Charlotte Y Martin Foundation-Ima
Seattle, WA · EIN 47-2057123. Reported 256 grants totalling $4,947,658 to 204 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Charlotte Y Martin Foundation-Ima did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $15,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $10,000 and $20,000; the smallest was $2,000 and the largest $312,020. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corporation of Gonzaga University | Spokane, WA | $1,145,458 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Qizhjeh Vena Alaska Qva | Eagle River, AK | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Indigenous Creatives Collective | Seattle, WA | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Piegan Institute | Browning, MT | $70,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Salish School of Spokane | Spokane, WA | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Native Movement | Fairbanks, AK | $55,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Montana Two Spirit Society | Missoula, MT | $50,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Urban Native Education Alliance | Seattle, WA | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Clark Fork Coalition | Missoula, MT | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Terrain Programs | Spokane, WA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Chief Joseph Foundation | Lapwai, ID | $35,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Adelante Mujeres | Forest Grove, OR | $35,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Ahtna Intertribal Resource Commission | Glennallen, AK | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Alaska Marine Conservation Council | Anchorage, AK | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Crag Law Center | Portland, OR | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Home Range Wildlife Research | Winthrop, WA | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nimiipuu Ecosystems Restoration Inc | Lapwai, ID | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Ttawaxt Birth Justice Center | Selah, WA | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Boys and Girls Club of the Flathead | Ronan, MT | $33,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Spokane Riverkeeper | Spokane, WA | $33,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Centro De Comunidad Y Justicia | Boise, ID | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Idaho Conservation League Inc | Boise, ID | $30,000 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Refugee Womens Alliance | Seattle, WA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Southeast Alaska Conservation | Juneau, AK | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Todos Juntos Inc | Salem, OR | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Washingtons National Park Fund | Seattle, WA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Western Environmental Law Center | Eugene, OR | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Yaak Valley Forest Council | Troy, MT | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Service Board | Seattle, WA | $27,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Alaska Community Foundation | Anchorage, AK | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Columbia River Institute | Warm Springs, OR | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Elakha Alliance | Albany, OR | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Firefighters United for Safety | Eugene, OR | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Kachemak Heritage Land Trust Inc | Homer, AK | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Life Leaders Inc | Detroit, MI | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| N American Native Research and Edu Fnd | Pocatello, ID | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Pacific Rivers | Portland, OR | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Perseverance Theatre | Douglas, AK | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rainier Valley Corp Fiscal Sponsor | Seattle, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| River Newe | Fort Hall, ID | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Trustees for Alaska | Anchorage, AK | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Arlee Community Development Corporation | Arlee, MT | $20,230 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Alaska Native Cultural Charter School | Anchorage, AK | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Blue Mountains Biodiversity Project | Fossil, OR | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Breaking Chains Academy of Development I | Nampa, ID | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cascade Forest Conservancy | Vancouver, WA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Central Washington University | Ellensburg, WA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Chinook Indian Nation | Bay Center, WA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cocoon House | Everett, WA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ctr Cou Tlingit Haida Indian Tribes of a | Juneau, AK | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Day Eagle Hope Project | Harlem, MT | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| First Alaskans Institute | Anchorage, AK | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Foundation for Youth Resiliency and | Omak, WA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Free Verse Writing Project | Missoula, MT | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Friends of the Wild Swan | Bigfork, MT | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Futurewise | Seattle, WA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Hearts Gathered | Omak, WA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Heritage Society | Houston, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hunters of Color | Corvallis, OR | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Identity Inc | East Helena, MT | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Indigenous Roots & Reparation Foundation | Wenatchee, WA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Klamath-Siskiyou Wildlands | Ashland, OR | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Koahnic Broadcast Corporation | Anchorage, AK | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| L I G H T Foundation | Elmer City, WA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mahchiwminahnahtik Chippewa and Cree Lan | Box Elder, MT | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Native Conservancy | Cordova, AK | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nondalton Tribal Council | Nondalton, AL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Northwest