The Norcliffe Foundation
Historical FunderSeattle, Washington · EIN 91-6029352 · Private foundation · Website
Grants paid (2024)$56.5M
Organizations funded454
Typical grant$20,000
Total assets$1B
Half of its grants to organizations were between $10,000 and $30,000.
From the return
How to apply
The foundation filed the following application information (Form 990-PF Part XV, tax year 2024):
| Contact | JENNIFER BEATTY |
|---|---|
| Address | 600 UNIVERSITY ST STE 2003, SEATTLE WA 98101 |
| Phone | 2066824820 |
| INFO@NORCLIFFEFOUNDATION.ORG | |
| Form and materials | APPLICATIONS ARE ACCEPTED THROUGH AN ONLINE GRANT PORTAL AT WWW.NORCLIFFEFOUNDATION.ORG |
| Deadlines | NONE |
| Restrictions | APPLICATIONS ARE ACCEPTED FROM ORGANIZATIONS WITH IRS 501(C)(3) TAX STATUS OPERATING IN THE PUGET SOUND REGION OF WASHINGTON STATE. |
Copied as filed. Deadlines on a tax return describe the foundation's usual process; they are not confirmation of a current open cycle.
What it funds
Share of grant lines on the latest return, classified from the purpose each grant states.
Where it gives
3% of grants went outside Washington.
Grants paid in tax year 2024
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| One Roof Stadium Partnership Fiscally Sponsored by Seattle Center Foundatio | Seattle, WA | Memorial stadium redevelopment | $7,112,025 |
| Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center | Seattle, WA | South lake union campus expansion: exceptional space enables extraordinary science | $4,820,920 |
| Valley Medical Center | Renton, WA | Cancer care center | $3,000,000 |
| Mary's Place | Seattle, WA | Burien family shelter and affordable housing project | $2,367,120 |
| Bishop Blanchet High School | Seattle, WA | Ignite be the light campaign | $2,130,843 |
| Seattle Children's Hospital and Research Foundation | Seattle, WA | It starts with yes: neurosciences autism and mental health | $2,000,000 |
| 5Th Avenue Theatre Association | Seattle, WA | The next 100 years campaign | $1,944,220 |
| Seattle Symphony | Seattle, WA | Benaroya hall public spaces enhancements | $1,901,130 |
| Planned Parenthood Great Northwest Hawaii Alaska Indiana Kentucky | Seattle, WA | Power the movement campaign | $1,650,000 |
| YMCA of Pierce and Kitsap Counties | Tacoma, WA | Pearl street YMCA - phase 1A | $1,500,000 |
| Artsfund | Seattle, WA | Youth arts opportunity fund endowment | $1,446,276 |
| Evergreenhealth Foundation | Kirkland, WA | Comprehensive mri suite | $1,200,000 |
| Catholic Community Services | Seattle, WA | General operating | $1,000,000 |
| Multicare Foundations | Tacoma, WA | Mary bridge children's hospital capital campaign | $1,000,000 |
| Overlake Medical Center Foundation | Bellevue, WA | Advancing care together campaign | $1,000,000 |
| Overlake Medical Center Foundation | Bellevue, WA | Contribution | $1,000,000 |
| The Arc - King County | Renton, WA | The arc legacy center campaign | $1,000,000 |
| Youthcare | Seattle, WA | The constellation center | $800,000 |
| Helpline House | Bainbridge Island, WA | Building a better bainbridge capital campaign | $739,725 |
| Step by Step Family Support Center | Milton, WA | Early learning center | $580,000 |
| Compass Health | Everett, WA | Broadway campus redevelopment project | $500,000 |
| Downtown Emergency Service Center | Seattle, WA | General operating | $500,000 |
| Farestart | Seattle, WA | Social enterprise and training relaunch | $500,000 |
| Fulcrum Foundation | Seattle, WA | General operating support | $500,000 |
| Habitat for Humanity - Seattleking County | Renton, WA | Hope starts at home campaign | $500,000 |
| Habitat for Humanity - Tacomapierce County | Tacoma, WA | Building hope campaign | $500,000 |
| International Community Health Services | Seattle, WA | Ron chew healthy aging and wellness center | $500,000 |
| Plymouth Housing Group | Seattle, WA | 5-Year operating campaign | $500,000 |
| Seattle's Union Gospel Mission | Seattle, WA | The campaign for seattles union gospel mission | $500,000 |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital | Memphis, TN | Contribution | $500,000 |
| White Center Food Bank | Seattle, WA | Capital campaign to keep the community fed | $472,300 |
| Fulcrum Foundation | Seattle, WA | General operating support | $411,116 |
