Aven Foundation

PO BOX 465 - MEDINA - WA 98039, Washington

Latest Filing: 2023

Total Assets: $75.98M

Total Giving: $5.80M

Grants: 66

Median Grant: $25,000

AVEN FOUNDATION is a 990pf foundation in Washington with assets of $76M.

2023 Summary

$75.98M

Total Assets

$5.80M

Funding Awarded

Grants Given

$25,000

Median Grant

$1.40M

Largest Grant

$5,000

Smallest Grant

2023 Recipients

Recipient	Award	Location	Purpose
Whitman College	$1.40M	Walla Walla, WASHINGTON	To Support Assistant Coaches Endowment Issues Of Campus Culture And Civility.
Uw Ihme	$1.00M	Seattle, WASHINGTON	An Independent Health Research Center At Uw Medicine, Part Of The Univ. Of Washington.
Uw Shell House	$1.00M	Seattle, WASHINGTON	In Support Of Building New Uw Shell House.
Year Up	$300,000	Seattle, WASHINGTON	Provides Urban Young Adults With Opportunity To Develop Skills And Provide Paid Internships.
Cristo Rey Seattle High School	$250,000	Seattle, WASHINGTON	Delivers A Career Focused, College Prep Education In The Catholic Tradition For Students With Limited Economic Resources.
Farestart	$100,000	Seattle, WASHINGTON	In Support Of Training Homeless And Disadvantaged Individuals In Food Service Industry Jobs.
Friends Of Youth	$100,000	Redmond, WASHINGTON	Provide Safe Places And Emotional Support For Marginalized Young People Facing Difficult Circumstances.
Friends Of The Children	$100,000	Seattle, WASHINGTON	Provides Generational By Empowering Youth Who Are Facing The Greatest Obstacles Through Relationships With Professional Mentors.
Seattle Children's Zain Nadella	$100,000	Seattle, WASHINGTON	Zain Nadella Endowed Chair In Pediatric Neurosciences.
United Way	$96,700	Seattle, WASHINGTON	In Support Of Building A Community To Help People In Need And Solve Our Community's Toughest Challenges.
Bellevue Schools Foundation	$75,000	Bellevue, WASHINGTON	Partnering To Transform Education And Support Every Bellevue School District Student.
Food Lifeline	$75,000	Shoreline, WASHINGTON	Mission Is To Feed People Experiencing Hunger Today And Working To End Hunger For Tomorrow.
Haitian Education & Leadership Program	$75,000	New York, NEW YORK	Mission Is To Create, Through Merit And Needs Based University Scholarships, A Community Of Young Professionals And Leaders Who Will Promote A More Just Society In Haiti.
Amara	$50,000	Seattle, WASHINGTON	In Support Of Foster Children.
Girls Who Code	$50,000	New York, NEW YORK	Aims To Support And Increase The Number Of Women In Computer Science.
Special Olympics Of Washington	$50,000	Seattle, WASHINGTON	Supports Special Olympic Athletes From The State Of Washington Complete.
Vine Maple Place	$50,000	Maple Valley, WASHINGTON	Breaks The Generational Cycle Of Homelessness By Working With Single Parents And Their Children.
Ymca Of Greater Seattle	$50,000	Seattle, WASHINGTON	Building A Community Where All People, Especially The Young, Are Encouraged To Develop Their Fullest Potential In Spirit, Mind And Body.
Prostate Cancer Foundation	$40,000	Santa Monica, CALIFORNIA	Reseach Programs For Prostate Cancer Generating Life Saving Results.
Solid Ground	$40,000	Seattle, WASHINGTON	Works To End Poverty And Undo Racism And Other Oppressions That Are Root Causes Of Poverty.
... and 28 more recipients.

$40,000

$5,472,100

State

Total

WA

Washington

$5,472,100
NY

New York

$125,000
CA

California

$40,000

Contacts

Name	Phone	Title
THERESA GILLESPIE DIRECTOR	4255868011	DIRECTOR
THERESA GILLESPIE DIRECTOR		Signing Officer

Historical Financials

Year	Total Assets	Total Giving	Grants	Median Grant	Max Grant	Min Grant
2023	$75,980,735	$5,802,100	66	$25,000	$1,400,000	$5,000
2022	$81,365,285	$4,367,260	33	$25,000	$1,800,000	$5,000
2021	$75,103,853	$3,435,000	20	$32,500	$2,000,000	$10,000
2018	$55,151,504	$1,715,077	2	$857,538	$1,715,000	$77