Ridge Road Foundation
Bellevue, WA · EIN 91-6468169. Reported 209 grants totalling $2,317,763 to 119 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. Ridge Road 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 $2,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $10,000; the smallest was $100 and the largest $175,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rural Democracy Initiativeheartland Fund | Baltimore, MD | $250,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Wentachee Valley Museum | Wenatchee, WA | $175,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| State Leadership Project | Raleigh, NC | $132,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Town Hall Association | Seattle, WA | $120,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Climate Solutions | Seattle, WA | $115,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| High Mountain Institute | Leadville, CO | $101,100 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Byrd Barr Place | Seattle, WA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Chelan-Douglas Land Trust | Wenatchee, WA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rural People's Platform | Winthrop, WA | $92,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Clean Energy Transition Institute | Seattle, WA | $82,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Winning Jobs Narrative ( Movement Advancement Project) | Seattle, WA | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Fuse Innovation Fund | Seattle, WA | $65,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Momsrising Education Fund | Bellevue, WA | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Black Male Voter Project | Atlanta, GA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Democracy Forward Foundation | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Democracy Capacity Project ( Neo Philanthropy) | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Alaska Progressive Donor Table | Anchorage, AK | $47,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Rural Organizingorg Education Fund | Washington DC, DC | $41,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Organizing Empowerment Fund | Monona, WI | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sightline Institute | Seattle, WA | $32,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Washington Community Alliance | Yakima, WA | $27,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Black Male Voter Project Education Fund | Atlanta, GA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cdlt | Wenatchee, WA | $22,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Rural Urban Bridge Initiative (via Appalachian Peace Education Center) | Abingdon, VA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Womens Donor Network | San Francisco, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Wikimedia Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $19,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Oneamerica | Seattle, WA | $17,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| New Hampshire Democracy Fund | Portsmouth, NH | $15,500 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Trust for Public Land | Seattle, WA | $15,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Clean and Prosperous America Education Fund | Seattle, WA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| College Success Foundation | Issaquah, WA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Alaska Current | Anchorage, AK | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Upper Valley Mend | Leavenworth, WA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Two Screens for Teachers - Donor Choose | New York, NY | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Seattle Good Business Network | Seattle, WA | $11,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Doctors Without Borders | New York, NY | $10,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Washington State Budget & Policy Center | Seattle, WA | $10,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Firelands Workers United | Aberdeen, WA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Washington Business Alliance Fund | Seattle, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Washington Progress Alliance | Seattle, WA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Workmoney Inc | Milwaukee, WI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Northwest Harvest | Seattle, WA | $9,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Wenatchee River Instititue | Leavenworth, WA | $8,200 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Courier Newsroom (via Our Amercian Future Foundation) | Washington, DC | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Washington Farmland Trust | Seattle, WA | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Indiana Democracy Collective | Shaker Hts, OH | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Futurewise | Seattle, WA | $6,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Chelan-Douglas Trust | Wenatchee, WA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| New Hampshire Deomcracy Fund (for Amplify) | Washington, DC | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Environmental Defense Fund (edf) | New York, NY | $5,800 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Wenatchee Outdoors | Wenatchee, WA | $5,600 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Literacy Source | Seattle, WA | $5,550 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Washinton Trails Association | Seattle, WA | $5,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Conservation Northwest | Seattle, WA | $5,250 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Earth Justice | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Home Energy Efficiency Team Inc | Boston, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Indiana Donor Table | Indianapolis, IN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Neo Philanthropy Destination | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Real Resources Community Action Council | Colville, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Washington Association of Land Trusts | Seattle, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Win Win Network | Seattle, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Women Donors Network Abortion Access Fund | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Nature Conservancy (washington State) | Seattle, WA | $4,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Team Read | Seattle, WA | $4,300 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Woodland Park Zoo