Funding search · EIN 916027795 · Seattle, WA
The Bullitt 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.
- 359
- grants reported
- $14.4M
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $40,000
- 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
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- Earth Day Network1 grant · $1.0M
- University of Washington Foundation8 grants · $788,338
- Seattle Parks Foundation8 grants · $390,530
- Nw Energy Coalition2 grants · $305,000
- Futurewise3 grants · $275,000
- Washington Conservation Action5 grants · $250,650
- Toxic-Free Future2 grants · $250,000
- Verde2 grants · $240,000
- 350 Seattle3 grants · $230,000
- Seattle Foundation2 grants · $200,000
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 359 grants.
- $1.0M
Earth Day Network · Washington, DC · 2023
Support for the earth day network's plastic campaign
- $550,000
University of Washington Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2022
To design and pilot a fellowship training program for undergraduate students from unrepresented backgrounds at the university of washington college of built environments.
- $170,000
Nw Energy Coalition · Seattle, WA · 2022
For capacity support to hire a full-time development and communications manager.
- $150,000
Seattle Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2023
To support the seattle times' multi-year initiative focused on the climate crisis.
- $140,000
Verde · Portland, OR · 2022
To plan a clean materials campus campus in ne portland, oregon. For general support
- $135,000
Nw Energy Coalition · Seattle, WA · 2023
For capacity support to hire a full-time development and communications manager.
- $130,000
Seattle Parks Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2023
General support grant
- $130,000
Washington Evn Council · Seattle, WA · 2023
For general support.
- $130,000
Washington Environmental Council (Washington Conservation Action) · Seattle, WA · 2022
For general support.
- $125,000
Toxic-Free Future · Seattle, WA · 2024
To advocate for the elimination of toxics in the emerald corridor while promoting the use of safer alternative products and inherently nontoxic chemicals.
- $125,000
Washington Conservation Action · Seattle, WA · 2023
General support grant
- $125,000
Toxic-Free Future · Seattle, WA · 2022
To advocate for the elimination of toxics in the emerald corridor while promoting the use of safer alternative products and inherently nontoxic chemicals.
- $108,775
Seattle Parks Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2022
For an exit grant to support the emerald alliance for people, nature and community.
- $100,000
Futurewise · Seattle, WA · 2024
For a general support exit grant.
- $100,000
Transportation Choices Coalition · Seattle, WA · 2024
To build organizational capacity and advocate for new revenue sources to support public transit.
- $100,000
University of Washington Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2024
Harrison endowment at the evans school
- $100,000
Verde · Portland, OR · 2024
To plan a clean materials campus campus in ne portland, oregon. For general support
- $100,000
Washington Conservation Action · Seattle, WA · 2024
Bullitt prize endowment
- $100,000
Sustainable Northwest · Portland, OR · 2023
To develop and advance wood procurement policies that recognize and reward responsible forest stewardship.
- $100,000
Transportation Choice Coalition · Seattle, WA · 2023
General support grant
- $100,000
Futurewise · Seattle, WA · 2022
For a general support exit grant.
- $100,000
International Living Future Institute · Seattle, WA · 2022
For general support.
- $100,000
Transportation Choices Coalition · Seattle, WA · 2022
To build organizational capacity and advocate for new revenue sources to support public transit.
- $95,000
Oregon Environmental Council · Portland, OR · 2024
For general support.
- $95,000
Sightline Institute · Seattle, WA · 2024
For a general support exit grant.
- $95,000
350 Seattle · Seattle, WA · 2023
General support grant
- $95,000
Oregon Environmental Council · Portland, OR · 2023
General support grant
- $95,000
Sightline Institute · Seattle, WA · 2022
For a general support exit grant.
- $90,000
350 Seattle · Seattle, WA · 2024
As an exit grant for the activities of the amazon employees for climate justice program.
- $80,000
Bluegreen Alliance Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
To leverage the strength of the labor-environmental alliance to achieve greenhouse gas reductions needed to meet state climate goals.
- $80,000
Renewable Northwest Project · Portland, OR · 2024
For general support.
- $80,000
Bluegreen Alliance Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
To leverage the strength of the labor-environmental alliance to achieve greenhouse gas reductions needed to meet state climate goals.
- $80,000
Capitol Hill Housing - Community Roots · Seattle, WA · 2023
A 1:1 challenge match
- $80,000
Renewable Northwest Project · Portland, OR · 2023
General support grant
- $75,000
Center for Sustainable Infrastructure · Olympia, WA · 2024
For general support.
