Open Foundations · Washington

Wilburforce Foundation

Seattle, Washington · EIN 943137894. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $17.1M across 215 grants in 2024, a median of $50K each.

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$17.1M
paid in 2024
215
grants paid
$50K
median grant
11%
to first-time recipients
$153.3M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
WILBURFORCE FOUNDATION
Address
2034 NE 56TH ST STE 300, SEATTLE, WA, 98107
Phone
2066322325
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
SEE FOUNDATION'S WEBSITE AT WILBURFORCE.ORG FOR GRANT GUIDELINES
Submission deadline
SEE FOUNDATION'S WEBSITE AT WILBURFORCE.ORG FOR GRANT GUIDELINES
Restrictions on awards
SEE FOUNDATION'S WEBSITE AT WILBURFORCE.ORG FOR GRANT GUIDELINES

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202533189349103843. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2024 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

environmentalconservationwildlife

Biggest grants in 2024

The 15 largest of the 215 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Together Rising As an Environmental CommunityWA$800,000ENVIRONMENTAL - GENERAL SUPPORT 2024
2Makeway FoundationCA$264,000ENVIRONMENTAL - WILBURFORCE CANADIAN CONSERVATION FUND
3Grand Canyon TrustAZ$250,000ENVIRONMENTAL - GENERAL SUPPORT 2024
4Heart of the Rockies InitiativeMT$250,000ENVIRONMENTAL - GENERAL SUPPORT 2024
5New Venture FundDC$250,000ENVIRONMENTAL - ALASKA VENTURE FUND
6Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation InitiativeMT$250,000ENVIRONMENTAL - GENERAL SUPPORT 2024
7Wildlands NetworkUT$240,000ENVIRONMENTAL - SOUTHWEST CRESCENT PROGRAM 2024
8The Wilderness SocietyDC$225,000ENVIRONMENTAL - COMMUNITY-BASED, LANDSCAPE-SCALE CONSERVATION IN THE HIGH DIVIDE AND CROWN OF THE CONTINENT 2024
9The Governors of the University of AlbertaCA$210,000ENVIRONMENTAL - BEACONS PROJECT SUPPORT 2024
10Canadian Parks and Wilderness SocietyCA$200,000ENVIRONMENTAL - BC CONSERVATION OPPORTUNITIES
11Coast Conservation Endowment Fund FoundationCA$200,000ENVIRONMENTAL - GREAT BEAR SEA PROJECT FINANCE FOR PERMANENCE
12Sky Island AllianceAZ$200,000ENVIRONMENTAL - GENERAL SUPPORT 2024
13Canadian Parks and Wilderness SocietyCA$190,000ENVIRONMENTAL - LAND USE PLANNING IN THE YUKON 2024
14The Wilderness SocietyDC$190,000ENVIRONMENTAL - PROTECTING AMERICAS ARCTIC
15EcoadaptWA$180,000ENVIRONMENTAL - GENERAL OPERATIONS AND CLIMATE ADAPTATION IMPLEMENTATION SUPPORT

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
2020244$13.7M
2021216$14.6M
2022218$16.8M
2023217$19.0M
2024215$17.1M

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
California21%
Montana17%
District of Columbia15%
Oregon9%
Washington7%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

Birch BeaudetTRUSTEE · 2024
Jennifer Miller HerzogTRUSTEE · 2024
Jim OrrTRUSTEE · 2024
Lisa WeinsteinEXEC-DIREC/SECRETARY · 2024
Rosanna W LetwinDIRECTOR/PRESIDENT · 2024
Stephanie Nichols-youngDIRECTOR/TREASURER · 2024
Tim GreyhavensTRUSTEE · 2024

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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