Stolte Family Foundation

• This foundation funds education, climate and civic engagement work, with a stated priority for Washington and Michigan and, within that, King, Pierce and Snohomish; applicants should check their work sits within these areas and themes before approaching.
• It operates by invitation only and does not accept unsolicited requests, so approach is through its community partners and advisors rather than a direct application; organisations outside its existing network may find it hard to get noticed.
• A realistic request would sit around the median grant of $52,500, with most grants falling between $770 and $175,000, though the foundation has made grants as large as $700,000.
• The funding pattern is relationship-led: 82% of its grant dollars went to organisations it had already funded in the previous two filings, so new applicants are competing for a smaller share of funding than repeat partners.
• Given the invitation-only process, small charities without an existing connection to the foundation or its partners should not expect to apply directly, but should instead look for ways to be introduced through aligned community organisations.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• United Way of King County · Funding for general charitable operations
  $650,0002024 tax year
• Climate Solutions · Funding for general charitable operations
  $600,0002024 tax year
• Community Center for Education Results · Funding for general charitable operations
  $469,1282024 tax year
• Utility Information Alliance · Funding for general charitable operations
  $300,0002024 tax year
• Michigan League of Conservation Voters Education Fund · Funding for general charitable operations
  $200,0002024 tax year
• Evergreen Collaborative · Funding for general charitable operations
  $200,0002024 tax year
• Washington Alliance for Better Schools · Funding for general charitable operations
  $175,0002024 tax year
• World Relief Western Washington · Funding for general charitable operations
  $175,0002024 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.