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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 47-3468675

The Frye Foundation

A private foundation in Seattle, WA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 10 grants and $216,168 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

7 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2024

    $216,168

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $3,584,921

  • Tax year 2023

    $244,138

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $3,628,199

  • Tax year 2022

    $307,456

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $3,677,470

  • Tax year 2021

    $292,195

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $4,158,745

  • Tax year 2020

    $336,000

    Grants listed
    In an attachment
    Assets, end of year
    $4,254,251

  • Tax year 2019

    $244,881

    Grants listed
    In an attachment
    Assets, end of year
    $4,477,355

  • Tax year 2018

    $186,018

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $4,631,615

Grants paid in 2024

10 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Cauze Charitable FundBoise, ID

    To support exempt organization

    $102,500
  2. NPH USA ( fka Friends of the Orphans)Chicago, IL

    To support exempt organization

    $45,000
  3. ONE4ALL Cahritable FundBoise, ID

    To support exempt organizations

    $30,000
  4. Seattle Children'sSeattle, WA

    To support exempt organization

    $10,500
  5. Hope InternationalLancaster, PA

    To support exempt organization

    $10,000
  6. National Multiple Sclerosis SocietyNew York, NY

    To support exempt organization

    $5,000
  7. Benjamin FundMiami, FL

    To support exempt organization

    $5,000
  8. Issaquah Lacrosse ClubIssaquah, WA

    To support exempt organization

    $3,080
  9. Samuel and Althea Stroum Jewish Community Center of Greater SeattleMercer Island, WA

    To support exempt organization

    $2,588
  10. Whidbey Island CenterLangley, WA

    To support exempt organization

    $2,500

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Public affairs1 grant $102,50082% of the total
  2. International aid1 grant $10,0008% of the total
  3. Health1 grant $5,0004% of the total
  4. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $5,0004% of the total
  5. Sports and recreation1 grant $3,0802% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Idaho2 grants $132,500
  2. Illinois1 grant $45,000
  3. Washington4 grants $18,668
  4. Pennsylvania1 grant $10,000
  5. Florida1 grant $5,000
  6. New York1 grant $5,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Douglas P FryeVICE PRESIDENT Hours 1Pay $0
  • Linda FryePRESIDENT Hours 1Pay $0
  • Elisabeth A WilliamsTREASURER & SECRETARY Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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