| Grand Tacoma Cine Club | Tacoma, WA | Save the grand campaign | $400,000 |
| Multicultural Child and Family Hope Center | Tacoma, WA | Cora whitley family center - phase III | $400,000 |
| One Roof Stadium Partnership Fiscally Sponsored by Seattle Center Foundatio | Seattle, WA | Memorial stadium redevelopment | $387,975 |
| Asia Pacific Cultural Center | Tacoma, WA | One heart one home building campaign | $300,000 |
| Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial Association | Bainbridge Island, WA | Visitor center | $300,000 |
| Save the Children | Fairfield, CT | Increasing educational outcomes and food security for children in rural western washington | $300,000 |
| Washington Policy Center | Seattle, WA | Contribution | $300,000 |
| Vashon Maury Community Food Bank | Vashon, WA | Community resource hub & new food bank | $275,000 |
| Classical King | Seattle, WA | Digital audience engagement initative | $200,000 |
| Kirkland Performance Center | Kirkland, WA | Kpc capital campaign | $200,000 |
| Smithsonian Institution | Washington, DC | Contribution | $200,000 |
| St James Cathedral | Seattle, WA | Portico project | $200,000 |
| Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center | Seattle, WA | South lake union campus expansion: exceptional space enables extraordinary science | $179,080 |
| Boy Scouts of America Chief Seattle Council | Seattle, WA | General operating support | $155,000 |
| Ducks Unlimited | Memphis, TN | Conservation legacy match challenge | $150,000 |
| Mary's Place | Seattle, WA | Burien family shelter and affordable housing project | $132,880 |
| Seattle Symphony | Seattle, WA | Contribution - 2025/2026 fiscal year | $100,000 |
| YWCA Seattle King and Snohomish Counties | Seattle, WA | Capacity building: employee retention and support + internal staffing | $100,000 |
| Seattle Symphony | Seattle, WA | Benaroya hall public spaces enhancements | $98,870 |
| Artsfund | Seattle, WA | Youth arts opportunity fund endowment | $94,561 |
| Helpline House | Bainbridge Island, WA | Building a better bainbridge capital campaign | $60,275 |
| 5Th Avenue Theatre Association | Seattle, WA | The next 100 years campaign | $55,883 |
| Boyer Children's Clinic | Seattle, WA | Supporting boyers exponential growth to meet expanding community need | $50,000 |
| Cascade Pbs | Seattle, WA | General operating support | $50,000 |
| Children of the Valley | Mount Vernon, WA | General operating | $50,000 |
| City Year Seattleking County | Seattle, WA | Whole school, whole child program | $50,000 |
| Communities in Schools of Washington | Tacoma, WA | General operating | $50,000 |
| Crisis Connections | Seattle, WA | Teen link program | $50,000 |
Showing the 60 largest of 454 grants to organizations.
Grants approved for future payment
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cristo Rey Seattle High School | Seattle, WA | Crjs! capital campaign | $5,000,000 |
| Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center | Seattle, WA | South lake union campus expansion: exceptional space enables extraordinary science | $5,000,000 |
| Valley Medical Center | Renton, WA | Cancer care center | $3,000,000 |
| The Bush School | Seattle, WA | At the heart of bush campaign | $2,200,000 |
| Downtown Emergency Service Center | Seattle, WA | General operating | $2,000,000 |
| Plymouth Housing Group | Seattle, WA | 5-Year operating campaign | $2,000,000 |
| Planned Parenthood Great Northwest Hawaii Alaska Indiana Kentucky | Seattle, WA | Power the movement campaign | $1,650,000 |
| Harborview Medical Center | Seattle, WA | Center for neuro innovation | $1,500,000 |
| Peacehealth St Joseph Medical Center Fnd | Bellingham, WA | Stronger together campaign | $1,500,000 |
| Catholic Community Services | Seattle, WA | General operating | $1,000,000 |
| East African Community Services | Seattle, WA | Rainier beach family empowerment center | $1,000,000 |
| Multicare Foundations | Tacoma, WA | Mary bridge children's hospital capital campaign | $1,000,000 |
| Bertschi School | Seattle, WA | Bertschi blooms capital campaign | $800,000 |
| Youthcare | Seattle, WA | The constellation center | $800,000 |
| Save the Children | Fairfield, CT | Increasing educational outcomes and food security for children in rural western washington | $600,000 |
