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The Northwest Fund for the Environment: 40 grants to organizations, $373,400 (tax year ended December 2025)
The Northwest Fund for the Environment, a private foundation in Seattle, WA, paid 40 grants to organizations totaling $373,400 in its tax year ended December 2025, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on September 15, 2026. The largest was $20,000 to Center for Environmental Law & Policy in Seattle, WA for protecting and restoring washington's instream water resources.
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- EIN
- 237134880
- Based in
- Seattle, WA
- Assets
- $10,814,392
- Grants paid
- $373,400
- Tax year ended
- December 2025
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2025
From the Form 990-PF filed September 15, 2026, IRS object ID 202612589349101001. It reported $373,400 in grants paid; 40 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Center for Environmental Law & Policy | Seattle, WA | Protecting and Restoring Washington's Instream Water Resources | Environment | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Columbia Riverkeeper | Portland, OR | Clean Water Action Project | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Futurewise | Seattle, WA | Protecting Farms, Forests and Water Habitats | Environment | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Re Sources | Bellingham, WA | Protecting the Salish Sea: Watchdogging pollution, game-changing policies, and community action | Environment | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| American Rivers Inc | Washington, DC | Protecting and Restoring Yakima and Chehalis River Basins - NW Office | Environment | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| American Whitewater | Springfield, OR | Watchdogging dam proposals and advancing removal in Washington State | Environment | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Cascade Forest Conservancy | Vancouver, WA | Protecting the Green River Valley from mining and watchdogging Outstanding Resource Waters (ORW) status | Environment | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Communities for A Healthy Bay | Tacoma, WA | Tacoma Tideflats planning process and CWA enforcement | Environment | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Friends of the Earth | Merrifield, VA | Puget Sound and Outer Coast marine vessel traffic monitoring and enforcement program | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Friends of the San Juans | Friday Harbor, WA | Vessel Traffic Safety, Spill Response, & Stand Up to Oil Campaign | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Front and Centered | Seattle, WA | HEAL Act Implementation | Environment | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Hanford Challenge | Seattle, WA | Tank Waste and Hanford Clean Up Watchdogging | Environment | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Northwest Center for Alternatives To Pesticides | Eugene, OR | Pesticide education for farmworkers and health professionals | Environment | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Okanogan Highlands Alliance | Tonasket, WA | Buckhorn Mine CWA litigation and watchdogging | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Puget Sound Sage | Seattle, WA | Local Elected Leadership Institute | Social science | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Puget Soundkeeper Alliance | Seattle, WA | Ongoing CWA enforcement, General Permit litigation, and monitoring of no discharge zone & Salish Sea threats | Environment | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Resource Media A Nonprofit Corporation | Beaverton, OR | Pool of funds for responsive communications for NWFE grantees | Environment | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Save Our Wild Salmon Coalition | Seattle, WA | Campaign for Snake River Dam removal | Animal-related | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Snake River Waterkeeper Inc | Boise, ID | WA State CWA Enforcement | Environment | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Spokane Riverkeeper | Spokane, WA | Clean Water Defense Program | Environment | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Surfrider Foundation | San Clemente, CA | Defending Conservation Outcomes and Defending Washington's Coast from Plastic Pollution & Climate Change Impacts | Environment | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Toxic-Free Future | Seattle, WA | Safer Products for Washington | Environment | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Transportation Choices Coalition | Seattle, WA | Puget Sound Regional Council transportation planning for equity and climate impacts | Community improvement and capacity building | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Trout Unlimited Inc | Washington, DC | Chehalis Basin Engagement | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Twin Harbors Waterkeeper | Rochester, WA | CWA enforcement | Environment | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Washington Conservation Action Education Fund | Seattle, WA | Stand Up To Oil and the Puget Sound Program | Environment | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Western Environmental Law Center | Eugene, OR | CAFO Permit Reform | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Wild Fish Conservancy | Duvall, WA | Ending industrial net pen aquaculture in Puget Sound | Animal-related | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Wildearth Guardians | Santa Fe, NM | Rewilding Washington | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Brinnon Group | Brinnon, WA | Monitoring Pleasant Harbor development in Jefferson County | Environment | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Coastal Interpretive Center | Ocean Shores, WA | Grays Harbor water quality and habitat internship program | Education | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Friends of Grays Harbor | Westport, WA | for challenging the combination of: Westhaven, Seashore Conservation Area and Westport Light and its conversion into a golf course | Environment | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Jefferson Land Trust | Port Townsend, WA | Community Response Fund for a Climate Ambassador Intern | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Okanogan Land Trust | Okanogan, WA | Bonaparte Meadows Protection and Restoration | Environment | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Puget Soundkeeper Alliance | Seattle, WA | Salmon and legacy debris project on the Duwamish RIVER | Environment | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Thurston Climate Action Team | Olympia, WA | Amplifying community voices in comprehensive planning process in Thurston County | Environment | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Re Sources | Bellingham, WA | Mobilizing public participation in comprehensive plan updates in Whatcom County | Environment | $3,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Washington Wild | Seattle, WA | Outstanding Resource Water designation advocacy | Animal-related | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Zero Waste Washington | Seattle, WA | Plastics Coalition waste reduction policies | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Futurewise | Seattle, WA | General & Unrestricted | Environment | $400 | apps.irs.gov |