American Indian Coalition | Brookings, OR | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Olympia Ecosystems | Olympia, WA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Organized Village of Kake | Kake, AK | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Peacekeeper Society | Union Gap, WA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Qizhjeh Heritage Institute | Anchorage, AK | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Re Sources | Bellingham, WA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| See Stories | Anchorage, AK | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Seventh Generation Fund | Arcata, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| South Fork John Day Watershed | John Day, OR | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Southeast Alaska Conservation Council | Juneau, AK | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Alaska Center | Anchorage, AK | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Be-Blac Foundation | Salem, OR | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Port Townsend Marine | Port Townsend, WA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Tundra Womens Coalition | Bethel, AK | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Two Eagle River School | Pablo, MT | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Vamos Outdoors Project | Bellingham, WA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Western Washington University Fdn | Bellingham, WA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Free Verse Project | Missoula, MT | $18,940 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Boys and Girls Club Flathead Reservation | Ronan, MT | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Snake River Waterkeeper Inc | Boise, ID | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Four Rivers Cultural Center | Ontario, OR | $17,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Initiative | Hemet, CA | $17,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Takshanuk Watershed Council | Haines, AK | $16,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Afro Scoutz Base | Medford, OR | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ahtna Intertribal Resource Commissio | Glennallen, AK | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Alaska Native Heritage Center | Anchorage, AK | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| All Nations Health | Missoula, MT | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Asia Pacific Cultural Center | Tacoma, WA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| B and G Club Lodge Grass | Lodge Grass, MT | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Big Sky Film Institute | Missoula, MT | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Black Oregon Land Trust | Corbett, OR | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Blackfeet Eco Knowledge Inc | Browning, MT | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Blackfeet Indian Land Conservation | Browning, MT | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Boys and Girls Club of N Cheyenne Nation | Lame Deer, MT | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Boys and Girls Club of the Hi-Line | Havre, MT | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Brown Like Me Inc | Nampa, ID | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cascades Carnivore Project | Hood River, OR | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cgg Invitational the Native Sharing | Tacoma, WA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Children of the Setting Sun | Bellingham, WA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Children of the Setting Sun Productions | Bellingham, WA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Class 7 Alliance | Box Elder, MT | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Duwamish River Cleanupcoalition-Technica | Seattle, WA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Duwamish River Community Coliation | Seattle, WA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Elevate Oregon | Portland, OR | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ethnic Cultural Heritage Exchange | Seattle, WA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Friends Forever Mentoring | Ronan, MT | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends of the Owyhee | Ontario, OR | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Golden Eagle Audubon Society | Boise, ID | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hispanic Cultural Center of Idaho Inc | Nampa, ID | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ilisagvik College | Barrow, AK | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Inchelium Language and Culture Assoc | Inchelium, WA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Indian Law Resource Center | Helena, MT | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Klamath-Siskiyou Wildlands Center | Ashland, OR | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lhaq Temish Foundation | Bellingham, WA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mahchiwminahmahtik Chippewa and | Box Elder, MT | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mija | Bozeman, MT | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Montana Audubon | Helena, MT | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mountains All Round | Browning, MT | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Nakoda Dakota Oyate Youth Council | Wolf Point, MT | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ndn Arts Inc | E Glacier Pk, MT | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nimiipu-Lapwai Idaho | Pullman, WA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Nkwusm | Arlee, MO | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Okanogan Land Trust | Okanogan, WA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Opal | Portland, OR | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Opal Environmental Justice | Portland, OR | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Oregon Natural Desert Association | Bend, OR | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Oregon Wild | Portland, OR | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pavva Inupiaq Dancers | Fairbanks, AK | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Peoples Partners for | Lame Deer, MT | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Perseverance Theatre | Douglas, AL | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Pongo Poetry Project | Seattle, WA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Project Girl Mentoring Program | Lynnwood, WA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rasika Society for Arts of India | Hillsboro, OR | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Red