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Grant recipient EIN 45-3035382Education

Who funds Degrees of Change?

41 private foundations gave Degrees of Change in Tacoma, WA $8.4 million across 162 grants, in tax years 2017 to 2025.

Grants listed on funders’ 990-PF returns for tax years 2017 to 2025, read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

Grants received by year

Grants from private foundations by the funder’s tax year. The latest year is in blue; it is not complete until all its returns reach the IRS.

Every foundation grant, by year

162 grants

Each line as the funder listed it on its return, newest year first, then largest.

  1. Medina FoundationSeattle, WA 2025

    General operating

    $30,000
  2. Gary E Milgard Family Foundation- SunshineTacoma, WA 2025

    Washington youth

    $15,000
  3. The Bamford FoundationTacoma, WA 2025

    General support

    $12,000
  4. Fuchsg & M FDN TaiEagan, MN 2025

    General operating

    $10,000
  5. Kelly Foundation of WashingtonPort Orchard, WA 2025

    By empowering low-income, first-generation college students through educational support

    $5,000
  6. Wm Kilworth FDN TWBrooklyn, OH 2025

    General operating

    $5,000
  7. Kilworth Florence Char TR FNDNEagan, MN 2025

    General operating

    $5,000
  8. Heidner Marco J Char TrustEagan, MN 2025

    General operating

    $2,500
  9. Allison Foundation Trust TaiEagan, MN 2025

    General operating

    $1,000
  10. Gates FoundationSeattle, WA 2024

    Research and learning opportunities; washington state education and human service needs

    $787,247
  11. Gates FoundationSeattle, WA 2024

    Washington state education and human service needs

    $100,000
  12. Stewardship FoundationTacoma, WA 2024

    Unrestricted support

    $40,000
  13. Liberty Mutual Foundation IncBoston, MA 2024

    Local act six & seed careers

    $35,000
  14. Moccasin Lake FoundationWilmington, DE 2024

    Support Local Leaders with Our Act Six & Seed Careers fund

    $15,500
  15. Woodworth Family FoundationTacoma, WA 2024

    General operations support

    $15,000
  16. Ellison FoundationBellevue, WA 2024

    Seed internships

    $15,000
  17. LT Murray Family FoundationWilmington, DE 2024

    General & Unrestricted

    $13,000
  18. Charleys Kids FoundationColumbus, OH 2024

    Education: college and career

    $10,191
  19. Sequoia FoundationTacoma, WA 2024

    Fye 6/2024 act six local program support

    $10,000
  20. Forest FoundationTacoma, WA 2024

    Operating support - act six local program support

    $10,000
  21. Fuchsg & M FDN TaiEagan, MN 2024

    General operating

    $10,000
  22. The Norcliffe FoundationSeattle, WA 2024

    General operating

    $10,000
  23. Kelly Foundation of WashingtonPort Orchard, WA 2024

    By helping to prepare diverse, homegrown leaders to succeed in college and career

    $5,000
  24. June & Julian Foss FoundationFircrest, WA 2024

    Seed internships

    $5,000
  25. Kilworth Florence Char TR FNDNEagan, MN 2024

    General operating

    $5,000
  26. The Dimmer Family FoundationTacoma, WA 2024

    General

    $2,000
  27. College Spark WashingtonSeattle, WA 2024

    Employee match

    $1,000
  28. The Pfizer Foundation IncNew York, NY 2024

    Volunteer program

    $50
  29. Stewardship FoundationTacoma, WA 2023

    Unrestricted support

    $70,000
  30. College Spark WashingtonSeattle, WA 2023

    Otr2136 trustee discretionary gift

    $40,000
  31. Liberty Mutual Foundation IncBoston, MA 2023

    Local act six & seed careers

    $35,000
  32. Moccasin Lake FoundationWilmington, DE 2023

    Support Local Leaders with Our Act Six & Seed Internships fund

    $35,000
  33. Discuren FoundationSeattle, WA 2023

    General operating support

    $27,000
  34. Thomas V Giddens Jr Charitable FoundationFircrest, WA 2023

    General Support

    $20,000
  35. Medina FoundationSeattle, WA 2023

    Seed internships

    $20,000
  36. LT Murray Family FoundationWilmington, DE 2023

    General & Unrestricted

    $17,000
  37. Gary E Milgard Family Foundation- SunshineTacoma, WA 2023

    General operating

    $15,000
  38. Woodworth Family FoundationTacoma, WA 2023

    General operations support

    $15,000
  39. Ellison FoundationBellevue, WA 2023

    Seed internships

    $15,000
  40. Charleys Kids FoundationColumbus, OH 2023

    Education: college and career

    $10,022
  41. Sequoia FoundationTacoma, WA 2023

    Fye 6/2024 act six local program support

    $10,000
  42. Forest FoundationTacoma, WA 2023

    Operating support - act six local program support

    $10,000
  43. Fuchsg & M FDN TaiEagan, MN 2023

    General operating

    $10,000
  44. Umpqua Bank Charitable FoundationLake Oswego, OR 2023

    Seed Internships

    $5,000
  45. AB CarVal FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2023

