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Mount Baker Foundation: 54 grants to organizations, $3.7 million (tax year ended December 2025)
Mount Baker Foundation, a private foundation in Bellingham, WA, paid 54 grants to organizations totaling $3,703,125 in its tax year ended December 2025, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on September 15, 2026. The largest was $2,500,000 to Children of the Setting Sun Productions in Bellingham, WA for support the organization's capital campaign which is to raise funds to build their new setting sun institute, which showcases the culture and history of the coast salish people.
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- EIN
- 611862747
- Based in
- Bellingham, WA
- Assets
- $38,007,612
- Grants paid
- $3,743,294
- Tax year ended
- December 2025
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2025
From the Form 990-PF filed September 15, 2026, IRS object ID 202612589349100836. It reported $3,743,294 in grants paid; 54 grants to organizations are listed, and 1 grant to individuals is left out.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Children of the Setting Sun Productions | Bellingham, WA | Support the Organization's capital campaign which is to raise funds to build their new Setting Sun institute, which showcases the culture and history of the Coast Salish People | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $2,500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| University of Washington Foundation | Seattle, WA | Support for the innocation and research at UW's Kidney Research Institute. | Education | $249,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Chuckanut Health Foundation | Bellingham, WA | Support the Community Health Cohort project: local non-profit organizations gather and engage in a collaborative network | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Nami Whatcom | Bellingham, WA | Support new position of Executive Director | $124,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Vamos Outdoors Project | Bellingham, WA | Support outdoor and academic programs serving Latine, Migrant, Multilingual, and Newcomer youth and families in Whatcom and Skagit counties | Youth development | $90,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Chuckanut Health Foundation | Bellingham, WA | Support Oasis, a fiscal sponsorship, which provides guidance and knowledge for thos navigating local services during a crisis. | $80,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Immigrant Resources and Immediate Support (iris) | Bellingham, WA | Support general programming of providing urgent and unmet mneeds of immigrants in Whatcom and Skagit counties | $80,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Immigrant Resources and Immediate Support (iris) | Bellingham, WA | Support position of Immigrant Justice Coordinator | $80,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Common Threads Farm | Bellingham, WA | Support farm-to-table school outreach program | $51,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Pflag | Bellingham, WA | Support general programming of building support for the LGBTQ+ community and their families, friends and allies | $35,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Bellingham Queer Collective | Bellingham, WA | Support general programming of building community and providing support to LGBTQIA+ individuals | Public and societal benefit | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Chuckanut Health Foundation | Bellingham, WA | Support Oasis, a fiscal sponsorship, for their general diabetes prevention fund | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Ferndale Public Schools Foundation | Ferndale, WA | Support the Multicultural Community Event, celebrating the different cultures of Ferndale | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Nami Whatcom | Bellingham, WA | Support a portion of salaries for staff who lead the Latine Outreach Program and Peer / Youth efforts | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Northwest Washington Indian Health Board | Bellingham, WA | Support youth attending the national conference, Youth Gathering of Native Americans | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Sent Ones Ministry | Ferndale, WA | Support community meals at Ferndale Church | Food, agriculture and nutrition | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| United Church of Christ Lummi Island Congressional Church | Lummi Island, WA | Support portion of a part-time Program Coordinator | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Whatcom Literacy Council | Bellingham, WA | Support for general programming | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Services of Whatcom County | Bellingham, WA | Support for Missing, Murdered Indigenous People event | Mental health and crisis intervention | $9,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Chuckanut Health Foundation | Bellingham, WA | Support Halogen, a fiscal sponsorship, to provide unique suicide prevention resources for Black and Brown trans communities | $8,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Vamos Outdoors Project | Bellingham, WA | Support their annual fundraiser and community event | Youth development | $8,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Birchwood Food Desert Fighters | Bellingham, WA | Support for general programming | $7,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Nami Whatcom | Bellingham, WA | Support Peer Support Groups, specifically outreach and engagement purposes of NAMI's Latinx community engagement and outreach, and emerging peer support group and work | $7,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Northwest Kidney Centers | Seattle, WA | Support the Emergency Assistance program for individuals on dialysis and/or those who have received a kidney transplant | Health care | $7,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Whatcom Medical Reserves Corp | Bellingham, WA | Support the Whatcom County's Street Medical Team to bring healthcare to those experiencing homelessness in Bellingham | $7,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Brothers To Brothers | Bellingham, WA | Support the Sankofa Wellness Project, a year-long healing journey designed by and for Black men to relaim identity, restore well-being and build community | Community improvement and capacity building | $6,850 | apps.irs.gov |
