Funders › WA › The Bamford Foundation › 2018
Grants paid by The Bamford Foundation, tax year 2018
EIN 91-1504193 · Tacoma, WA · Form 990-PF, Part XV
In tax year 2018, The Bamford Foundation (EIN 91-1504193) reported 87 grants paid totaling $1,754,895. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03.
Every grant, 2018
| Tax year | Recipient | Match | Amount | Type | Purpose | Source filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | University of Washington Foundation (uw-Tacoma) Seattle, WA | U | $200,000 | paid | CAPITAL CAMPAIGN AND PROGRAM SUPPORT (GLOBAL HONORS, TWCI, CHILD CARE SCHOLARSHIPS, MILGARD DIRECT ADMIT) | 201922599349100537 |
| 2018 | Tacoma Community House Tacoma, WA | C | $180,000 | paid | CAPITAL CAMPAIGN | 201922599349100537 |
| 2018 | Children's Museum of Tacoma Tacoma, WA | U | $132,350 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING AND OUTREACH SUPPORT. | 201922599349100537 |
| 2018 | Foss Waterway Seaport Museum Tacoma, WA | C | $115,000 | paid | EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND CAPITAL CAMPAIGN | 201922599349100537 |
| 2018 | Greater Metro Parks Foundation Tacoma, WA | B | $93,000 | paid | PROGRAM SUPPORT (AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS, IMAGINE EASTSIDE) | 201922599349100537 |
| 2018 | Point Defiance Zoological Society Tacoma, WA | C | $60,000 | paid | CAPITAL SUPPORT OF EXHIBIT AND EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT | 201922599349100537 |
| 2018 | Step by Step Milton, WA | U | $50,500 | paid | CAPITAL CAMPAIGN SUPPORT, PARENT SUPPORT SERVICES | 201922599349100537 |
| 2018 | Asia Pacific Cultural Center Tacoma, WA | B | $50,000 | paid | SUPPORT TO INCREASE ORGANIZATION CAPACITY. | 201922599349100537 |
| 2018 | Degrees of Change Tacoma, WA | B | $40,200 | paid | ACT SIX SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM AND CAPACITY BUILDING SUPPORT. | 201922599349100537 |
| 2018 | Graduate Tacoma Tacoma, WA | U | $38,500 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 201922599349100537 |
| 2018 | Trinity Presbyterian Church Tacoma, WA | B | $35,000 | paid | PROGRAM SUPPORT - EDUCATION AND OUTREACH | 201922599349100537 |
| 2018 | Tacoma Art Museum Tacoma, WA | U | $30,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT AND CAPITAL CAMPAIGN FOR NEW WING | 201922599349100537 |
| 2018 | Princeton University Princeton, NJ | B | $30,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT 25TH ANNIVERSARY | 201922599349100537 |
| 2018 | First 5 Fundamentals Tacoma, WA | D | $28,500 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 201922599349100537 |
| 2018 | Museum of Glass Tacoma, WA | B | $28,150 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 201922599349100537 |
| 2018 | Boys and Girls Club of South Puget Sound Tacoma, WA | C | $28,000 | paid | PROGRAM SUPPORT (GREAT FUTURES AND BOOST) | 201922599349100537 |
| 2018 | South Sound Outreach Tacoma, WA | U | $25,500 | paid | PROGRAM SUPPORT (CAPACITY BUILDING FOR FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM) | 201922599349100537 |
| 2018 | United Way of Pierce County Tacoma, WA | B | $25,500 | paid | PROGRAM SUPPORT (COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS FUND AND SUMMER LEARNING) | 201922599349100537 |
| 2018 | Lemay Museum Tacoma, WA | U | $25,000 | paid | PROGRAM SUPPORT | 201922599349100537 |
| 2018 | Hopesparks Tacoma, WA | B | $25,000 | paid | PROGRAM SUPPORT - EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES | 201922599349100537 |
| 2018 | Girls On the Run West Sound Tracyton, WA | U | $25,000 | paid | PROGRAM SUPPORT - TACOMA AND PIERCE COUNTY SCHOOLS | 201922599349100537 |
| 2018 | Northwest Furniture Bank Tacoma, WA | U | $25,000 | paid | PROGRAM SUPPORT AND CAPACITY BUILDING | 201922599349100537 |
| 2018 | Tacoma Urban League Tacoma, WA | B | $20,500 | paid | YOUTH PROGRAM SUPPORT | 201922599349100537 |
| 2018 | Luthern Community Services Nw Seatac, WA | D | $20,000 | paid | PROGRAM SUPPORT, REFUGEE ASSISTANCE | 201922599349100537 |
| 2018 | Multicultural Child Hope Center Tacoma, WA | D | $20,000 | paid | PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT | 201922599349100537 |
