Giving up by more than $54 million
Most of the increase can be explained by significant changes in funding from eight of the top 10 funders; notably, the Norcliffe Foundation increased giving to the state by 105% ($17 million) and The Boeing Company increased contributions to the state by 92% ($13 million). International organizations received the greatest proportion of funds (25%), totaling more than $133 million. Nearly 92% of all international grants were allocated to health-related issues, including communicable disease prevention and vaccine development. Giving to education increased by 52% ($40 million) in 2012. This increase was predominantly driven by significant shifts in giving to: two-year colleges and technical schools, up 87% ($4.4 million); four-year colleges and universities, up 74% ($20.4 million); and early childhood and K-12 education, up 67% ($14.4 million).
Total giving by 177 organizations: $529,830,812
Median grant: $5,000
Number of grants: 11,689
Change in giving from 2010: +12%
Top 10 Grantmakers to Washington, 2012
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (WA)
- Microsoft Corporation (WA)
- The Seattle Foundation (WA)
- Norcliffe Foundation (WA)
- The Boeing Company28 (WA)
- M. J. Murdock Charitable Trust (WA)
- The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation (WA)
- Gary E. Milgard Family Foundation (WA)
- Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (NY)
- Washington Research Foundation (WA)
Giving to Washington by Subject Area & Subcategory
| Subject & Subcategory | Total Grants | % of Subject Area & Total |
| Arts | $ 36,340,828 | 6.86% |
| Arts & Culture | $ 1,652,975 | 4.55% |
| Arts Education | $ 2,988,726 | 8.22% |
| Arts Support & Services | $ 1,361,839 | 3.75% |
| Historical Societies & Historical Preservation | $ 1,231,581 | 3.39% |
| Humanities | $ 302,505 | 0.83% |
| Media & Communications | $ 3,300,902 | 9.08% |
| Museums | $ 13,004,607 | 35.79% |
| Performing Arts | $ 12,346,161 | 33.97% |
| Visual Arts | $ 151,533 | 0.42% |
| Education | $ 122,200,565 | 23.06% |
| Adult Education | $ 709,021 | 0.58% |
| Alliances, Advocacy & Policy Analysis | $ 5,684,985 | 4.65% |
| Colleges & Universities, Graduate & Professional Schools | $ 49,414,084 | 40.44% |
| Early Childhood Education | $ 9,563,686 | 7.83% |
| Education Support & Services | $ 19,599,729 | 16.04% |
| Elementary & Secondary Schools | $ 28,598,508 | 23.40% |
| Libraries | $ 1,876,396 | 1.54% |
| Special Education | $ 402,395 | 0.33% |
| Two-Year Colleges, Vocational & Technical Schools | $ 6,351,762 | 5.20% |
| Environment/Animal-Related | $ 25,063,497 | 4.73% |
| Alliances, Advocacy & Policy Analysis | $ 2,114,403 | 8.44% |
| Animal Protection & Welfare | $ 1,831,744 | 7.31% |
| Botanical Gardens, Arboreta, Horticulture | $ 736,323 | 2.94% |
| Climate Change | $ 2,224,676 | 8.88% |
| Environment & Animal Support | $ 328,671 | 1.31% |
| Environmental Education | $ 2,222,385 | 8.87% |
| Pollution Abatement & Control, Recycling | $ 851,210 | 3.40% |
| Sustainable Urban or Rural Economic Development | $ 1,828,043 | 7.29% |
| Wildlife & Natural Resource Protection & Conservation | $ 11,958,663 | 47.71% |
| Zoos & Aquariums | $ 967,378 | 3.86% |
| Health | $ 62,689,493 | 11.83% |
| Ambulatory & Primary Health Care | $ 7,543,064 | 12.03% |
| Cancer Treatment, Support & Research | $ 11,477,687 | 18.31% |
| General Health Support & Financing | $ 1,547,161 | 2.47% |
| Hospitals & Health Systems | $ 22,906,405 | 36.54% |
| Medical Research | $ 1,933,259 | 3.08% |
| Mental Health & Crisis Intervention | $ 1,890,064 | 3.01% |
| Nursing | $ 741,819 | 1.18% |
| Public Health | $ 10,790,516 | 17.21% |
| Rehabilitative Care | $ 1,408,667 | 2.25% |
| Reproductive Health Care | $ 494,790 | 0.79% |
| Specific Diseases (Treatment & Prevention) | $ 1,956,062 | 3.12% |
| Human Services | $ 80,902,278 | 15.27% |
| Centers | $ 3,566,992 | 4.41% |
| Children & Youth Services | $ 5,313,291 | 6.57% |
| Crime, Justice & Legal Services | $ 14,226,109 | 17.58% |
| Emergency Assistance | $ 381,088 | 0.47% |
| Employment/Jobs | $ 4,807,650 | 5.94% |
| Family Services | $ 2,596,985 | 3.21% |
| Food, Agriculture & Nutrition | $ 6,666,921 | 8.24% |
| Housing & Shelter | $ 14,172,489 | 17.52% |
| Human Services Support | $ 1,472,056 | 1.82% |
| Multipurpose | $ 12,130,081 | 14.99% |
| Personal Social Services | $ 564,342 | 0.70% |
| Public Safety, Disaster Preparedness & Relief | $ 307,572 | 0.38% |
| Recreation & Sports | $ 3,327,703 | 4.11% |
| Residential Care & Adult Day Programs | $ 1,090,982 | 1.35% |
| Youth Development | $ 10,278,016 | 12.70% |
| International | $ 133,753,164 | 25.24% |
| Foreign Affairs & National Security | $ 134,396 | 0.10% |
| Human Rights | $ 178,647 | 0.13% |
| International Development | $ 9,902,051 | 7.40% |
| International Health | $ 122,413,914 | 91.52% |
| International Relief | $ 668,407 | 0.50% |
| Promotion of International Understanding | $ 455,750 | 0.34% |
| Public & Societal Benefit | $ 62,309,657 | 11.76% |
| Alliances, Advocacy & Policy Analysis | $ 200,500 | 0.32% |
| Civil Rights, Social Action & Advocacy | $ 2,742,779 | 4.40% |
| Community Improvement & Capacity Building | $ 4,743,535 | 7.61% |
| Economic Development | $ 3,190,066 | 5.12% |
| Financial Institutions | $ 797,678 | 1.28% |
| Government & Public Administration | $ 2,595,378 | 4.17% |
| Leadership Development | $ 1,346,528 | 2.16% |
| Military & Veterans Organizations | $ 737,304 | 1.18% |
| Nonprofit Management | $ 2,100,358 | 3.37% |
| Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking Foundations | $ 28,903,319 | 46.39% |
| Public & Societal Benefit | $ 581,124 | 0.93% |
| Public Policy Research | $ 1,063,382 | 1.71% |
| Science & Technology | $ 11,614,713 | 18.64% |
| Social Science | $ 514,388 | 0.83% |
| Voter Education | $ 1,178,604 | 1.89% |
| Religion | $ 6,360,110 | 1.20% |
| Buddhism | $ 115,558 | 1.82% |
| Christianity | $ 5,547,039 | 87.22% |
| Hinduism | $ 98,440 | 1.55% |
| Interfaith Coalitions | $ 85,374 | 1.34% |
| Islam | $ 56,801 | 0.89% |
| Judaism | $ 405,901 | 6.38% |
| Religion-related | $ 50,998 | 0.80% |
| Unknown | $ 211,220 | 0.04% |
| Unknown | $ 211,220 | |
| Total | $ 529,830,812 |