Janet Wright Ketcham Foundation
Private foundation · Seattle, WA · EIN 91-1276055 · reported 2023–2025
62grants reported
$10Kmedian award
$3,000lower quartile
$250smallest grant
$2.3Mtotal paid
8states reached
3years giving
This foundation funds faith-based organizations. 12 of its 62 reported grants went to churches, ministries or other religious organizations, $189K in total. That is what it paid, not what it says in a policy.
Gives every year. This foundation reported grants in 2023, 2024, 2025. A funder that shows up year after year is worth a letter even if this year is a no.
Where to write
1126 34TH Ave
Seattle, WA 98122-5136
Address as registered with the IRS. Most foundations this size have no website and no application form, which is not a dead end: a short letter to this address is the whole process, and almost nobody sends one.
Who they funded
| Recipient and stated purpose | Where | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Seattle Art Museum TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO EXEMPT ORGANIZATION | Seattle, WA | $286,500 |
| Seattle Art Museum TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO EXEMPT ORGANIZATION | Seattle, WA | $275,000 |
| Friends of Waterfront Seattle TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO EXEMPT ORGANIZATION | Seattle, WA | $250,000 |
| Friends of Waterfront Seattle TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO EXEMPT ORGANIZATION | Seattle, WA | $250,000 |
| Friends of Waterfront Seattle TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO EXEMPT ORGANIZATION | Seattle, WA | $250,000 |
| Schwab Charitable TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO EXEMPT ORGANIZATION | San Francisco, CA | $150,000 |
| Sahar Education TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO EXEMPT ORGANIZATION | Seattle, WA | $100,000 |
| Epiphany Parish of Seattle TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO EXEMPT ORGANIZATION | Seattle, WA | $65,000 |
| Schwab Charitable TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO EXEMPT ORGANIZATION | San Francisco, CA | $50,000 |
| Seattle University TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO EXEMPT ORGANIZATION | Seattle, WA | $50,000 |
| United Way of King County TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO EXEMPT ORGANIZATION | Seattle, WA | $50,000 |
| Saint Mark's Cathedral Parish TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO EXEMPT ORGANIZATION | Seattle, WA | $30,000 |
| Seattle Art Museum TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO EXEMPT ORGANIZATION | Seattle, WA | $30,000 |
| Council on Foreign Relations TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO EXEMPT ORGANIZATION | New York, NY | $25,000 |
| YWCA Seattle King County TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO EXEMPT ORGANIZATION | Seattle, WA | $25,000 |
| Epiphany Parish of Seattle TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO EXEMPT ORGANIZATION | Seattle, WA | $25,000 |
| Epiphany Parish of Seattle TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO EXEMPT ORGANIZATION | Seattle, WA | $25,000 |
| YWCA Seattle King County TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO EXEMPT ORGANIZATION | Seattle, WA | $25,000 |
| Council on Foreign Relations TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO EXEMPT ORGANIZATION | New York, NY | $25,000 |
| Saint Mark's Cathedral TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO EXEMPT ORGANIZATION | Seattle, WA | $20,000 |
| Seattle Symphony TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO EXEMPT ORGANIZATION | Seattle, WA | $20,000 |
| Seattle Symphony TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO EXEMPT ORGANIZATION | Seattle, WA | $15,000 |
| Saint Mark's Cathedral TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO EXEMPT ORGANIZATION | Seattle, WA | $15,000 |
| United Way of King County TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO EXEMPT ORGANIZATION | Seattle, WA | $15,000 |
| The Great Elehpant Migration TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO EXEMPT ORGANIZATION | New York, NY | $13,000 |
| Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO EXEMPT ORGANIZATION | Eastsound, WA | $13,000 |
| Cascade PBS TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO EXEMPT ORGANIZATION | Seattle, WA | $10,000 |
| Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO EXEMPT ORGANIZATION | Eastsound, WA | $10,000 |
| Pacific Northwest Ballet TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO EXEMPT ORGANIZATION | Seattle, WA | $10,000 |
| Saint Stephen's Episcopal Church TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO EXEMPT ORGANIZATION | Seattle, WA | $10,000 |
| Seattle Symphony TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO EXEMPT ORGANIZATION | Seattle, WA | $10,000 |
| Smith College TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO EXEMPT ORGANIZATION | Northampton, MA | $10,000 |
| Northwest Harvest TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO EXEMPT ORGANIZATION | Auburn, WA | $10,000 |
| Seattle Opera TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO EXEMPT ORGANIZATION | Seattle, WA | $10,000 |
| YWCA Seattle King County TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO EXEMPT ORGANIZATION | Seattle, WA | $10,000 |
| Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO EXEMPT ORGANIZATION | Eastsound, WA | $10,000 |
| Pacific Northwest Ballet TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO EXEMPT ORGANIZATION | Seattle, WA | $10,000 |
| Saint Stephen's Episcopal Church TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO EXEMPT ORGANIZATION | Seattle, WA | $10,000 |
| Seattle Public Library Foundation TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO EXEMPT ORGANIZATION | Seattle, WA | $10,000 |
| Arboretum Foundation TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO EXEMPT ORGANIZATION | Seattle, WA | $5,000 |
| Seattle's Union Gospel Mission TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO EXEMPT ORGANIZATION | Seattle, WA | $5,000 |
| Treehouse TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO EXEMPT ORGANIZATION | Seattle, WA | $5,000 |
| Wood River Land Trust TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO EXEMPT ORGANIZATION | Hailey, ID | $5,000 |
| Seattle's Union Gospel Mission TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO EXEMPT ORGANIZATION | Seattle, WA | $5,000 |
| Northwest Harvest TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO EXEMPT ORGANIZATION | Auburn, WA | $5,000 |
| Seattle's Union Gospel Mission TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO EXEMPT ORGANIZATION | Seattle, WA | $5,000 |
| Emmanuel Episcopal Parish of Orcas Island TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO EXEMPT ORGANIZATION | Eastsound, WA | $3,000 |
| Emmanuel Episcopal Parish of Orcas Island TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO EXEMPT ORGANIZATION | Eastsound, WA | $3,000 |
| Emmanuel Episcopal Parish of Orcas Island TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO EXEMPT ORGANIZATION | Eastsound, WA | $3,000 |
| Washington Women's Foundation TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO EXEMPT ORGANIZATION | Seattle, WA | $2,500 |
| Washington Women's Foundation TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO EXEMPT ORGANIZATION | Seattle, WA | $2,500 |
| Kcts 9 TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO EXEMPT ORGANIZATION | Seattle, WA | $2,500 |
| St George's College Inc TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO EXEMPT ORGANIZATION | Alexandria, VA | $2,500 |
| UC Davis Seadoc Society TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO EXEMPT ORGANIZATION | Davis, CA | $2,500 |
| Upower TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO EXEMPT ORGANIZATION | Seattle, WA | $2,000 |
| Audubon Society TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO EXEMPT ORGANIZATION | Topeka, KS | $500 |
| Kuow 949 FM TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO EXEMPT ORGANIZATION | Seattle, WA | $500 |
| Cornell Lab of Ornithology TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO EXEMPT ORGANIZATION | Ithaca, NY | $500 |
| Kuow 949 FM TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO EXEMPT ORGANIZATION | Seattle, WA | $500 |
| Cornell Lab of Ornithology TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO EXEMPT ORGANIZATION | Ithaca, NY | $250 |
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