First Fed Foundation
Port Angeles, WA · EIN 46-3425308. Reported 144 grants totalling $2,810,000 to 125 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. First Fed Foundation 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 $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $25,000; the smallest was $5,000 and the largest $100,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northwest Maritime Center | Port Townsend, WA | $105,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Habitat for Humanity of Clallam County | Port Angeles, WA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mercy Housing Northwest | Seattle, WA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Council of the Olympic Peninsula of the Society of St Vincent De Paul | Indianola, WA | $85,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Clallam County Young Men's Christian Assn Inc Dba Olympic Peninsula YMCA | Sequim, WA | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Jefferson Healthcare Foundation | Port Townsend, WA | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Port Angeles Food Bank | Port Angeles, WA | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Western Washington University Foundation | Bellingham, WA | $65,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Puget Sound Voyaging Society Dba Community Boat Project | Nordland, WA | $55,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Center for Inclusive Entrepreneurship | Seattle, WA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Forks Community Food Bank | Forks, WA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Habitat for Humanity in Whatcom County | Bellingham, WA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Habitat for Humanity of East Jefferson County | Port Townsend, WA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Housing Resources Bainbridge | Bainbridge Island, WA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kitsap Community Resources | Bremerton, WA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| North Olympic Healthcare Network | Port Angeles, WA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Parkview Services | Shoreline, WA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Peninsula Behavioral Health | Port Angeles, WA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Port Angeles Waterfront Center | Port Angeles, WA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| ROAD2HOME | Bellingham, WA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Nature Conservancy | Seattle, WA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Unity Care Northwest | Bellingham, WA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Young Women's Christian Association of Bellingham Dba YWCA Bellingham | Bellingham, WA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Volunteers in Medicine of the Olympics Dba Olympic Peninsula Community Clin | Port Angeles, WA | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Olympic College Foundation | Bremerton, WA | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Olympic Medical Center Foundation | Port Angeles, WA | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Re Sources | Bellingham, WA | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Lydia Place a Nonprofit Corporation Dba Lydia Place | Bellingham, WA | $33,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Center for Sustainable Infrastructure | Olympia, WA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kulshan Community Land Trust | Bellingham, WA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding | Port Hadlock, WA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Serenity House of Clallam County | Port Angeles, WA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| 4PA | Port Angeles, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Alternatives to Hunger Dba Bellingham Food Bank | Bellingham, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bainbridge Daycare and Preschool | Bainbridge Island, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bellevue Schools Foundation | Bellevue, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula | Sequim, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Whatcom County | Bellingham, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Camp Beausite Northwest | Port Hadlock, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Clallam County Fire Protection District No 4 | Joyce, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Clallam-Jefferson Pro Bono Lawyers | Port Angeles, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Congregations for the Homeless Dba Porchlight | Bellevue, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Eastside Legal Assistance Program | Bellevue, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Forks Abuse Program Dba Mariposa House | Forks, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Housing Connector | Seattle, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kitsap Legal Services | Bremerton, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lhaq'temish Foundation Dba Lummi Nation Service Organization | Bellingham, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nooksack Salmon Enhancement Association | Bellingham, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| North Olympic Library System | Port Angeles, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Overlake Service League Dba Bellevue Lifespring | Bellevue, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| OWL360 | Port Townsend, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Peninsula College Dba Peninsula College Foundation | Port Angeles, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Roxy Bremerton Foundation | Bremerton, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Scarlet Road | Bremerton, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jumping Mouse Children's Center | Port Townsend, WA | $21,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Disaster Relief Dba Ginger's Closet & Disaster Relief | Forks, WA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Coffee Oasis | Bremerton, WA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Trinity United Methodist Church | Port Townsend, WA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wild Bird Charity | Bellingham, WA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Bellingham Public Schools Foundation | Bellingham, WA | $12,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Whatcom Family YMCA | Bellingham, WA | $12,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Clallam Mosaic | Port Angeles, WA | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Peacock Family Services | Bainbridge Island, WA | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bremerton Foodline | Bremerton, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Captain Joseph House Foundation | Port Angeles, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| College