Mount Rainier above forested ridges in Washington

Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 91-1664723

The Ji Ji Foundation

A private foundation in Seattle, WA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 6 grants and $205,313 paid in grants.

Tax year 2024 (period ending Sep 30, 2025), 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

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact
Anne McEnany
1425 Broadway PMB 14
Seattle, WA 98122
(206) 336-2250
[email protected]
Form and materials
Letter of intent and proposed budget. See jiji.org for guidelines.
Deadlines
Updates posted on website.
Restrictions
To support field research opportunities in the state of baja ca, mexico, and ca, us, and strenghten key organzations and networks in the state of baja ca, mexico, that support scientific discovery.

Assets and giving by year

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2024

    $205,313

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $5,969,612
  • Tax year 2023

    $187,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $5,590,648
  • Tax year 2022

    $304,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $4,357,233
  • Tax year 2021

    $582,400

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $3,950,973
  • Tax year 2020

    $1,500,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $4,299,716
  • Tax year 2019

    $250,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $3,530,953
  • Tax year 2018

    $479,361

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $3,442,217
  • Tax year 2017

    $290,500

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $3,652,868

Grants paid in 2024

6 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. Next Generation of Sonora Desert ResearchersNational City, CA

    Field grants to next generation researchers in NW mexico

    $55,000
  2. San Diego Natural History MuseumSan Diego, CA

    Roof repairs to museum

    $50,000
  3. San Diego Natural History MuseumSan Diego, CA

    Multiple species conservation plan for san quintin

    $40,000
  4. Siempre Viva San Quintin AcEnsenada, Mexico

    Support for salaries and related personnel costs of on-site staff in san quintin, baja california, mexico. Grant funds were restricted to compensation of unrelated on-site program staff. Expenditure responsibility exercised.

    $30,310
  5. HeydayBerkeley, CA

    Publication of "abcs of native bees"by krystle hickman

    $25,000
  6. Individual

    Field research on "manual para identifica abejas de BD"

    $5,003

Where the money goes

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

  1. Arts and culture1 grant $25,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California4 grants $170,000

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

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

  • Alan B HarperPRESIDENT Hours 2Pay $0
  • Carol J BairdBOARD MEMBER Hours 1Pay $0
  • Anne McEnanySECRETARY Hours 2Pay $0
  • Margo D ReichTREASURER Hours 2Pay $0

The return

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