The Conru Foundation
Seattle, WA · EIN 82-1387085. Reported 228 grants totalling $7,829,169 to 168 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. The Conru 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 $20,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $10,000 and $25,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $350,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Progress Alliance | Jackson, WY | $600,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| We Heart Seattle | Seattle, WA | $600,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| St Paul's Lutheran Church in Indiana | Indianapolis, IN | $330,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Conservation Coalition | Appleton, WI | $290,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Third Stone | Seattle, WA | $270,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Rose-Hulman It | Terre Haute, IN | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Inc | Terre Haute, IN | $240,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| American Lands Project | Seattle, WA | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Center for the Study of Partisanship & Ideology | San Gabriel, CA | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Foundation for Indiv Rights in Education | Philadelphia, PA | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rose Hulman Institute for Technology | Terre Haute, IN | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Walking Strong Foundation | West Hills, CA | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Empowered Pathways Inc | Austin, TX | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Feeding America (reduce Hunger) | Chicago, IL | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Queen Anne Lutheran Church | Seattle, WA | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Walk Strong Foundation | Nashville, TN | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Belong Partners | Seattle, WA | $125,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Post Carbon Institute | Corvallis, OR | $125,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Claremont Institute | Upland, CA | $110,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Arts Impact | Seattle, WA | $105,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Gage Academy of Art | Seattle, WA | $100,875 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| American Conservation Coalition | Appleton, WI | $100,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| American Friends of the Tel Aviv University | New York, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Seattle Theater Group | Seattle, WA | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Shunpike | Seattle, WA | $85,000 | 4 | 3 | 2025 |
| Jewish National Fund | Rockville Centre, NY | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Artist Trust | Seattle, WA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Beit Tshuvahs | Los Angeles, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Braver Angels (reduce Polarization) | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Food Finders (reduce Hunger) | Los Alamitos, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund | San Francisco, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Northwest African American Museum | Seattle, WA | $50,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Pratt Fine Arts Center | Seattle, WA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Seattle Theatre Group | Seattle, WA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Gage Academy | Seattle, WA | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Sound Discipline | Seattle, WA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Youth in Focus | Seattle, WA | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Seattle Good Business Network | Seattle, WA | $37,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Seattle Repertory Theatre Foundation | Seattle, WA | $37,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Artsfund | Seattle, WA | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| One Reel | Seattle, WA | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Arte Noir | Seattle, WA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Coyote Central | Seattle, WA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Intiman Theatre | Seattle, WA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Phffft Co Inc | Seattle, WA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Socks on My Hands | Seattle, WA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Tasveer Film Festival | Sammamish, WA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Third Place Technologies | Seattle, WA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Cascadia Art Museum | Woodway, WA | $27,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Kittitas County Friends of Animals | Ellensburg, WA | $27,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Alaska Endeavor | Petersburg, AK | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Alaska Endeavour | Cordova, AK | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Arts Corps | Seattle, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Association of Sites Advocating Child Protection Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Center for Immigration Studies | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Charity Water | Hagerstown, MD | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Deaf Spotlight | Seattle, WA | $25,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Doctors Without Borders USA | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Documentary Foundation | Gig Harbor, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Drug Policy Alliance | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Electronic Frontier Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fistula Foundation | San Jose, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Food Finders Food Bank Inc | Lafayette, IN | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Forest for the Trees | Seattle, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Frye Art Museum | Seattle, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Grist Magazine Inc | Seattle, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Human Rights Campaign Foundation | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Internet Archive | San Francisco, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lava Mae | Alameda, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Media Research Center | Reston, VA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Association of Scholars | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Center for Missing & Exploited Children | Alexandria, VA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Polaris | Sammamish, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rainn | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Reason Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| San Francisco Community Health Center | San Francisco, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Shriners Hospitals for Children | Tampa, FL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Siecus | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Siff | Seattle, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Trevor Project | West Hollywood, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Thorn | Manhattan Beach, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Turning Point USA | Phoenix, AZ | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Urban Artworks | Seattle, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wa Na Wari | Seattle, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Base Camp Studios | Seattle, WA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Future Arts | Seattle, WA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Martyr Sauce | Seattle, WA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nw Creative & Expressive Arts Institute | Seattle, WA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| On the Boards | Seattle, WA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pan Eros Foundation | Seattle, WA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Siff Aka Seattle International Film | Seattle, WA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Vera Project | Seattle, WA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Art Culture Week | Seattle, WA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Black Arts Love | Seattle, WA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Khambatta Dance Company | Seattle, WA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mineral School | Seattle, WA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Path With Art | Seattle, WA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Pilchuck Glass School | Seattle, WA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Seattle Bach Festival | Seattle, WA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Seattle Recreative | Seattle, WA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Good Foot Arts Collective | Seattle, WA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Vashon Center for the Arts | Vashon, WA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Vivid Matter Collective | Seattle, WA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Whim Whim | Seattle, WA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Public Display Art | Seattle, WA | $10,394 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Art Corps | San Diego, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Artstation Mt Baker | Seattle, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Charles & Emma Frye Free Public Art Museum Inc Testamentary Trust | Seattle, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cornish College of the Arts | Seattle, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Earth Creative | Everett, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Equinox Studios Cog | Seattle, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Flying House Productions | Seattle, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Fremont Arts Council | Seattle, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Georgetown Steam Plant Community Development Authority | Seattle, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Grievers Library | Seattle, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Kirkland Arts Center | Kirkland, WA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Northwest Creative & Expressive Arts Institute | Seattle, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Onyx Fine Arts Collective | Seattle, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Partners in Print | Seattle, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pike Place Market Foundation | Seattle, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Puget Sound Concert Opera | Kingston, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Recovering From Religion | Kansas City, KS | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Seattle Art Museum | Seattle, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Seattle Arts & Lectures | Seattle, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestras | Seattle, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Seedarts | Seattle, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Seniors Creating Art | Seattle, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Seward Park Clay Studio | Seattle, WA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Soapbox Project | Seattle, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Steel Magic Northwest | Edmonds, WA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Sv Archive (dba Scarecrow Video) | Seattle, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tasveer | Seattle, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Taswira LLC | Seattle, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Alliance for Pioneer Squares | Seattle, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Seattle Griot Project | Seattle, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Town Hall Seattle | Seattle, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Unexpected Productions Inc | Seattle, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Washington State Arts Alliance Foundation (dba Inspire Washington) | Seattle, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Well Mind Project | Seattle, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Wikicharities | Bountiful, UT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Wing Luke Museum | Seattle, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| World Affairs Council | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Evergreen Association of Fine Arts | Bellevue, WA | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Seattle Cultural Accessibility Consortium | Seattle, WA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Km Activities Booster Club | Seattle, WA | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Alliance for Pioneer Square | Seattle, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Artswest | Seattle, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bainbridge Performing Arts | Bainbridge Isl, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Black Farmers Collective Fka Ten-Forward | Seattle, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Blades of Change | Seattle, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Center on Contemporary Art | Seattle, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Classical King | Seattle, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Drama Dock | Vashon, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Homeward Pet Adoption Center | Woodinville, WA | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Method Gallery | Seattle, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sanctuary Art Center | Seattle, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Seattle Amistad School | Seattle, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Seattle Art Book Fair | Seattle, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Seattle Print Arts | Seattle, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Short Run Seattle | Seattle, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Williams Project Dba the Feast | Seattle, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Velocity Dance Center | Seattle, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Whatnot Theatrics | Seattle, WA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Arc Dance Productions | Seattle, WA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Center on Contemporary Art (coca) | Seattle, WA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Snipit of Central Florida | Kissimmee, FL | $1,200 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tao Fellowship | Collonwood, AZ | $1,200 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Seattle Indies | Seattle, WA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
45 of 168 (27%) 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 39%, 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.
- Phffft Co Inc
SUPPORT FOR KHAMBATTA DANCE COMPANY - Flying House Productions
SUPPORT FOR SEATTLE CHORUSES - Km Activities Booster Club
SUPPORT OF KM ROYAL PLAYERS DRAMA CLUB
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 148 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 | 39 | $1,782,875 | $25,000 |
| 2022 | 11 | $798,000 | $40,000 |
| 2023 | 46 | $1,590,000 | $10,000 |
| 2024 | 92 | $2,373,294 | $10,000 |
| 2025 | 40 | $1,285,000 | $17,500 |
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
45% 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 $20,000. 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.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The Conru 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: 200 W Mercer Street E300, Seattle, WA, 98119. 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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