Wilburforce Foundation
Seattle, WA · EIN 94-3137894. Reported 897 grants totalling $72.3M to 223 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$50,000median grant
$72.3Mgranted, 2021-2024
223organizations funded
82%of grantees funded again the next year
$153.3Massets, latest filing
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Wilburforce Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $50,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $30,000 and $100,000; the smallest was $333 and the largest $1,320,250. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Training Resources for the Environmental Community | Santa Fe, NM | $4,252,158 | 14 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Wilderness Society | Washington, DC | $2,970,000 | 23 | 4 | 2024 |
| New Venture Fund | Washington, DC | $2,612,800 | 22 | 4 | 2024 |
| Together Rising As An Environmental Community | Seattle, WA | $2,495,000 | 5 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors | New York, NY | $2,042,679 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Makeway Foundation | Vancouver, British Columbia | $1,969,250 | 7 | 2 | 2024 |
| Makeway Foundation | Vancouver, BC | $1,834,750 | 16 | 2 | 2022 |
| University of Washington | Seattle, WA | $1,418,000 | 14 | 4 | 2024 |
| Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society | Ottawa, ON | $1,212,500 | 14 | 2 | 2022 |
| Sky Island Alliance | Tucson, AZ | $1,196,000 | 12 | 4 | 2024 |
| Compass Science Communication Inc | Clackamas, OR | $1,157,250 | 12 | 4 | 2024 |
| Wildlands Network | Salt Lake City, UT | $1,135,500 | 12 | 4 | 2024 |
| Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society | Ottawa, Ontario | $1,080,000 | 11 | 2 | 2024 |
| University of Montana Foundation | Missoula, MT | $1,052,000 | 16 | 4 | 2024 |
| Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative US | Bozeman, MT | $1,051,000 | 9 | 3 | 2023 |
| Heart of the Rockies Initiative | Missoula, MT | $1,030,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Conservation Science Partners | Truckee, CA | $1,000,000 | 8 | 4 | 2024 |
| Defenders of Wildlife | Washington, DC | $880,000 | 13 | 4 | 2024 |
| Grand Canyon Trust | Flagstaff, AZ | $875,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| National Parks Conservation Association | Washington, DC | $775,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Headwaters Economics | Bozeman, MT | $760,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of Utah | Salt Lake City, UT | $750,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Trout Unlimited | Arlington, VA | $740,000 | 8 | 4 | 2024 |
| Makeway Charitable Society | Vancouver, British Columbia | $709,500 | 9 | 2 | 2024 |
| Conservation Lands Foundation | Durango, CO | $680,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Western Environmental Law Center | Eugene, OR | $651,000 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Resource Media | Beaverton, OR | $650,000 | 8 | 4 | 2024 |
| Outdoor Alliance | Washington, DC | $630,000 | 8 | 4 | 2024 |
| Greater Yellowstone Coalition | Bozeman, MT | $627,000 | 8 | 4 | 2024 |
| Sierra Club Foundation | Oakland, CA | $616,000 | 15 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Rivers | Washington, DC | $605,000 | 12 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ecoadapt | Bainbridge Island, WA | $602,500 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Union of Concerned Scientists | Cambridge, MA | $560,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Wild Salmon Center | Portland, OR | $540,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Sitka Conservation Society | Sitka, AK | $531,000 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership Inc | Washington, DC | $525,000 | 10 | 4 | 2024 |
| Friends of Nevada Wilderness | Reno, NV | $500,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Institute for Journalism and Natural Resources | Madison, WI | $495,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Spruce Root | Juneau, AK | $481,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Boise State University | Boise, ID | $480,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Klamath Siskiyou Wildlands Center | Ashland, OR | $480,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Alaska Wilderness League | Washington, DC | $425,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of Alberta | Edmonton, Alberta | $421,000 | 5 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Governors of the University of Alberta | Edmonton, Alberta | $420,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Idaho Conservation League | Boise, ID | $412,150 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Wildearth Guardians | Santa Fe, NM | $410,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Wildsight | Kimberley, British Columbia | $404,000 | 4 | 2 | 2024 |
| New Mexico Wilderness Alliance | Albuquerque, NM | $400,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Conservation Northwest | Seattle, WA | $395,000 | 8 | 4 | 2024 |
| Oregon Natural Desert Association | Bend, OR | $395,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Endangered Species Coalition | Washington, DC | $390,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative | Bozeman, MT | $382,500 | 5 | 1 | 2024 |
| Center for American Progress | Washington, DC | $375,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Makeway Charitable Society | Vancouver, BC | $372,000 | 6 | 2 | 2022 |
| Backcountry Hunters and Anglers | Missoula, MT | $365,000 | 9 | 4 | 2024 |
| Native Americans in Philanthropy | Washington, DC | $365,000 | 7 | 3 | 2024 |
| Nuestra Tierra Conservation Project | Las Cruces, NM | $365,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Colorado Plateau Foundation | Flagstaff, AZ | $360,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Resources Legacy Fund | Sacramento, CA | $360,000 | 6 | 3 | 2024 |
