Donorschooseorg
PHILADELPHIA, PA
$140KTax year 2024
Grant purpose
Pierce county teachers 2024
Foundation directory
Gary E Milgard Family Foundation- Sunshine Grants
Private foundation · EIN 81-1315385 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025
How to apply
This foundation publishes application instructions on its latest 990-PF and does not report restricting giving to preselected organizations. See more foundations that accept applications.
- Contact
- Exclusively Accepted Online Via Www
- Phone
- (253) 274-0121
- Deadlines
- There is no deadline for submitting a letter of inquiry.
- Application materials
- A letter of inquiry is the first step in the grant application process. The letter of inquiry is reviewed, and if approved, the applicant will be requested to provide a full application.
- Restrictions
- All applicant organizations must qualify as tax-exempt organizations under the internal revenue code. Certain proposals are ineligible for funding, such as: annual funds, galas, or other special event fundraising activities; sectarian religious activities, debt reduction, political lobbying, or legislative activities; and organizations that discriminate on the basis of age, race, national origin, ethnicity, gender, political affiliation or religious belief.
Original filing text
- Contact
- EXCLUSIVELY ACCEPTED ONLINE VIA WWW
- Address
- 1701 COMMERCE STREET TACOMA, WA, 98402
- Phone
- 2532740121
- Deadlines
- THERE IS NO DEADLINE FOR SUBMITTING A LETTER OF INQUIRY.
- Application materials
- A LETTER OF INQUIRY IS THE FIRST STEP IN THE GRANT APPLICATION PROCESS. THE LETTER OF INQUIRY IS REVIEWED, AND IF APPROVED, THE APPLICANT WILL BE REQUESTED TO PROVIDE A FULL APPLICATION.
- Restrictions
- ALL APPLICANT ORGANIZATIONS MUST QUALIFY AS TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS UNDER THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. CERTAIN PROPOSALS ARE INELIGIBLE FOR FUNDING, SUCH AS: ANNUAL FUNDS, GALAS, OR OTHER SPECIAL EVENT FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES; SECTARIAN RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES, DEBT REDUCTION, POLITICAL LOBBYING, OR LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITIES; AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT DISCRIMINATE ON THE BASIS OF AGE, RACE, NATIONAL ORIGIN, ETHNICITY, GENDER, POLITICAL AFFILIATION OR RELIGIOUS BELIEF.
Reported organization name: GARY E MILGARD FAMILY FOUNDATION- SUNSHINE
Giving by tax year
Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.
| Tax year | Grants paid | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 69 | $1.4M |
| 2024 | 68 | $1.3M |
Where Gary E Milgard Family Foundation- Sunshine gives
States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.
Largest reported grants
Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.
Donorschooseorg
PHILADELPHIA, PA
$133.6KTax year 2025
Grant purpose
Pierce county teachers
The Trust for Public Land
LOS ANGELES, CA
$50KTax year 2025
Grant purpose
Wa parks for people-pierce co.
Cal Ripken Sr Foundation
PHILADELPHIA, PA
$50KTax year 2024
Grant purpose
University place parks & rec found
Tacoma Community House
TACOMA, WA
$50KTax year 2025
Grant purpose
Fulfilling the american promise
Showing 5 of the 25 largest grants (137 reported in all).
See all 137 grants from Gary E Milgard Family Foundation- Sunshine: sort and filter by purpose, state and year.
Create free accountAbout this data
Figures are aggregated from Gary E Milgard Family Foundation- Sunshine's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2025). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.
Other foundations giving in Washington
Free templates for applying to a foundation like this
- Full grant proposal template with an annotated sample
- Letter of intent template and example
- Statement of need template and examples
- Executive summary template and examples
- Grant budget template (XLSX) and budget narrative
- Evaluation plan template and metrics
New to this? Start with how to write a grant proposal, section by section. This profile is built from IRS 990-PF filings — read how the directory was assembled, or see what GrantCue does and what it costs.