Organization · EIN 93-1010269 · Eugene, OR

Who funds Western Environmental Law Center?

20 private foundations reported paying Western Environmental Law Center $1.39M on returns for tax year 2023.

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

Funders 20

FoundationPaidPurpose as filedMatchSource
John Sperling Foundation
Litchfield Park, AZ · Preselected only
$500,000 FIRST INSTALLMENT OF A TWO YEAR GRANT FOR DEFENDING PUBLIC LANDS ACROSS THE WESTERN U.S Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 08/2024
Carroll Petrie Foundation
Santa Fe, NM · Preselected only
$155,000 Work in New Mexico Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Wilburforce Foundation
Seattle, WA
$150,000 ENVIRONMENTAL - WILBURFORCE STRATEGIC PRIORITIES FOR THE NWSW REGION 2023 Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Head & Heart Foundation Tr 12319
Wilmington, DE · Preselected only
$125,000 GENERAL SUPPORT Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Tortuga Charitable Foundation
New York, NY · Preselected only
$100,000 GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Bella Vista Foundation
San Francisco, CA
$60,000 CONSERVING AND RESTORING OREGONS WATERSHEDS AND FORESTS THROUGH COLLABORATION Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Shared Earth Foundation
Chestertown, MD
$50,000 CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR LEGAL TEAM DEFENSE OF WILDLIFE IN THE AMERICAN WEST. Same city 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Park Foundation
Ithaca, NY
$40,000 ANIMAL WELFARE - PROJECT SUPPORT Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Harder Foundation
Naples, FL · Preselected only
$40,000 PACIFIC NORTHWEST'S FOREST DEFENSE CAMPAIGN
Filed as “WESTERN ENVIROMENTAL LAW CENTER”
Same street 0.89 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Wy'East Foundation
Hood River, OR · Preselected only
$30,000 GENERAL OPERATIONS TO SAFEGUARD PUBLIC LANDS, WILDLIFE, AND COMMUNITITES Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Firedoll Foundation
Walnut Creek, CA
$30,000 North California Legal Advocacy Support Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 05/2024
Sacharuna Foundation
Danvers, MA · Preselected only
$25,000 EXEMPT PURPOSE Exact name 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Gunzenhauser Chapin Fund
Greensboro, NC · Preselected only
$23,000 TO ASSIST ORGANIZATION IN CARRYING OUT ITS EXEMPT PURPOSE. Same ZIP 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The New-Land Foundation
San Francisco, CA
$20,000 ENVIRONMENT/WILDLIFE Same ZIP 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Marshall L and Perrine D McCune Charitable Foundation
Santa Fe, NM
$10,000 GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT (SAFEGUARDING NEW MEXICO'S CLIMATE FUTURE & NATURAL HERITAGE) Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Northwest Fund for the Environment
Seattle, WA · Preselected only
$10,000 CAFO Permit Reform Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Cosman Family Foundation
Pennington, NJ · Preselected only
$9,000 UNRESTRICTED GENERAL Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Maki Foundation
Carbondale, CO
$5,000 Operations Same ZIP 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Idm Foundation
Kalamazoo, MI · Preselected only
$5,000 OPERATING SUPPORT Same ZIP 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Edyne and Allen Gordon Foundation
Tesuque, NM · Preselected only
$750 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Same street 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 Western Environmental Law Center

These foundations paid at least two of the 25 organizations that share the most funders with Western Environmental Law Center, 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. Ge Foundation Norwalk, CT
    Paid 12 of the 25 closest peers · $27.7K to them
  2. The John a Rodger Jr Foundation East Meadow, NY
    Paid 11 of the 25 closest peers · $12K to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  3. Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Princeton, NJ
    Paid 11 of the 25 closest peers · $61.5K to them
  4. The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation Menlo Park, CA
    Paid 11 of the 25 closest peers · $5.51M to them
  5. Mwc Foundation Boston, MA
    Paid 10 of the 25 closest peers · $978K to them
  6. The Marisla Foundation Laguna Beach, CA
    Paid 10 of the 25 closest peers · $2.69M to them
  7. The William Penn Foundation Philadelphia, PA
    Paid 9 of the 25 closest peers · $2.53M to them
  8. Analog Devices Foundation Boston, MA
    Paid 10 of the 25 closest peers · $6,766 to them

Organizations with the most funders in common

  1. Earthjustice San Francisco, CA
    9 shared funders · 353 funders in all
  2. American Rivers Washington, DC
    8 shared funders · 130 funders in all
  3. Defenders of Wildlife Washington, DC
    7 shared funders · 173 funders in all
  4. Center for Biological Diversity Tucson, AZ
    7 shared funders · 140 funders in all
  5. Wildearth Guardians Santa Fe, NM
    7 shared funders · 36 funders in all
  6. Endangered Species Coalition Washington, DC
    6 shared funders · 17 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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