| Montana Wildlife Federation | Helena, MT | $355,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Wildlife Conservation Society Canada | Toronto, Ontario | $355,000 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska | Juneau, AK | $350,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Evidence for Democracy | Ottawa, Ontario | $350,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Nature Conservancy | Arlington, VA | $350,000 | 11 | 4 | 2024 |
| Nature Conservancy of Canada | Toronto, ON | $340,000 | 3 | 1 | 2021 |
| Raincoast Conservation Foundation | Sidney, British Columbia | $340,000 | 4 | 2 | 2024 |
| Wildlife Conservation Society | Bronx, NY | $340,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Oregon Wild | Portland, OR | $325,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Sageland Collaborative | Salt Lake City, UT | $325,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Conservation Alliance | Windsor, CO | $325,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Tides Center | Los Angeles, CA | $315,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cascadia Wildlands | Eugene, OR | $314,000 | 8 | 4 | 2024 |
| Idaho Wildlife Federation | Boise, ID | $297,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Wild Montana | Helena, MT | $295,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Wildsight | Kimberley, BC | $284,200 | 5 | 2 | 2022 |
| American Forests | Washington, DC | $275,000 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| Cascade Forest Conservancy | Vancouver, WA | $271,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Earthjustice | San Francisco, CA | $270,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| People and Carnivores | Bozeman, MT | $265,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Simon Fraser University | Burnaby, British Columbia | $263,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| National Wildlife Federation | Reston, VA | $260,000 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| Bears Ears Partnership | Bluff, UT | $250,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Nature Conservancy of Canada | Toronto, Ontario | $250,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Takhu Tln Conservancy | Whitehorse, YK | $250,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Utah Din Bikyah | Bluff, UT | $250,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Woodland Park Zoo | Seattle, WA | $250,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Sustainability Network | Toronto, Ontario | $240,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness | Sandpoint, ID | $235,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Wildlandscapes International | Tallahassee, FL | $226,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| West Coast Environmental Law Research Foundation | Vancouver, British Columbia | $222,500 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Raincoast Conservation Foundation | Sidney, BC | $221,600 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Conservation Voters New Mexico Education Fund | Santa Fe, NM | $220,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Trustees for Alaska | Anchorage, AK | $215,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Western Resource Advocates | Boulder, CO | $205,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Alliance for Justice | Washington, DC | $200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Center for Large Landscape Conservation | Bozeman, MT | $200,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Coast Conservation Endowment Fund Foundation | Vancouver, British Columbia | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Friends of Cedar Mesa | Bluff, UT | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Montana Free Press | Helena, MT | $200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Institute for New Economics Public Interest Research Association | Victoria, British Columbia | $195,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Forward Montana Foundation | Missoula, MT | $190,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Greater Hells Canyon Council | Enterprise, OR | $190,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Salmon Valley Stewardship | Salmon, ID | $190,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| West Coast Environmental Law Research Foundation | Vancouver, BC | $190,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Yaak Valley Forest Council | Troy, MT | $190,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Malpai Borderlands Group | Douglas, AZ | $185,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| National Audubon Society | New York, NY | $180,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Skeena Watershed Conservation Coalition | Hazelton, BC | $180,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Western Mining Action Project | Lyons, CO | $180,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Conservation Alliance | Bend, OR | $175,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Montana | Missoula, MT | $175,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Yukon Conservation Society | Whitehorse, Yukon | $172,750 | 4 | 2 | 2024 |
