PACCAR Foundation

Private foundation · EIN 91-6030638 · since 1953paccar.com/about-us/paccar-foundation·Updated 13 October 2026

At a glance

$6.9M

Annual giving, 2024 tax year

From the Form 990-PF filing

Open to applications

Rolling, no deadlines · unsolicited applications welcome

Key takeaways

PACCAR Foundation is best suited to capital campaigns—funding to acquire or improve facilities used for social and health services, education and cultural affairs—rather than to ongoing programme or operating costs.
Typical recipients include universities, hospitals, and organisations running arts and economic education programmes.
No grant range is stated, so you will need to gauge an appropriate request size yourself, though total giving in the latest year reported was $6,853,712 paid.
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis and are submitted online by creating or logging into an account, so there is no fixed deadline to work around.
Do not apply if you are seeking sponsorships, dinner or event tickets, advertising space in yearbooks, programs or other publications, funding for a specific church for religious advocacy, or scholarships or other grants for individuals; and bear in mind that proposals for programme funds, operating budgets and fundraising events are seldom funded, so a capital request is a stronger fit.

Overview

PACCAR Foundation is a US private foundation based in Bellevue, WA.

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 PACCAR Foundation usually directs grants to organisations in communities within the service area of a significant PACCAR presence, such as a factory or a major office. Its usual recipients include universities and hospitals, along with organisations running programmes in the arts and economic education. It normally reserves the balance of its grants for capital campaigns to acquire or improve facilities used for social and health services, education and cultural affairs. Its approach favours capital projects; programme-funding, operating-budget and fundraising-event proposals are seldom funded. Applicants are asked to provide evidence of 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status.

Themes

Education
Social and health services
Cultural affairs

What They Don't Fund

Sponsorships, dinner or event tickets
Advertising space for charitable causes in yearbooks, programs or other publications
Specific churches for the purpose of religious advocacy
Scholarships or other grants for individuals

How to apply

Applicants submit requests online, creating a new account or logging into an existing account.

Application success factors

What the foundation says:

The Foundation normally reserves the balance of its grants for capital campaigns to acquire or improve facilities used for social and health services, education and cultural affairs.
Proposals for program funds, support of operation budgets and fund-raising events are seldom funded.

Officers and directors

T M Cappetto — Treasurer
K L Hastings — Secretary
C M Dozier — Vice President
R P Feight — Vice President
M C Pigott — President

From the latest Form 990-PF filing

3 years of tax filings

Year	Total expenses	Grants paid	Assets	Filing document
2022 tax year	$3,751,637	$3,687,483	$15,561,006	Filing for 2022 tax year
2023 tax year	$12,842,555	$12,772,704	$13,172,066	Filing for 2023 tax year
2024 tax year	$6,929,822	$6,853,712	$16,909,242	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.