, NV · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Community Foundation of Northern Nevada · Reno, NV · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Community Health Alliance · Reno, NV · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Our Lady of the Snows School · Reno, NV · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Samara Learning Center · Bend, OR · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Sisters of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Aka United States Catholic Conference) · Reno, NV · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Nevada Policy Research Institute · Las Vegas, NV · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Quail Federation · Kingsville, TX · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Regents of the University of California at Irvine · Irvine, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $9,600

    Yellowstone Club Community Foundation · Bozeman, MT · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $8,500

    Rancho Mirage Writers Festival · Rancho Mirage, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $8,500

    New Directions for Women Foundation · Costa Mesa, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $8,000

    Los Cabos Children'S Foundation · Eagan, MN · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $7,500

    Armenian General Bevenolent Union · Pasadena, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $7,500

    Para Los Ninos · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $7,500

    Linfield University · McMniville, OR · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $7,500

    Los Angeles House of Ruth · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $7,500

    Printed Matter · New York, NY · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $7,500

    A&D Architecture and Design Museum Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $7,500

    Holocaust Museum La · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $6,000

    Community Health Councils · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $6,000

    Samara Learning Center · Bend, OR · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $6,000

    The Independent Shakespeare Co · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $6,000

    Project X Foundation for Art and Criticism · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $5,718

    Oregon State University Foundation · Corvallis, OR · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $5,400

    Court Appointed Special Advocate · Santa Ana, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Boys and Girls Club of Truckee Meadows · Reno, NV · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Campcare Nevada Foundation · Reno, NV · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Catholic Charities of Northern Nevada · Reno, NV · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Children'S Cabinet Inc a Child and Family Resource · Reno, NV · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Moms On the Run · Reno, NV · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Reno Philharmonic Association · Reno, NV · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Segerstrom Center for the Arts (Avenue of the Arts) · Costa Mesa, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Tahoe Family Solutions · Incline Village, NV · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    The Food Bank of Northern Nevada · Sparks, NV · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    University of Nevada-Reno Foundation · Reno, NV · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Boys and Girls Club of Truckee Meadows · Reno, NV · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Campcare Nevada Foundation · Reno, NV · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Catholic Charities of Northern Nevada · Reno, NV · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Children'S Cabinet Inc a Child and Family Resource · Reno, NV · 2023

    Unrestricted

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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.