    General Operating Support

    $5,000
  46. Medina FoundationSeattle, WA 2023

    RFP - professional development

    $5,000
  47. June & Julian Foss FoundationFircrest, WA 2023

    Seed internships

    $5,000
  48. Wm Kilworth FDN TWBrooklyn, OH 2023

    General operating

    $5,000
  49. The Dimmer Family FoundationTacoma, WA 2023

    General

    $2,500
  50. Heidner Marco J Char TrustEagan, MN 2023

    General operating

    $2,500
  51. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2023

    General support

    $73
  52. Gates FoundationSeattle, WA 2022

    K-12 education; postsecondary education; research and learning opportunities

    $753,565
  53. The Kresge FoundationTroy, MI 2022

    To subsidize school district access to the degrees of change digital app, guided insight, to enable analysis, reporting, and visualization of student enrollment data.

    $150,000
  54. Stewardship FoundationTacoma, WA 2022

    Unrestricted

    $70,000
  55. Discuren FoundationSeattle, WA 2022

    General operating support

    $45,000
  56. M J Murdock Charitable TrustVancouver, WA 2022

    New staff

    $43,000
  57. Liberty Mutual Foundation IncBoston, MA 2022

    Local act six & seed internships

    $35,000
  58. The Russell Family FoundationGig Harbor, WA 2022

    General operating support

    $30,000
  59. Gary E Milgard Family Foundation- SunshineTacoma, WA 2022

    Seed internships

    $20,000
  60. Medina FoundationSeattle, WA 2022

    Seed internships

    $20,000
  61. The Bamford FoundationTacoma, WA 2022

    Act six scholarship program and capacity building support.

    $15,000
  62. Ben B Cheney Foundation IncTacoma, WA 2022

    Seed internships - supporting two interns at local non-profits

    $15,000
  63. Charleys Kids FoundationColumbus, OH 2022

    Program service support

    $10,306
  64. Sequoia FoundationTacoma, WA 2022

    Operating - six local program support

    $10,000
  65. Lucky Seven FoundationWilmington, DE 2022

    Local Act Six and Seed Intership Fund

    $10,000
  66. June & Julian Foss FoundationFircrest, WA 2022

    Seed internships

    $10,000
  67. Forest FoundationTacoma, WA 2022

    Operating support - act six local program support

    $10,000
  68. Fuchsg & M FDN TaiEagan, MN 2022

    Charitable

    $10,000
  69. Ellison FoundationBellevue, WA 2022

    Seed internships

    $10,000
  70. LT Murray Family FoundationWilmington, DE 2022

    General & Unrestricted

    $8,000
  71. Woodworth Family FoundationTacoma, WA 2022

    General operations support

    $7,500
  72. The Norcliffe FoundationSeattle, WA 2022

    Act six & seed careers local programming

    $7,500
  73. Umpqua Bank Charitable FoundationLake Oswego, OR 2022

    Seed Internships

    $6,500
  74. Liberty Mutual Foundation IncBoston, MA 2022

    2022 inflation recognition grants

    $5,000
  75. AB CarVal FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2022

    General Operating Support

    $5,000
  76. Wm Kilworth FDN TWBrooklyn, OH 2022

    General operating

    $5,000
  77. Raikes FoundationSeattle, WA 2022

    Raikes foundation employee charitable match

    $4,491
  78. Kilworth Florence Char TR FNDNEagan, MN 2022

    Charitable

    $4,000
  79. The Dimmer Family FoundationTacoma, WA 2022

    General

    $2,500
  80. Heidner Marco J Char TrustEagan, MN 2022

    Charitable

    $2,000
  81. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2022

    General support

    $68
  82. Gates FoundationSeattle, WA 2021

    K-12 education

    $515,525
  83. The Kresge FoundationTroy, MI 2021

    To subsidize school district access to the degrees of change digital app, guided insight, to enable analysis, reporting, and visualization of student enrollment data.

