Organization · EIN 52-1833599 · Seattle, WA · Environment

Who funds Sightline Institute?

20 private foundations reported paying Sightline Institute $1.66M on returns for tax year 2023.

20 funders · 8 foundations that fund peers · 6 closest peers

Funders 20

FoundationPaidPurpose as filedMatchSource
Kaphan Foundation
Seattle, WA · Preselected only
$556,094 GENERAL SUPPORT Same city 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Laidir Foundation
Seattle, WA · Preselected only
$525,000 TO FURTHER THE MISSION OF SIGHTLINE INSTITUTE'S HOUSING AND URBANISM PROGRAM. Same city 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Democracy Fund
Washington, DC · Preselected only
$175,000 Program support for the Democracy and Elections Program Same city 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Treeline Foundation
Seattle, WA · Preselected only
$100,000 TO SUPPORT EFFORTS TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE Same city 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Schmidt Family Foundation
Palo Alto, CA
$75,000 ENCOURAGING A JUST TRANSITION AWAY FROM FOSSIL FUELS Same city 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Stolte Family Foundation
Seattle, WA · Preselected only
$50,000 FUNDING FOR GENERAL CHARITABLE OPERATIONS Same city 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Wiancko Charitable Foundation
Seattle, WA · Preselected only
$35,000 UNRESTRICTED Same city 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Laird Norton Family Foundation
Seattle, WA · Preselected only
$30,000 GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT Same city 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
North Star Collaborative Foundation
Portland, OR · Preselected only
$25,000 Supporting reseach and public education Same city 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Ronald W Naito Md Foundation
Portland, OR
$20,000 OPERATING SUPPORT OF RESEARCH AND COMMUNICATIONS ADVANCING SMART, SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS FOR CASCADIA Same city 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Cosman Family Foundation
Pennington, NJ · Preselected only
$16,000 UNRESTRICTED GENERAL Same city 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Eric Anderson Foundation
Seattle, WA · Preselected only
$15,000 GENERAL SUPPORT Same city 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Ridge Road Foundation
Bellevue, WA
$11,000 CONTRIBUTION TO BE USED FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES Same city 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Grousemont Foundation
Seattle, WA · Preselected only
$10,000 GENERAL & UNRESTRICTED Same city 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Bank of America Charitable Foundation
Charlotte, NC
$5,000
2 grant lines
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT Same city 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
So Hum Foundation
Portland, OR · Preselected only
$5,000 GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT Same city 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 06/2024
The Alan J Hirschfield Family Foundation
Jackson, WY · Preselected only
$2,500 NOTE 1 Same city 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 11/2024
The GreerSolien Fund
Wilmington, DE · Preselected only
$1,000 General & Unrestricted Same city 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Edwards Lienhart Family Foundation
Portland, OR · Preselected only
$1,000 UNRESTRICTED-GENERAL FUND SUPPORT Same city 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Amazonsmile Foundation
Seattle, WA · Preselected only
$40 GENERAL SUPPORT Same city 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023

Amounts are as filed on each foundation's 990-PF for a tax year beginning in 2023. The match shows how the payee on the filing was linked to this EIN (what each match type means); hover or tap it for the score. Wrong? Report it.

Foundations that fund organizations like Sightline Institute

These foundations paid at least two of the 25 organizations that share the most funders with Sightline Institute, but don't appear on its own funder list for 2023. This is a factual overlap from filings, not a recommendation or an endorsement.

  1. The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation Menlo Park, CA
    Paid 12 of the 25 closest peers · $3.15M to them
  2. The Holocene Foundation Seattle, WA
    Paid 8 of the 25 closest peers · $1.18M to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  3. The Bullitt Foundation Seattle, WA
    Paid 6 of the 25 closest peers · $326K to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  4. The Satterberg Foundation Seattle, WA
    Paid 6 of the 25 closest peers · $661K to them
  5. Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Princeton, NJ
    Paid 10 of the 25 closest peers · $22.3K to them
  6. Moccasin Lake Foundation Wilmington, DE
    Paid 7 of the 25 closest peers · $1.03M to them
  7. Harder Foundation Naples, FL
    Paid 6 of the 25 closest peers · $330K to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  8. Douglas and Maria Bayer Foundation Th Ave Ne, WA
    Paid 7 of the 25 closest peers · $5,070 to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only

Organizations with the most funders in common

  1. Climate Solutions Seattle, WA
    8 shared funders · 24 funders in all
  2. Earthjustice San Francisco, CA
    7 shared funders · 353 funders in all
  3. Futurewise Seattle, WA
    4 shared funders · 12 funders in all
  4. Conservation Nw Seattle, WA
    5 shared funders · 40 funders in all
  5. Center for Sustainable Infrastructure Olympia, WA
    3 shared funders · 5 funders in all
  6. Toxic-Free Future F/K/A Washington Toxics Coalition Seattle, WA
    3 shared funders · 15 funders in all

Where this comes from

Each row is a grant line from Part XV of a private foundation's Form 990-PF. The 990-PF has no field for the recipient's tax ID, so WHOFUNDS matched the payee's name and address to the IRS Business Master File. How matching works and where it fails.

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