| Housing Resources Bainbridge | Bainbridge Island, WA | Ericksen community | $520,000 |
| Archdiocese of Seattle | Seattle, WA | Camp hamilton bathroom and shower facilities | $500,000 |
| Habitat for Humanity - Seattleking County | Renton, WA | Hope starts at home campaign | $500,000 |
| Partners for Parks | Lakewood, WA | The h-barn project at fort steilacoom park | $350,000 |
| Roots Young Adult Shelter | Seattle, WA | From shelter to services capital campaign | $350,000 |
| Island Roots Housing | Langley, WA | Generations campaign | $300,000 |
| Pierce County Library Foundation | Tacoma, WA | Spark! capital campaign: sumner library | $300,000 |
| Photographic Center Northwest | Seattle, WA | A new home campaign | $250,000 |
| Weld Seattle | Seattle, WA | 1426 capital project | $250,000 |
| Crisis Connections | Seattle, WA | Teen link program | $150,000 |
| Friends of Little Saigon | Seattle, WA | Seattles vietnamese cultural and economic center | $100,000 |
| Garfield Super Block Fiscally Sponsored by Seattle Parks Foundation | Seattle, WA | The garfield super block park renovation | $100,000 |
| The Skagit Valley Family YMCA | Mount Vernon, WA | Camp anderson campaign | $100,000 |
| City Year Seattleking County | Seattle, WA | Whole school, whole child program | $50,000 |
| Communities in Schools of Washington | Tacoma, WA | General operating | $50,000 |
| Easterseals Washington | Seattle, WA | General operating | $50,000 |
| French Immersion School of Washington | Bellevue, WA | Planting roots: $1 million for fisw | $50,000 |
| Homestead Community Land Trust | Seattle, WA | General operating | $50,000 |
| Islandwood | Bainbridge Island, WA | Urban school programs support | $50,000 |
| Lopez Island Library District Fiscally Sponsored by Friends of the Lopez Is | Lopez Island, WA | Project little red | $50,000 |
| Northwest Harvest Emm | Seattle, WA | General operating | $50,000 |
| Rainier Scholars | Seattle, WA | General operating | $50,000 |
| Rebuilding Hope Sexual Assault Center | Tacoma, WA | Healing headquarters campaign | $50,000 |
| Sail Sand Point | Seattle, WA | Doors open: magnuson community boating center for all | $50,000 |
| Second Chance Outreach | Stanwood, WA | General operating | $50,000 |
| Teach for America Washington | Seattle, WA | Corps member recruitment, training, and development | $50,000 |
| The Burke Museum Association | Seattle, WA | Discoveries in geosciences (dig) program | $50,000 |
| Vine Maple Place | Maple Valley, WA | General operating | $50,000 |
| Wellspring Family Services | Seattle, WA | General operating | $50,000 |
| Safeplace | Olympia, WA | General operating | $40,000 |
| The Reach Center Fiscally Sponsored by Tacoma Community House | Tacoma, WA | General operating | $35,000 |
| Whatcom Center for Early Learning | Bellingham, WA | Early learning program (elp) | $35,000 |
| Whitewater Aquatics Management | Seattle, WA | Evergreen aquatic center operating support | $35,000 |
| Hearing Speech & Deaf Center | Seattle, WA | General operating | $30,000 |
| Little Bit Therapeutic Riding Center | Redmond, WA | General operating | $30,000 |
| Palmer Scholars | Tacoma, WA | General operating | $30,000 |
| Artist Trust | Seattle, WA | General operating | $25,000 |
| Artsfund | Seattle, WA | General operating | $25,000 |
| Bayside Housing & Services | Port Hadlock, WA | General operating | $25,000 |
| Businesses Ending Slavery and Trafficking | Seattle, WA | General operating | $25,000 |
| New Beginnings | Seattle, WA | Home safe program | $25,000 |
| Nw Children's Foundation | Seattle, WA | General operating | $25,000 |
| Olympia Family Theater | Olympia, WA | General operating | $25,000 |
| Peps | Seattle, WA | Expanding peps parent support through community partnerships | $25,000 |
| Rainier Prep | Seattle, WA | General operating | $25,000 |
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants paid | Grant lines |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $56,487,330 | 550 |
| 2023 | $40,496,248 | 672 |
| 2022 | $23,470,065 | 438 |
Sources
- IRS Form 990-PF, tax year 2024, filed May 27, 2026 - IRS e-file batch, object ID 202601479349100920
- IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for EIN 91-6029352
- Profile updated Nov 4, 2026
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