Seattle Peoples Fund
Seattle Peoples Fund is a private foundation based in Seattle, Washington. It reported 16 grants totaling $56,000 in filing year 2025, all to organizations in Washington.
Seattle Peoples Fund at a glance
In short: Seattle Peoples Fund gave $56K across 16 grants in 2025 (avg $4K), mostly in Washington. 23% of 2025 grantees were new. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $56,000
- +25.8% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 16
- +60.0% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $3,500
- -21.3% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $4,000
- Total assets
- $830,271
- +2.0% vs 2024
- New grantees (estimate)
- 23% first-time grantees (3 of 13, 2025; small sample)
- Primary geography
- Washington (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990-PF, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990-PF, 2025; updated October 2026. New grantees are estimated by matching recipient names across years (methodology).
How to apply to Seattle Peoples Fund
- Accepts unsolicited proposals
- No
- How to Apply
-
The foundation states on its 2024 IRS filing that it makes contributions only to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds.
- Contact
Mailing address: PO Box 28663, Seattle, WA 98118
Phone: (206) 919-0142
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Who Seattle Peoples Fund funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 10 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was RVC Seattle ($13K across 3 grants). Together the top 10 received $53K.
Grant Size Distribution
67 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 67 grants of 67 (100%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
All grant dollars reported for filing year 2025 went to recipients in Washington.
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 16 itemized grants.
States
Cities
Is Seattle Peoples Fund open to new grantees?
23%
first-time grantees, 2025
In 2025, 3 of 13 grantees (23%) were first-time recipients. With only 13 grantees, that is a small sample: one grantee more or less moves the share by about 8 points. First grants averaged $3K; repeat grants $5K. How we count
Medians: $4K first-time, $4K repeat.
- 46% of 2025 grantees were also funded in 2024. Method
- Giving held roughly steady from 2022 to 2025 (+5%). Method
- In 2025 it paid out 126% of its IRS minimum distribution (the 5% rule). Method
Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990-PF filings (2020–2025). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $37K (2021) to $56K (2025). In 2025 it made 16 grants totaling $56K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Amigos De Seattle Seattle, WA | Operating | $5,000 |
| Deaf Spotlight Seattle, WA | Deafblind Living History Project | $5,000 |
| Lao Senior Outreach Auburn, WA | Operating | $5,000 |
| RVC Seattle Seattle, WA | Ala Garifuna Women | $5,000 |
| Radio Enthusiasts of Puget Sound Kent, WA | Operating | $4,000 |
| Rhapsody Project Renton, WA | Operating | $4,000 |
| RVC Seattle Seattle, WA | First Five Years and Beyond | $4,000 |
| RVC Seattle Seattle, WA | Wa-Bloc and Ala Garifuna Women | $4,000 |
| Women United Seattle, WA | Operating | $4,000 |
| Yehaw Indigenous Creatives Collective Seattle, WA | Operating | $4,000 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Qualifying Distributions | Net Investment Income | Distributable Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $830,271 | $91,337 | $75,103 | $56,000 | 16 | $62,512 | $79,856 | $49,798 |
| 2024 | $814,141 | $88,949 | $61,931 | $44,500 | 10 | $54,831 | $83,003 | $47,383 |
| 2023 | $787,019 | $30,268 | $67,413 | $51,500 | 11 | $61,469 | $24,667 | $44,204 |
| 2022 | $824,164 | $24,026 | $70,065 | $53,500 | 14 | $63,755 | $20,646 | $46,153 |
| 2021 | $871,567 | $125,666 | $55,146 | $37,000 | 16 | $47,106 | $119,284 | $52,315 |
| 2020 | $799,389 | $29,865 | $54,333 | $37,500 | 13 | — | $23,676 | $47,188 |
Under IRS private-foundation payout rules, Seattle Peoples Fund reported a distributable amount of $50K for 2025 — the minimum it must pay out in qualifying distributions.
Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated September 2026.