- $75,000
Earthjustice · Seattle, WA · 2024
To support the northwest regional office whose attorneys provide free legal advice and representation.
- $75,000
Earthjustice · Seattle, WA · 2023
To support the northwest regional office whose attorneys provide free legal advice and representation
- $75,000
Feed Seven Generations · Enumclaw, WA · 2023
Support the organizations native youth-led project.
- $75,000
Futurewise · Seattle, WA · 2023
General support grant
- $75,000
Georgia Strait Alliance · 2023
General support grant
- $75,000
Rivershed Society of British Columbia · 2023
For support of the organization's leadership role in the lower fraser adapting for ecological resilience network.
- $75,000
Watershed Watch Salmon Society · 2023
In support of the organization's connected waters campaign.
- $75,000
Willamette Riverkeeper · Portland, OR · 2023
General support grant
- $75,000
Beacon Arts (Beacon Hill Council) · Seattle, WA · 2022
To mitigate air and noise pollution
- $75,000
Center for Sustainable Infrastructure · Olympia, WA · 2022
For general support.
- $75,000
Communities for a Healthy Bay · Tacoma, WA · 2022
An exit grant in the form of general support.
- $75,000
Friends of Waterfront Seattle · Seattle, WA · 2022
For an exit grant to friends of seattle waterfront to raise the funds necessary to complete the construction for waterfront park.
- $75,000
Front and Centered · Seattle, WA · 2022
To advance environmental justice.
- $75,000
Northwest Film Forum (Wa Na Wari) · Seattle, WA · 2022
For a garden redesign with a learning lab and workshop with access to green space
- $75,000
Puget Sound Sage · Seattle, WA · 2022
As an exit grant to advocate for energy efficiency measures and expand utility bill relief for low-income customers in king county.
- $75,000
Seattle Neighborhood Greenways · Seattle, WA · 2022
For general support.
- $75,000
Sustainable Seattle (Duwamish Valley Sustainability Association) · Seattle, WA · 2022
For a youth-led community project to establish a biofuel and solar energy system
- $75,000
Young Women Empowered Y-We · Seattle, WA · 2022
To support the nature connections program
- $74,500
United Indians of All Tribes · Seattle, WA · 2023
To support capacity building by funding a newly developed position at uiatf called the bernie whitebear land restoration coordinator.
- $70,000
Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition · Seattle, WA · 2024
General support grant
- $70,000
Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition · Seattle, WA · 2023
General support grant
- $70,000
Zero Waste Washington · Seattle, WA · 2022
To increase fundraising capacity.
- $69,826
Khmer Community of Seattle and King County · Seattle, WA · 2022
To bring youth to the high point p-patch and learn from khmer elders
- $66,000
Sound Generations · Seattle, WA · 2023
To expand their programming for east african elders from ne seattle and rainier beach who attend the rainier beach urban farm and wetlands
- $65,000
Black Farmers Collective · Seattle, WA · 2023
To build organizational structure for the long-term sustainability of their work to support black farmers and the broader community
- $64,450
University District Service League (the Doorway Project) · Seattle, WA · 2022
To expand the bloom urban gardening interneship
- $61,870
Somali Community Services of Seattle · Seattle, WA · 2023
Sharing information about how to prevent, manage, and recover from harm caused by climate change-related disasters.
- $61,050
Sustainable Seattle (Basilica Bio) · Seattle, WA · 2022
Gardening under the microscope project
- $60,000
Institute for Washington'S Future · Bellingham, WA · 2024
For general support.
- $60,000
Seattle Neighborhood Greenways · Seattle, WA · 2024
For general support.
- $60,000
Washington State University Foundation · Pullman, WA · 2024
For continued support of the bread lab, a project of washington state university.
- $60,000
Center for Animal Law Studies at L&C · Portland, OR · 2023
To address the environmental harms caused by concentrated animal feeding operations
- $60,000
El Centro De La Raza · Seattle, WA · 2023
To conduct outreach and education to beacon hill residents, primarily bipoc, immigrants and refugees, about the environmental and health impacts of oil-heating and to connect them to resources that can support future co… read allTo conduct outreach and education to beacon hill residents, primarily bipoc, immigrants and refugees, about the environmental and health impacts of oil-heating and to connect them to resources that can support future conversions from oil heat to electricity less
- $60,000
Neighbors for Clean Air · Portland, OR · 2023
As an exit grant in the form of general support.
