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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 91-2014762

The W Foundation

A private foundation in Seattle, WA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 13 grants and $31,500 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

    $31,500

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $231,299

  • Tax year 2023

    $9,100

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $250,105

  • Tax year 2022

    $15,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $248,463

  • Tax year 2021

    $17,850

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $266,870

  • Tax year 2020

    $18,150

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $277,755

  • Tax year 2019

    $25,600

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    $280,925

  • Tax year 2018

    $33,461

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $297,951

Grants paid in 2024

13 grants, largest first

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

  1. Individual

    Cultural Enrichment

    $6,000
  2. Individual

    Social Service

    $5,000
  3. Pike Place Market FoundationSeattle, WA

    Social Service

    $5,000
  4. Individual

    Social Service

    $3,500
  5. Individual

    Social Service

    $2,500
  6. Individual

    Social Service

    $2,000
  7. St Louis Food BankBridgeton, MO

    Social Service

    $2,000
  8. Seattle Times Fund For The NeedySeattle, WA

    Social Service

    $1,000
  9. Individual

    Education

    $1,000
  10. Salvation ArmySeattle, WA

    Social Service

    $1,000
  11. Individual

    Social Service

    $1,000
  12. Individual

    Social Service

    $1,000
  13. Seattle Public LibrarySeattle, WA

    Education

    $500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Community development1 grant $5,00083% of the total
  2. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $1,00017% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Washington4 grants $7,500
  2. Missouri1 grant $2,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Arthur L WahlDirector Hours 2Pay $0
  • Eva S WahlDirector Hours 2Pay $0

The return

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