Aven Foundation

• The foundation's recorded giving spans education, youth development, housing and homelessness, food assistance, job training and health, so a charity working in one of these areas has a reasonable basis to consider it, though no single field or overarching strategy is stated.
• Its area of work is not stated either, so a charity should not rule itself out on location alone.
• Most of its grants are modest: about 8 in 10 of its 170 grants to organisations fall between $10,000 and $150,000, and half were $25,000 or less, so a request in that range is a sensible starting point, though the largest grant was about $3,250,000, so that range is typical rather than a limit.
• The foundation pre-selects some organisations while others may petition for grants, and the filing gives no deadlines, so a charity should not assume a set window and should send a clear, short request.
• Repeat funding is a large share of its giving, with 55% of its grant dollars in its latest filing going to organisations it had also funded earlier, so a first-time applicant should expect strong competition from existing grantees.

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

• Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center · Fred hutch unites innovative research and compassionate care to prevent and eliminate cancer and infectious disease.
  $3,249,2822024 tax year
• Whitman College · Whitman college is a top-tier liberal arts school with accomplished and friendly faculty and passionate and curious students.
  $3,000,0002024 tax year
• Ryther Child Center · Where kids find healing and hope through inpatient and outpatient programs, therapy and family services.
  $500,0002024 tax year
• Cristo Rey Jesuit · College and career preparatory schools exclusively serving the most marginalized population of students from secondary educational options; those in the lowest income quartile.
  $500,0002024 tax year
• Bellevue Schools Foundation · Partnering to transform education and support every bellevue school district student.
  $245,0792024 tax year
• Year Up · Provides urban young adults with opportunity to develop skills and provide paid internships.
  $200,0002024 tax year
• FareStart · In support of training homeless and disadvantaged individuals in food service industry jobs.
  $100,0002024 tax year
• Washington Women in Need · Provides scholarships and supports to help washington women facing barriers to opportunity succeed in college and careers so they, their families and our communities can thrive.
  $100,0002024 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.