Mms Giving Foundation
Burien, WA · EIN 81-4169231. Reported 155 grants totalling $1,727,600 to 83 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. Mms Giving 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 $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $3,000 and $10,000; the smallest was $200 and the largest $258,100. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle Aquarium | Seattle, WA | $374,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| See Attached | Not Applicable, WA | $258,100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Planned Parenthood | St Paul, MN | $58,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Moisture Festival | Seattle, WA | $53,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| West Seattle Food Bank | Seattle, WA | $52,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| White Center Food Bank | Seattle, WA | $46,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Consejo Counseling and Referral Services | Renton, WA | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Gay City Health Project | Seattle, WA | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Highline Food Bank | Burien, WA | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Country Doctor Community Health Centers | Seattle, WA | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Farestart | Seattle, WA | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Ballard Food Bank | Seattle, WA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Earthcorps | Seattle, WA | $30,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Outdoors for All Foundation | Bellevue, WA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| SR3 | Des Moines, WA | $30,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| The Residency | Seattle, WA | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Marys Place Seattle | Seattle, WA | $22,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra | Seattle, WA | $22,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Jefferson County Food Bank Association | Port Hadlock, WA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Northwest Folklife | Seattle, WA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Seattle Goodwill Industries | Seattle, WA | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Sound | Tukwila, WA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Vashon Maury Community Food Bank | Vashon, WA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Garfield Jazz Foundation | Seattle, WA | $17,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Seattle Jazzed | Seattle, WA | $17,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Mode Music and Performing Arts | Seattle, WA | $16,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Associated Recreational Council | Seattle, WA | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Children and Youth Justice Center | Seattle, WA | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Familyworks | Seattle, WA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Washington School-Based Health Alliance | Seattle, WA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Bainbridge Island Parks & Trails Foundation | Bainbridge Island, WA | $14,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Coastal Interpretive Center | Ocean Shores, WA | $13,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Swedish Medical Center Foundation | Seattle, WA | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Cocoon House | Everett, WA | $11,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Bainbridge Youth Services | Bainbridge Island, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Boys & Girls Club of King County | Seattle, WA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Elderwise | Seattle, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Environmental Science Center | Burien, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Flying House Productions | Seattle, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust | Seattle, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Washington State Hospice & Palliative Organization | Camas, WA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Western Washington University Foundation | Bellingham, WA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Youth Experimental Training Institute | Normandy Park, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Sound Generations | Seattle, WA | $8,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Whale Trail | Seattle, WA | $8,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Highline College Foundation | Des Moines, WA | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Highland Food Bank | Tieton, WA | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Coyote Foundation Aka Jefferson Teen Center | Port Hadlock, WA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Kexp | Seattle, WA | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Kuow Puget Sound Public Radio | Seattle, WA | $6,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Uw Dentistry | Seattle, WA | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Associated Recreation Council | Seattle, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Boys and Girls Club King County | Seattle, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Brightspark Early Learning Services | Renton, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Consejo Counseling and Referral Service | Renton, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Country Doctor Community Clinic | Seattle, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Coyote Central | Seattle, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Issaquah Cultural Circle | Issaquah, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Sound Mental Health | Tukwila, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| South End Stories | Seattle, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The If Project | Seattle, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Washington State Hospice & Palliative Organization(wshpco) | Camas, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| White Center Emergency Food Association | Seattle, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| YMCA | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bellevue Collage Foundation | Bellevue, WA | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Classical King | Seattle, WA | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Vashon Events | Vashon, WA | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Seattle Public Library Foundation | Seattle, WA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Washington State Hospice and Palliative | Camas, WA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Progressive Animal Welfare Society | Aberdeen, WA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Seattle Mental Health Clinic | Seattle, WA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cascade Public Media | Seattle, WA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Uw School of Dentistry | Seattle, WA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Friends of Kexp | Seattle, WA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bellevue College Foundation | Bellevue, WA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Childstrive | Everett, WA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Path | Seattle, WA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Room Circus Medical Clowning | Seattle, WA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Southwest Youth and Family Services | Seattle, WA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Treehouse Washington | Seattle, WA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| West Seattle Tool Library | Seattle, WA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Helper Project | Helper, UT | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fauntleroy Watershed | Seattle, WA | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
41 of 83 (49%) 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 81%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. 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.
- Seattle Aquarium
BEACH NATURALIST PROGRAM, CEDAR RIVER SALMON JOURNEY PROGRAM, EXPANSION FUND - Moisture Festival
IN FURTHERANCE OF 501(C)(3) CHARITABLE PURPOSE - Sound Generations
SENIOR CENTER OF WEST SEATTLE
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 102 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 | 1 | $258,100 | $258,100 |
| 2022 | 38 | $223,000 | $2,500 |
| 2023 | 23 | $256,500 | $5,000 |
| 2024 | 42 | $458,500 | $6,000 |
| 2025 | 51 | $531,500 | $10,000 |
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
96% 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 $5,000. 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 Mms Giving 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: 609 Sw 150TH St Unit 66135, Burien, WA, 98166. 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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