Grants awarded
Who does The Bamford Foundation fund?
The Bamford Foundation has awarded $11 million across 647 grants to 354 grantees between 2019 and 2025. Its giving concentrates in human services. Its typical grant is $8,000, with most between $5,000 and $15,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $10,000 versus $7,500 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$11.0M
Typical grant
$8K
Grantees
354
Grants
647
Years
2019–2025
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Follow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U University of Washington Foundation (uw-Tacoma) | $774K | 5 | 2019–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Greentrike
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$750K | 4 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | WA | |
| Y YMCA of Pierce and Kitsap Counties | $531K | 4 | 2019–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Greater Tacoma Community Foundation
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$355K | 4 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | WA | |
| M Mary Bridge Children's Hospital Foundation | $346K | 4 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| F Foss Waterway Seaport Museum | $305K | 5 | 2019–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Boys and Girls Club of South Puget Sound
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$232K | 4 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | WA | |
| F First 5 Fundamentals | $225K | 4 | 2019–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$217K | 3 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | WA | |
Asia Pacific Cultural Center
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$215K | 4 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | WA | |
United Way of Pierce County
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$196K | 3 | 2019–2022 | 2022 | WA | |
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$183K | 4 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | WA | |
| T Tacoma Community Boat Builders INC | $116K | 4 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | WA | |
| I Individual recipient | $104K | 4 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Tacoma Arts Live
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$97K | 3 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | WA | |
Degrees of Change
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$96K | 3 | 2019–2022 | 2022 | WA | |
Tacoma Art Museum Tacoma WA
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$96K | 3 | 2019–2022 | 2022 | WA | |
Tacoma Community House
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$96K | 4 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | WA | |
| C Communities in Schools | $92K | 4 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
The Trust for Public Land
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$90K | 2 | 2019–2021 | 2021 | CA | |
| I Individual recipient | $86K | 2 | 2019–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| A Arts Impact | $85K | 5 | 2019–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| F Foundation for Tacoma Students | $82K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| S South Sound Outreach | $80K | 4 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| A Annie Wright School | $80K | 3 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| P Peace Community Center | $76K | 4 | 2019–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $75K | 4 | 2019–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| A American Leadership Forum | $74K | 5 | 2019–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$73K | 3 | 2019–2022 | 2022 | WA | |
| I Individual recipient | $71K | 5 | 2019–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Tacoma Urban Performing Arts Center
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$70K | 4 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | WA | |
Greater Metro Parks Foundation
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$66K | 3 | 2019–2022 | 2022 | WA | |
| J Job Carr Cabin Museum | $65K | 5 | 2019–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $65K | 3 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| A Asia Pacific Cultural Center | $65K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$62K | 2 | 2019–2022 | 2022 | VA | |
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$62K | 4 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | WA | |
| I Individual recipient | $60K | 4 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| T Tacid | $60K | 3 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | WA | — |
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$58K | 4 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | WA | |
| I Individual recipient | $58K | 5 | 2019–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| M Mustard Seed Project | $58K | 2 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $56K | 3 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Pierce County Project Access
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$55K | 3 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | WA | |
| A A Step Ahead Pierce County | $55K | 5 | 2019–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Raising Girls
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$55K | 4 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | WA | |
| I Individual recipient | $55K | 3 | 2019–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $53K | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | — | — |
| A Associated Ministries | $50K | 4 | 2019–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| G Greater Tacoma Community Foundation | $50K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| T Tacoma Urban Performing Arts Center | $50K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| G Goodwill Foundation | $50K | 3 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| C Communities in Schools of Tacoma | $48K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| R Reach Out and Read Washington State | $46K | 2 | 2019–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Lindquist Dental Clinic for Children
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$46K | 4 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | WA | |
| C Community Health Care | $46K | 3 | 2019–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Institute for Black Justice
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$43K | 3 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | WA | |
Hopesparks
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$41K | 4 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | WA | |
| T Tacoma Parks Foundation | $40K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| B Brightspark Early Learning Services | $40K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| O Oasis Youth Center | $37K | 2 | 2019–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| B Bytm Building Youth Through Music | $36K | 4 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | WA | |
Amara
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$36K | 3 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | WA | |
| B Brightspeak Early Learning Services | $36K | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| M Multicultural Child Hope Center | $36K | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | — | — |
| P Pacific Lutheran University Center for Community Engagement | $36K | 5 | 2019–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| T Tra Medical Imaging Foundation | $35K | 4 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | WA | |
| R Readiness Acceleration Innovation Network | $35K | 2 | 2019–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| N Northwest Furniture Bank | $35K | 4 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Olive Crest
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$35K | 2 | 2019–2022 | 2022 | CA | |
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$33K | 3 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | WA | |
| B Bold Solutions | $32K | 2 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | WA | |
| F Friends of the Children | $32K | 3 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| R Rebuilding Hope Sexual Assault Center of Pierce County | $31K | 4 | 2019–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| L Look Listen and Learn | $30K | 4 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| V Vibrant Schools of Puget Sound | $30K | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | WA | |
| T Tacoma Youth Marine Foundation | $30K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| C Carol Milgard Breast Health Center | $30K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| Y YWCA of Tacoma | $30K | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | — | — |
Humanities Washington
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$30K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | WA | |
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$30K | 3 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | WA | |
| Y YMCA of Greater Seattle | $30K | 3 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $30K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $30K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $30K | 3 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| T Tacoma Area Youth for Christ | $28K | 4 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| R Red Barn Youth Center (red Barn Association) | $28K | 3 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$28K | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | WA | |
The Coffee Oasis
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$28K | 2 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | WA | |
| L Lutheran Community Services Nw | $26K | 2 | 2019–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| B Birdnote | $25K | 3 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| G Goodwill of the Olympics and Ranier | $25K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| N New Phoebe House Association | $25K | 3 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $25K | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | — | — |
Communities for a Healthy Bay
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$25K | 3 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | WA | |
| I Individual recipient | $25K | 2 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| T Tacomapierce County Habitat for Humanity | $25K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| W Washington State Historical Society | $25K | 2 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | WA | |
| T Trinity Presbyterian Church | $25K | 2 | 2019–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| T The Trust for Public Land | $25K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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