| Bellingham Public Schools Foundation | Bellingham, WA | Support PTO and leadership development at Cordata Elementary | $6,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Vamos Outdoors Project | Bellingham, WA | Support their Community Bike Day, which brings community together over their love of bikes | Youth development | $6,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Racial Unity Now (run) | Lynden, WA | Support for general programming | $5,738 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Bellingham Food Bank | Bellingham, WA | Support general programming for supplies and operating costs | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Blaine Food Bank | Blaine, WA | Support general programming for supplies and operating costs | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Catholic Community Services | Seattle, WA | Support general programming for supplies and operating costs | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Celebrity Barber College | Bellingham, WA | Support the Fresh start Initiative, which empowers and educates aspiring barbers, particularly from underserved communities | Education | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Christian Hope Association | Lynden, WA | Support general programming for supplies and operating costs | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Ferndale Food Bank | Ferndale, WA | Support general programming for supplies and operating costs | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Foothills Food Bank | Maple Falls, WA | Support general programming for supplies and operating costs | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Lhaq'temish Foundation | Bellingham, WA | Support the Lummi Victims of Crime Gala, with funds raised to support services and eligible clients including legal assistance, emergency housing and advocacy | Public and societal benefit | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Lummi Food Bank | Bellingham, WA | Flexible funding for their Food Bank. Funding can be used to purchase supplies or for general operating costs | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Nooksack Tribal Food Bank | Deming, WA | Support general programming for supplies and operating costs | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Nooksack Valley Food Bank | Everson, WA | Support general programming for supplies and operating costs | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Northwest Youth Services | Bellingham, WA | Support stipends for Youth Action Board, collective of young individuals aged 12-24 sharing lived experiences in homelessness and housing instablity | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Pflag | Bellingham, WA | Support PFLAG's Transgender Assistance Fund (TAF) | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Point Roberts Food Bank | Point Roberts, WA | Support for construction of permanent food sotrage facility for the Point Roberts Food Bank | Food, agriculture and nutrition | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Whatcom Waves | Bellingham, WA | Support for community engagement and outreach to help develop stronger partnerships for decarbonizing and decolonizing housing industry | Recreation and sports | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Allied Arts of Whatcom County | Bellingham, WA | Support their Art Out Loud program, which will create a replicable model for culturally rooted arts programming | Arts, culture and humanities | $4,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Racial Unity Now (run) | Lynden, WA | Support Go! Grant, infrastructure and development related to their racial justice work | $4,262 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Bellingham Public Schools Foundation | Bellingham, WA | Support the LatinX Graduation ceremony | $3,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Bellingham Seafest | Bellingham, WA | Support Community Outreach and Operations Manager to plan, organize and lead 11 events per year, providing educational materials and supplies at events and for the Community Net materials and artists' | $3,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Chuckanut Health Foundation | Bellingham, WA | Support Chardi Kala Project, a fiscal sponsorship, to create We-Circles, a small group of community members getting together over shared interests | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Fatherhood the Foundation | Bellingham, WA | Support for family holiday support by hosting a free marketplace bazaar and providing assistance to 14 families | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Road2home | Bellingham, WA | Wheelchair | Housing and shelter | $1,775 | apps.irs.gov |
| Chuckanut Health Foundation | Bellingham, WA | Support NorthSound Race & Health Equity conference | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Chuckanut Health Foundation | Bellingham, WA | Support cohort members of Connecting Community, a fiscal sponsorship, to attend the Just Narratives conference | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Salish Current | Bellingham, WA | Support "Voices of the Northwest", a knowledge festical featuring five presentations providing perspectives and discussion about environment, social justice and culture | Education | $500 | apps.irs.gov |
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed September 11, 2025, IRS object ID 202502549349100915. It reported $2,073,021 in grants paid; 44 grants to organizations are listed, and 1 grant to individuals is left out.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Western Washington University | Bellingham, WA | Support longhouse construction for healing | $300,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Kuleana Technology Inc | Seattle, WA | Support dialysis innovation | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Meridian School District | Bellingham, WA | Support the development of the Early Learning Center at the Whatcom Skills Center | $207,045 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Whatcom Center for Early Learning | Bellingham, WA | Fund the language access project, multiple convenings of local partners to discuss language access needs; part time coordinator position and full time language access position | $192,946 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Whatcom Family and Community Network | Bellingham, WA | Fund two perinatal mental health interns at the Mobile Mama Clinic | Youth development | $110,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Chuckanut Health Foundation | Bellingham, WA | Support the Community Health Cohort project: 25 local non-profit organizations serving as a collaborative network | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Communities in Schools | Bellingham, WA | Support program expansion and hiring of a program coordinator to Ferndale High School | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Kulshan Community Land Trust | Bellingham, WA | Support project in Blaine to assess affordable housing opportunities adjacent to library | Housing and shelter | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| University of Washington Foundation | Seattle, WA | Providing scholarships for underrepresented minorities through Kidney Research Institute Fellowship to engage in nephrology research | Education | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Opportunity Council | Bellingham, WA | Support the Whatcom Resource Information Collaborative (WRIC) - a web-based resource directory that functions as a public data utility - providing free, reliable, equitable access to this critical inf | Human services | $70,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Chuckanut Health Foundation | Bellingham, WA | Support the Health Ministries Network, expanding the reach and scope of HMNs programs and supporting kidney health awareness, diabetes identification and diabetes prevention in Whatcom County (particu | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Common