How to apply
Accepts applications
The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.
- Contact
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Blakemore Foundation David Ky Tang
PO Box 50347
Bellevue, WA 98015
(206) 427-4838
- Form and materials
- Applications are filled out and submitted online at: https://blakemorefoundation.communityforce.com. A PDF of the paper version of the 2025 application form may be downloaded at: https://www.blakemorefoundation.org/historical-information
- Deadlines
- Applications for blakemore freeman fellowships must be received by 5:00 PM PST on december 30.
- Restrictions
- A PDF of the grant guidelines for the 2025 blakemore foundation grant may be downloaded at: https://www.blakemorefoundation.org/historical-information
Assets and giving by year
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Tax year 2024
$691,036
- Grants listed
- 25
- Assets, end of year
- $8,992,594
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Tax year 2023
$620,356
- Grants listed
- 28
- Assets, end of year
- $6,178,778
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Tax year 2022
$770,195
- Grants listed
- 28
- Assets, end of year
- $6,498,617
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Tax year 2021
$748,668
- Grants listed
- 28
- Assets, end of year
- $7,042,231
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Tax year 2020
$665,921
- Grants listed
- 30
- Assets, end of year
- $7,205,739
Grants paid in 2024
As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.
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Individual
Language study at the inter-university center for korean language studies at sungkyunkwan university in seoul, south korea
$61,630 -
Individual
Language study at the inter-university center for japanese language studies in yokohama, japan
$39,360 -
Individual
Language study at the inter-university program for chinese language studies at tsinghua university in beijing, china
$36,595 -
Individual
Language study at the inter-university program for chinese language studies at tsinghua university in beijing, china
$36,595 -
Individual
Language study at the inter-university program for chinese language studies at tsinghua university in beijing, china
$36,595 -
Seattle Art MuseumSeattle, WA
Musuem internships for university of washington students during 2024/2025 academic year
$35,028 -
Individual
Language study at the inter-university center for japanese language studies in yokohama, japan
$33,340 -
Individual
Language study at the inter-university center for japanese language studies in yokohama, japan
$33,340 -
Seattle Art MuseumSeattle, WA
Support for "ai. Rebel, the art and activism of ai weiwei" exhibition
$30,000 -
Individual
Language study at the inter-university center for japanese language studies in yokohama, japan
$29,840 -
Individual
Language study at the vietnamese language program in ho chi minh city, vietnam
$28,599 -
Individual
Language study at the sogang university klec in seoul, south korea
$27,282 -
Individual
Language study at the inter-university center for japanese language studies in yokohama, japan
$26,954 -
Individual
Language study at the inter-university program for chinese language studies at tsinghua university in beijing, china
$24,550 -
Individual
Language study at the inter-university center for japanese language studies in yokohama, japan
$24,454 -
Individual
Language study at the inter-university center for japanese language studies in yokohama, japan
$23,454 -
Individual
Language study at the international chinese language program at national taiwan university in taipei, taiwan
$21,763 -
Individual
Language study at the international chinese language program at national taiwan university in taipei, taiwan
$21,763 -
Individual
Language study at the international chinese language program at national taiwan university in taipei, taiwan
$20,799 -
Asian Art Museum of San FranciscoSan Francisco, CA
Support for exhibition "phoenix kingdoms: the last splendor of china's bronze age
$20,000 -
Individual
Language study at the international chinese language program at national taiwan university in taipei, taiwan
$18,398 -
Individual
Language study at the international chinese language program at national taiwan university in taipei, taiwan
$17,599 -
Individual
Language study at the international chinese language program at national taiwan university in taipei, taiwan
$16,799 -
Individual
Language study at the international chinese language program at national taiwan university in taipei, taiwan
$16,799 -
Individual
Language study with the gateway to khmer program and private tutors in cambodia
$9,500
Where the money goes
By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.
- Arts and culture2 grants $65,028100% of the total
By State
Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.
- Washington2 grants $65,028
- California1 grant $20,000
Officers, directors and trustees
As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.
- Nazry BahrawiBOARD MEMBER Hours 2Pay $0
- Miriam ChusidBOARD MEMBER Hours 2Pay $0
- Mimi GatesBOARD CHAIR Hours 2Pay $0
- Zev HandelBOARD MEMBER Hours 2Pay $0
- Christopher R HelmBOARD MEMBER Hours 2Pay $0
- Robert A KappBOARD MEMBER Hours 2Pay $0
- Eugene H LeeTRUSTEE (TO 6/24) & BOARD MEMBER Hours 10Pay $0
- Michael W MichalakBOARD MEMBER Hours 2Pay $0
- David Ky TangTRUSTEE (FROM 6/24) & BOARD MEMBER Hours 10Pay $0
- Haicheng WangBOARD MEMBER Hours 2Pay $0
- Therese CaouetteBOARD MEMBER Hours 2Pay $0
- Tabitha MalloryBOARD MEMBER Hours 2Pay $0
- Harriet PhinneyBOARD MEMBER Hours 2Pay $0
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