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The Atsuhiko and Ina Goodwin Tateuchi

Seattle, WA · EIN 91-2090773. Reported 56 grants totalling $3,940,517 to 29 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$25,000median grant
$3,940,517granted, 2021-2024
29recipients, as named on its returns
50%of grantees funded again the next year
$13.2Massets, latest filing

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. The Atsuhiko and Ina Goodwin Tateuchi did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $25,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $72,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $770,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

$1,000 - $5,000
13 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
4 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
9 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
12 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
5 grants
$100,000 and Up
13 grants

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.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
The Seattle FoundationSeattle, WA$1,335,000442024
Seattle Art MuseumSeattle, WA$700,000332023
University of Washington FoundationSeattle, WA$493,782322022
Bellevue Botanical Garden SocietyBellevue, WA$250,000112022
Overlake Medical Center FoundationBellevue, WA$200,000112023
Seattle SymphonySeattle, WA$135,000442024
Densho the Japanese American Legacy ProjectSeattle, WA$108,000222022
American Foundation for the BlindArlington, VA$100,000222024
Japanese American National MuseumLos Angeles, CA$100,000112024
Japanese American National Museum (janm)Los Angeles, CA$100,000112022
Asian Art Museum of San FranciscoSan Francisco, CA$75,000332024
Japan-America Society of HawaiiHonolulu, HI$69,000332024
PBS HawaiiHonolulu, HI$60,000332024
Hawaii Symphony OrchestraHonolulu, HI$50,000222022
Wing Luke MuseumSeattle, WA$50,000222023
Hawaii Opera TheatreHonolulu, HI$25,000112022
Seattle Parks FoundationSeattle, WA$15,000112021
Chamber Music HawaiiHonolulu, HI$13,000222024
Chamber Music of HawaiiHonolulu, HI$10,000112022
Japan Society of Northern CaliforniaSan Francisco, CA$10,000332023
Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai'iHonolulu, HI$10,000222023
Bellevue College FoundationBellevue, WA$7,000332023
Community School of Music & ArtMountain View, CA$6,000112022
Nihonmachi Little FriendsSan Francisco, CA$5,000222023
City of BellevueBellevue, WA$3,235112021
Hokubei Hochi FoundationSeattle, WA$3,000112021
Japanese American Museum of OregonPortland, OR$3,000112021
Classical King FmSeattle, WA$2,500112023
Asunaro Dba Japan FairBellevue, WA$2,000112023

16 of 29 (55%) 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 50%, 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 kind of organizations it funds

By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 41 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.

Arts & Culture
18 grants
Education
6 grants
International Affairs
6 grants
Human Services
4 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
4 grants
Recreation & Sports
1 grant
Health Care
1 grant
Environment
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202117$881,017$25,000
202218$1,811,000$25,000
202313$863,500$23,000
20248$385,000$37,500

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

84% 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.

Washington
$3.3M
California
$296K
Hawaii
$237K
Virginia
$100K
Oregon
$3K

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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.

Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc18 shared recipientsFidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund17 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc16 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program12 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust11 shared recipientsMorgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc10 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $25,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Washington.
  3. 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.
  4. 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 The Atsuhiko and Ina Goodwin Tateuchi'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: Co 1201 Third Avenue 4800, 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 91-2090773 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

This is history, not an open call. Foundation returns are published about a year after the tax year ends. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this foundation has actually funded.

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