Raynier Institute & Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- The foundation's stated themes are animal welfare, arts and culture, education, the environment, and healthcare and human services, and its priority areas are around Seattle, WA and Philadelphia, PA, so check both fit before anything else.
- It is by invitation only and does not accept unsolicited requests or letters of inquiry, so a cold proposal should not be sent.
- If you are invited, a typical grant falls between $5,000 and $150,000, and half of its organisational grants were $10,000 or less, so a request near $10,000 is realistic, though its largest grant was $350,000.
- Repeat funding is significant, with 44% of its grant dollars to organisations going to groups it had also funded in earlier filings, so an existing relationship is likely to matter most.
Overview
Raynier Institute & Foundation is a US private foundation based in Wilmington, DE.
What they fund
Profile derived from the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2025, TY2024, TY2023) and its website, with every statement checked against those sources. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
Raynier Institute & Foundation funds individuals, organisations and charitable causes through projects and programmes of high merit for the betterment of humanity. It supports non-profit organisations serving animal welfare, arts and culture, education, the environment, healthcare and human services. Its grants go primarily to areas around Seattle, Washington, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The foundation prefers to originate its grantmaking itself and does not accept applications or letters of inquiry. Its published description identifies both individual and organisational beneficiaries, and sets out a broad charitable remit across several fields.
Themes
- Animal welfare
- Arts and culture
- Education
- Environment
- Healthcare and human services
Geographic Focus
Priority: Areas around Seattle, WA; areas around Philadelphia, PA.
How to apply
The foundation prefers to originate its grantmaking itself and does not accept applications or letters of inquiry; it provides no public application route.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2025 filing, 44% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2023 or TY2024 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2023, TY2024 and TY2025 filings, half of its 244 grants to organisations were $10,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2023–2025.
Grant dollars by state
6 other states: 3%
- The largest single recipient received 4% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2025, 44% of grant dollars went to organisations Raynier Institute & 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 84 grants in tax year 2025 by size
Median $10,000 (tax year 2025)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Phffft Company · Seattle international dance festival for the james ray residency and touring program and venue acquisition at 1710 broadway$280,0002025 tax year
- Founding Forward · General & unrestricted$250,0002025 tax year
- Germantown Friends School · 'picture this' comprehensive campaign - all school commons capital project$250,0002025 tax year
- Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary · For the endowment fund to support organizational sustainability and ensure support for future students$250,0002025 tax year
- Friends of the Wissahickon · Valley green run restoration and pedestrian bridge$200,0002025 tax year
- Providence General Foundation · For the partial hospitalization & intensive outpatient behavioral health program$200,0002025 tax year
- Eluna · General & unrestricted$200,0002025 tax year
- Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Preventing recurrence of hormones-receptor positive breast cancer project$200,0002025 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Robert Warth — Vice President / Secretary / Director
- Edward Gardner — Treasurer / Director
- Michael Valucci — President / Director
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 tax year | $4,673,454 | $4,295,000 | $93,909,441 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $4,656,132 | $4,231,000 | $102,623,906 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
| 2025 tax year | $5,213,456 | $4,685,000 | $110,934,423 | Filing for 2025 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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Contact
- jhauser@raynier.org
- Wilmington, DE
- raynier.org
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- Wilmington, DE
- raynier.org