Threads Farm | Bellingham, WA | Provide the 25% required match of the USDA "Farm to School" grant, establishing up to 8 teaching gardens in rural schools | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Racial Unity Now (run) | Lynden, WA | Provide start-up funding for a new racial unity coalition working in Lynden with churches and community engagement | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Washington State Family and Community Engagement Trust (wafe) | Edmonds, WA | Support the Parent Leadership Training Institute (PLTI) in Whatcom County | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Immigrant Resources and Immediate Support (iris) | Bellingham, WA | Support the Immigrant Bridge Assistance Program, meeting basic needs of Whatcom County immigrants | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Northwest Youth Services | Bellingham, WA | Supports the necessary resources that homeless youth need to support their development, such as access to clothing for interviews, stipends for participation, and other needs as determined by their ca | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Evergreen Goodwill | Seattle, WA | Provide scholarships to students who complete training and desire to pursue higher education locally | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Vamos Outdoors Project | Bellingham, WA | Support Summer migrant program support for outreach and engagement activities | Youth development | $19,681 | apps.irs.gov |
| Chuckanut Health Foundation | Bellingham, WA | Support for Racial Equity Commission members | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Bellingham Public Schools Foundation | Bellingham, WA | Support events held by the "Cordata Collective" | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Children of the Setting Sun Productions | Bellingham, WA | Create social media outreach related to food sovereignty and diabetes prevention | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Chuckanut Health Foundation | Bellingham, WA | Support Chardi Kala Projects ONE Whatcom initiative to build bridges between Sikhs and non-Sikhs to reduce hate crimes against Sikhs | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Chuckanut Health Foundation | Bellingham, WA | Support All Hands Whatcom through sponsorship | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Fatherhood the Foundation | Bellingham, WA | Support for outreach events focusing on priority communities | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Max Higbee Center | Bellingham, WA | Support engagement of pparticipants as part of a decision-making advisory board | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Nami Whatcom | Bellingham, WA | Support the work of their Latinx organizer and outreach to Latinx communities to offer mental health services | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Nooksack Valley School District | Everson, WA | Support engagement of the technology club, purchase equipment | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Northwest Youth Services | Bellingham, WA | Support the necessary resources that homeless youth need to support their development, such as access to clothing for interviews, stipends for participation, and other needs as determined by their cas | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Sent Ones Ministry | Ferndale, WA | Support community meals, outreach and engagement in Ferndale and outer parts of Whatcom County | Food, agriculture and nutrition | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Whatcom Human Rights Task Force | Bellingham, WA | Supports Harvest Days at the Share Spot: a festive expansion of Birchwood Food Desert Fighter's weekly food share, celebrating the height of the harvest season | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Whatcom Intergenerational High School | Bellingham, WA | Support the school's Forest Club | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Wild Whatcom | Bellingham, WA | Support engagement in the outdoors through classes and training | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Common Threads Farm | Bellingham, WA | Support farm-to-table school outreach program | $9,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Ferndale Public Schools Foundation | Ferndale, WA | Support the Multicultural Community Event, celebrating the different cultures of Ferndale | Education | $9,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Services of Whatcom County | Bellingham, WA | Support for Missing, Murdered Indigenous People and Relatives convening | Mental health and crisis intervention | $8,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Airow Project | Bellingham, WA | Support of the mission to create, facilitate, and promote adaptive and inclusive recreation opportunities for people with disabilities in Whatcom County and surrounding area | Recreation and sports | $8,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Law Advocates | Bellingham, WA | Support for interpretation services at legal clinics | $8,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Recreation Northwest | Bellingham, WA | Support outreach through local magazine for living kidney donor event and diabetes prevention messaging | Recreation and sports | $8,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| American Diabetes Association | Arlington, VA | Participate in the 2024 State of Diabetes | Diseases, disorders and medical disciplines | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Chuckanut Health Foundation | Bellingham, WA | Support the BIPOC Women's Restorying Retreat | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Salish Current | Bellingham, WA | Support independent newspaper | Education | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Whatcom Waves | Bellingham, WA | Support female empowerment programs related to physical activity and land stewardship, focus on BIPOC women | Recreation and sports | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Vamos Outdoors Project | Bellingham, WA | Support block party sponsorship | Youth development | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Chuckanut Health Foundation | Bellingham, WA | Support race and health equity through conference sponsorship | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $2,510,000 |
| Education | $388,500 |
| Youth development | $236,181 |
| Housing and shelter | $101,775 |
| Human services | $70,000 |
| Recreation and sports | $26,000 |
| Food, agriculture and nutrition | $25,000 |
| Public and societal benefit | $20,000 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| Washington | $5,737,797 |
| Virginia | $5,000 |
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Updated September 15, 2026. Read from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Public domain (U.S. government work). Grants are as each foundation reported them to the IRS on its Form 990-PF. Grants to individuals are left out. A grant has a cause only where the recipient's name and city match one organization in the IRS Business Master File, and the cause is that organization's NTEE major group. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.