First Fed Foundation
Port Angeles, WA · EIN 46-3425308. Reported 184 grants totalling $3,452,500 to 150 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. 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. First Fed 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 $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $25,000; the smallest was $5,000 and the largest $100,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northwest Maritime Center | Port Townsend, WA | $105,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Habitat for Humanity of Clallam County | Port Angeles, WA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mercy Housing Northwest | Seattle, WA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Port Angeles Food Bank | Port Angeles, WA | $100,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Council of the Olympic Peninsula of the Society of St Vincent De Paul | Indianola, WA | $85,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Clallam County Young Men's Christian Assn Inc Dba Olympic Peninsula YMCA | Sequim, WA | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Forks Community Food Bank | Forks, WA | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Habitat for Humanity of East Jefferson County | Port Townsend, WA | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Jefferson Healthcare Foundation | Port Townsend, WA | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Peninsula Behavioral Health | Port Angeles, WA | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Western Washington University Foundation | Bellingham, WA | $65,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Port Angeles Waterfront Center | Port Angeles, WA | $57,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Puget Sound Voyaging Society Dba Community Boat Project | Nordland, WA | $55,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Center for Inclusive Entrepreneurship | Seattle, WA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Habitat for Humanity in Whatcom County | Bellingham, WA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Housing Resources Bainbridge | Bainbridge Island, WA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kitsap Community Resources | Bremerton, WA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| North Olympic Healthcare Network | Port Angeles, WA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Parkview Services | Shoreline, WA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Peninsula College | Port Angeles, WA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| ROAD2HOME | Bellingham, WA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Nature Conservancy | Seattle, WA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Unity Care Northwest | Bellingham, WA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Young Women's Christian Association of Bellingham Dba YWCA Bellingham | Bellingham, WA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kulshan Community Land Trust | Bellingham, WA | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Volunteers in Medicine of the Olympics Dba Olympic Peninsula Community Clin | Port Angeles, WA | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding | Port Hadlock, WA | $37,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Olympic College Foundation | Bremerton, WA | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Olympic Medical Center Foundation | Port Angeles, WA | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Re Sources | Bellingham, WA | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Lydia Place a Nonprofit Corporation Dba Lydia Place | Bellingham, WA | $33,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Dove House Advocacy Services | Port Townsend, WA | $32,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Scarlet Road | Bremerton, WA | $32,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Center for Sustainable Infrastructure | Olympia, WA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Olympic Peninsula Young Men's Christian Assn | Sequim, WA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Serenity House of Clallam County | Port Angeles, WA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| 4PA | Port Angeles, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Alternatives to Hunger Dba Bellingham Food Bank | Bellingham, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bainbridge Daycare and Preschool | Bainbridge Island, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bellevue Schools Foundation | Bellevue, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula | Sequim, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Whatcom County | Bellingham, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Camp Beausite Northwest | Port Hadlock, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| City of Port Angeles Fire Department | Port Angeles, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Clallam County Fire Protection District No 4 | Joyce, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Clallam County Public Hospital District #1 | Forks, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Clallam-Jefferson Pro Bono Lawyers | Port Angeles, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Congregations for the Homeless Dba Porchlight | Bellevue, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Eastside Legal Assistance Program | Bellevue, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ferndale Food Bank | Ferndale, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Forks Abuse Program Dba Mariposa House | Forks, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Housing Connector | Seattle, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kitsap Legal Services | Bremerton, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lhaq'temish Foundation Dba Lummi Nation Service Organization | Bellingham, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lifewire | Bellevue, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Nooksack Salmon Enhancement Association | Bellingham, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| North Olympic Library System | Port Angeles, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Olympic Housing Trust | Port Townsend, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Overlake Service League Dba Bellevue Lifespring | Bellevue, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| OWL360 | Port Townsend, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Peninsula College Dba Peninsula College Foundation | Port Angeles, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Roxy Bremerton Foundation | Bremerton, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Seiu Healthcare 1199 Nw Multi-Employer Training and Education Fund | Renton, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Sequim Food Bank | Sequim, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Sophia Way | Bellevue, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| United Way of Clallam County | Port Angeles, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Wild Bird Charity | Bellingham, WA | $25,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| YWCA of Kitsap County | Bremerton, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Jumping Mouse Children's Center | Port Townsend, WA | $21,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Disaster Relief Dba Ginger's Closet & Disaster Relief | Forks, WA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lydia Place a Nonprofit Corporation | Bellingham, WA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Coffee Oasis | Bremerton, WA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Trinity United Methodist Church | Port Townsend, WA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bellingham Public Schools Foundation | Bellingham, WA | $12,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Kitsap Immigrant Assistance Center | Bremerton, WA | $12,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Port Townsend Marine Science Center | Port Townsend, WA | $12,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Whatcom Family & Community Network | Bellingham, WA | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Whatcom Family YMCA | Bellingham, WA | $12,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Clallam Mosaic | Port