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Charlotte Y Martin Foundation-Ima

Accepts applications Seattle, Washington · EIN 472057123

Charlotte Y Martin Foundation-Ima is a private foundation in Seattle, Washington. In tax year 2024 it gave $1.3 million in 58 grants; the typical grant was $15,000 and the largest $312,020. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.

Giving in 2024 was up from $1.2 million the year before.

81% of its 2024 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a sign it is open to new organizations.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2021$1.3 million75$28.2 million
2022$1.1 million62$22.5 million
2023$1.2 million61$24.5 million
2024$1.3 million58$25.9 million

How to apply

ContactWWW Charlottemartin Org
C/O Bnym PO Box 185, Pittsburgh, PA 15230-0185
Phone or email(206) 664-8815
What to submit, deadlines, restrictionsSee line 2A

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2024. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Charlotte Y Martin Foundation-Ima funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 6 states, the most to Washington.

StateGrantsAmount
Washington22$659,520
Alaska12$275,000
Montana10$166,230
Oregon10$147,000
Idaho3$45,000
Michigan1$25,000

Grants paid in 2024

The 40 largest of 58 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Corporation of Gonzaga University
Spokane, WA
General operating$312,020
Qizhjeh Vena Alaska Qva
Eagle River, AK
General operating$100,000
Piegan Institute
Browning, MT
General operating$45,000
Indigenous Creatives Collective
Seattle, WA
General operating$40,000
Home Range Wildlife Research
Winthrop, WA
General operating$35,000
Rainier Valley Corp Fiscal Sponsor
Seattle, WA
General operating$25,000
Life Leaders Inc
Detroit, MI
General operating$25,000
Arlee Community Development Corporation
Arlee, MT
General operating$20,230
Hearts Gathered
Omak, WA
General operating$20,000
Salish School of Spokane
Spokane, WA
General operating$20,000
Olympia Ecosystems
Olympia, WA
General operating$20,000
Native Movement
Fairbanks, AK
General operating$20,000
Northwest American Indian Coalition
Brookings, OR
General operating$20,000
Nimiipuu Ecosystems Restoration Inc
Lapwai, ID
General operating$20,000
Indigenous Roots & Reparation Foundation
Wenatchee, WA
General operating$20,000
Cocoon House
Everett, WA
General operating$20,000
Ctr Cou Tlingit Haida Indian Tribes of A
Juneau, AK
General operating$20,000
The Alaska Center
Anchorage, AK
General operating$20,000
Koahnic Broadcast Corporation
Anchorage, AK
General operating$20,000
First Alaskans Institute
Anchorage, AK
General operating$20,000
Free Verse Writing Project
Missoula, MT
General operating$20,000
Klamath-Siskiyou Wildlands
Ashland, OR
General operating$20,000
Todos Juntos Inc
Salem, OR
General operating$20,000
Boys and Girls Club Flathead Reservation
Ronan, MT
General operating$18,000
Montana Two Spirit Society
Missoula, MT
General operating$18,000
Golden Eagle Audubon Society
Boise, ID
General operating$15,000
Ahtna Intertribal Resource Commission
Glennallen, AK
General operating$15,000
Project Girl Mentoring Program
Lynnwood, WA
General operating$15,000
Children of the Setting Sun Productions
Bellingham, WA
General operating$15,000
SE Ak Indigenous Transboundary Commissio
Sitka, AK
General operating$15,000
Indian Law Resource Center
Helena, MT
General operating$15,000
Friends of the Owyhee
Ontario, OR
General operating$15,000
Wisdom of the Elderberry Farm
Salem, OR
General operating$15,000
Refugee Womens Alliance
Seattle, WA
General operating$15,000
Pongo Poetry Project
Seattle, WA
General operating$15,000
Ilisagvik College
Barrow, AK
General operating$15,000
Trustees for Alaska
Anchorage, AK
General operating$15,000
Western Environmental Law Center
Eugene, OR
General operating$15,000
Urban Native Education Alliance
Seattle, WA
General operating$15,000
Emerging Unidos
Salem, OR
General operating$12,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Charlotte Y Martin Foundation-Ima accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: See line 2A.

How much does Charlotte Y Martin Foundation-Ima give?

$1.3 million in tax year 2024, across 58 grants, with a typical grant of $15,000.

Who runs Charlotte Y Martin Foundation-Ima?

Its 2024 filing lists C'ardiss Gardner Gleser (Board Member), Meera Lee Sethi (Secretary), Tom Campbell (Treasurer) and Bonnie Sachatello-Sawyer (Chair) among 5 officers and trustees.

What does Charlotte Y Martin Foundation-Ima fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education, youth programs and environment and conservation.

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