Funding search · EIN 237134880 · Seattle, WA

The Northwest Fund for the Environment

Name: The Northwest Fund for the Environment grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

132
grants reported: $1.1M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

staff recognition year water protecting washington enforcement watchdogging

Funder website ↗Full IRS filings ↗How this is built Report an error

Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Futurewise4 grants · $51,000
Columbia Riverkeeper4 grants · $51,000
Re Sources4 grants · $51,000
Hanford Challenge5 grants · $46,000
Center for Environmental Law & Policy3 grants · $41,000
Western Environmental Law Center4 grants · $36,000
Transportation Choices Coalition4 grants · $36,000
Save Our Wild Salmon Coalition4 grants · $36,000
Friends of the San Juans4 grants · $36,000
Cascade Forest Conservancy4 grants · $34,000

Giving over time

$299,500

2022

$355,000

2023

$399,000

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 132 grants.

$20,000
Center for Environmental Law & Policy · Seattle, WA · 2024
Protecting and Restoring Washington's Instream Water Resources
$20,000
Columbia Riverkeeper · Portland, OR · 2024
Clean Water Action Project
$20,000
Futurewise · Seattle, WA · 2024
Protecting Farms, Forests and Water Habitats
$20,000
Re Sources · Bellingham, WA · 2024
Protecting the Salish Sea: Watchdogging pollution, game-changing policies, and community action
$20,000
Center for Environmental Law & Policy · Seattle, WA · 2023
Protecting and Restoring Washington's Instream Water resources
$20,000
Columbia Riverkeeper · Hood River, OR · 2023
Clean Water Action Project
$20,000
Futurewise · Seattle, WA · 2023
Protecting Farms, Forests and Water Habitat
$20,000
Re Sources · Bellingham, WA · 2023
Protecting the Salish Sea: Watchdogging pollution, game-changing policies, and community action
$15,000
Friends of the San Juans · Friday Harbor, WA · 2022
General support
$15,000
Hanford Challenge · Seattle, WA · 2022
General support
$15,000
Northwest Center for Alternative To Pesticides · Eugene, OR · 2022
General support
$15,000
Resource Media · Beaverton, OR · 2022
General support
$15,000
Save Our Wild Salmon Coalition · Seattle, WA · 2022
General support
$15,000
Transportation Choices Coalition · Seattle, WA · 2022
General support
$15,000
Washington Environmental Council · Seattle, WA · 2022
General support
$15,000
Western Environmental Law Center · Eugene, OR · 2022
General support
$13,000
Cascade Forest Conservancy · Vancouver, WA · 2022
General support
$13,000
Orca Network · Freeland, WA · 2022
General support
$12,000
Trout Unlimited · Arlington, VA · 2022
General support
$10,000
American Rivers · Washington, DC · 2024
Protecting and Restoring Yakima and Chehalis River Basins - NW Office
$10,000
American Whitewater · Springfield, OR · 2024
Watchdogging dam proposals and advancing removal in Washington State
$10,000
Cascade Forest Conservancy · Vancouver, WA · 2024
Protecting the Green River Valley from mining
$10,000
Communities for a Healthy Bay · Tacoma, WA · 2024
Tacoma Tideflats planning process and CWA enforcement
$10,000
Friends of the Earth · Merrifield, VA · 2024
Puget Sound and Outer Coast marine vessel traffic monitoring and enforcement program
$10,000
Friends of the San Juans · Friday Harbor, WA · 2024
Vessel Traffic Safety, Spill Response, & Stand Up to Oil Campaign
$10,000
Front and Centered · Seattle, WA · 2024
HEAL Act Implementation
$10,000
Hanford Challenge · Seattle, WA · 2024
Tank Waste and Hanford Clean Up Watchdogging
$10,000
Hanford Challenge · Seattle, WA · 2024
