Funding search · EIN 916468421 · Bellevue, WA
444s Foundation
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 97
- grants reported
- $8.0M
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $63,000
- 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.
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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- The Wilderness Society3 grants · $681,000
- Makeway Foundation3 grants · $540,000
- Winter Wildlands Alliance3 grants · $501,000
- Makeway Foundation - Donor Advised Fund1 grant · $410,000
- Cpaws Yukon3 grants · $390,000
- The Alaska Center Education Fund3 grants · $360,000
- National Wildlife Federation2 grants · $315,000
- Alaska Wilderness League3 grants · $315,000
- Native Movement3 grants · $314,000
- Resources Legacy Fund3 grants · $305,975
Giving over time
Grant history
All 97 reported grants, largest first.
- $410,000
Makeway Foundation - Donor Advised Fund · 2022
Environmental preservation
- $275,000
Biodiversity Funders Group · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Environmental preservation
- $261,000
The Wilderness Society · Washington, DC · 2023
Environmental preservation
- $250,000
Makeway Foundation · 2024
Environmental preservation
- $250,000
The Wilderness Society · Washington, DC · 2024
Environmental preservation
- $200,000
Earthjustice · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Environmental preservation
- $195,000
Winter Wildlands Alliance · Boise, ID · 2024
Environmental preservation
- $190,000
National Wildlife Federation · Reston, VA · 2023
Environmental preservation
- $170,000
Alaska Wilderness League · Washington, DC · 2024
Environmental preservation
- $170,000
The Wilderness Society · Washington, DC · 2022
Environmental preservation
- $161,000
Winter Wildlands Alliance · Boise, ID · 2022
Environmental preservation
- $155,000
Makeway Foundation · 2023
Environmental preservation
- $145,000
Winter Wildlands Alliance · Boise, ID · 2023
Environmental preservation
- $140,000
Cpaws Yukon · 2022
Environmental preservation
- $135,000
Native Movement · Fairbanks, AK · 2024
Environmental preservation
- $135,000
Makeway Foundation · 2022
Environmental preservation
- $135,000
Resources Legacy Fund · Sacramento, CA · 2022
Environmental preservation
- $130,000
Cpaws Yukon · 2023
Environmental preservation
- $130,000
The Alaska Center Education Fund · Anchorage, AK · 2022
Environmental preservation
- $125,000
Native Movement · Fairbanks, AK · 2023
Environmental preservation
- $125,000
National Wildlife Federation · Reston, VA · 2022
Environmental preservation
- $120,000
Cpaws Yukon · 2024
Environmental preservation
- $119,600
Resources Legacy Fund · Sacramento, CA · 2023
Environmental preservation
- $115,000
The Alaska Center Education Fund · Anchorage, AK · 2024
Environmental preservation
- $115,000
The Alaska Center Education Fund · Anchorage, AK · 2023
Environmental preservation
- $100,000
Trustees for Alaska · Anchorage, AK · 2024
Environmental preservation
- $100,000
Earthjustice · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Environmental preservation
- $100,000
The Partnership Project · Washington, DC · 2023
Environmental preservation
- $100,000
Trustees for Alaska · Anchorage, AK · 2023
Environmental preservation
- $100,000
Ecojustice Canada Society · 2022
Environmental preservation
- $100,000
The Partnership Project · Washington, DC · 2022
Environmental preservation
- $85,000
Trustees for Alaska · Anchorage, AK · 2022
Environmental preservation
- $81,000
Endangered Species Coalition · Washington, DC · 2022
Environmental preservation
- $81,000
Northern Alaska Environmental Center · Fairbanks, AK · 2022
Environmental preservation
- $81,000
West Coast Environmental Law Research Foundation · 2022
Environmental preservation
- $76,000
Western Environmental Law Center · Eugene, OR · 2022
Environmental preservation
- $75,000
Ecojustice Canada Society · 2024
Environmental preservation
- $75,000
Endangered Species Coalition · Washington, DC · 2024
Environmental preservation
- $75,000
West Coast Environmental Law Research Foundation · 2024
Environmental preservation
- $75,000
Advocates for the West · Boise, ID · 2023
Environmental preservation
- $75,000
Ecojustice Canada Society · 2023
Environmental preservation
- $75,000
Endangered Species Coalition · Washington, DC · 2023
Environmental preservation
- $75,000
Northern Alaska Environmental Center · Fairbanks, AK · 2023
Environmental preservation
- $75,000
West Coast Environmental Law Research Foundation · 2023
