Private foundation · EIN 94-3137894 · Seattle, WA · Return for the year ending 2023-12-31
Where Wilburforce Foundation's grants went
It reported $20.2M in grants paid across 227 lines. WHOFUNDS matched 72.9% of those dollars to 113 recipient organizations.
- Matched to an EIN $14.7M 169 lines
- No confident match $1.22M 18
- Outside the US $4.24M 40
What its filing says about applications
It did not check the 990-PF box for “only contributes to preselected organizations.”
- Form of application
- SEE FOUNDATION'S WEBSITE AT WILBURFORCE.ORG FOR GRANT GUIDELINES
- Deadlines
- SEE FOUNDATION'S WEBSITE AT WILBURFORCE.ORG FOR GRANT GUIDELINES
- Restrictions
- SEE FOUNDATION'S WEBSITE AT WILBURFORCE.ORG FOR GRANT GUIDELINES
- Website on filing
- WWW.WILBURFORCE.ORG
Contact names and phone numbers are on the filing itself. WHOFUNDS doesn't republish them.
Grants paid 223 published lines
| Recipient | Paid | Purpose as filed | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Makeway Foundation Vancouver, CA · outside the US | $1,320,250 | ENVIRONMENTAL - WILBURFORCE CANADIAN CONSERVATION FUND | Foreign |
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors New York, NY · EIN 13-3615533 | $800,000 | ENVIRONMENTAL - TRAINING RESOURCES FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNITY 2023 | Same city 1.00 |
| Together Rising As an Environmental Community Seattle, WA · EIN 91-1919141 | $800,000 | ENVIRONMENTAL - GENERAL SUPPORT 2023 | Exact name 1.00 |
| Together Rising As an Environmental Community Seattle, WA · EIN 91-1919141 | $800,000 | ENVIRONMENTAL - GENERAL SUPPORT 2023 | Exact name 1.00 |
| Heart of the Rockies Initiative Missoula, MT · EIN 46-3635624 | $250,000 | ENVIRONMENTAL - GENERAL SUPPORT 2023 | Same address 1.00 |
| New Venture Fund Washington, DC · EIN 20-5806345 | $250,000 | ENVIRONMENTAL - SALMONSTATE: TRANSBOUNDARY CONSERVATION | Same address 1.00 |
| The Wilderness Society Washington, DC · EIN 53-0167933 | $250,000 | ENVIRONMENTAL - INDIGENOUS-LED CONSERVATION: POLICY AND CAPACITY | Same address 1.00 |
| Yellowstone to Yukon Bozeman, MT · EIN 81-0535303 | $250,000 | ENVIRONMENTAL - PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION AND ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY SUPPORT 2023 | Same address 0.92 |
| Wildlands Network Salt Lake City, UT · no confident EIN match | $240,000 | ENVIRONMENTAL - SOUTHWEST CRESCENT PROGRAM 2023 | Unmatched Help match |
| The Wilderness Society Washington, DC · EIN 53-0167933 | $225,000 | ENVIRONMENTAL - LANDSCAPE SCALE CONSERVATION: HIGH DIVIDE AND CROWN OF THE CONTINENT | Same address 1.00 |
| Sky Island Alliance Tucson, AZ · EIN 86-0796748 | $208,000 | ENVIRONMENTAL - GENERAL SUPPORT 2023 | Same city 1.00 |
| Conservation Lands Foundation Durango, CO · EIN 20-8924520 | $200,000 | ENVIRONMENTAL - BLM PUBLIC LANDS RULE | Same address 1.00 |
| The Grand Canyon Trust Flagstaff, AZ · EIN 86-0512633 | $200,000 | ENVIRONMENTAL - GENERAL SUPPORT 2023 | Same address 1.00 |
