Funding search · EIN 911663336 · Gig Harbor, WA
The Russell Family 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.
- 411
- grants reported
- $5.2M
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $5,000
- 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.
- Foss Waterway Seaport3 grants · $190,000
- Communities in Schools of Peninsula4 grants · $155,000
- Confluence Philanthropy4 grants · $110,000
- Puget Soundkeeper Alliance4 grants · $109,000
- Vc Include a Project of Tides Center2 grants · $100,000
- Viva Farms5 grants · $90,800
- Pacific Education Institute3 grants · $87,120
- University of Washington Foundation (Mount Rainier Institute)3 grants · $85,000
- Great Peninsula Conservancy3 grants · $84,000
- Ymca of Pierce and Kitsap Counties5 grants · $77,000
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 411 grants.
- $80,000
Foss Waterway Seaport · Tacoma, WA · 2022
Science on the sea
- $75,000
Community To Community Development (C2c) Fs Institute for Washingtons Futur · Bellingham, WA · 2024
Support for cooperativa tierra y libertad, a communally-owned model for organic, regenerative and climate-resilient farming
- $75,000
Pierce Conservation District · Puyallup, WA · 2024
Harvest pierce county
- $75,000
Puget Sound Restoration Fund · Bainbridge Island, WA · 2024
General operating support
- $75,000
Restaurant 2 Garden (Fiscal Sponsor Seattle Parks Foundation) · Seattle, WA · 2024
Restaurant 2 garden expansion
- $75,000
Viva Farms · Mount Vernon, WA · 2024
Agpark market center construction
- $75,000
Stewardship Partners · Seattle, WA · 2022
General operating support
- $75,000
Washington Environmental Council · Seattle, WA · 2022
Puget sound protection and restoration
- $70,000
Kulshan Carbon Trust · Bellingham, WA · 2024
Expanding farmer access to regenerative soil amendments through the community biochar program
- $65,000
Foss Waterway Seaport · Tacoma, WA · 2023
Science on the sea
- $60,000
Washington Water Trust · Seattle, WA · 2024
Farms and fish: climate-resilient and fish-friendly water for farming in the sammamish valley
- $60,000
Community Foundation of South Puget Sound · Olympia, WA · 2022
Support for food banks
- $50,000
Communities in Schools of Peninsula · Vaughn, WA · 2024
Lazarus fund
- $50,000
Vc Include a Project of Tides Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General operating support
- $50,000
Washington Maritime Blue · Seattle, WA · 2024
General operating support
- $50,000
Communities in Schools of Peninsula · Vaughn, WA · 2023
Lazarus fund
- $50,000
Vc Include a Project of Tides Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General operating support
- $50,000
Communities in Schools of Peninsula · Vaughn, WA · 2022
Lazarus fund
- $50,000
Emergency Food Network of Tacoma and Pierce County · Lakewood, WA · 2022
General operating support
- $50,000
Harvest Against Hunger · Seattle, WA · 2022
F2fp
- $50,000
Museum of Glass · Tacoma, WA · 2022
Hot shop heroes
- $50,000
Puget Soundkeeper Alliance · Seattle, WA · 2022
The puget sound leadership, clean water regulation and enforcement project
- $50,000
Re Sources for Sustainable Communities · Bellingham, WA · 2022
Protecting and restoring water quality and the spectacular web of life in northern puget sound
- $45,000
Foss Waterway Seaport · Tacoma, WA · 2024
Science on the sea
- $40,000
Confluence Philanthropy · New York, NY · 2023
General operating support
- $40,000
American Rivers · Washington, DC · 2022
Reconnecting and restoring puget sound rivers, floodplains and communities
- $40,000
Confluence Philanthropy · New York, NY · 2022
General operating support
- $40,000
Ymca of Greater Seattle - Camp & Outdoor Leadership · Seattle, WA · 2022
Ymca earth service corps (yesc)
- $35,000
Ymca of Greater Seattle - Camp & Outdoor Leadership · Seattle, WA · 2023
Ymca earth service corps (yesc)
- $33,120
Pacific Education Institute · Olympia, WA · 2022
Puget sound youth engaging in sustainable systems (yess)!