| 2018 | Beecher's Foundation Seattle, WA | B | $20,000 | paid | PIERCE COUNTY INITIATIVE | 201922599349100537 |
| 2018 | Humanities Washington Seattle, WA | B | $20,000 | paid | PRIME TIME FAMILY READING PROGRAM SUPPORT | 201922599349100537 |
| 2018 | Amara Tacoma, WA | C | $20,000 | paid | PIERCE COUNTY EMERGENCY SANCTUARY PROGRAM SUPPORT | 201922599349100537 |
| 2018 | Peace Community Center Tacoma, WA | B | $17,500 | paid | PROGRAM SUPPORT (HILLTOP SCHOLARS AND VIBRANT SCHOOLS COALITION) AND CAPITAL CAMPAIGN | 201922599349100537 |
| 2018 | Green Dot Public Schools Wa Seatac, WA | U | $15,000 | paid | AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM SUPPORT | 201922599349100537 |
| 2018 | Washington First Robotics Kent, WA | B | $15,000 | paid | ACCESS TO PIERCE COUNTY PROGRAM SUPPORT | 201922599349100537 |
| 2018 | Washington State Historical Society Tacoma, WA | B | $14,000 | paid | PROGRAM SUPPORT - NORTHWEST NATIVE ARTS EXHIBIT AND COMMUNITY CELEBRATION | 201922599349100537 |
| 2018 | Tacoma Pierce County Chamber of Commerce Foundation Tacoma, WA | C | $12,500 | paid | SPACEWORKS PROGRAM SUPPORT | 201922599349100537 |
| 2018 | Palmer Scholars Tacoma, WA | U | $11,000 | paid | PROGRAM SUPPORT - R. MERLE PALMER SCHOLARSHIP FUND | 201922599349100537 |
| 2018 | YMCA of Pierce and Kitsap Counties Tacoma, WA | U | $10,500 | paid | SUPPORT AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS AND STRONG KIDS CAMPAIGN SCHOLARSHIPS | 201922599349100537 |
| 2018 | Annie Wright School Tacoma, WA | C | $10,500 | paid | SUPPORT EDUCATION, CAPITAL AND ENDOWMENT SUPPORT FOR STRENGTH CAMPAIGN | 201922599349100537 |
| 2018 | Job Carr Cabin Museum Tacoma, WA | U | $10,250 | paid | EDUCATION PROGRAM SUPPORT | 201922599349100537 |
| 2018 | Tacoma Urban Performing Arts Center Tacoma, WA | C | $10,150 | paid | CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS | 201922599349100537 |
| 2018 | Greater Tacoma Community Foundation Tacoma, WA | C | $10,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 201922599349100537 |
| 2018 | Bates Technical College Foundation Tacoma, WA | B | $10,000 | paid | FIELD OF DREAMS PROJECT - EARLY LEARNING PLAYGROUND. | 201922599349100537 |
| 2018 | Reach Center Tacoma, WA | D | $10,000 | paid | 100 DAY CHALLENGE CAMPAIGN SUPPORT | 201922599349100537 |
| 2018 | Lindquist Dental Clinic for Children Tacoma, WA | B | $10,000 | paid | SUPPORT OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND UNCOMPENSATED CARE SCHOLARSHIPS | 201922599349100537 |
| 2018 | Associated Ministries Tacoma, WA | U | $10,000 | paid | ACCESS 4 POINT HOUSING AND OUTREACH SUPPORT. | 201922599349100537 |
| 2018 | Billy Ray Shirley Foundation Tacoma, WA | D | $10,000 | paid | PROGRAM SUPPORT - LEADING LADIES OF COLOR YOUTH ENGAGEMENT. | 201922599349100537 |
| 2018 | Playworks Portland, OR | U | $10,000 | paid | PROGRAMS IN PIERCE COUNTY | 201922599349100537 |
| 2018 | Symphony Tacoma Tacoma, WA | B | $8,500 | paid | PROGRAM SUPPORT - FAMILY CONCERT SERIES | 201922599349100537 |
| 2018 | Hilltop Artists Tacoma, WA | U | $7,500 | paid | SCHOLARSHIP SUPPORT-AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM, GENERAL SUPPORT | 201922599349100537 |
| 2018 | Philanthropy Northwest Seattle, WA | C | $7,240 | paid | MEMBERSHIP AND GENERAL SUPPORT | 201922599349100537 |
| 2018 | Junior Achievement of Washington Seattle, WA | C | $7,000 | paid | BIZTOWN SCHOLARSHIPS PROGRAM SUPPORT | 201922599349100537 |
| 2018 | Broadway Center for the Performing Arts Tacoma, WA | U | $6,200 | paid | PROGRAM SUPPORT (LENS PROJECT) | 201922599349100537 |
| 2018 | Mary Bridge Children's Hospital Foundation Tacoma, WA | C | $5,000 | paid | BUILDING DREAMS CAMPAIGN AND GENERAL SUPPORT | 201922599349100537 |
| 2018 | Write 253 Tacoma, WA | D | $5,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 201922599349100537 |
| 2018 | Goodwill Foundation Tacoma, WA | U | $5,000 | paid | FINANCIAL LITERACY PROGRAM, SCHOLARSHIP SUPPORT | 201922599349100537 |
| 2018 | At the Crossroads San Francisco, CA | C | $5,000 | paid | PROGRAM SUPPORT, OUTREACH AND COUNSELING, CAMPAIGN FOR NEW CENTER. | 201922599349100537 |
| 2018 | Bethel Community Services Spanaway, WA | B | $5,000 | paid | SUPPORT OF FAMILY AND YOUTH SUPPORT PROGRAMS | 201922599349100537 |