| New Venture Fund Washington, DC · EIN 20-5806345 | $200,000 | ENVIRONMENTAL - ALASKA VENTURE FUND | Same address 1.00 |
| Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society Ottawa, CA · outside the US | $200,000 | ENVIRONMENTAL - BC CONSERVATION OPPORTUNITIES | Foreign |
| The Wilderness Society Washington, DC · EIN 53-0167933 | $190,000 | ENVIRONMENTAL - IMAGO INITIATIVE AND ARCTIC CONSERVATION SCIENCE | Same address 1.00 |
| Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society Ottawa, CA · outside the US | $190,000 | ENVIRONMENTAL - LAND USE PLANNING IN THE YUKON | Foreign |
| Ecoadapt Bainbridge Is, WA · EIN 26-3303629 | $180,000 | ENVIRONMENTAL - GENERAL OPERATIONS AND CLIMATE ADAPTATION IMPLEMENTATION SUPPORT | Same address 1.00 |
| Headwaters Economics Bozeman, MT · EIN 74-3171967 | $180,000 | ENVIRONMENTAL - ECONOMICS SUPPORT FOR CONSERVATION | Same address 1.00 |
| Compass Science Communication Milwaukie, OR · EIN 81-1344772 | $175,000 | ENVIRONMENTAL - GENERAL SUPPORT | Exact name 1.00 |
| National Parks Conservation Association Washington, DC · EIN 53-0225165 | $175,000 | ENVIRONMENTAL - TRANSBOUNDARY CROWN CONSERVATION INITIATIVE 2023 | Same address 1.00 |
| The University of Montana Foundation Missoula, MT · EIN 81-0362989 | $175,000 | ENVIRONMENTAL - TRANSBOUNDARY RIVERS SCIENCE AND POLICY PROJECT 2023 | Same address 1.00 |
| Wildsight Kimberley, CA · outside the US | $175,000 | ENVIRONMENTAL - ROCKY AND COLUMBIA MOUNTAINS CORRIDOR | Foreign |
| University of Washington Seattle, WA · EIN 91-1486484 | $160,000 | ENVIRONMENTAL - HABITAT CONNECTIVITY IN A CHANGING CLIMATE, SUPPORT FOR BLUEPRINT FOR A RESILIENT CASCADIA | Same city 1.00 |
| Wild Salmon Center Portland, OR · EIN 94-3166095 | $155,000 | ENVIRONMENTAL - SKEENAWILD CONSERVATION TRUST: SKEENA WATERSHED CONSERVATION | Same ZIP 1.00 |
| Center for American Progress Washington, DC · EIN 30-0126510 | $150,000 | ENVIRONMENTAL - TRANSBOUNDARY CONSERVATION AND TRANSITION MINERALS | Same address 1.00 |
| Compass Science Communication Milwaukie, OR · EIN 81-1344772 | $150,000 | ENVIRONMENTAL - WF LEADERS IN SCIENCE | Exact name 1.00 |
| Native Americans in Philanthropy Washington, DC · EIN 56-1849598 | $150,000 | ENVIRONMENTAL - TRIBAL NATIONS CLIMATE AND CONSERVATION PLEDGE AND FUNDING COLLABORATIVE | Same ZIP 1.00 |
| The Wilderness Society Washington, DC · EIN 53-0167933 | $150,000 | ENVIRONMENTAL - BLM PUBLIC LANDS RULE CAMPAIGN | Same address 1.00 |
| University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT · EIN 87-6000525 | $150,000 | ENVIRONMENTAL - LAW AND POLICY PROJECTS | Same ZIP 1.00 |
| Utah Dine Bikeyah Salt Lake Cty, UT · EIN 61-1729917 | $150,000 | ENVIRONMENTAL - GENERAL SUPPORT 2023 | Exact name 1.00 |
| Western Environmental Law Center Eugene, OR · EIN 93-1010269 | $150,000 | ENVIRONMENTAL - WILBURFORCE STRATEGIC PRIORITIES FOR THE NWSW REGION 2023 | Same address 1.00 |
| Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska Juneau, AK · no confident EIN match | $150,000 | ENVIRONMENTAL - SEACOAST INDIGENOUS GUARDIANS NETWORK | Unmatched Help match |
