Funding search · EIN 911663336 · Gig Harbor, WA

The Russell Family Foundation

Name: The Russell Family Foundation 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.

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.

What they fund

class fellow employee match education environmental youth fellowship

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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.

13 grants matching “environmental education” · $287,500

$17,500
Ymca of Pierce and Kitsap Counties · Tacoma, WA · 2024
Outdoor environmental education
$17,500
Environmental Science Center · Burien, WA · 2024
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
Islandwood · Bainbridge Island, WA · 2023
General operating support for youth environmental education programming
$25,000
Ymca of Pierce and Kitsap Counties · Tacoma, WA · 2023
Outdoor environmental education
$25,000
Environmental Science Center · Burien, WA · 2023
Environmental heroes: education, restoration, and leadership for south king county youth
$12,500
South Sound Estuary Association · Olympia, WA · 2023
K-12 environmental education field trips: bayshore field stem, conservation kids, estuary life and landforms, on the water
$25,000
Environmental Science Center · Burien, WA · 2022
Environmental heroes: education, restoration, and leadership for south king county youth
$25,000
Islandwood · Bainbridge Island, WA · 2022
General operating support for youth environmental education programming
$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
$20,000
Garden Raised Bounty (Grub) · Olympia, WA · 2022
Environmental education grant for grub youth
$20,000
Sea Potential (Fiscal Sponsor Sustainable Seattle) · Seattle, WA · 2022
Bipoc youth environmental education

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

$2.1M

2022

$1.2M

2023

$1.9M

2024

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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