Environmental preservation
- $75,000
Advocates for the West · Boise, ID · 2022
Environmental preservation
- $75,000
Alaska Wilderness League · Washington, DC · 2022
Environmental preservation
- $75,000
Center for American Progress · Washington, DC · 2022
Environmental preservation
- $70,000
Alaska Wilderness League · Washington, DC · 2023
Environmental preservation
- $63,000
Wilderness Workshop · Carbondale, CO · 2022
Environmental preservation
- $60,000
Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership · Washington, DC · 2024
Environmental preservation
- $54,000
Native Movement · Fairbanks, AK · 2022
Environmental preservation
- $54,000
Round River Conservation Studies · Salt Lake City, UT · 2022
Environmental preservation
- $54,000
Wildearth Guardians · Santa Fe, NM · 2022
Environmental preservation
- $51,375
Resources Legacy Fund · Sacramento, CA · 2024
Environmental preservation
- $50,000
Environment America Research & Policy Center · Denver, CO · 2024
Environmental preservation
- $50,000
The Conservation Alliance · Missoula, MT · 2024
Environmental preservation
- $50,000
Wildearth Guardians · Santa Fe, NM · 2024
Environmental preservation
- $50,000
Round River Conservation Studies · Salt Lake City, UT · 2023
Environmental preservation
- $50,000
Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership · Washington, DC · 2023
Environmental preservation
- $50,000
Wildearth Guardians · Santa Fe, NM · 2023
Environmental preservation
- $50,000
Yukon Conservation Society · 2023
Environmental preservation
- $45,000
Native American Rights Fund · Anchorage, AK · 2024
Environmental preservation
- $45,000
Nature Canada · 2024
Environmental preservation
- $45,000
Nature Canada · 2023
Environmental preservation
- $45,000
Wilderness Workshop · Carbondale, CO · 2023
Environmental preservation
- $40,000
Environment America Research & Policy Center · Denver, CO · 2023
Environmental preservation
- $40,000
Environment America Research & Policy Center · Denver, CO · 2022
Environmental preservation
- $38,000
Wildsight · 2022
Environmental preservation
- $35,000
Round River Conservation Studies · Salt Lake City, UT · 2024
Environmental preservation
- $35,000
Wildsight · 2024
Environmental preservation
- $35,000
Grand Canyon Trust · Flagstaff, AZ · 2023
Environmental preservation
- $35,000
Wildsight · 2023
Environmental preservation
- $30,000
Alaska Community Action On Toxics · Anchorage, AK · 2024
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- $30,000
Institute for New Economics · 2024
Environmental preservation
- $30,000
Yukon Conservation Society · 2024
Environmental preservation
- $30,000
Institute for New Economics · 2023
Environmental preservation
- $30,000
Sierra Club Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2023
Environmental preservation
- $30,000
Yukon Conservation Society · 2022
Environmental preservation
- $27,000
Native American Rights Fund · Anchorage, AK · 2022
Environmental preservation
- $26,250
Oregon State University Foundation · Corvallis, OR · 2024
Environmental preservation
- $25,000
Advocates for the West · Boise, ID · 2024
Environmental preservation
- $25,000
Audubon Alaska · Anchorage, AK · 2024
Environmental preservation
- $25,000
Grand Canyon Trust · Flagstaff, AZ · 2024
Environmental preservation
- $25,000
Northern Alaska Environmental Center · Fairbanks, AK · 2024
Environmental preservation
- $25,000
National Audubon Society · New York, NY · 2023
Environmental preservation
- $25,000
Native American Rights Fund · Anchorage, AK · 2023
Environmental preservation
- $25,000
Center for Large Landscape Conservation · Bozeman, MT · 2022
Environmental preservation
- $25,000
Institute for New Economics · 2022
Environmental preservation
- $25,000
Natureserve · Arlington, VA · 2022
Environmental preservation
- $23,000
Wilderness Workshop · Carbondale, CO · 2024
Environmental preservation
- $22,000
National Audubon Society · New York, NY · 2022
Environmental preservation
- $20,000
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society · 2022
Environmental preservation
- $18,750
The Pew Charitable Trusts · Washington, DC · 2022
Environmental preservation
- $15,000
Silvix Resources · Portland, OR · 2024
Environmental preservation
- $15,000
Silvix Resources · Portland, OR · 2023
Environmental preservation
- $15,000
Pacific Environment · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Environmental preservation
- $10,000
Friends of the Earth · Washington, DC · 2022
Environmental preservation
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