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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 94-3124801

The Herbert Jones Foundation

A private foundation in Seattle, WA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 20 grants and $8.2 million paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Aug 31, 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

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

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $8,164,405

    Grants listed
    20
    Assets, end of year
    $9,765,109

  • Tax year 2023

    $742,063

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $17,154,948

  • Tax year 2022

    $858,808

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $13,491,604

  • Tax year 2021

    $681,989

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $13,207,242

  • Tax year 2020

    $679,479

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $11,414,000

  • Tax year 2019

    $812,457

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $10,121,042

Grants paid in 2024

20 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. NW School for Deaf and Hard of Hearing ChildrenShoreline, WA

    General purpose grant

    $1,500,000
  2. Seattle UniversitySeattle, WA

    Jones progress awards, business plan competition award, idea challenge awards, innovation & entrepreneurship grant

    $1,494,330
  3. Pierce College FoundationPuyallup, WA

    Grant for entrepreneurship program

    $553,200
  4. Spokane Colleges FoundationSpokane, WA

    Grant for entrepreneurship program

    $529,100
  5. Seattle Colleges FoundationSeattle, WA

    Grant for entrepreneurship program

    $493,000
  6. Pacific Lutheran UniversityTacoma, WA

    Community navigator PRGM.; nourish certificate PRGM.

    $307,000
  7. Green River College FoundationAuburn, WA

    Grant for entrepreneurship program

    $288,600
  8. Highline College FoundationDes Moines, WA

    Grant for entrepreneurship program

    $276,600
  9. Shoreline Community College FoundationShoreline, WA

    Grant for entrepreneurship program

    $276,600
  10. Walla Walla Community College FoundationWalla Walla, WA

    Grant for entrepreneurship program

    $276,600
  11. Edmonds College FoundationLynnwood, WA

    Grant for entrepreneurship program

    $252,500
  12. Grays Harbor College FoundationAberdeen, WA

    Grant for entrepreneurship program

    $252,500
  13. Peninsula College FoundationPort Angeles, WA

    Grant for entrepreneurship program

    $252,500
  14. Skagit Valley College FoundationMount Vernon, WA

    Grant for entrepreneurship program

    $252,500
  15. Bellevue College FoundationBellevue, WA

    Grant for entrepreneurship program

    $240,500
  16. Columbia Basin College FoundationPasco, WA

    Grant for entrepreneurship program

    $240,500
  17. South Puget Sound Comm College FNDNOlympia, WA

    Grant for entrepreneurship program

    $216,500
  18. Tacoma Community College FoundationTacoma, WA

    Grant for entrepreneurship program

    $204,400
  19. Yakima Valley College FoundationYakima, WA

    Grant for entrepreneurship program

    $204,400
  20. Seattle Pacific UniversitySeattle, WA

    2024-2025 HBJ entrepreneurship program, social venture awards & launch, innovation lab

    $53,075

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education13 grants $3,618,77593% of the total
  2. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $252,5007% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Washington20 grants $8,164,405

Officers, directors and trustees

6 people as filed

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

  • Terry SmithTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Tom CrhaTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Tammy MillerTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $20,000
  • Kaylee JaechTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Mandy HoTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Rene WagnerTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0

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