Mission & Focus Areas
The available grant records show support for organizations working in areas including arts and culture, community education and health, digital literacy for elders, and social justice. These are grantees’ stated missions, not a stated mission of the funder. For example, Deaf Spotlight says it inspires and showcases Deaf culture and sign languages through the arts; Lao Senior Outreach describes a digital literacy program for elders; Amigos de Seattle says it provides community education about cultural, mental health, and general health topics; and RVC Seattle says it promotes social justice by cultivating leaders of color and strengthening organizations led by communities of color.
Grantmaking
In filing year 2025, the foundation reported 16 grants totaling $56,000. Grants ranged from $1,000 to $5,000, with a median of $4,000.
Among the largest reported grants were $5,000 each to Amigos de Seattle for operating support, Deaf Spotlight for its Deafblind Living History Project, Lao Senior Outreach for operating support, and RVC Seattle for Ala Garifuna Women. Other reported awards included $4,000 to Radio Enthusiasts of Puget Sound and Rhapsody Project for operating support, and $4,000 grants to RVC Seattle for First Five Years and Beyond and for WA-BLOC and Ala Garifuna Women. Women United and Yehaw Indigenous Creatives Collective each received $4,000 for operating support.
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
The 2025 filing lists Roslyn Kagi as director and secretary, Penelope Cabot as director and president, and Aaliyah Gupta as director and treasurer.
Seattle Peoples Fund is led by Penelope Cabot, Director & President on every filing since 2020; none of the 3 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Penelope Cabot
Director & President
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Aaliyah Gupta
Director & Treasurer
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Roslyn Kagi
Director & Secretary
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Frequently asked questions about Seattle Peoples Fund
How much does Seattle Peoples Fund give each year?
Seattle Peoples Fund gave $56K across 16 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. In 2024 it gave $45K across 10 grants.
What is Seattle Peoples Fund's typical grant size?
Seattle Peoples Fund's median grant in 2025 was $4,000, and its average grant was $3,500, across 16 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. Organizations receiving their first grant from Seattle Peoples Fund that year got $3K on average.
Where does Seattle Peoples Fund give grants?
Seattle Peoples Fund gives mostly in Washington: 100% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF went to recipients there. The most frequent recipient cities were Seattle, WA (10 grants).
Does Seattle Peoples Fund give general operating support?
Yes: 63% of Seattle Peoples Fund's 2025 grants with a stated purpose (10 of 16) were for general or operating support, per its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.
Who are Seattle Peoples Fund's largest grantees?
Seattle Peoples Fund's largest 2025 grantees include RVC Seattle ($13,000 across 3 grants), Deaf Spotlight ($8,000 across 2 grants) and Amigos De Seattle ($5,000), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. Together they received 46% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is Seattle Peoples Fund?
Seattle Peoples Fund reported $830K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. It paid out $63K in qualifying distributions that year, against a required minimum of $50K (roughly 5% of its investment assets).
What does Seattle Peoples Fund fund?
The available grant records show support for organizations working in areas including arts and culture, community education and health, digital literacy for elders, and social justice. These are grantees’ stated missions, not a stated mission of the funder. See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from Seattle Peoples Fund?
The foundation states on its 2024 IRS filing that it makes contributions only to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds. Eligibility and process details are in the grantmaking section of this profile. See how to apply ↑
What is Seattle Peoples Fund's EIN?
Seattle Peoples Fund's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 91-2170958. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.
Does Seattle Peoples Fund accept unsolicited proposals?
No, according to Grantable's research on the foundation's published guidelines. See how to apply ↑
Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings. Research dossier generated September 2026.
Data update history
(7)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS February 18, 2021)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS March 7, 2022)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS February 20, 2023)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS March 28, 2024)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 12, 2025)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS April 15, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2025
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Grantable. (2026). Seattle Peoples Fund funder profile. GrantGraph. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://grantable.co/funders/seattle-peoples-fund-morg_3f3219ab53ca4d21bcd8a75e805aa783
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