OVERVIEW: The Joshua Green Foundation primarily awards grants for the environment, human services, arts and culture and Christianity, giving mainly in the Seattle area.
IP TAKE: The Joshua Green Foundation is the philanthropic offshoot of the Joshua Green Corporation Its application materials indicate that its primary funding interests are “private secondary and higher education,” but tax filings paint a different picture, with grants supporting a mix of human services, environmental, arts and culture and Christian organizations. However, the foundation accepts applications via an online form and a financial spreadsheet on an ongoing basis.
PROFILE: Established in 1963, the Joshua Green Foundation is a philanthropic entity associated with the Joshua Green Corporation, a Seattle investment company that dates back to the 1890s. The foundation is steered by Joshua Green III and maintains a simple webpage on the company’s website. Its purpose is simply to “aid[…] the community through grants that reflect our values.” The foundation’s main areas of grantmaking include environmental and wildlife causes, human services, arts and culture and religious causes. Most of this funder’s grants stay in the Seattle area.
Grants for Environmental and Wildlife Conservation
Some of this funder’s largest grants have supported Seattle-area organizations involved in environmental and wildlife conservation. The foundation gave gone to organizations including the Seattle Aquarium Society, the Woodland Park Zoological Society, the Rhododendron Species Foundation and the Wild Terra Foundation.
Grants for Housing, Homelessness and Mental Health
The Joshua Green Foundation makes a significant number of grants each year to organizations working with homeless and vulnerable people, although it does not name specific goals for its giving in this area. Grantees include the Plymouth Housing Group and Subsidiaries, Bellevue’s Congregations for the Homeless, the Together Center of Redmond and Seattle’s Union Gospel Mission. Ongoing support has also gone to Northwest Family Life Learning and Counseling Center’s programs for survivors of domestic violence.
Grants for Arts and Culture
The Joshua Green Foundation supports a broad range of Seattle-area arts and culture organizations. Recipients include the Seattle Repertory Theatre, the Seattle Children’s Theatre, Historic Seattle, the Seattle Art Museum and the Seattle Symphony Orchestra.
Grants for Religious Causes
Christianity is a somewhat smaller area of giving for this funder, but grants steadily support churches and other Christian faith-based groups. Grantees include New Life Church on the Peninsula, E3 Partners Ministry, University Christian Ministries of Bellingham and Birds on a Wire Moms, which provides faith-based parenting advice to Christian women.
Important Grant Details:
Grants range from $100 to $1 million, but most grants remain below the $500,000 mark.
- Human services is the foundation’s largest giving area, with grants prioritizing initiatives for homeless people and victims of abuse.
- Grants mainly stay in the Seattle/King County area.
- This funder gives to organizations of every size, but its largest grants support well-established Seattle institutions.
- Apply at any time by completing downloading and completing the financial spreadsheet and application form that are linked to the foundation’s webpage. Be sure to read over the guidelines before submitting materials.
- For information about past grantmaking, see the foundation’s tax filings.
The Joshua Green Foundation does not provide a direct way to get in touch, but the Joshua Green Corporation can be reached via its contact page or by telephone at (206) 622-0420.
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