Staff-directed funds to area of greatest need
$10,000
Northwest Center for Alternatives To Pesticides · Eugene, OR · 2024
Pesticide education for farmworkers and health professionals
$10,000
Okanogan Highlands Alliance · Tonasket, WA · 2024
Buckhorn Mine CWA litigation and watchdogging
$10,000
Olympic Forest Coalition · Quilcene, WA · 2024
Olympic Peninsula Public Lands Project
$10,000
Puget Sound Sage · Seattle, WA · 2024
Local Elected Leadership Institute
$10,000
Puget Soundkeeper Alliance · Seattle, WA · 2024
Ongoing CWA enforcement, General Permit litigation, and monitoring of no discharge zone & Salish Sea threats
$10,000
Resource Media a Nonprofit Corporation · Beaverton, OR · 2024
Pool of funds for responsive communications for NWFE grantees
$10,000
Save Our Wild Salmon Coalition · Seattle, WA · 2024
Campaign for Snake River Dam removal
$10,000
Snake River Waterkeeper · Boise, ID · 2024
Charitable Event
$10,000
Spokane Riverkeeper · Spokane, WA · 2024
Clean Water Defense Program
$10,000
Surfrider Foundation · San Clemente, CA · 2024
Defending Conservation Outcomes and Defending Washington's Coast from Plastic Pollution & Climate Change Impacts
$10,000
Toxic-Free Future · Seattle, WA · 2024
Safer Products for Washington
$10,000
Transportation Choices Coalition · Seattle, WA · 2024
Puget Sound Regional Council transportation planning for equity and climate impacts
$10,000
Trout Unlimited · Washington, DC · 2024
Chehalis Basin Engagement
$10,000
Twin Harbors Waterkeeper · Rochester, WA · 2024
CWA enforcement
$10,000
Washington Conservation Action Education Fund · Seattle, WA · 2024
Stand Up To Oil and the Puget Sound Program
$10,000
Western Environmental Law Center · Eugene, OR · 2024
CAFO Permit Reform
$10,000
Wild Fish Conservancy · Duvall, WA · 2024
Ending industrial net pen aquaculture in Puget Sound
$10,000
Wildearth Guardians · Santa Fe, NM · 2024
Rewilding Washington
$10,000
American Rivers · Washington, DC · 2023
Yakima Basin and/or Chehalis Basin Advocacy
$10,000
American Whitewater · Cullowhee, NC · 2023
Dam proposal and removal in WA watchdogging
$10,000
Cascade Forest Conservancy · Vancouver, WA · 2023
Mt. St. Helens-No place for a mine campaign
$10,000
Communities for a Healthy Bay · Tacoma, WA · 2023
Tideflats Planning process, CWA enforcement
$10,000
Friends of the Earth · Merrifield, VA · 2023
Puget Sound and Outer Coast marine vessel traffic monitoring and enforcement program
$10,000
Friends of the San Juans · Friday Harbor, WA · 2023
Vessel Traffic Safety, Spill Response, Stand Up to oil campaign
$10,000
Front and Centered · Seattle, WA · 2023
HEAL Act Implementation
$10,000
Hanford Challenge · Seattle, WA · 2023
Tank Waste and Hanford Clean Up Watchdogging
$10,000
Northwest Center for Alternatives To Pesticides · Eugene, OR · 2023
Pesticide Outreach to Farmworkers
$10,000
Okanogan Highlands Alliance · Tonasket, WA · 2023
Buckhorn Mine CWA Litigation and Watchdogging
$10,000
Olympic Forest Coalition · Quilcene, WA · 2023
Olympic Peninsula Public Lands Project
$10,000
Puget Sound Sage · Seattle, WA · 2023
Local Elected Leadership Institute
$10,000
Puget Soundkeeper Alliance · Seattle, WA · 2023
CWA enforcement
$10,000
Resource Media a Nonprofit Corporation · Beaverton, OR · 2023
Communications support fund for NWFE grantees
$10,000
Save Our Wild Salmon Coalition · Seattle, WA · 2023
Campaign for Snake River Dam Removal
$10,000
Snake River Waterkeeper · Boise, ID · 2023
Eastern WA State CWA Enforcement
$10,000
Spokane Riverkeeper · Spokane, WA · 2023
Clean Water Defense Program
$10,000
Surfrider Foundation · San Clemente, CA · 2023