    $350,000
  84. M J Murdock Charitable TrustVancouver, WA 2021

    New staff

    $85,000
  85. Stewardship FoundationTacoma, WA 2021

    General operations

    $70,000
  86. Discuren FoundationSeattle, WA 2021

    General operating support

    $45,000
  87. The Russell Family FoundationGig Harbor, WA 2021

    General operating support

    $45,000
  88. The Bamford FoundationTacoma, WA 2021

    Act six scholarship program and capacity building support.

    $30,000
  89. Liberty Mutual Foundation IncBoston, MA 2021

    Act six & seed internships

    $25,000
  90. Moccasin Lake FoundationWilmington, DE 2021

    Act Six and Seed programs

    $25,000
  91. Gary E Milgard Family Foundation- SunshineTacoma, WA 2021

    Seed internships

    $20,000
  92. Medina FoundationSeattle, WA 2021

    Seed internships

    $15,000
  93. Ben B Cheney Foundation IncTacoma, WA 2021

    Seed internships - supporting two nonprofit interns

    $14,000
  94. LT Murray Family FoundationWilmington, DE 2021

    General & Unrestricted

    $12,000
  95. Sequoia FoundationTacoma, WA 2021

    Operating - six local program support

    $10,000
  96. Forest FoundationTacoma, WA 2021

    Operating support - act six local program support

    $10,000
  97. Ellison FoundationBellevue, WA 2021

    Seed internships

    $10,000
  98. Charleys Kids FoundationColumbus, OH 2021

    Mentoring: high school /college graduation

    $9,923
  99. Fuchsg & M FDN TaiEagan, MN 2021

    Charitable

    $8,000
  100. AB CarVal FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2021

    General Operating support

    $5,000
  101. Kilworth Florence Char TR FNDNEagan, MN 2021

    Charitable

    $5,000
  102. Umpqua Bank Charitable FoundationLake Oswego, OR 2021

    Seed Internships

    $3,500
  103. The Dimmer Family FoundationTacoma, WA 2021

    General

    $3,500
  104. Raikes FoundationSeattle, WA 2021

    Raikes foundation employee charitable match

    $1,023
  105. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2021

    General support

    $65
  106. Gates FoundationSeattle, WA 2020

    K-12 education

    $800,000
  107. College Spark WashingtonSeattle, WA 2020

    Oaf2066 tacoma completes - summer melt data tracking

    $145,000
  108. The Bamford FoundationTacoma, WA 2020

    Act six scholarship program and capacity building support.