Angeles, WA | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Peacock Family Services | Bainbridge Island, WA | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bremerton Foodline | Bremerton, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Captain Joseph House Foundation | Port Angeles, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Central Kitsap Food Bank | Silverdale, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| College Success Foundation | Bellevue, WA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Feiro Marine Life Center | Port Angeles, WA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Foster Hearts | Custer, WA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Helpline House | Bainbridge Island, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Kitsap Home Builders Foundation | Bremerton, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Kitsap Regional Library Foundation | Bremerton, WA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Lutheran Community Services Northwest | Port Angeles, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Morningside | Olympia, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| NAMI of Whatcom County | Bellingham, WA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| New Day Ministry | Bremerton, WA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| North Olympic Foster Parent Association | Sequim, WA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| South Kitsap School District #401 | Port Orchard, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Vamos Outdoors Project | Bellingham, WA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Whatcom Dispute Resolution Center | Bellingham, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bainbridge Island Special Needs Foundation | Bainbridge Island, WA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Cares of Washington | Seattle, WA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cascade Medical Advantage | Bellingham, WA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Communities in Schools of Whatcom County | Bellingham, WA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| East Jefferson County Conference of the Society of St Vincent De Paul | Port Townsend, WA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Growing Veterans | Lynden, WA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jefferson County Farmers Markets Association | Port Townsend, WA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Kitsap Cancer Services | Poulsbo, WA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kitsap Community Foundation | Silverdale, WA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| North Kitsap Fishline | Poulsbo, WA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sequim Education Foundation | Sequim, WA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sexual Assault Center of Pierce County | Tacoma, WA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Benji Project | Port Townsend, WA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Whatcom Center for Early Learning | Bellingham, WA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Banbridge Youth Services | Bainbridge Island, WA | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Assistance League of Bellingham | Bellingham, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bainbridge Artisan Resource Network (barn) | Bainbridge Island, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cascade Connections | Ferndale, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Catholic Community Services of Western Washington | Tacoma, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Coats for Kids | Sequim, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Coyote Foundation | Port Hadlock, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Dungeness Valley Health & Wellness Clinic Dba Sequim Free Clinic | Sequim, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| East Jefferson Conference of the Society of St Vincent De Paul | Port Townsend, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ferndale Community Service Cooperative | Ferndale, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Financial Beginnings | Portland, OR | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Financial Beginnings Washington | Tukwila, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Helen Haller Elementary School (sequim School District #323) | Sequim, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Invested | Renton, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jefferson County Immigration Rights Advocates | Port Townsend, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jefferson Interfaith Action Coalition (jiac) Dba Winter Welcoming Center | Port Townsend, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Juan De Fuca Festival of the Arts Dba Juan De Fuca Foundation for the Arts | Port Angeles, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kathleen Sutton Inspirational Fund Dba Kathleen Sutton Fund | Kingston, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Key City Players Inc | Port Townsend, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Kids in Concert | Bainbridge Island, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kidzz Helping Kidzz | Silverdale, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kitsap Homes of Compassion | Silverdale, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Kitsap Sexual Assault Center | Port Orchard, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Master Gardener Foundation of Clallam County | Sequim, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Max Higbee Community Recreation Center | Bellingham, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Max Higbee Community Recreation Center Dba Max Higbee Center | Bellingham, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| North Cascades Institute | Sedrowoolley, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Operation Homefront Inc | Tacoma, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Opportunity Council | Bellingham, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ourgems (our Girls Empowered Through Mentoring and Service) | Silverdale, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Port Townsend Marine Science Society Dba Port Townsend Marine Science Cente | Port Townsend, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Soroptimist International of the Olympic Rainforest | Forks, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| South Kitsap Helpline | Port Orchard, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Strongertowns Dba the Benji Project | Port Townsend, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Strongertowns Dba Yea Music | Port Townsend, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Transformations By Austin Angels | Port Townsend, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Volunteer Hospice of Clallam County | Port Angeles, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Working Image | Port Townsend, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| YMCA Pierce and Kitsap Counties | Tacoma, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
31 of 150 (21%) received money in more than one year over the 5 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 0%, across 4 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.
- Mercy Housing Northwest
HOMELESSNESS & AFFORDABLE HOUSING - Jumping Mouse Children's Center
TECHNOLOGY FOR ACCESSIBILITY PROJECT
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 116 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 | 34 | $860,000 | $7,500 |
| 2022 | 39 | $800,000 | $10,000 |
| 2023 | 36 | $600,000 | $10,000 |
| 2024 | 35 | $550,000 | $10,000 |
| 2025 | 40 | $642,500 | $11,250 |
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
100% 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 $10,000. 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.
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- 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 First Fed Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). 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: 105 West Eighth Po Box 351, Port Angeles, WA, 98362. 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.
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