Funding search · EIN 912014376 · Bellevue, WA

Ordinary People Foundation

Name: Ordinary People 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.

45
grants reported: $629,000
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $15,000
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

education environmental building climate community rural avoiding communications

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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.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Aclu Foundation4 grants · $120,000
Clean Energy Transition Institute4 grants · $90,000
Sightline Institute4 grants · $90,000
Fuse Innovation Fund4 grants · $80,000
Conservation Northwest3 grants · $45,000
Heartland Fund2 grants · $40,000
Represent US Education Foundation3 grants · $35,000
Winward Fund2 grants · $30,000
Represent US Education Fund1 grant · $25,000
350 Seattle4 grants · $22,000

Giving over time

$264,000

2022

$140,500

2023

$224,500

2024

Grant history

All 45 reported grants, largest first.

$30,000
Aclu Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Law Enforcement
$30,000
Clean Energy Transition Institute · Seattle, WA · 2024
Reducing Fossil Fuel Emissions
$30,000
Sightline Institute · Seattle, WA · 2024
Environmental Protection
$30,000
Aclu Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
Law Enforcement
$30,000
Aclu Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
Law Enforcement
$30,000
Aclu Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
Law Enforcement
$25,000
Heartland Fund · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Rural Community Building
$25,000
Represent US Education Fund · Boston, MA · 2024
Democracy Building
$20,000
Conservation Northwest · Seattle, WA · 2024
Forest Preservation
$20,000
Fuse Innovation Fund · Seattle, WA · 2024
Communications Infrastructure
$20,000
Hopewell Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Voter Education
$20,000
Clean Energy Transition Institute · Seattle, WA · 2023
Reducing Fossil Fuel Emissions
$20,000
Fuse Innovation Fund · Seattle, WA · 2023
Communications Infrastructure
$20,000
Sightline Institute · Seattle, WA · 2023
Environmental Protection
$20,000
Clean Energy Transition Institute · Seattle, WA · 2022
Avoiding Climate Catastrophe
$20,000
Clean Energy Transition Institute · Seattle, WA · 2022
Avoiding Climate Catastrophe
$20,000
Fuse Innovation Fund · Seattle, WA · 2022
Communications Infrastructure
$20,000
Fuse Innovation Fund · Seattle, WA · 2022
Communications Infrastructure
$20,000
Sightline Institute · Seattle, WA · 2022
Environmental Protection
$20,000
Sightline Institute · Seattle, WA · 2022
Environmental Protection
$15,000
Sustainable Markets Foundations · New York, NY · 2024
Addressing Global Warming
$15,000
Conservation Northwest · Seattle, WA · 2023
Forest Preservation
$15,000
Heartland Fund · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Rural Community Building
$15,000
Represent US Education Foundation · Florence, MA · 2023
Democracy Building
$15,000
Winward Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
Rural Community Building
$15,000
Winward Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
Rural Community Building
$10,000
350 Seattle · Seattle, WA · 2022
Avoiding Climate Disaster
$10,000
350 Seattle · Seattle, WA · 2022
Avoiding Climate Disaster
$10,000
Conservation Northwest · Seattle, WA · 2022
Forest Preservation
$10,000
Represent US Education Foundation · Florence, MA · 2022
Corruption Prevention
$10,000
Represent US Education Foundation · Florence, MA · 2022
Corruption Prevention
$5,000
The Urbanist Fund · Seattle, WA · 2024
Education the public about the benefits of urbanism
$2,500
Rural People'S Platform · Winthrop, WA · 2023
Rural Community Development
$2,000
Fairvote Washington Foundation · Bothell, WA · 2024
Education about voting methods
$1,000
350 Seattle · Seattle, WA · 2024
Averting Climate Disaster
$1,000
Fannie and John Hertz Foundation · Pleasanton, CA · 2024
Post-graduate education
$1,000
350 Seattle · Seattle, WA · 2023
Averting Climate Disaster
$1,000
Fannie and John Hertz Foundation · Pleasanton, CA · 2023
Post-graduate education
$1,000
Fannie and John Hertz Foundation · Pleasanton, CA · 2022
Postgraduate Education
$1,000
Fannie and John Hertz Foundation · Pleasanton, CA · 2022
Postgraduate Education
$1,000
Washington Environmental Council · Seattle, WA · 2022
Environmental Advocacy
$1,000
Washington Environmental Council · Seattle, WA · 2022
Environmental Advocacy
$500
Cascade Bicycle Club · Seattle, WA · 2024
Transportation policy
$500
Cascade Bicycle Club · Seattle, WA · 2023
Transportation policy
$500
Climate Solutions · Seattle, WA · 2023
Environmental Advocacy

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