Open Foundations · Washington

Gary E Milgard Family Foundation-cari

Tacoma, Washington · EIN 811292744. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $4.9M across 23 grants in 2025, a median of $100K each.

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$4.9M
paid in 2025
23
grants paid
$100K
median grant
56%
to first-time recipients
$127.4M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
EXCLUSIVELY ACCEPTED ONLINE VIA WWW
Address
1701 COMMERCE STREET, TACOMA, WA, 98402
Phone
2532740121
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
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.
Submission deadline
THERE IS NO DEADLINE FOR SUBMITTING A LETTER OF INQUIRY.
Restrictions on awards
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.

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2025, IRS filing object id 202621059349100957. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2025 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

food bank

Biggest grants in 2025

The 15 largest of the 23 grants paid in 2025, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Tacoma Rescue MissionWA$1,000,000SERVICES/SHELTER EXPANSION
2Tra Medical Imaging FoundationWA$1,000,000MOBILE MAMMONW
3GoodrootsWA$339,000LOCKER NETWORK- ROUND TWO
4Boys & Girls Club of South Puget SoundWA$300,000GENERAL OPERATIONS
5Kitsap Humane SocietyWA$300,000BOG DOG CRISIS INITIATIVE
6Hopesparks Family ServicesWA$250,000PEDIATRIC HEALTHCARE INTEGRATION
7Pack-people for Animal Care and KindnessWA$250,000PARTY WITH A PURPOSE 2025
8Ymca of Pierce and Kitsap CountiesWA$250,000COMMUNITY LEARNING CTRS
9Nourish Pierce CountyWA$175,000GENERAL OPERATIONS
10Rebuilding HopeWA$150,000DROP-IN CENTER
11Emergency Food NetworkWA$100,000CO-OP FOOD PURCHASING PROGRAM
12Korean Women's AssociationWA$100,000SENIOR WELLNESS PROGRAM
13Making a Difference FoundationWA$100,000ELOISE'S COOKING POT FOOD BANK
14Medical Teams InternationalOR$100,000CARE & CONNECT PIERCE COUNTY
15Olive CrestWA$100,000YOUTH PIERCE COUNTY

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
202023$3.0M
202113$11.2M
202215$1.8M
202313$1.1M
202421$4.6M
2025 (partial year)23$4.9M

Where the money went

Share of 2025 grant dollars by recipient state
Washington96%
Oregon4%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

Cari MilgardPRESIDENT · 2025
Kasey MilgardVP & SECRETARY · 2025
Kirby MilgardVP & TREASURER · 2025
Paul DegoedeDIRECTOR · 2025

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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