    $91,000
  109. M J Murdock Charitable TrustVancouver, WA 2020

    New staff

    $71,500
  110. Stewardship FoundationTacoma, WA 2020

    General operations

    $60,000
  111. The Russell Family FoundationGig Harbor, WA 2020

    General operating support

    $45,000
  112. Discuren FoundationSeattle, WA 2020

    Ready to rise

    $44,000
  113. Robert Sterling Clark Foundation IncNew York, NY 2020

    General support

    $40,000
  114. Liberty Mutual Foundation IncBoston, MA 2020

    Act six & ready to rise

    $25,000
  115. Moccasin Lake FoundationWilmington, DE 2020

    General & Unrestricted

    $25,000
  116. Robert Sterling Clark Foundation IncNew York, NY 2020

    General support

    $20,000
  117. Johnson & Haefling Family FoundationBainbridge Island, WA 2020

    General purposes

    $20,000
  118. LT Murray Family FoundationWilmington, DE 2020

    General & Unrestricted

    $15,000
  119. Sequoia FoundationTacoma, WA 2020

    Operating - tacoma completes program

    $15,000
  120. Forest FoundationTacoma, WA 2020

    Operating support - tacoma completes

    $15,000
  121. Sequoia FoundationTacoma, WA 2020

    Operating - six local program

    $10,000
  122. Forest FoundationTacoma, WA 2020

    Operating support - six local program support

    $10,000
  123. The Norcliffe FoundationSeattle, WA 2020

    Act six and seed internships

    $10,000
  124. Charleys Kids FoundationColumbus, OH 2020

    Mentoring: high school /college graduation

    $9,708
  125. Fuchsg & M FDN TaiEagan, MN 2020

    Charitable

    $8,000
  126. The Russell Family FoundationGig Harbor, WA 2020

    Staff & student support

    $6,000
  127. June & Julian Foss FoundationFircrest, WA 2020

    Seed internships

    $5,100
  128. Woodworth Family FoundationTacoma, WA 2020

    General operations support

    $5,000
  129. Kilworth Florence Char TR FNDNEagan, MN 2020

    Charitable

    $5,000
  130. The Dimmer Family FoundationTacoma, WA 2020

    General

    $3,500
  131. Wm Kilworth FDN TWBrooklyn, OH 2020

    General operating

    $3,500
  132. Umpqua Bank Charitable FoundationLake Oswego, OR 2020

    Act Six Tacoma-Seattle

    $3,000
  133. Armanino FoundationSan Ramon, CA 2020

    Education

    $2,000
  134. Raikes FoundationSeattle, WA 2020

    Raikes foundation employee charitable match

    $308
  135. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2020

    General support

    $37
  136. Gates FoundationSeattle, WA 2019

    K-12 education

    $1,100,000
  137. College Spark WashingtonSeattle, WA 2019

    Hei1943 ready to rise implementation

    $779,695
  138. The Bamford FoundationTacoma, WA 2019

    Act six scholarship program and capacity building support.

    $51,500
  139. College Spark WashingtonSeattle, WA 2019

    Otr2044 trustee discretionary grant degrees of change (mccabe)

    $50,000
  140. Discuren FoundationSeattle, WA 2019

    Ready to rise

    $40,000
  141. Gary E Milgard Family Foundation- SunshineTacoma, WA 2019

    Seed internships

    $20,000
  142. Medina FoundationSeattle, WA 2019

    Seed internships

    $15,000
  143. Charleys Kids FoundationColumbus, OH 2019

    Mentoring: high school /college graduation

    $10,169
  144. Woodworth Family FoundationTacoma, WA 2019

    General operations support

    $7,500
  145. The Russell Family FoundationGig Harbor, WA 2019

    General operating support

    $5,000
  146. June & Julian Foss FoundationFircrest, WA 2019

    Seed internships

    $5,000
  147. AbbVie FoundationNorth Chicago, IL 2019

    Matching grants

    $1,900
  148. Armanino FoundationSan Ramon, CA 2019

    To assist charitable organizations

    $500
  149. College Spark WashingtonSeattle, WA 2019

    Employee match

    $256
  150. Gates FoundationSeattle, WA 2018

    K-12 education

    $399,248
  151. Gary E Milgard Family Foundation- SunshineTacoma, WA 2018

    Professional/ internship program

    $50,000
  152. Johnson & Haefling Family FoundationBainbridge Island, WA 2018

    General purposes

    $25,000
  153. The Russell Family FoundationGig Harbor, WA 2018

    Act six - program operations and program transition

    $25,000
  154. The Russell Family FoundationGig Harbor, WA 2018

    Act six tacoma-seattle

    $25,000
  155. The Bamford FoundationTacoma, WA 2018

    Act six scholarship program and capacity building support.

    $15,000
  156. The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncCharlotte, NC 2018

    Program/operating support

    $10,000
  157. Charleys Kids FoundationColumbus, OH 2018

    Mentoring: high school /college graduation

    $7,500
  158. Woodworth Family FoundationTacoma, WA 2018

    General operations support

    $7,500
  159. AbbVie FoundationNorth Chicago, IL 2018

    Matching Grant

    $475
  160. The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncCharlotte, NC 2018

    Program/operating support

    $100
  161. The Bamford FoundationTacoma, WA 2017

    Act six scholarship program and capacity building support.

    $40,200
  162. The Bulova Stetson FundGarden City, NY 2017

    College Scholarship fund and Leadership Program

    $10,000

Funders of similar organizations nearby

Foundations that gave to other education organizations in Tacoma, WA and are not among Degrees of Change’s funders above.

  1. Puget Sound Energy FoundationWilmington, DE 7 grants Preselected only $8,640 to similar organizations
  2. Korum for Kids FoundationPuyallup, WA 10 grants Accepts applications $83,503 to similar organizations
  3. Oscar T and Olivann Hokold FoundationLakewood, WA 16 grants Preselected only $795,000 to similar organizations
  4. Names Family FoundationFircrest, WA 16 grants Accepts applications $104,041 to similar organizations
  5. GE Aerospace FoundationNorwalk, CT 5 grants Accepts applications $5,215 to similar organizations
  6. Ruth Evans Charitable Trust TaiEagan, MN 12 grants Preselected only $450,476 to similar organizations
  7. The Neeb Family FoundationPelham, AL 9 grants Preselected only $132,500 to similar organizations
  8. The Baker FoundationTacoma, WA 17 grants Accepts applications $95,000 to similar organizations

About this match

Funders write a recipient’s name and address, not its EIN. We matched these grants to EIN 45-3035382 by name and ZIP code, or by name, city and State against the IRS list of exempt organizations and our list of filers. Grants we could not tie to one organization are not counted here.