Private foundation · EIN 91-1815335 · Seattle, WA · Return for the year ending 2023-12-31

Where The Burning Foundation's grants went

It reported $855,000 in grants paid across 50 lines. WHOFUNDS matched 93.0% of those dollars to 46 recipient organizations.

View the 990-PF

What its filing says about applications

It did not check the 990-PF box for “only contributes to preselected organizations.”

Form of application
ALL APPLICATIONS ARE SUBMITTED ONLINE. PLEASE REFER TO THE WEBSITE FOR MORE DETAILS: WWW.BURNINGFOUNDATION.ORG/POLICIES-AND-GUIDELINES/APPLICATION-GUIDELINES
Deadlines
SPRING CYCLE-LAST FRI OF MARCH / FALL CYCLE-LAST FRI OF SEPTEMBER REFER TO WEBSITE FOR MORE DETAILS
Restrictions
- ENVIRONMENTAL 501(C)(3) GROUPS THROUGHOUT WASHINGTON AND OREGON WHO MEET THE STATED AREAS OF INTEREST; AND - NONPROFIT 501(C)(3) GROUPS IN WASHINGTON STATE THAT MEET THE STATED AREAS OF INTEREST REGARDING TEEN PREGNANCY PREVENTION. REFER TO WEBSITE FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS.
Website on filing
BURNINGFOUNDATION.ORG

Contact names and phone numbers are on the filing itself. WHOFUNDS doesn't republish them.