- $30,000
Greater Tacoma Community Foundation · Tacoma, WA · 2024
Gig harbor land conservation fund, north creek salmon heritage site phase 4
- $30,000
Great Peninsula Conservancy · Bremerton, WA · 2023
General operating support
- $30,000
Pacific Education Institute · Olympia, WA · 2023
Youth engaged in sustainable systems (yess)
- $30,000
University of Washington Foundation (Mount Rainier Institute) · Eatonville, WA · 2023
General operating support
- $30,000
Degrees of Change · Tacoma, WA · 2022
General operating support
- $30,000
Foundation for Tacoma Students · Tacoma, WA · 2022
Tacoma completes
- $30,000
Great Peninsula Conservancy · Bremerton, WA · 2022
General operating support
- $30,000
Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Foundation · Bellingham, WA · 2022
General operating support
- $30,000
Nourish Pierce County · Tacoma, WA · 2022
General operating support
- $30,000
Summer Search · Tukwila, WA · 2022
Outdoor summer program support
- $30,000
The Reach Center (Fiscally Sponsored By Tacoma Community House) · Tacoma, WA · 2022
General operating support for reach center
- $30,000
Thurston County Food Bank · Olympia, WA · 2022
General operating support
- $30,000
University of Washington Foundation (Mount Rainier Institute) · Eatonville, WA · 2022
General operating support
- $26,000
Washington State University Kitsap County Extension · Bremerton, WA · 2024
General operating support for small farms programming
- $25,000
Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians · Portland, OR · 2024
General operating support
- $25,000
As You Sow · El Cerrito, CA · 2024
General operating support
- $25,000
Clean Energy Transition Institute · Seattle, WA · 2024
General operating support
- $25,000
Climate Interactive Fiscally Sponsored By New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating support
- $25,000
Confluence Philanthropy · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support
- $25,000
Emerald Cities Collaborative · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating support
- $25,000
Gig Harbor Peninsula Fish · Gig Harbor, WA · 2024
General operating support
- $25,000
Mason Conservation District · Shelton, WA · 2024
Fostering stewardship through outdoor experiential learning opportunities
- $25,000
Shift Zero (Fiscal Sponsor Nw Energy Coalition) · Seattle, WA · 2024
General operating support
- $25,000
Spark Northwest · Seattle, WA · 2024
General operating support
- $25,000
University of Washington Foundation (Mount Rainier Institute) · Eatonville, WA · 2024
General operating support
- $25,000
Washington Maritime Blue · Seattle, WA · 2024
General operating support
- $25,000
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution · Woods Hole, MA · 2024
General operating support
- $25,000
Community Boat Project at Puget Sound Voyaging Society · Nordland, WA · 2023
General operating support
- $25,000
Environmental Science Center · Burien, WA · 2023
Environmental heroes: education, restoration, and leadership for south king county youth
- $25,000
Friends of North Creek Forest · Bothell, WA · 2023
Environmental education general operating support 2023
- $25,000
Gig Harbor Peninsula Fish · Gig Harbor, WA · 2023
General operating support
- $25,000
Hawaii Community Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2023
Maui strong fund - general operating support
- $25,000
Islandwood · Bainbridge Island, WA · 2023
General operating support for youth environmental education programming
- $25,000
Summer Search · Tukwila, WA · 2023
Experiential summer program
- $25,000
Washington Trails Association · Seattle, WA · 2023
Outdoor leadership training (olt) program
- $25,000
Waya Outdoor Institute · Tumwater, WA · 2023
Support for indigenous fellow and teen interns - training and development for program director and staff.
- $25,000
Western Washington University Foundation · Bellingham, WA · 2023
Sea discovery center's floating field trips: nearshore life in the salish sea
- $25,000
Wild Society · Kingston, WA · 2023
2023 general operating support
- $25,000
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution · Woods Hole, MA · 2023
General operating support
- $25,000
World Relief Seattle · Kent, WA · 2023
Equity and sustainability internship program
- $25,000
Ymca of Pierce and Kitsap Counties · Tacoma, WA · 2023
Outdoor environmental education
- $25,000
Aipace Washington · Seattle, WA · 2022
Capital campaign for teresita batayola clinic
- $25,000
College Success Foundation · Tacoma, WA · 2022
College success foundation - tacoma - college selection planning
- $25,000
Community Boat Project at Puget Sound Voyaging Society · Nordland, WA · 2022
General operating budget
- $25,000
Environmental Science Center · Burien, WA · 2022
Environmental heroes: education, restoration, and leadership for south king county youth
- $25,000
Forgotten Children'S Fund · Seattle, WA · 2022
General operating support
- $25,000
Friends of North Creek Forest · Bothell, WA · 2022
General operating support
- $25,000
Gig Harbor Peninsula Fish · Gig Harbor, WA · 2022
General operating support
- $25,000
Islandwood · Bainbridge Island, WA · 2022
General operating support for youth environmental education programming
- $25,000
Nourish Pierce County · Tacoma, WA · 2022
Key peninsula food bank
- $25,000
Port Townsend Marine Science Center · Port Townsend, WA · 2022
Growing ocean stewards
- $25,000
Puget Soundkeeper Alliance · Seattle, WA · 2022
Lost urban creeks project
- $25,000
R Merle Palmer Minority Scholarship Foundation · Tacoma, WA · 2022
General operating
- $25,000
The Coffee Oasis · Bremerton, WA · 2022
General operating support for pierce county work
- $25,000
The Trust for Public Land · Seattle, WA · 2022
Tacoma green schoolyards
- $25,000
Washington Trails Association · Seattle, WA · 2022
Outdoor leadership training (olt) program
- $25,000
Waya Outdoor Institute · Tumwater, WA · 2022
Youth internship program and support for waya camp readiness training for outdoor instructors and training for the inaugural camp director, including the establishment of a staff and staff training manual.
- $25,000
Western Washington University Foundation · Bellingham, WA · 2022
Sea discovery center: preparing kitsap county environmental stewards
- $25,000
Wild Society · Kingston, WA · 2022
2022 general operating support
- $25,000
World Relief Seattle · Kent, WA · 2022
Equity & sustainability internship program: building environmental leadership & education opportunities for refugee and immigrant youth
- $25,000
Ymca of Pierce and Kitsap Counties · Tacoma, WA · 2022
Outdoor environmental education
- $24,000
Great Peninsula Conservancy · Bremerton, WA · 2024
General operating support
- $24,000
Pacific Education Institute · Olympia, WA · 2024
Puget sound youth engaged in sustainable systems (yess)
- $24,000
Washington Outdoor School Consortium (Fiscal Sponsor Washington School Pri · Olympia, WA · 2023
General operating support
- $24,000
Washington Outdoor School Consortium · Olympia, WA · 2022
Washington outdoor schools consortium- coalition building, curricular frameworks and educator development
- $22,500
Vashon Nature Center · Vashon, WA · 2023
General operating support
- $22,500
Vashon Nature Center · Vashon, WA · 2022
General operating support
- $22,200
Trout Unlimited · Arlington, VA · 2022
Trout unlimited's lake sammamish stream connections program
- $20,500
Northwest Youth Corps · Eugene, OR · 2023
Sound to summit expansion, year 2
- $20,500
Northwest Youth Corps · Eugene, OR · 2022
Sound to summit expansion
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