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The Gunnar and Ruth Lie Foundation Grants

Private foundation · EIN 91-2090480 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025

Total grants paid
$2.7M
Grants reported
10
Typical grant
$100K
Future commitments
Not reported

Future commitments are grants the foundation has reported but not yet paid.

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Original filing text

Reported organization name: THE GUNNAR AND RUTH LIE FOUNDATION

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 yearGrants paidAmount
20253$202K
20247$2.5M

Where The Gunnar and Ruth Lie Foundation 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.

Pursuit Northwest

Snohomish, WA

$1.5MTax year 2024

To assist org. In carrying out charitable purposes

Foundation for the Nations USA

Parker, CO

$400KTax year 2024

To assist org. In carrying out charitable purposes

Jubilee Reach

Bellevue, WA

$200KTax year 2024

To assist org. In carrying out charitable purposes

Union Gospel Mission

Seattle, WA

$200KTax year 2024

To assist org. In carrying out charitable purposes

Union Gospel Mission

Seattle, WA

$100KTax year 2025

To assist org. In carrying out charitable purposes

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About this data

Figures are aggregated from The Gunnar and Ruth Lie Foundation'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.

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