Defending Conservation Outcomes and Defending Washington's coast from plastic pollution & climate change impacts
$10,000
Toxic-Free Future · Seattle, WA · 2023
Safer Products for Washington
$10,000
Transportation Choices Coalition · Seattle, WA · 2023
Puget Sound Regional Council transportation planning for equity and climate impacts
$10,000
Trout Unlimited · Washington, DC · 2023
Chehalis Basin Engagement
$10,000
Twin Harbors Waterkeeper · Rochester, WA · 2023
CWA enforcement
$10,000
Washington Conservation Action Education Fund · Seattle, WA · 2023
Stand Up To Oil and the Puget Sound Program
$10,000
Western Environmental Law Center · Eugene, OR · 2023
CAFO Permit Reform
$10,000
Wild Fish Conservancy · Duvall, WA · 2023
Net Pen outreach campaign
$10,000
Wildearth Guardians · Santa Fe, NM · 2023
Legacy Roads and Trails - Road Removal in Watersheds
$10,000
American Whitewater · Seattle, WA · 2022
General support
$10,000
Columbia Riverkeeper · Hood River, OR · 2022
Clean water action project
$10,000
Futurewise · Seattle, WA · 2022
Protecting farms, forests and water habitats
$10,000
One America · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General support
$10,000
Re Sources · Bellingham, WA · 2022
Protecting the salish sea: watchdogging pollution, game-changing policies, and community action
$10,000
Spokane Riverkeeper · Spokane, WA · 2022
Spokane river clean water defense program
$10,000
Wild Earth Guardians · Santa Fe, NM · 2022
General support
$9,000
Puget Sound Sage · Seattle, WA · 2022
Local elected leadership institute
$7,500
Center for Environmental Law and Policy · Seattle, WA · 2022
Protecting and restoring washington's instream water resources
$7,500
Front and Centered · Seattle, WA · 2022
Heal implementation
$7,500
Olympic Forest Coalition · Quilcene, WA · 2022
Olympic peninsula public lands project
$7,500
Surfrider Foundation · San Clemente, CA · 2022
Defending conservation outcomes and defending washington's coast from plastic pollution & climate change impacts
$7,500
Toxic Free Future · Seattle, WA · 2022
Achieving toxic-free homes, communities and environment through safer products for washington
$5,000
Aboriginal Outfitters · Nespelem, WA · 2024
Environmental Organization Building Fund
$5,000
Young Women Empowered · Seattle, WA · 2024
Environmental Organization Building Fund
$5,000
Aboriginal Outfitters · Nespelem, WA · 2023
Environmental Organization Building fund
$5,000
Young Women Empowered · Seattle, WA · 2023
Environmental Organization Building fund
$5,000
Aboriginal Outfitters · Riverside, WA · 2022
General support
$5,000
Center for Responsible Forestry · Tacoma, WA · 2022
General support
$5,000
Kettle Range Conservation Group · Republic, WA · 2022
General support
$5,000
Skagit Fisheries Enhancement Group · Mt Vernon, WA · 2022
General support
$5,000
Young Women Empowered · Seattle, WA · 2022
General support
$2,500
Washington Wild · Seattle, WA · 2024
Outstanding Resource Water designation advocacy
$2,500
Zero Waste Washington · Seattle, WA · 2024
Plastics Coalition waste reduction policies
$2,500
Washington Wild · Seattle, WA · 2023
Outstanding Waters Advocacy
$2,500
Zero Waste Washington · Seattle, WA · 2023
Plastics Coaltion waste reduction policies
$1,000
Aboriginal Outfitters · Nespelem, WA · 2024
2024 year-end fund for staff recognition
$1,000
American Rivers · Washington, DC · 2024
2024 year-end fund for staff recognition

View all 132 grants →

Grants already paid are the record; PaperOrbit reads your paper and finds the funders whose record matches it — then explains why.

Search funders like this one

Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.