Arts and culture organizations across Washington state will benefit once again from a $10 million gift from the philanthropic foundation created by Paul Allen, the late Microsoft co-founder.
In partnership with ArtsFund, Allen Family Philanthropies is awarding the funds to 930 grantees as part of the Community Accelerator Grant program. Now in its third year, it’s the largest slate of awardees in the program’s history.
The unrestricted grants range from $2,500 to $25,000, with an average size of $10,753. Approximately 74% of grantees reported annual budgets of less than $500,000. For the first time in the program’s history, this year’s distribution includes organizations in all 39 counties throughout Washington.
Grantees cited a number of priorities for how they’ll use the money, including programming, salaries and labor, rent, mortgage, and facility upgrades.
Formerly knows as the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, the philanthropy was founded in 1988 by Allen and his sister Jody to invest in a number of areas, including arts and culture, science and technology, and research in all areas of bioscience.
See the complete list of 2025 grant recipients.