Eagle Soaring | Seattle, WA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Saltfire | Suquamish, WA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Samoa Pacific Development Corporation | Portland, OR | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Se Ak Indigenous Transboundary Commissio | Sitka, AK | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Siuslaw Watershed Council | Mapleton, OR | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Skiku Inc | Anchorage, AK | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Key to Change | Tukwila, WA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Native Sharing Garden | Tacoma, WA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Noble Foundation | Kelso, WA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Triumph Teen Life Center | Mount Vernon, WA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Tyonek Tribal Conservation District | Anchorage, AK | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Under One Roof Foundation | Seattle, WA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Wa-Bloc | Seattle, WA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Water Climate Trust | Redding, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Western Rivers Conservancy | Portland, OR | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Western Washington University | Bellingham, WA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wisdom of the Elderberry Farm | Salem, OR | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Young Native Fiddlers Inc | Fairbanks, AK | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Blackfeet Tribe | Browning, MT | $13,030 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Emerging Unidos | Salem, OR | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Aboriginal Outfitters | Riverside, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Alaska Wildlife Alliance | Anchorage, AK | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Arlee Youth Softball Association | Arlee, MT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bark | Portland, OR | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies | Homer, AK | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Confluences | Vancouver, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Foundation for Youth Resiliency | Omak, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Friends of the Columbia Gorge | Portland, OR | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Iurban Teen | Tukwila, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kettle Range Conservation Group | Republic, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Marys River Watershed Council | Corvallis, OR | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Methow Valley Citizens Council | Twisp, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nitsiniikookit | Billings, MT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| North Olympic Land Trust | Port Angeles, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Northwest African American Museum Inc | Seattle, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Project Youth College Dreams Inc | Grants Pass, OR | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Random Acts of Silliness | Bozeman, MT | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Seattle Theatre Group | Seattle, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Technology Access Foundation | Seattle, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Confluence Project | Vancouver, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Yukon River Inter-Tribal Watershed Counc | Anchorage, AK | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sandy River Basin Watershed Council | Gresham, OR | $9,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Southcentral Alask | Anchorage, AK | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Flathead-Lolo-Bitterroot Citizen Task | Missoula, MT | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Komemma Cultural Protection | Yoncalla, OR | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Alaska Arts Southeast | Sitka, AK | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends of the Clearwater | Moscow, ID | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Airow Project | Bellingham, WA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wibaux Public Schools | Wibaux, MT | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Big-Brained Superheroes Club | Seattle, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Columbia River Institute for Indigenous | Warm Springs, OR | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fast Blackfeet | Browning, MT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hipeexnu Kii U Nuun Wisiix | Lapwai, ID | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Juneau Arts and Council for Theater | Juneau, AK | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Maqlaqa Geetkni | Chiloquin, OR | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Okanogan Conservation District | Okanogan, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ophelias Place | Eugene, OR | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Orquesta Northwest | Seattle, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Roots in the Okanogan | Oroville, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Shades of Thorpe | Poplar, MT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Legacy Foundation of Seattle | Seattle, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Weapp | Renton, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Flathead-Lolo-Bitterroot Citizen | Missoula, MT | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Roy Elementary | Roy, WA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
40 of 204 (20%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 18%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Asia Pacific Cultural Center
GENERAL OPERATING PURPOSES - The Service Board
BOARD DISCRETIONARY GRANT
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 167 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 75 | $1,334,441 | $15,000 |
| 2022 | 62 | $1,060,605 | $15,000 |
| 2023 | 61 | $1,234,862 | $15,000 |
| 2024 | 58 | $1,317,750 | $15,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 48% of this one's giving went to organizations in Washington. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $15,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Washington.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Charlotte Y Martin Foundation-Ima's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 1201 Third Ave 5010, Seattle, WA, 98101. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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