The Sunny Day Charitable Foundation
Walla Walla, WA · EIN 83-6528314. Reported 97 grants totalling $696,000 to 41 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. The Sunny Day Charitable 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 $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,500 and $10,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $36,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mountain Humane Society | Walla Walla, WA | $94,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| YWCA | Walla Walla, WA | $59,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Cardinal's Nest | Waitsburg, WA | $47,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| YMCA | Walla Walla, WA | $43,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Wwcc Nursing Program | Walla Walla, WA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Blue Mountain Action Council Bmac | Walla Walla, WA | $35,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Providence Foundation | Walla Walla, WA | $35,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Skyline Adventures - Bluewood Program | Dayton, WA | $32,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Carnegie Picture Lab | Walla Walla, WA | $30,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Christian Aid Center | Walla Walla, WA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Blue Mountain Therapeutic Riding - Bmtr | College Place, WA | $27,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Health Center | Walla Walla, WA | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| United Way of the Blue Mountains | Walla Walla, WA | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Walla Walla Hospice | Walla Walla, WA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Hope Street | Walla Walla, WA | $19,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Fort Walla Walla Museum | Walla Walla, WA | $10,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Chaplaincy Health Care - Cork's Place | Richland, WA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Little Theater | Walla Walla, WA | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Walla Walla Catholic Schools | Walla Walla, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Walla Walla Valley Disability Network | Walla Walla, WA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Tri-State Steelheaders | Walla Walla, WA | $9,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lillie Rice Center | Walla Walla, WA | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Walla Walla Public Schools Foundation | Walla Walla, WA | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Walla Walla United Soccer Program | Walla Walla, WA | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Trilogy Recovery | Walla Walla, WA | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Blue Mountain Health Cooperation | Walla Walla, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Chaplaincy Health Care | Richland, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Friends of Walla Walla | Walla Walla, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Helpline | Walla Walla, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Legal Counsel for Youth and Children Wa | Seattle, WA | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Walla Walla United Soccer Club | Walla Walla, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Walla Walla Symphony | Walla Walla, WA | $4,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Blue Mtn Land Trust | Walla Walla, WA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Club-Plus Delta | Dayton, WA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Project Timothy | Dayton, WA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Frances Cabrini Charitable Services | Walla Walla, WA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sustainable Living Center | Walla Walla, WA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Walla Walla Senior Center | Walla Walla, WA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Gesa Powerhouse Theatre | Walla Walla, WA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Walla Walla Choral Society | Walla Walla, WA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Walla Walla Valley Bands | Walla Walla, WA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
27 of 41 (66%) 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 83%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. 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.
- YWCA
TO PAINT THE 13 DORMITORY ROOMS AT THE YWCA MAIN SHELTER. - Blue Mountain Action Council Bmac
BACKPACK BRIDGE AND PANTRY PROGRAMS. ALSO EARLY LEARNING COALITION - Blue Mountain Humane Society
CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION FOR SURGERY SUITE. - The Cardinal's Nest
AFTER SCHOOL AND SUMMER STEM AND ARTS PROGRAMS IN WAITSBURG. - Walla Walla Hospice
SUPPORT OF MEDICAL SUPPLIES AND GRIEF COUNSELING. - Christian Aid Center
CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION TO PROVIDE FOOD AND SHELTER.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 43 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 19 | $190,000 | $9,000 |
| 2022 | 22 | $177,500 | $5,000 |
| 2023 | 24 | $158,500 | $5,000 |
| 2024 | 32 | $170,000 | $5,000 |
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
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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 $5,000. 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 The Sunny Day Charitable 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: Po Box 2483, Walla Walla, WA, 99362. 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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