Discuren Foundation
Seattle, WA · EIN 20-2046554. Reported 174 grants totalling $7,503,185 to 89 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Discuren Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $30,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $20,000 and $45,000; the smallest was $5,000 and the largest $349,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foundation for Academic Endeavors | Mount Vernon, WA | $726,120 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of Washington Foundation | Seattle, WA | $573,328 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Together | Tumwater, WA | $517,120 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Children's Home Society of Washington | Walla Walla, WA | $513,120 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Friends of the Children Seattle | Seattle, WA | $215,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Campbell Farm | Wapato, WA | $200,120 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Washington State Association | Olympia, WA | $179,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The R Merle Palmer Minority Scholarship Foundation (dba Palmer Scholars) | Tacoma, WA | $156,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Jumping Mouse Children's Center | Port Townsend, WA | $147,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Child Care Action Council | Olympia, WA | $135,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Communities in Schools of Peninsula | Vaughn, WA | $130,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Children of the Setting Sun Productions | Bellingham, WA | $126,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Western Washington University Foundation | Bellingham, WA | $126,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Degrees of Change | Tacoma, WA | $117,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Rural Alliance | Deer Park, WA | $114,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Washington State University Foundation | Spokane, WA | $112,967 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Zeno | Seattle, WA | $104,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Washington STEM Center | Seattle, WA | $99,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Communities in Schools of Puyallup | Puyallup, WA | $97,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Alliance for Education | Seattle, WA | $96,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Reading Partners | Oakland, CA | $87,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Team Read | Seattle, WA | $85,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Peacekeeper Society | Yakima, WA | $84,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| College Success Foundation | Bellevue, WA | $83,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Burke Museum Association | Seattle, WA | $81,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Readiness to Learn Foundation | Langley, WA | $81,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Boys & Girls Club of King County | Seattle, WA | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| East African Community Services | Seattle, WA | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Olive Crest | Bellevue, WA | $78,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Manson School District | Manson, WA | $76,800 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Reach Out & Read Washington | Seattle, WA | $72,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Communities in Schools of Renton-Tukwila | Renton, WA | $67,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Grays Harbor Youth Works | Ocean Shores, WA | $67,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Children's Reading Foundation of the Mid-Columbia | Kennewick, WA | $64,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Farestart | Seattle, WA | $64,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Humanities Washington | Seattle, WA | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Rochester Organization of Families (roof) Community Services | Rochester, WA | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Seattle Arts & Lectures | Seattle, WA | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Tieton Arts & Humanities | Tieton, WA | $58,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Mount Adams School District | White Swan, WA | $56,760 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of South Puget Sound | Tacoma, WA | $56,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Hilltop Artists in Residence | Tacoma, WA | $56,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| School's Out Washington | Seattle, WA | $56,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Nature Bridge | Sausalito, CA | $52,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Communities in Schools of Whatcom-Skagit County | Bellingham, WA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Techbridge Girls | Burien, WA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Urban Native Education Alliance (unea) | Seattle, WA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Plus Delta After School Studios Dba the Club | Dayton, WA | $48,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Roof Community Services | Rochester, WA | $48,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Communities in Schools of Renton | Renton, WA | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Communities in Schools of Seattle | Seattle, WA | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Reach Out & Read Inc | Seattle, WA | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Tacoma Community House | Tacoma, WA | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Take the Next Step | Monroe, WA | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Youth Eastside Services | Bellevue, WA | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Communities in Schools of Whatcom-Skagit | Bellingham, WA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Community Youth Services | Olympia, WA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Shunpike | Seattle, WA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Mid-Columbia Reading Foundation | Kennewick, WA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Tiny Trees Preschool | Seattle, WA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Urban Native Education Alliance | Seattle, WA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Whatcom Family YMCA | Bellingham, WA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Young Women Enpowered | Seattle, WA | $38,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Foss Waterway Seaport | Tacoma, WA | $37,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Museum of Flight Foundation | Seattle, WA | $37,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Speak With Purpose (formerly Shunpike) | Renton, WA | $32,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| City Year Inc | Seattle, WA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| City Year Seattle | Seattle, WA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Killer Whale Tales | Seattle, WA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Snohomish County | Everett, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| First Step Family Support Center | Port Angeles, WA | $25,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Port Gamble S'klallam Foundation | Kingston, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Seattle Cares Circle of the National Cares | Seattle, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Techbridge Girls | Oakland, CA | $24,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Seattle Cares Mentoring | Seattle, WA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Tiny Trees Outdoor Preschool | Seattle, WA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Workforce Development Center | Everett, WA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| City Year Seattle King County | Seattle, WA | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Dungeon Boxing Club | Sunnyside, WA | $16,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Columbia Basin Foundation | Ephrata, WA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kandelia | Seattle, WA | $14,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Summer Search | San Francisco, CA | $13,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Global Visionaries | Seattle, WA | $13,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Mabton School District | Mabton, WA | $12,850 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pathfinder Manufacturing (formerly Workforce Development Center) | Everett, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Heritage University | Toppenish, WA | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Summer Search Seattle | San Francisco, CA | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| African Community Housing & Development | Seatac, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| International Capoeira Angola Foundation | Seattle, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
59 of 89 (66%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 40%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Children's Home Society of Washington
VALLE LINDO HOMES EDUCATION - Boys & Girls Clubs of Washington State Association
SOUTH PUGET SOUND AND AIM - Children of the Setting Sun Productions
SOFT-LANDING GRANT & YOUTH - The Campbell Farm
COLLEGE AND CAREER ADVISING - Jumping Mouse Children's Center
CHIMACUM SCHOOL SATELLITE - Alliance for Education
SEATTLE TEACHER RESIDENCY
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 127 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 65 | $2,583,620 | $40,000 |
| 2022 | 70 | $3,106,785 | $30,000 |
| 2023 | 34 | $1,727,180 | $22,500 |
| 2024 | 5 | $85,600 | $17,120 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
98% of its giving went to organizations in Washington. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $30,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Washington.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Discuren Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: C/O Bailey Woodruff 1201 Third Ave, Seattle, WA, 98101. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
EIN 20-2046554 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
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