| Trout Unlimited Arlington, VA · EIN 38-1612715 | $140,000 | ENVIRONMENTAL - TONGASS CONSERVATION | Same address 1.00 |
| The Union of Concerned Scientists Cambridge, MA · EIN 04-2535767 | $140,000 | ENVIRONMENTAL - PROMOTING STRUCTURAL CHANGES IN GOVERNMENT DECISIONMAKING TO SAFEGUARD OUR DEMOCRACY, PUBLIC HEALTH, AND THE ENVIRONMENT | Same address 1.00 |
| University of Washington Seattle, WA · EIN 91-1486484 | $135,000 | ENVIRONMENTAL - TRANSBOUNDARY RESEARCH SCIENTIST | Same city 1.00 |
| Conservation Science Partners Truckee, CA · EIN 45-2504981 | $130,000 | ENVIRONMENTAL - DEVELOPING INNOVATIVE SCIENCE CAPACITY FOR CONSERVATION 2023/24 | Same address 1.00 |
| Resource Media Beaverton, OR · EIN 82-0564961 | $130,000 | ENVIRONMENTAL - MULTICULTURAL COMMUNICATIONS-PHASE 2 | Same address 1.00 |
| Boise State University Boise, ID · no confident EIN match | $130,000 | ENVIRONMENTAL - SOCIAL AND ECOLOGICAL CONNECTIVITY | Unmatched Help match |
| Simon Fraser University Burnaby, CA · outside the US | $128,000 | ENVIRONMENTAL - TAKU TO TRANSBOUNDARY: COLLABORATIVE SCIENCE TO ADVANCE WATERSHED RESILIENCE | Foreign |
| Friends of Nevada Wilderness Reno, NV · EIN 88-0211763 | $125,000 | ENVIRONMENTAL - GENERAL SUPPORT 2023 | Same address 1.00 |
| Institute for Journalism & Natural Resources Madison, WI · EIN 52-2073018 | $125,000 | ENVIRONMENTAL - INSTITUTE ON CRITICAL MINERALS MINING | Same address 1.00 |
| New Venture Fund Washington, DC · EIN 20-5806345 | $125,000 | ENVIRONMENTAL - SALMONSTATE: TONGASS CONSERVATION | Same address 1.00 |
| Sitka Conservation Society Sitka, AK · EIN 92-0096633 | $125,000 | ENVIRONMENTAL - GENERAL SUPPORT | Same address 1.00 |
| The Conservation Alliance Windsor, CO · EIN 94-3100867 | $125,000 | ENVIRONMENTAL - BUSINESS ENGAGEMENT FOR WILD PLACES | Same address 1.00 |
| Makeway Charitable Society Vancouver, CA · outside the US | $125,000 | ENVIRONMENTAL - MAKEWAY SHARED PLATFORM: DASIQOX-NEXWAGWEZ?AN INITIATIVE | Foreign |
| Conservation Lands Foundation Durango, CO · EIN 20-8924520 | $120,000 | ENVIRONMENTAL - GROWING AN INCLUSIVE AND EQUITABLE COMMUNITY-BASED CONSERVATION MOVEMENT IN THE SOUTHWEST CRESCENT 2023 | Same address 1.00 |
| Conservation Science Partners Truckee, CA · EIN 45-2504981 | $120,000 | ENVIRONMENTAL - ANALYTICS LAB INITIATIVE 2023 | Same address 1.00 |
| Defenders of Wildlife Washington, DC · EIN 53-0183181 | $120,000 | ENVIRONMENTAL - COEXISTENCE WITH WILDLIFE AND MEXICAN WOLF RECOVERY 2023 | Same address 1.00 |
| Klamath-Siskiyou Wildlands Center Ashland, OR · EIN 93-1246139 | $120,000 | ENVIRONMENTAL - GENERAL SUPPORT 2023 | Same ZIP 1.00 |
4 more lines ($240K) aren't listed because the payee name as filed could identify a private person.
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21 recipients in common - Shell USA Company Foundation Houston, TX
20 recipients in common - The Pfizer Foundation New York, NY
20 recipients in common - The Kendeda Fund Wilmington, DE
19 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.