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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 95-6091887

Welfund Inc

A private foundation in Mercer Island, WA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 12 grants and $96,500 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 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

Accepts applications

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

Contact
Welfund Inc
7525 SE 24th Street Ste 360
Mercer Island, WA 98040
(206) 236-0734
[email protected]
Form and materials
None specified
Deadlines
None specified
Restrictions
None specified

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $96,500

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $970,210

  • Tax year 2024

    $84,500

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $977,838

  • Tax year 2023

    $87,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $1,030,603

  • Tax year 2022

    $95,500

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $1,065,125

  • Tax year 2021

    $79,500

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $1,057,355

  • Tax year 2020

    $78,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $1,128,371

  • Tax year 2019

    $76,800

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $1,193,037

  • Tax year 2018

    $75,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $1,228,166

Grants paid in 2025

12 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. NW School of Wooden Boat BuPort Hadlock, WA

    General support

    $50,000
  2. Urban Art WorksSeattle, WA

    General support

    $10,000
  3. Leavenworth Ski Hill Heritage FNDLeavenworth, WA

    Facilitate winter recreation

    $6,300
  4. Chimpanzee SanctuaryCle Elum, WA

    General support

    $5,000
  5. Grunewald GuildLeavenworth, WA

    General support

    $5,000
  6. Red & Blue FoundationHayden, ID

    Canfield incident

    $5,000
  7. Teen & Kid ClosetSpokane, WA

    Ella lopez

    $5,000
  8. Wenatchee River InstituteLeavenworth, WA

    General support

    $5,000
  9. Chelan County Fire DistrictLeavenworth, WA

    General support

    $2,000
  10. Cascade Public MediaSeattle, WA

    General support

    $1,200
  11. Chris Craft Antique Boat ClubWaterford, MI

    General support

    $1,000
  12. WsuPullman, WA

    General support

    $1,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Arts and culture2 grants $6,20051% of the total
  2. Disaster relief and public safety1 grant $5,00041% of the total
  3. Sports and recreation1 grant $1,0008% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Washington10 grants $90,500
  2. Idaho1 grant $5,000
  3. Michigan1 grant $1,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • M Anthony KeyserPRESIDENT Hours 0Pay $0
  • Mary Anne KeyserVICE PRESIDE Hours 0Pay $0
  • Jill KeyserSECRETARY/TR Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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