Organization · EIN 91-0640788 · Seattle, WA · Arts, culture & humanities

Who funds Seattle Art Museum?

67 private foundations reported paying Seattle Art Museum $5.36M on returns for tax year 2023.

67 funders · 8 foundations that fund peers · 6 closest peers

Funders 67

FoundationPaidPurpose as filedMatchSource
Grousemont Foundation
Seattle, WA · Preselected only
$2,002,500
2 grant lines
DONATION OF ARTWORK, "STILL LIFE WITH CHERRIES" FOR DISPLAY +1 more Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Charles Edward Stuart Charitable Foundation
Dallas, TX · Preselected only
$523,382 UNRESTRICTED CONTRIBUTION Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 06/2024
Herman & Faye Sarkowsky Charitable Foundation
Seattle, WA · Preselected only
$386,040 GENERAL SUPPORT Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Atsuhiko and Ina Goodwin Tateuchi Foundation
Seattle, WA
$300,000 TO FUND CHARITABLE NEEDS Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Janet Wright Ketcham Foundation
Seattle, WA · Preselected only
$275,000 TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO EXEMPT ORGANIZATION Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Jon and Mary Shirley Foundation
Seattle, WA · Preselected only
$248,438 CALDER'S MOUNTAINS EXPENSES $105,938, CONTRIBUTORS CIRCLES 2023-2024 $100,000, STRATEGIC OPPORTUNITY FUND $1,000, SPRING INTO ART 2024 SPON… Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 09/2024
Ellison Foundation
Bellevue, WA
$200,000 ARTISTIC PROGRAMS Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Brooks and Suzanne Ragen Family Foundation
Seattle, WA · Preselected only
$200,000 SAM FORWARD CAMPAIGN Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 09/2024
The Henry Luce Foundation
New York, NY
$125,000 Joyce J. Scott: Walk a Mile in My Dreams Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts
New York, NY
$100,000 "JOYCE J. SCOTT: WALK A MILE IN MY DREAMS" EXHIBITION Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 04/2024
The North Star Charitable Foundation
New York, NY · Preselected only
$100,000 GENERAL OPERATING Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
M J Murdock Charitable Trust
Vancouver, WA
$90,500 REBUILDING SAM MEMBERSHIP PROGRAM (ARTS & CULTURE RESILIENCE FUND PHASE 2) Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
B & M Wright Foundation
Bellevue, WA
$83,333 OPERATING FUNDS Same ZIP 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Lady Foundation
Bellevue, WA · Preselected only
$83,333 GENERAL FUND Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Jacob & Gwendolyn Lawrence Foundation
Seattle, WA · Preselected only
$60,000 SUPPORT ARTS AND EDUCATION Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Blakemore Foundation
Bellevue, WA
$54,999
2 grant lines
MUSEUM INTERNSHIP FOR UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON STUDENT DURING 2023/2024 ACADEMIC YEAR +1 more Same city 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Ford Foundation
New York, NY
$50,000 CORE SUPPORT FOR JOYCE J. SCOTT: WALK A MILE IN MY DREAMS, AN EXHIBITION OF WORK BY ARTIST JOYCE SCOTT, ORGANIZED BY THE BALTIMORE MUSEUM O… Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Foster Foundation
Kirkland, WA
$50,000 GENERAL Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Ellsworth Kelly Foundation
Spencertown, NY · Preselected only
$50,000 GENERAL PURPOSE Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Kulakala Point Foundation
Seattle, WA · Preselected only
$50,000 TO SUPPORT THE LEADING VISUAL ART INSTITUTION IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023

Amounts are as filed on each foundation's 990-PF for a tax year beginning in 2023. The match shows how the payee on the filing was linked to this EIN (what each match type means); hover or tap it for the score. Wrong? Report it.

Foundations that fund organizations like Seattle Art Museum

These foundations paid at least two of the 25 organizations that share the most funders with Seattle Art Museum, but don't appear on its own funder list for 2023. This is a factual overlap from filings, not a recommendation or an endorsement.

  1. Wyman Youth Trust Seattle, WA
    Paid 11 of the 25 closest peers · $39K to them
  2. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Seattle, WA
    Paid 11 of the 25 closest peers · $114M to them
  3. Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Princeton, NJ
    Paid 9 of the 25 closest peers · $44.6K to them
  4. Puget Sound Energy Foundation Wilmington, DE
    Paid 9 of the 25 closest peers · $44.7K to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  5. Raikes Foundation Seattle, WA
    Paid 9 of the 25 closest peers · $56.1K to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  6. Liberty Mutual Foundation Boston, MA
    Paid 9 of the 25 closest peers · $285K to them
  7. Baird Foundation Milwaukee, WI
    Paid 8 of the 25 closest peers · $21.9K to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  8. Moccasin Lake Foundation Wilmington, DE
    Paid 7 of the 25 closest peers · $338K to them

Organizations with the most funders in common

  1. Seattle Symphony Orchestra Seattle, WA
    14 shared funders · 26 funders in all
  2. Seattle Opera Seattle, WA
    12 shared funders · 21 funders in all
  3. Seattle Repertory Theatre Seattle, WA
    10 shared funders · 25 funders in all
  4. Seattle Children's Hospital Seattle, WA
    12 shared funders · 87 funders in all
  5. Pacific Northwest Ballet Association Seattle, WA
    10 shared funders · 27 funders in all
  6. University of Washington Seattle, WA
    13 shared funders · 157 funders in all

Where this comes from

Each row is a grant line from Part XV of a private foundation's Form 990-PF. The 990-PF has no field for the recipient's tax ID, so WHOFUNDS matched the payee's name and address to the IRS Business Master File. How matching works and where it fails.

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