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Filing year 2024

ALLEN FAMILY PHILANTHROPIES

Seattle, Washington·EIN 94-3082532·NTEE T20 · Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking Foundations·501(c)(3)
Total revenue
$180.7M
Total assets
$1.4B
Total expenses
$72.2M
Reported officers
6

Reported officers (all unpaid)

No paid executives reported in 2024. ALLEN FAMILY PHILANTHROPIES reported 6 unpaid officers and board members on its 990-PF.

Director
Director
Chair/director & President
Vice President
VP & Secretary
VP & Treasurer

Grants paid

Itemized grants reported on this foundation's 2024 Form 990-PF, Part XV.

Total granted

$58M

Itemized grants

112

Median grant

$300k

RecipientLocationPurposeAmount
ARTSFUNDSEATTLE, WATO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY ACCELERATOR GRANT RENEWAL FOR THE SECOND YEAR OF PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION.$10.4M
CHILDRENS HOSPITAL CORPORATIONBOSTON, MATO SUPPORT THE ALLEN DISCOVERY CENTER FOR HUMAN BRAIN EVOLUTION AT BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AND HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL$2.5M
ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAINEW YORK, NYTO SUPPORT THE ALLEN DISCOVERY CENTER FOR NEUROIMMUNE INTERACTIONS$2.5M
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT SAN DIEGOLA JOLLA, CATO SUPPORT THE ALLEN DISCOVERY CENTER FOR NEUROBIOLOGY IN CHANGING ENVIRONMENTS$2.5M
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATIONSEATTLE, WATO SUPPORT ALLEN DISCOVERY CENTER FOR CELL LINEAGE TRACING PHASE 2$2.5M
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETYWASHINGTON, DCTO SUPPORT THE SLINGSHOT CHALLENGE$1.8M
FRIENDS OF SEATTLE WATERFRONTSEATTLE, WATO SUPPORT CULTURAL PROGRAMMING AT WATERFRONT PARK$1.5M
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INCMIAMI, FLTO SUPPORT A PROJECT TITLED "OPERATION PANGOLIN"$1.4M
THE EARTHSHOT PRIZECITY OF LONDON, UKTO SUPPORT THE RENEWAL FOR THE EARTHSHOT PRIZE FOUNDING PARTNERSHIP$1.3M
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION INCSEATTLE, WATO SUPPORT BIOSCIENCE RESEARCH IN RELATION TO ADVANCING OUR UNDERSTANDING OF BRAIN HEALTH AND COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT$1.3M
SUSTAINABLE MARKETS FOUNDATIONNEW YORK, NYTO SUPPORT DECODING MYCORRHIZAL NETWORKS AT GLOBAL SCALE$1M
SUSTAINABLE MARKETS FOUNDATIONNEW YORK, NYTO SUPPORT DECODING MYCORRHIZAL NETWORKS AT GLOBAL SCALE$1M
ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INCNEW YORK, NYTO SUPPORT OCEANS 5 RENEWAL$1M
CHANCELLOR MASTERS & SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORDOXFORDSHIRE, UKTO SUPPORT LION LIFELINE: TRANSFORMING CONSERVATION AT SCALE BY LINKING INVESTMENT TO MEASURABLE SUCCESS IN CONSERVING LIONS AND WIDER BIODIVERSITY$800k
EARTH GENOMELOS ALTOS, CATO SUPPORT A BLUEPRINT FOR SCALABLE SEAGRASS ECOSYSTEM MAPPING$763k
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE ROYAL FOUNDATION OF THE DUKE AND DUCHESSCAMBRIDGE, MATO SUPPORT UNITED FOR WILDLIFE IN COMBATING ILLEGAL WILDLIFE TRADE$750k
HOUSING LOPEZLOPEZ ISLAND, WATO SUPPORT ROOTED AND RISING CAMPAIGN: LOPEZ ISLAND$750k
SEATTLE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INCSEATTLE, WATO SUPPORT THE AMPLIFY CAMPAIGN$750k
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATIONSEATTLE, WATO SUPPORT THE SALISH SEA COUPLED MODELING FRAMEWORK.$730k
THE EARTH SPECIES PROJECTBERKELEY, CATO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF A FOUNDATION MODEL FOR ENCODING ANIMAL VOCALIZATIONS$600k
MUKURU CLEAN STOVES FOUNDATIONSIAYA COUNTY, KETO SUPPORT COMBATTING AIR POLLUTION & MALARIA$585k
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATIONSEATTLE, WATO SUPPORT ACOUSTIC MONITORING OF MARINE MAMMALS WITH DISTRIBUTED ACOUSTIC SENSING (DAS): APPLICATIONS TO SOUTHERN RESIDENT KILLER AND HUMPBACK WHALES$529k
ASIA PACIFIC CULTURAL CENTERTACOMA, WATO SUPPORT ONE HEART, ONE HOME CAMPAIGN: NEW BUILDING PROJECT$500k
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORKNEW YORK, NYTO SUPPORT SEX HORMONE MORPHOGENESIS: A NEW FRONTIER IN STUDYING ORGAN DEVELOPMENT$500k
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYBALTIMORE, MDTO SUPPORT COMPOSITION AND FUNCTIONALITY OF THE EV CORONA: LEARNING FROM LIPOPROTEINS$500k
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Financial trend

Revenue and expenses over time

ALLEN FAMILY PHILANTHROPIES reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$115.5M
$64M
2023
$180.7M
$72.2M
2024
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.

This is a private foundation. Peers are foundations of similar asset size ($1B+), because foundation pay scales with assets under management, not revenue.

Sector benchmark

What Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking executives earn in Washington

ALLEN FAMILY PHILANTHROPIES reported no executive compensation in its latest filing. For context, the highest-paid executive at a comparable philanthropy, voluntarism & grantmaking organization in Washington earns a median of $35,888.

25th percentile
$10k
Median
$35,888
75th percentile
$120k
90th percentile
$220k

These are philanthropy, voluntarism & grantmaking sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 420 organizations across 420 filings (2022 – 2024).

See full Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking pay data for Washington
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What are ALLEN FAMILY PHILANTHROPIES's revenue and expenses?

In 2024, ALLEN FAMILY PHILANTHROPIES reported $180.7M in total revenue and $72.2M in total expenses on its IRS Form 990.

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