Success Foundation | Bellevue, WA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Feiro Marine Life Center | Port Angeles, WA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Lutheran Community Services Northwest | Port Angeles, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Morningside | Olympia, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| NAMI of Whatcom County | Bellingham, WA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| North Olympic Foster Parent Association | Sequim, WA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Vamos Outdoors Project | Bellingham, WA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Whatcom Dispute Resolution Center | Bellingham, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cares of Washington | Seattle, WA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cascade Medical Advantage | Bellingham, WA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Communities in Schools of Whatcom County | Bellingham, WA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Dove House Advocacy Services | Port Townsend, WA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| East Jefferson County Conference of the Society of St Vincent De Paul | Port Townsend, WA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Growing Veterans | Lynden, WA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kitsap Cancer Services | Poulsbo, WA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kitsap Community Foundation | Silverdale, WA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| North Kitsap Fishline | Poulsbo, WA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sequim Education Foundation | Sequim, WA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Benji Project | Port Townsend, WA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Whatcom Center for Early Learning | Bellingham, WA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Banbridge Youth Services | Bainbridge Island, WA | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Assistance League of Bellingham | Bellingham, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bainbridge Artisan Resource Network (barn) | Bainbridge Island, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cascade Connections | Ferndale, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Catholic Community Services of Western Washington | Tacoma, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Coats for Kids | Sequim, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Coyote Foundation | Port Hadlock, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Dungeness Valley Health & Wellness Clinic Dba Sequim Free Clinic | Sequim, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| East Jefferson Conference of the Society of St Vincent De Paul | Port Townsend, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ferndale Community Service Cooperative | Ferndale, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Financial Beginnings | Portland, OR | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Financial Beginnings Washington | Tukwila, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Foster Hearts | Custer, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Helen Haller Elementary School (sequim School District #323) | Sequim, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Invested | Renton, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jefferson County Immigration Rights Advocates | Port Townsend, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jefferson Interfaith Action Coalition (jiac) Dba Winter Welcoming Center | Port Townsend, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Juan De Fuca Festival of the Arts Dba Juan De Fuca Foundation for the Arts | Port Angeles, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kathleen Sutton Inspirational Fund Dba Kathleen Sutton Fund | Kingston, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kids in Concert | Bainbridge Island, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kidzz Helping Kidzz | Silverdale, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kitsap Immigrant Assistance Center | Bremerton, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kitsap Regional Library Foundation | Bremerton, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kitsap Sexual Assault Center | Port Orchard, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Master Gardener Foundation of Clallam County | Sequim, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Max Higbee Community Recreation Center Dba Max Higbee Center | Bellingham, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| New Day Ministry | Bremerton, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| North Cascades Institute | Sedrowoolley, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Operation Homefront Inc | Tacoma, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Opportunity Council | Bellingham, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ourgems (our Girls Empowered Through Mentoring and Service) | Silverdale, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Port Townsend Marine Science Center | Port Townsend, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Port Townsend Marine Science Society Dba Port Townsend Marine Science Cente | Port Townsend, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Soroptimist International of the Olympic Rainforest | Forks, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| South Kitsap Helpline | Port Orchard, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Strongertowns Dba the Benji Project | Port Townsend, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Transformations By Austin Angels | Port Townsend, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Volunteer Hospice of Clallam County | Port Angeles, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Working Image | Port Townsend, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| YMCA Pierce and Kitsap Counties | Tacoma, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
19 of 125 (15%) 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 0%, 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.
- Mercy Housing Northwest
HOMELESSNESS & AFFORDABLE HOUSING - Jumping Mouse Children's Center
TECHNOLOGY FOR ACCESSIBILITY PROJECT
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 95 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 34 | $860,000 | $7,500 |
| 2022 | 39 | $800,000 | $10,000 |
| 2023 | 36 | $600,000 | $10,000 |
| 2024 | 35 | $550,000 | $10,000 |
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. 100% 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 $10,000. 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 First Fed Foundation'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: 105 West Eighth Po Box 351, Port Angeles, WA, 98362. 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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