| Bark | Portland, OR | $160,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Coalition for Sonoran Desert Protection | Tucson, AZ | $160,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Grand Canyon Wolf Recovery Project | Flagstaff, AZ | $160,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Simon Fraser University | Burnaby, BC | $160,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| National Caucus of Environmental Legislators | Washington, DC | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Society for Conservation Biology North America | Hales Corners, WI | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Wyldlife Fund | Buffalo, WY | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Utah Dine Bikeyah | Bluff, UT | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Western Native Voice Education Project | Billings, MT | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Yukon Conservation Society | Whitehorse, YT | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers | Washington, DC | $145,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation of Montana | Browning, MT | $140,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Earth Island Institute | Berkeley, CA | $140,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| High Desert Partnership | Burns, OR | $140,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Soda Mountain Wilderness Council | Ashland, OR | $133,500 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lemhi Regional Land Trust | Salmon, ID | $131,980 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Michigan State University | East Lansing, MI | $131,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Wilderness Workshop | Carbondale, CO | $130,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Center for Effective Philanthropy | Cambridge, MA | $125,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Utah Outdoor Partners | Salt Lake City, UT | $125,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Wild Utah Project Dba Sageland Collaborative | Salt Lake City, UT | $120,400 | 3 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kawerak Inc | Nome, AK | $120,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Biodiversity Funders Group | San Francisco, CA | $115,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Society for Conservation Biology North America | Weaverville, CA | $115,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Future West | Bozeman, MT | $110,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Children of the Setting Sun Productions | Bellingham, WA | $105,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| University of Victoria | Victoria, British Columbia | $102,500 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| American Lands Project | Seattle, WA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Boreal Songbird Initiative | Seattle, WA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| First Nations Development Institute | Longmont, CO | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Great Bear Initiative Society | Vancouver, British Columbia | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Great Bear Initiative Society | Vancouver, BC | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Greening Youth Foundation | Atlanta, GA | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Montana Conservation Voters Education Fund | Helena, MT | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Montana Environmental Information Center | Helena, MT | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| New Mexico Foundation | Santa Fe, NM | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| University of Victoria | Victoria, BC | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Wyoming Wildlife Federation | Lander, WY | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Environmental Investigation Agency | Washington, DC | $90,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wildlife Conservation Society Canada | Toronto, ON | $90,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Idaho Foundation | Moscow, ID | $83,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Kamloops Naturalist Club | Kamloops, British Columbia | $82,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Center for Science in Public Participation | Bozeman, MT | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Nevada Conservation League Education Fund | Las Vegas, NV | $80,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Property and Environment Research Center | Bozeman, MT | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Amphibian and Reptile Conservancy | Louisville, KY | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Blackfeet Eco Knowledge | Browning, MT | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Rural Utah Project Education Fund | Salt Lake City, UT | $70,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Wild Foundation | Boulder, CO | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Miistakis Institute for the Rockies | Calgary, AB | $67,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Beaver Institute | Southampton, MA | $65,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Miistakis Institute for the Rockies | Calgary, Alberta | $65,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Silvix Resources | Portland, OR | $65,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Humane Society of the United States | Washington, DC | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Southeast Alaska Indigenous Transboundary Commission | Juneau, AK | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Western Native Voice | Billings, MT | $60,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Respecting Aboriginal Values and Environmental Needs | Victoria, BC | $55,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Boise State University Foundation | Boise, ID | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Conservation Voters for Idaho Education Fund | Boise, ID | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| High Country News | Paonia, CO | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hopa Mountain Inc | Bozeman, MT | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Michigan State University | East Lansing, MT | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Moccasin Footprint Society | Williams Lake, British Columbia | $50,000 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pacific Rivers | Portland, OR | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Stewardship Utah Foundation | Salt Lake City, UT | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ducks Unlimited Canada | Stonewall, Manitoba | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Greenlatinos | Boulder, CO | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Harmony Hill Healing Retreat | Union, WA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Piikani Lodge Health Institute | Browning, MT | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Project Eleven Hundred | Castle Valley, UT | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| British Columbia Assembly of First Nations | Prince George, BC | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Soul River Inc | Portland, OR | $35,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Oregon State University Foundation | Corvallis, OR | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Alaska Center Education Fund | Anchorage, AK | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Dalhousie University | Halifax, Nova Scotia | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Montana Racial Equity Project | Bozeman, MT | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Natureserve | Arlington, VA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Respecting Aboriginal Values and Environmental Needs | Victoria, British Columbia | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sustainability Network | Toronto, ON | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Willamette Partnership | Portland, OR | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Gwich'in Steering Committee | Fairbanks, AK | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Humane World for Animals | Washington, DC | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Indian Residential School Survivors Society | North Vancouver, BC | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kitasooxai'xais Stewardship Authority | Klemtu, British Columbia | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kitasooxai'xais Stewardship Authority | Klemtu, BC | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Not An Alternative | Vashon, WA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Inquiring Systems Inc | Santa Rosa, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| International League of Conservation Photographers | Arlington, VA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Mt Adams Resource Stewards | Glenwood, WA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Oregon Desert Land Trust | Bend, OR | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Oregon League of Conservation Voters Education Fund | Portland, OR | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians | Arlington, WA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Wyoming Foundation | Laramie, WY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Washington Environmental Council | Seattle, WA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Alaska Conservation Foundation | Anchorage, AK | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Colorado State University Foundation | Fort Collins, CO | $10,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Environmental Grantmakers Association | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| George Wright Society | Hancock, MI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Grist Magazine | Seattle, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Institute for Strategic and Equitable Development | Bronx, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Peak Grantmaking | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pew Charitable Trusts | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Yukon University | Whitehorse, YK | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Power Shift Network | Washington, DC | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Common Ground Project | Emigrant, MT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Inside Passage Field Studies | Wrangell, AK | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Open Space Institute Inc | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Virginia Tech Foundation | Blacksburg, VA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Alaska Pacific University | Anchorage, AK | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Birdnote | Asheville, NC | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Northern Lights Wildlife Society | Smithers, British Columbia | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
162 of 223 (73%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 82%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
Plus 7 grants to individuals totalling $138,571 -- scholarships, hardship and emergency assistance. We deliberately do not publish the names of people who received them, even though the filings do.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Makeway Foundation
ENVIRONMENTAL - WILBURFORCE CANADIAN CONSERVATION FUND - Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors
ENVIRONMENTAL - TRAINING RESOURCES FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNITY 2023 - Training Resources for the Environmental Community
ENVIRONMENTAL - GENERAL SUPPORT 2023 - Together Rising As An Environmental Community
ENVIRONMENTAL - GENERAL SUPPORT 2024 - New Venture Fund
ENVIRONMENTAL - SALMONSTATE: TRANSBOUNDARY CONSERVATION - The Wilderness Society
ENVIRONMENTAL - INDIGENOUS-LED CONSERVATION: POLICY AND CAPACITY
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 620 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 221 | $15.6M | $50,000 |
| 2022 | 224 | $17.2M | $50,000 |
| 2023 | 227 | $20.2M | $50,000 |
| 2024 | 225 | $19.3M | $50,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 16% of this one's giving went to organizations in District of Columbia. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $50,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in District of Columbia.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Wilburforce Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 2034 Nw 56TH St Ste 300, Seattle, WA, 98107. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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