deLaski Family Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- The foundation does not accept unsolicited requests and works by invitation only, so a small charity should not send it a cold proposal.
- Its stated themes are education, social mobility and environmental stewardship, and its priority areas are the DC area, central California and Oregon, so work in those fields and places fits best.
- Typical grants fall between $10,000 and $80,000, with a median of $25,000, so a modest request in that range is realistic, although its largest grant was $500,000 and that band is not a ceiling.
- Repeat grantees received 72% of grant dollars to organisations, which suggests the giving is relationship-led and may be hard for a newcomer to break into.
- The foundation says it chooses areas where it has subject-matter expertise and acts as a catalyst or angel investor for promising models, so a clear model with proof points is the kind of work it describes.
Overview
deLaski Family Foundation is a US private foundation based in Beaverton, OR.
What they fund
Profile derived from the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) and its website, with every statement checked against those sources. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The foundation focuses its giving on social visionaries in the regions where its board members live: the DC area, central California and Oregon. It identifies education as a central focus, supporting proof points for new models of higher education and pathways that help people gain skills, credentials and certificates. Its social mobility work values learning acquired through college, jobs and other life experiences. Beyond education, the foundation supports models that respect the dignity of disenfranchised people and the planet’s natural resources, seeking systemic change in institutions and systems that fail people of colour and people living in poverty. It invests in visionary work and seeks to build capacity where government, business and the traditional social sector leave a gap.
Themes
- Education
- Social mobility
- Environmental stewardship
Geographic Focus
Priority: DC-area; central California; Oregon.
How to apply
The foundation states that it does not accept unsolicited requests.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 72% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 or TY2023 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2022, TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 168 grants to organisations were $25,000 or less.
What the foundation says:
- The foundation chooses investment areas where it has subject-matter expertise and can act as a catalyst or angel investor for promising models.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
6 other states: 10%
Outside the US or with no state on the filing: 1%
- The largest single recipient received 21% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 72% of grant dollars went to organisations deLaski Family Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
- 1% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 63 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $25,000 (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Education Design Lab · To support general operations$400,0002024 tax year
- Los Padres ForestWatch · To support general operations$120,0002024 tax year
- Year Up · To support general operations and talent for tomorrow alliance$100,0002024 tax year
- Film2Future · To support general operations$100,0002024 tax year
- CityWorks DC · To support general operations$100,0002024 tax year
- Sitar Arts Center · To support general operations and artsadvance$80,0002024 tax year
- Veggie Rescue · To support general operations$80,0002024 tax year
- Catholic University Of America · To support student scholarships for cua tuscon$75,0002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Dexter Delaski — Trustee
- Amelia Grubb — Trustee
- Dana Delaski — Trustee
- David Delaski — Trustee / Secretary
- Kenneth E Delaski — Trustee / Treasurer
- Kathleen Delaski — Trustee / President
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $2,393,689 | $2,045,026 | $44,112,130 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $2,673,934 | $2,239,079 | $46,525,051 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $2,823,966 | $2,448,585 | $49,422,468 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
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.
Sources
Registers and filings
Other sources
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