Tree Kangaroo Project | Seattle, WA | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Nrdc | New York, NY | $3,800 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Washington Wildlife & Recreation Coalition | Seattle, WA | $3,750 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Children's Alliance | Seattle, WA | $3,563 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Investigatewest | Seattle, WA | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Pandrillus Foundation | Portland, OR | $3,250 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Toxic-Free Future | Seattle, WA | $3,200 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| New Hampshire Democracy Fund (for Amplify) | Washington, DC | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Wenatchee River Institute | Leavenworth, WA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Center for Sustainable Infrastructure | Olympia, WA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Forterra | Seattle, WA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Rise Beyond the Reef | Nadi | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kuownpr | Seattle, WA | $2,400 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Green Empowerment | Portland, OR | $2,100 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Coastal Harvest Hoquiam Food Bank | Hoquiam, WA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Kuow | Seattle, WA | $1,800 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Downtown Emergency Services Center | Seattle, WA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Grist | Seattle, WA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Okanogan County Community Action Council | Okanogan, WA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Toppenish Community Chest Food Bank | Toppenish, WA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Trust for Public Land (wa State Office) | San Francisco, CA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Outright International | New York, NY | $1,200 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Real Rent Duwamish Via Duwamish Tribal Services | Seattle, WA | $1,200 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Bush School | Seattle, WA | $1,100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Remote Energy | Tacoma, WA | $1,100 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Whitman College | Walla Walla, WA | $1,100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Food Bank at St Mary's | Seattle, WA | $1,050 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Business Ending Slavery and Sex Traffcings (best) | Seattle, WA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Community Food Bank of Dayton | Dayton, WA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Rainer Scholars | Seattle, WA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rainier Scholars | Seattle, WA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Seattle Girls' School Capital Campaign | Seattle, WA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Woodland Park Zoo | Seattle, WA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Colorado College Womens Ultimate Team | Colorado Springs, CO | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Program for Early Parent Support (peps) | Seattle, WA | $750 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Rhsa Ptsa Solar Car Project | Redmond, WA | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| CASA Latina | Seattle, WA | $600 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Northwest Health Law Advocates | Seattle, WA | $600 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Story of Stuff Project | Berkeley, CA | $600 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Thorne Nature Experience | Lafayette, CO | $550 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Colorado College | Colorado Springs, CO | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Seattle Art and Lectures | Seattle, WA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ssp Foundation Free Flights | Truckee, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Washington State Opportunity Scholarship ( 501 Commons) | Seattle, WA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Southern Poverty Law Center | Montgomery, AL | $350 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Child Care Resources | Seattle, WA | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Justice for Girls Coalition | Seattle, WA | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Book-It Repertory Theatre | Seattle, WA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Daily Climate (via Virginia Organizing) | Charlottesville, VA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Daily Yonder (center for Rural Strategies) | Whitesburg, KY | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Open Arms Perinatal Services | Seattle, WA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Technology Access Foundation | Seattle, WA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Washington State Opportunity Scholarship | Seattle, WA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Catalog Choice Via Story of Stuff | Berkeley, CA | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Resounding Loveorg | Seattle, WA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
49 of 119 (41%) 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 48%, 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.
- Wentachee Valley Museum
CONTRIBUTION TO BE USED FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES - Indiana Democracy Collective
CONTRIBUTION TO BE USES FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES - Wenatchee River Instititue
CONTRIBUTION TO BE USED FRO CHARITABLE PURPOSES - Downtown Emergency Services Center
CONTRIBUTION TO BE USED FOR CHARTIABLE PURPOSES - Business Ending Slavery and Sex Traffcings (best)
CONTRIBUTION TO BE USED FOR CHARITBLE PURPOSES - Thorne Nature Experience
CONTIRBUTION TO BE USED FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 117 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 | 40 | $424,850 | $1,000 |
| 2022 | 36 | $366,163 | $5,000 |
| 2023 | 55 | $407,550 | $1,500 |
| 2024 | 29 | $385,200 | $10,000 |
| 2025 | 49 | $734,000 | $3,000 |
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
58% 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 $2,500. 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 Ridge Road 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: 3055 112TH Ave Ne Suite 100, Bellevue, WA, 98004. 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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