Funding search · EIN 922765467 · Wilmington, DE

The Ron and Eva-Maria Sher Foundation

Name: The Ron and Eva-Maria Sher Foundation grants, 2023–2025
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.

97
grants reported: $399,375
total given: 2023–2025
filing years: $2,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2023–2025. 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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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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Organic Farm School Formerly Greenbank Farm Manage2 grants · $35,000
Futurewise2 grants · $30,000
Washington Conservation Action Education Fund2 grants · $27,500
Youth Service America3 grants · $22,500
Bike Works Seattle3 grants · $22,500
Whidbey Institute3 grants · $21,000
Pitzer College1 grant · $15,000
Shelburne Farms2 grants · $15,000
M-Lisada Africa Foundation3 grants · $13,000
Tibetan Nuns Project4 grants · $11,500

Giving over time

$132,000

2023

$102,500

2024

$164,875

2025

Grant history

All 97 reported grants, largest first.

$30,000
Organic Farm School Formerly Greenbank Farm Manage · Freeland, WA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
Futurewise · Seattle, WA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$20,000
Washington Conservation Action Education Fund · Seattle, WA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$15,000
Youth Service America · Washington, DC · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$15,000
Pitzer College · Claremont, CA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$14,000
Whidbey Institute · Clinton, WA · 2025
Thriving Communities program
$10,500
Bike Works Seattle · Seattle, WA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Shelburne Farms · Shelburne, VT · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Colorado College · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Forterra Nw · Seattle, WA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Trust for Public Land · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Washington State University Foundation · Pullman, WA · 2023
Bread Lab at Mount Vernon - GF002855 Fund
$7,500
Bike Works Seattle · Seattle, WA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$7,500
Washington Conservation Action Education Fund · Seattle, WA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$6,000
M-Lisada Africa Foundation · New York, NY · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$6,000
Whidbey Institute · Clinton, WA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Braided River · Seattle, WA · 2025
In support of campaign for "In the Spirit of Right and Respectful Relations"
$5,000
Cascade Bicycle Club · Seattle, WA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Earth School Educational Foundation · Phoenix, AZ · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Evergreen Collaborative · Washington, DC · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Islandwood · Bainbridge Is, WA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
King County Library System Foundation · Issaquah, WA · 2025
For the Bill Ptacek Endowment Fund
$5,000
Panorama Global · Seattle, WA · 2025
Fund for Alternative Journalism
$5,000
Shelburne Farms · Shelburne, VT · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Youth Service America · Washington, DC · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Evergreen Collaborative · Washington, DC · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Fuse Innovation Fund · Seattle, WA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
King County Library System Foundation · Issaquah, WA · 2024
to support Bill Ptacek Endowment fund for Early Literacy
$5,000
M-Lisada Africa Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Futurewise · Seattle, WA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Islandwood · Bainbridge Is, WA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Nature Bridge · Sausalito, CA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Nature Conservancy - Washington · Seattle, WA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Organic Farm School Formerly Greenbank Farm Manage · Freeland, WA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$4,875
Whidbey Environmental Action Network · Langley, WA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$4,500
Bike Works Seattle · Seattle, WA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$4,500
Phila Venture Fund · Seattle, WA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$3,500
Cascade Bicycle Club · Seattle, WA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$3,000
Lift Every Voice Foundation · Willow Spring, NC · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$3,000
Tibetan Nuns Project · Seattle, WA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$3,000
Tibetan Nuns Project · Seattle, WA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$3,000
Tibetan Nuns Project · Seattle, WA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$2,500
Alaska Wilderness League · Washington, DC · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$2,500
Friends of Ebeys Landing National Historical Reser · Coupeville, WA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$2,500
Friends of Third Place Commons · Kenmore, WA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$2,500
Tibetan Nuns Project · Seattle, WA · 2025
Funds For Housing for Elder Nuns and Furnishing a Retreat Center
$2,500
Friends of Third Place Commons · Kenmore, WA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$2,500
Whidbey Island Waldorf School · Clinton, WA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$2,500
Alaska Wilderness League · Washington, DC · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$2,500
Braided River · Seattle, WA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$2,500
Cascade Bicycle Club · Seattle, WA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$2,500
The Mountains To Sound Greenway Tr · Seattle, WA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$2,500
Whidbey Environmental Action Network · Langley, WA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$2,500
Youth Service America · Washington, DC · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$2,000
Kuow-Puget Sound Public Radio · Seattle, WA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$2,000
Braided River · Seattle, WA · 2023
funds for general support and "Big River Book" project
$2,000
M-Lisada Africa Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$1,500
Friends of Friends · Langley, WA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$1,500
Kuow-Puget Sound Public Radio · Seattle, WA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$1,500
Positive Futures Network · Poulsbo, WA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Agricultural & Applied Economics Association · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
American Himalayan Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Eastrail Partners · Bellevue, WA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Grand Canyon Trust · Flagstaff, AZ · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Green Options Buffalo · Buffalo, NY · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research Educa · Washington, DC · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Pcc Farmland Trust · Seattle, WA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Planned Parenthood Great Northwest Hawaii Alaska I · Seattle, WA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Southeast Alaska Conservation Council Inc-Seacc · Juneau, AK · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
The Mountaineers · Seattle, WA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Whidbey Institute · Clinton, WA · 2025
Thriving Communities to support Detroit Fundraiser & Film Premiere event 2025
$1,000
Whidbey Island Waldorf School · Clinton, WA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Wilderness Society · Washington, DC · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Clockshop · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Eastrail Partners · Bellevue, WA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Friends of Third Place Commons · Kenmore, WA · 2024
LFP Climate Change Hub project fund
$1,000
Kuow-Puget Sound Public Radio · Seattle, WA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Lift Every Voice Foundation · Willow Spring, NC · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
American Forests · Washington, DC · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Eastrail Partners · Bellevue, WA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Four Winds · Deer Harbor, WA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Meerkerk Rhododendron Gardens · Greenbank, WA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Pcc Farmland Trust · Seattle, WA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Planned Parenthood Great Northwest Hawaii Alaska I · Seattle, WA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Rails To Trails Conservancy · Washington, DC · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
The Mountaineers · Seattle, WA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Tilth Alliance · Seattle, WA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Washington Wildlife and Recreation Coalition · Tacoma, WA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Whidbey Watershed Stewards · Langley, WA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$500
Cascade Public Media · Seattle, WA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$500
Giraffe Project · Langley, WA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$500
Lfp Climate Hub · Lk Forest Pk, WA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$500
Senior Services of Island County · Freeland, WA · 2025
Meals on Wheels program
$500
Senior Services of Island County · Freeland, WA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$500
Cascade Public Media · Seattle, WA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$500
Giraffe Project · Langley, WA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$500
Grist Magazine · Seattle, WA · 2023
General & Unrestricted

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