Grants paid 49 published lines

RecipientPaidPurpose as filedMatch
Cascade Forest Conservancy
Vancouver, WA · EIN 91-1737883
$25,000GENERAL SUPPORTSame city 1.00
Conservation Nw
Seattle, WA · EIN 94-3091547
$25,000GENERAL SUPPORTSame address 1.00
Futurewise
Seattle, WA · EIN 91-1539831
$25,000PROTECTING WILDLIFE AND WATER RESOURCES THROUGH LAND USESame street 1.00
Klamath-Siskiyou Wildlands Center
Ashland, OR · EIN 93-1246139
$25,000CLIMATE RESILIENCY & OLD-GROWTH FOREST DEFENSE IN SW OREGONSame ZIP 1.00
Oregon Natural Desert Association
Bend, OR · EIN 94-3098621
$25,000CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION IN OREGON'S HIGH DESERTSame address 1.00
Puget Soundkeeper Alliance
Seattle, WA · EIN 91-1285783
$25,000PROTECTING OUR WATERWAYSSame address 1.00
Re Sources
Bellingham, WA · EIN 91-1243957
$25,000PROTECTING AND RESTORING THE CENTRAL SALISH SEASame address 1.00
Silvix Resources
Portland, OR · EIN 93-1527053
$25,000GREAT NORTHWEST FORESTS & EO 14072 IMPLEMENTATION PROJECTSame address 1.00
Friends of the San Juans
Friday Harbor, WA · no confident EIN match
$25,000ACHIEVING SHORELINE PROTECTION IN SAN JUAN COUNTYUnmatched Help match
Bird Alliance of Oregon
Portland, OR · EIN 93-6026088
$20,000RESTORING MALHEUR AND BRIDGING THE URBAN-RURAL DIVIDESame address 1.00
Greater Hells Canyon Council
Enterprise, OR · EIN 93-0999442
$20,000PARTNERSHIPS FOR PROTECTIONSSame address 1.00
Methow Valley Citizens Council
Twisp, WA · EIN 91-1061350
$20,000WATERWISE AND CLIMATE SMART PLANNING IN THE METHOW VALLEYSame ZIP 1.00
Skagit Land Trust
Mount Vernon, WA · EIN 91-1533402
$20,000PROTECTING ECOSYSTEMS WITH COMMUNITY SUPPORTSame ZIP 1.00
Twin Harbors Waterkeeper
Rochester, WA · EIN 84-1941740
$20,000THE CLEAN WATER AND HEALTHY HABITAT PROJECTSame ZIP 1.00
Washington Conservation Action Education Fund
Seattle, WA · EIN 91-0839385
$20,000PUGET SOUND PROGRAMSame ZIP 1.00
Waterwatch of Oregon
Portland, OR · EIN 93-0888158
$20,000STRATEGIC FRESHWATER CONSERVATION IN OREGONSame street 1.00
North Cascades Institute
Sedro Woolley, WA · EIN 91-1327775
$20,000YOUTH LEADERSHIP ADVENTURES 2024Same address 1.00
Planned Parenthood of Greater Washington and North Idaho
Yakima, WA · EIN 91-6071384
$20,000YOUTH EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM (YEP) & SEX ED OUTREACHSame address 1.00
Room ONE
Twisp, WA · EIN 91-1906926
$20,000PEER LEADERS AND EXPANDING COMMUNITY ACCESS FOR TPPSame ZIP 1.00
National Audubon Society
New York, NY · no confident EIN match
$20,000AUDUBON WASHINGTONS SAGELANDS PROGRAMUnmatched Help match
Planned Parenthood of the Columbia Willamette
Portland, OR · EIN 93-6031270
$17,000PPCW TEEN COUNCIL SUPPORTSame street 1.00
Advocates for the West
Boise, ID · EIN 06-1654062
$15,000PROTECTING OREGON'S SENSITIVE SPECIES AND HABITATSSame city 1.00
Blue Mountains Biodiversity Project
Fossil, OR · EIN 37-1831335
$15,000HABITAT PROTECTION ON NATIONAL FORESTS IN EASTERN OREGONSame address 1.00
Center for Responsible Forestry
Quilcene, WA · EIN 86-1324309
$15,000WASHINGTON STATE LEGACY FOREST INITIATIVEExact name 1.00
Central Oregon Landwatch
Bend, OR · EIN 93-0935170
$15,000UPPER DESCHUTES RIVER INITIATIVESame address 1.00
Deschutes River Alliance
Portland, OR · EIN 46-3538750
$15,000ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCACY PLANSame address 1.00
Firefighters United for Safety Ethics and Ecology
Eugene, OR · EIN 20-1094311
$15,000GENERAL SUPPORTSame street 1.00
Futurewise
Seattle, WA · EIN 91-1539831
$15,000LEGAL CAPACITY CAMPAIGNSame street 1.00
Jefferson Land Trust
Port Townsend, WA · EIN 91-1465078
$15,000LISTEN UPSame address 0.65
Oregon Desert Land Trust
Bend, OR · EIN 82-2857455
$15,000CONSERVING AND CONNECTING LANDS IN OREGON'S HIGH DESERTSame address 1.00
Sound Action
Vashon, WA · EIN 91-1945388
$15,000GENERAL OPERATIONSSame address 1.00
Spokane Riverkeeper
Spokane, WA · EIN 84-5175870
$15,000GENERAL OPERATIONSSame address 1.00
The Lands Council
Spokane, WA · EIN 94-3090355
$15,000BEAVER COEXISTENCE FOR WATERSHED HEALTHSame address 1.00
Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership
Washington, DC · EIN 04-3706385
$15,000PROTECTING WILD PUBLIC LANDS IN SOUTHEAST OREGONSame address 1.00
Washington Association of Land Trusts
Seattle, WA · EIN 26-3186170
$15,000ADVANCING HABITAT CONSERVATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICESame address 1.00
Washington Wild
Seattle, WA · EIN 91-1102692
$15,000WASHINGTON WILDLANDS, WATERS AND WILDLIFE HABITAT DEFENSESame city 1.00
Wild Salmon Center
Portland, OR · EIN 94-3166095
$15,000SECURING LONG-TERM PROTECTIONS FOR OREGONS FORESTSSame ZIP 1.00
Foundation for Youth Resiliency and Enga
Omak, WA · EIN 85-1201630
$15,000LOW-BARRIER TEEN PREGNANCY PREVENTION SUPPLIESSame address 1.00
Neighborcare Health
Seattle, WA · EIN 91-0893287
$15,0002023-24 SCHOOL-BASED REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHCARE PROGRAMSame address 1.00
Planned Parenthood Great Northwest Hawaii Alaska Indiana and Kentucky
Seattle, WA · EIN 91-0686012
$15,000TEEN COUNCIL PEER EDUCATION PROGRAM WESTERN WASHINGTONSame address 0.93
Cascadia Wildlands
Eugene, OR · EIN 93-1293019
$13,000MATURE AND OLD-GROWTH FOREST PROTECTION CAMPAIGNSame city 1.00
Cascadia Wild
Portland, OR · EIN 93-1263285
$10,000GENERAL SUPPORTSame address 1.00
Columbia Insight
Hood River, OR · EIN 82-4504894
$10,000COLUMBIA INSIGHT ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNALISMSame address 1.00
Ecosource Native Seed & Restoration
Burns, OR · EIN 86-1978035
$10,000RESTORATION OF ECOSYSTEMS USING NATIVE VEGETATIONSame ZIP 1.00
Friends of the Owyhee
Ontario, OR · EIN 83-2527575
$10,000CREATING CONNECTIONS IN THE COMMUNITYSame ZIP 1.00
Native Fish Society
Oregon City, OR · EIN 93-1187474
$10,000LAND TO SEA: RECONNECTING THE UMPQUASame address 1.00
Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Foundation
Bellingham, WA · EIN 91-2147136
$10,000RESTORATION STEWARDSHIP OF COASTAL HABITAT IN PUGET SOUNDSame address 1.00
Oregon Agricultural Trust
Salem, OR · EIN 84-3396259
$10,000PROTECTING OAK AND SAGE GROUSE HABITAT ON PRIVATE LANDSSame address 1.00
Washington Coast Sustainable Salmon Foundation
Aberdeen, WA · EIN 46-2155218
$10,000STRONG SALMON FUTURESame address 1.00

1 more line ($15K) isn't listed because the payee name as filed could identify a private person.

Foundations that fund the same organizations

  1. Amazonsmile Foundation Seattle, WA
    35 recipients in common
  2. Patagoniaorg Ventura, CA
    14 recipients in common
  3. The Lazar Foundation Black Butte Ranch, OR
    12 recipients in common
  4. The Roundhouse Foundation Sisters, OR
    10 recipients in common
  5. Wilburforce Foundation Seattle, WA
    9 recipients in common
  6. Harder Foundation Naples, FL
    8 recipients in common
  7. The Hugh and Jane Ferguson Foundation Seattle, WA
    8 recipients in common
  8. The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Charlotte, NC
    8 recipients in common

Where this comes from

Grant lines are from Part XV of this foundation's Form 990-PF (XML). The filing names each payee but gives no tax ID, so WHOFUNDS matched payees to the IRS Business Master File. Lines it couldn't match confidently are listed as filed. Method and limits.