The Dean Witter Foundation

What they fund

educationlearningscholarshipsstudentsboulderclimatecountyfamily

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.

• Bellevue Schools Foundation6 grants · $138,000
• Naturebridge4 grants · $125,000
• The Thacher School3 grants · $110,000
• Wildlands Conservancy4 grants · $90,000
• Sealife Response Rehabilitation & Research3 grants · $85,000
• San Juan Preservation Trust3 grants · $75,000
• Northcoast Regional Land Trust2 grants · $55,000
• Eat Happy Now2 grants · $55,000
• Friends of Kexp2 grants · $40,000
• Pie Ranch1 grant · $40,000

Giving over time

Grant history

All 58 reported grants, largest first.

• $50,000

  The Thacher School · Ojai, CA · 2022

  For the horse program

• $45,000

  Naturebridge · San Francisco, CA · 2024

  For scholarships for students at naturebridge's west coast campuses (matching)

• $40,000

  Pelican Media · San Francisco, CA · 2021

  For the production of cold refuge

• $40,000

  Pie Ranch · Pescadero, CA · 2021

  For general support

• $35,000

  Bellevue Schools Foundation · Bellevue, WA · 2021

  For the inspiration and incubation grants program

• $30,000

  Bellevue Schools Foundation · Bellevue, WA · 2024

  For the mental health expansion program and/or the spark fund at the district superintendents discretion

• $30,000

  Eat Happy Now · Yarrow Point, WA · 2024

  For the food insecurity program

• $30,000

  Islandwood · Bainbridge Island, WA · 2024

  For the islandwood educators' fund

• $30,000

  Northwest Film Forum · Seattle, WA · 2024

  To pilot the documentary reflections of the river

• $30,000

  Sealife Response Rehabilitation & Research · Des Moines, WA · 2024

  To rescue and protect marine mammals in the pacific northwest

• $30,000

  The Thacher School · Ojai, CA · 2024

  For the horse program

• $30,000

  University of Washingtoncollege of the Environment · Friday Harbor, WA · 2024

  For the friday harbor labs k-12 science outreach program

• $30,000

  Bellevue Schools Foundation · Bellevue, WA · 2023

  For the mental health expansion program

• $30,000

  Naturebridge · San Francisco, CA · 2023

  For scholarships for students at naturebridge's west coast campuses (matching)

• $30,000

  Sealife Response Rehabilitation & Research · Des Moines, WA · 2023

  To rescue and protect marine mammals in the pacific northwest

• $30,000

  The Thacher School · Ojai, CA · 2023

  To enchance the schools water management program (matching)

• $30,000

  Northcoast Regional Land Trust · Bayside, CA · 2022

  To operate, evaluate and expand the cows and cattails program

• $25,000

  Fred Hutch Cancer Center · Seattle, WA · 2024

  For the project: mussel lab: distinguishing invasive vs local mussels through dna analysis

• $25,000

  Practical Farmers of Iowa · Ames, IA · 2024

  For sowing biodiversity: empowering small-scale farmers to support native pollinators

• $25,000

  University of Washington Clean Energy Institute · Seattle, WA · 2024

  For k-12 education and training programs

• $25,000

  Wildlands Conservancy · Oak Glen Road, CA · 2024

  For the nature's ninos program

• $25,000

  Eat Happy Now · Yarrow Point, WA · 2023

  For the food insecurity program

• $25,000

  In Harmony Farm · Earlham, IA · 2023

  For the education hub

• $25,000

  Pacific Science Center · Seattle, WA · 2023

  For the discovery corps program

• $25,000

  San Juan Preservation Trust · Friday Harbor, WA · 2023

  For learning landscapes program

• $25,000

  Wildlands Conservancy · Oak Glen, CA · 2023

  For the nature's ninos program

• $25,000

  Bellevue Schools Foundation · Bellevue, WA · 2022

  For the mental health expansion program and mental health assistance time

• $25,000

  Naturebridge · San Francisco, CA · 2022

  For scholarships for students at naturebridge's west coast campuses

• $25,000

  San Juan Preservation Trust · Friday Harbor, WA · 2022

  For learning landscapes program

• $25,000

  Sealife Response Rehabilitation & Research · Des Moines, WA · 2022

  To rescue and protect marine mammals in the pacific northwest

• $25,000

  University of Washington Friday Harbor Labs · Friday Harbor, WA · 2022

  To support the friday harbor labs k-12 science outreach program

• $25,000

  Wildlands Conservancy · Whitewater, CA · 2022

  For the nature's ninos program

• $25,000

  Community Foundation Boulder · Boulder, CO · 2021

  For the boulder county wildfire fund

• $25,000

  Naturebridge · San Francisco, CA · 2021

  For scholarships for students at the golden gate campus

• $25,000

  Northcoast Regional Land Trust · Bayside, CA · 2021

  For the cows and cattails environmental educational program

• $25,000

  Resource Central · Boulder, CO · 2021

  To scale renew our schools beyond colorado

• $25,000

  San Juan Preservation Trust · Friday Harbor, WA · 2021

  Learning landscapes program

• $25,000

  University of Washington College of the Environment · Friday Harbor, WA · 2021

  For the friday harbor labs k-12 science outreach program

• $24,000

  Peninsula College Fund · Milpitas, CA · 2021

  For scholarships for two students

• $20,000

  Cal Wood · Jamestown, CO · 2023

  For the latino family camp

• $20,000

  Friends of Kexp · Seattle, WA · 2023

  For the youth education programs

• $20,000

  Friends of Kexp · Seattle, WA · 2022

  For the youth education programs (matching)

• $20,000

  Cal Wood · Jamestown, CO · 2021

  Latino family camp

• $15,000

  Hive · Boulder, CO · 2024

  To prototype an online map of the boulder county climate justice landscape

• $15,000

  Wildlands Conservancy · Oak Glen Road, CA · 2024

  For the eel river canyon preserve

• $15,000

  Pathfinder Ranch · Mountain Center, CA · 2022

  For the family outdoor education environmental learning program

• $15,000

  Bellevue Schools Foundation · Bellevue, WA · 2021

  For mental health programs

• $15,000

  MIT Press · Cambridge, MA · 2021

  For the journal of climate resilience/climate justice

• $12,500

  Institute for Systems Biology · Seattle, WA · 2024

  For the systems education experiences program

• $12,500

  Swell Schools · San Francisco, CA · 2022

  To develop a state-of-the-art platform to house the wellness center work and to make it accessible to all schools and districts

• $10,000

  Lewa Wildlife Conservancy USA · New York, NY · 2024

  For general support in honor and memory of dean witter

• $10,000

  Northwest Association for Biomedical Research · Seattle, WA · 2024

  For the camp biomed platform in eastern washington

• $10,000

  The One Eighty Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2024

  To game on to provide sports equipment, uniforms and league fees for underserved youth ages 6-18

• $10,000

  Hive (Grant Payable To Fiscal Agent Open Collective Foundation) · Boulder, CO · 2023

  To prototype an online map of the boulder county climate justice landscape

• $10,000

  Hive · Boulder, CO · 2022

  To prototype an online map of the boulder county climate justice landscape

• $7,500

  Bellevue College Foundation · Bellevue, WA · 2022

  For girls can code program

• $5,500

  Pathfinder Ranch · Mountain Center, CA · 2023

  For the family outdoor education environmental learning program

• $3,000

  Bellevue Schools Foundation · Bellevue, WA · 2022

  For staff professional development

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