- $60,000
Oregon Physicians for Soc Resp · Portland, OR · 2023
For capacity support to hire a dedicated fundraising and development staff member.
- $60,000
Seattle Neighborhood Greenways · Seattle, WA · 2023
General support grant
- $60,000
Shunpike · Seattle, WA · 2023
To create awareness about environmental justice issues through various media including long form videos, audio vignettes, and community meetings to highlight the disparate ways in which communities are impacted by envir… read allTo create awareness about environmental justice issues through various media including long form videos, audio vignettes, and community meetings to highlight the disparate ways in which communities are impacted by environmental issues. less
- $60,000
South Seattle Emerald · Seattle, WA · 2023
To grow their capacity by contracting more freelance reporters who will specifically cover community-centered and community-rooted environmental justice stories
- $60,000
Washington State University Foundation · Pullman, WA · 2023
For the bread lab
- $60,000
Coalition of Communities of Color · Portland, OR · 2022
To partner with the city of portland and green building advocates to secure adoption and implementation of equitable residential building standards.
- $60,000
Neighbors for Clean Air · Portland, OR · 2022
As an exit grant in the form of general support.
- $60,000
Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility · Portland, OR · 2022
For capacity support to hire a dedicated fundraising and development staff member.
- $57,500
Ecotrust · Portland, OR · 2024
To advance a climate resilient food system in oregon and washington.
- $56,012
Delridge Neighborhoods Development Association · Seattle, WA · 2022
To connect youth with paid environmental connection opportunities
- $55,000
Northwest Environmental Defense Center · Portland, OR · 2024
For continued advocacy to secure regulations and accountability that result in improved air quality and decarbonization benefits for traditionally disadvantaged communities.
- $55,000
Environmental Coalition of South Seattle · Seattle, WA · 2023
To engage the latinx immigrant/refugee communities, to co-create outdoor experiences that meet their needs and interests.
- $55,000
Northwest Environmental Defense Center · Portland, OR · 2023
For continued advocacy to secure regulations and accountability that result in improved air quality and decarbonization benefits for traditionally disadvantaged communities.
- $50,000
Cascadia Policy Solutions (Wwf) · Washington, DC · 2024
To support the pacific coast collaborative a regional collaborative that has adopted a goal to reduce food waste.
- $50,000
Climate Solutions · Seattle, WA · 2024
General support grant
- $50,000
Coalition of Communities of Color · Portland, OR · 2024
To partner with the city of portland and green building advocates to secure adoption and implementation of equitable residential building standards.
- $50,000
Health Care Without Harm · Reston, VA · 2024
To continue encouraging hospitals to reduce food waste, decrease meat purchases and provide plant-forward meals.
- $50,000
Kristina Chu · Seattle, WA · 2024
Bullitt prize award winner
- $50,000
Seattle Parks Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2024
For an exit grant to support the emerald alliance for people, nature and community.
- $50,000
Spark Northwest · Seattle, WA · 2024
For general support.
- $50,000
350 Pdx · Portland, OR · 2023
General support grant
- $50,000
Axcelle Bell · Seattle, WA · 2023
Environmental prize winner
- $50,000
Bethany United Church of Christ · Seattle, WA · 2023
To identify culturally and linguistically competent organizations with facilities in beacon hill that can serve as community climate resiliency centers
- $50,000
Cascadia Policy Solutions (Wwf) · Olympia, WA · 2023
To support the pacific coast collaborative a regional collaborative that has adopted a goal to reduce food waste
- $50,000
Climate Solutions · Seattle, WA · 2023
General support grant
- $50,000
Coalition of Communities of Color · Portland, OR · 2023
To partner with the city of portland and green building advocates to secure adoption and implementation of equitable residential building standards.
- $50,000
Conservation Northwest · Seattle, WA · 2023
Matching grants
- $50,000
David Suzuki Foundation · 2023
As an exit grant to advance climate-friendly transportation policy and to value natural capital assets as infrastructure in british columbia.
- $50,000
Disability Rights Wa · Seattle, WA · 2023
For broad program support to advocate for an equitable transit system and safe public transportation infrastructure in washington state
- $50,000
Ecojustice Canada · 2023
In support of work in the vancouver metropolitan region, including the lower fraser river and estuary
- $50,000
Forest Stewardship Council · Atlanta, GA · 2023
As an exit grant for support of the organization's pacific northwest programs.
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