Washington Womens Foundation

13 survey respondents

Location: 2100 24th Ave S Ste 330, Seattle, 98144 WA

EIN: 91-1754933

Write a Review

100%

0%

What was the overall relationship with the funder?

How many hours did the grant application process take?

8 hours

Median

65%

35%

How would you rate this funder's accessibility?

73%

27%

How successfully do you think the funder is accomplishing its current philanthropic goals?

Important Information

2017 Deadlines:

Types of Grants Awarded:

Geographic Focus:

Interests/Priorities

Key Personnel

Financial Summary

For Fiscal Year

Total Assets:

Total Grants:

Change in Assets FY :

Amount of Grants to Minnesota Nonprofits:

Sample Grants to Minnesota Nonprofits in

Largest Grant:

Smallest Grant:

Average Grant:

Top descriptors for this funder

4Friendly3Builds relationships3Likes site visits3Positive leader in the field3Responsive2"Gets" nonprofits and issues1Culturally sensitive1Gives more than money1Insightful1Risk taker

Advice from a Friend

Washington Womens Foundation

May 21, 2024

Reviewer 3109 - Grant Applicant - applied in 2024

The WA Women's Foundation has been a joy to work with as a funder. Their communication is timely, respectful, and they are consistently accountable to their commitments (scheduling, posting information, etc). During the interview, members of the Foundation were well prepared, educated on our letter of intent, and very passionate about their involvement in the Foundation. We are grateful for the work WA Women's Foundation does in Washington State!

Pros

Positive leader in the field, Friendly, "Gets" nonprofits and issues

More Feedback

Feb 17, 2023

Reviewer 6064 - Grant Applicant - applied in 2023

I'm not sure if they are open for change or improvement. It is their money, and they seem to believe they are free to do whatever they like. Maybe they need to make their reviewers public if they did not do that already.

More Feedback

Jun 10, 2022

Professional in the field

Their staff is friendly and easy to communicate with, but it is not easy to get on-going funding and the grants are highly competitive.

Pros

Friendly, Likes site visits

More Feedback

Feb 18, 2021

Grant Applicant - applied in 2020

Try to cap the number of hours you'd spend on writing this proposal.

More Feedback

Response from Washington Womens Foundation

Feb 19, 2021

Thank you for sharing your feedback, we appreciate it! If you'd like to connect please email me ([email protected]) and we can set up a phone call. I'm always happy to have a general conversation about fit, even if our capacity limits our ability to give specific feedback at the LOI stage. I'd also encourage you to attend an info session for future grantmaking, we try to share more specifics about what we're looking for in those sessions as well as in blog posts. Again, thank you for your feedback and for taking the time to write your review.

Feb 17, 2021

Grant Applicant - applied in 2020

Consider spending more time on the application. It appears to be fairly simple for the LOI, and that was confusing to our org.

More Feedback

Response from Washington Womens Foundation

Feb 19, 2021

Thank you for your feedback! We can definitely work to be more specific on the LOI form and will try to do that for the future.

Apr 09, 2019

Grant Applicant - applied in 2019

It would be so helpful if the Foundation could provide any insight into the priorities guiding the panels reviewing the Pool Grant LOIs. If an overwhelming number of applicants means that panel review comments are not available (which is what I've heard from them in the past), perhaps they could share their scoring rubric or more detailed review criteria?

More Feedback

Response from Washington Womens Foundation

Apr 12, 2019

Thank you for sharing this feedback, we appreciate it. We will try to provide more details on our grant criteria in the future. We do host several info sessions in the beginning of the grant process, and recommend joining one for guidance and a chance to ask questions.

We're sorry that you didn't get the notification on the status of your LOI! We do still send out emails as we've done in years past and are open to connecting even though we don't have LOI-specific feedback.

Mar 07, 2018 1

Grant Applicant - applied in 2018

It is extremely competitive, and unfortunately, because the grant decisions are made by voting by the members, some causes (kids, for example) are more popular than others (advocacy, community organizing)

Pros

Friendly, Builds relationships, Likes site visits, Responsive

More Feedback

Response from Washington Womens Foundation

Mar 15, 2018

Thank you so much for sharing your review! We appreciate your feedback, and have been talking about our voting process and how we can do a better job of sharing information about applicants with our members recently, so your perspective is really helpful.

Mar 07, 2018 1

Reviewer 554 - Grant Applicant - applied in 2016

The LOI is not too difficult, and they have been working to make it easier. The application is extremely detailed and time-consuming. Since their grants are paid over 2-3 years, you will need to provide budget information for future years.

Pros

Positive leader in the field, Gives more than money, Risk taker, Builds relationships, "Gets" nonprofits and issues

More Feedback

Response from Washington Womens Foundation

Mar 15, 2018

Thank you for taking the time to share your review! We greatly appreciate it and will work to make the application less time-consuming.

Mar 07, 2018 1

Grant Applicant - applied in 2018

To read the instructions thoroughly, to research past funded projects and see how your project aligns, to ask questions if needed for clarification.

Pros

Positive leader in the field, Friendly, Responsive

More Feedback

Response from Washington Womens Foundation

Mar 15, 2018

Thank you for sharing your feedback! We appreciate your perspective on our LOI process and will work to improve it.

Feb 09, 2018 1

Grant Applicant - applied in 2015

This is a long-shot funder, as they fund few organizations, but you get your organization in front of their members, so that can be positive. The LOI is simple, so it's probably worth it to throw your hat in the ring. Once you make it past the initial LOI, the process is incredibly time-consuming and you only have a 20% chance of being funded, but again you are put in front of members. This didn't seem to help our organization much, but I know there are some orgs where grants committee members have joined the Board or gotten more involved after an organization applied.

Pros

Builds relationships, Likes site visits, Responsive

More Feedback

Response from Washington Womens Foundation

Mar 15, 2018

Thank you for taking the time to share your review! We appreciate your advice and perspective on our member-driven process.

Would you like to share your experiences about this funder?

funder logo

Washington Womens Foundation