| 2018 | Advocates for Immigrants in Detention Northwest Tacoma, WA | C | $5,000 | paid | WELCOME CENTER RV CAMPAIGN. | 201922599349100537 |
| 2018 | Women of Vision Federal Way, WA | D | $5,000 | paid | PEACE WORKS UNITED PROGRAM | 201922599349100537 |
| 2018 | Knkx Public Radio Seattle, WA | U | $5,000 | paid | ANNUAL GIVING | 201922599349100537 |
| 2018 | Communities in Schools Tacoma, WA | C | $5,000 | paid | PROGRAM- SUPPORT: READY, SET, READ | 201922599349100537 |
| 2018 | Emergency Food Network Tacoma, WA | U | $5,000 | paid | PROGRAM SUPPORT | 201922599349100537 |
| 2018 | Child Care Aware of Tacoma Pierce County Tacoma, WA | U | $5,000 | paid | SUPPORT CHILD CARE PROFESSIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS. | 201922599349100537 |
| 2018 | Hilltop Action Coalition Tacoma, WA | B | $5,000 | paid | YOUTH PROGRAM SUPPORT | 201922599349100537 |
| 2018 | Plu Center for Community Engagement Tacoma, WA | U | $5,000 | paid | PROGRAM SUPPORT - PEOPLES GATHERING | 201922599349100537 |
| 2018 | Tacoma Community Boat Builders Tacoma, WA | C | $5,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS SUPPORT | 201922599349100537 |
| 2018 | Rotary Club of Tacoma North Tacoma, WA | U | $5,000 | paid | IPADS FOR AUTISM | 201922599349100537 |
| 2018 | Tacoma Historical Society Tacoma, WA | C | $5,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 201922599349100537 |
| 2018 | Community Health Care Tacoma, WA | C | $4,000 | paid | PATIENT CARE FUND | 201922599349100537 |
| 2018 | Georgetown Day School Washington, DC | C | $3,000 | paid | ANNUAL GIVING | 201922599349100537 |
| 2018 | The River School Washington, DC | C | $3,000 | paid | ANNUAL GIFT | 201922599349100537 |
| 2018 | St Leo Food Connection Tacoma, WA | U | $3,000 | paid | CHILDRENS FOOD PROGRAM SUPPORT | 201922599349100537 |
| 2018 | Seattle Storm Foundation Seattle, WA | B | $3,000 | paid | TICKETS FOR KIDS PROGRAM | 201922599349100537 |
| 2018 | Grand Cinema Tacoma, WA | C | $2,000 | paid | TACOMA CREATES SUPPORT | 201922599349100537 |
| 2018 | University of Washington Tacoma Milgard School of Business Tacoma, WA | U | $2,000 | paid | BUSINESS SCHOOL SUPPORT | 201922599349100537 |
| 2018 | Charles Wright Academy Tacoma, WA | B | $2,000 | paid | ANNUAL GIVING | 201922599349100537 |
| 2018 | Princeton Alumnicorps Princeton, NJ | U | $1,555 | paid | PROGRAM SUPPORT, LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT ANNUAL GIFT | 201922599349100537 |
| 2018 | Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Seattle, WA | U | $1,000 | paid | TACOMA DIABETES WALK SUPPORT | 201922599349100537 |
| 2018 | Tacoma Citizens for Schools Tacoma, WA | U | $1,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 201922599349100537 |
| 2018 | Bellarmine Preparatory Academy Tacoma, WA | D | $1,000 | paid | ANNUAL GIVING | 201922599349100537 |
| 2018 | American Leadership Forum Tacoma, WA | U | $1,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 201922599349100537 |
| 2018 | Lincoln High School Music Department Tacoma, WA | U | $700 | paid | LINCOLN DRUMLINE AND MUSIC DEPARTMENT SUPPORT | 201922599349100537 |
| 2018 | College Success Foundation Tacoma, WA | C | $500 | paid | PROGRAM SUPPORT (TACOMA EMPOWERING YOUTH) | 201922599349100537 |
| 2018 | Tacoma Community College Foundation Tacoma, WA | B | $500 | paid | SCHOLARSHIP FUND | 201922599349100537 |
| 2018 | Fair Housing Center of Washington Tacoma, WA | B | $500 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 201922599349100537 |
| 2018 | Coffee Oasis Bremerton, WA | B | $500 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 201922599349100537 |
| 2018 | Erikson Institute Chicago, IL | B | $500 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 201922599349100537 |
| 2018 | Tacid Tacoma, WA | U | $300 | paid | JOB TRAINING FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES | 201922599349100537 |
| 2018 | YWCA of Tacoma Tacoma, WA | U | $300 | paid | GENERAL PROGRAM SUPPORT | 201922599349100537 |
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Derived from IRS Form 990-PF e-file XML. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03. All years for this funder.
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