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed November 7, 2025, IRS object ID 202503119349101300. It reported $399,000 in grants paid; 69 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Center for Environmental Law & Policy | Seattle, WA | Protecting and Restoring Washington's Instream Water Resources | Environment | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Columbia Riverkeeper | Portland, OR | Clean Water Action Project | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Futurewise | Seattle, WA | Protecting Farms, Forests and Water Habitats | Environment | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Re Sources | Bellingham, WA | Protecting the Salish Sea: Watchdogging pollution, game-changing policies, and community action | Environment | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| American Rivers Inc | Washington, DC | Protecting and Restoring Yakima and Chehalis River Basins - NW Office | Environment | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| American Whitewater | Springfield, OR | Watchdogging dam proposals and advancing removal in Washington State | Environment | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Cascade Forest Conservancy | Vancouver, WA | Protecting the Green River Valley from mining | Environment | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Communities for A Healthy Bay | Tacoma, WA | Tacoma Tideflats planning process and CWA enforcement | Environment | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Friends of the Earth | Merrifield, VA | Puget Sound and Outer Coast marine vessel traffic monitoring and enforcement program | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Friends of the San Juans | Friday Harbor, WA | Vessel Traffic Safety, Spill Response, & Stand Up to Oil Campaign | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Front and Centered | Seattle, WA | HEAL Act Implementation | Environment | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Hanford Challenge | Seattle, WA | Tank Waste and Hanford Clean Up Watchdogging | Environment | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Hanford Challenge | Seattle, WA | Staff-directed funds to area of greatest need | Environment | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Northwest Center for Alternatives To Pesticides | Eugene, OR | Pesticide education for farmworkers and health professionals | Environment | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Okanogan Highlands Alliance | Tonasket, WA | Buckhorn Mine CWA litigation and watchdogging | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Olympic Forest Coalition | Quilcene, WA | Olympic Peninsula Public Lands Project | Environment | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Puget Sound Sage | Seattle, WA | Local Elected Leadership Institute | Social science | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Puget Soundkeeper Alliance | Seattle, WA | Ongoing CWA enforcement, General Permit litigation, and monitoring of no discharge zone & Salish Sea threats | Environment | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Resource Media A Nonprofit Corporation | Beaverton, OR | Pool of funds for responsive communications for NWFE grantees | Environment | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Save Our Wild Salmon Coalition | Seattle, WA | Campaign for Snake River Dam removal | Animal-related | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Snake River Waterkeeper Inc | Boise, ID | Charitable Event | Environment | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Spokane Riverkeeper | Spokane, WA | Clean Water Defense Program | Environment | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Surfrider Foundation | San Clemente, CA | Defending Conservation Outcomes and Defending Washington's Coast from Plastic Pollution & Climate Change Impacts | Environment | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Toxic-Free Future | Seattle, WA | Safer Products for Washington | Environment | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Transportation Choices Coalition | Seattle, WA | Puget Sound Regional Council transportation planning for equity and climate impacts | Community improvement and capacity building | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Trout Unlimited Inc | Washington, DC | Chehalis Basin Engagement | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Twin Harbors Waterkeeper | Rochester, WA | CWA enforcement | Environment | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Washington Conservation Action Education Fund | Seattle, WA | Stand Up To Oil and the Puget Sound Program | Environment | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Western Environmental Law Center | Eugene, OR | CAFO Permit Reform | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Wild Fish Conservancy | Duvall, WA | Ending industrial net pen aquaculture in Puget Sound | Animal-related | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Wildearth Guardians | Santa Fe, NM | Rewilding Washington | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Aboriginal Outfitters | Nespelem, WA | Environmental Organization Building Fund | Arts, culture and humanities | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Young Women Empowered | Seattle, WA | Environmental Organization Building Fund | Youth development | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Washington Wild | Seattle, WA | Outstanding Resource Water designation advocacy | Animal-related | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Zero Waste Washington | Seattle, WA | Plastics Coalition waste reduction policies | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Aboriginal Outfitters | Nespelem, WA | 2024 year-end fund for staff recognition | Arts, culture and humanities | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| American Rivers Inc | Washington, DC | 2024 year-end fund for staff recognition | Environment | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| American Whitewater | Springfield, OR | 2024 year-end fund for staff recognition | Environment | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Cascade Forest Conservancy | Vancouver, WA | 2024 year-end fund for staff recognition | Environment | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Center for Environmental Law & Policy | Seattle, WA | 2024 year-end fund for staff recognition | Environment | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Columbia Riverkeeper | Portland, OR | 2024 year-end fund for staff recognition | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Communities for A Healthy Bay | Tacoma, WA | 2024 year-end fund for staff recognition | Environment | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Friends of the Earth | Merrifield, VA | 2024 year-end fund for staff recognition | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Friends of the San Juans | Friday Harbor, WA | 2024 year-end fund for staff recognition | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Front and Centered | Seattle, WA | 2024 year-end fund for staff recognition | Environment | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Futurewise | Seattle, WA | 2024 year-end fund for staff recognition | Environment | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Hanford Challenge | Seattle, WA | 2024 year-end fund for staff recognition | Environment | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Northwest Center for Alternatives To Pesticides | Eugene, OR | 2024 year-end fund for staff recognition | Environment | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Okanogan Highlands Alliance | Tonasket, WA | 2024 year-end fund for staff recognition | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Olympic Forest Coalition | Quilcene, WA | 2024 year-end fund for staff recognition | Environment | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Puget Sound Sage | Seattle, WA | 2024 year-end fund for staff recognition | Social science | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Puget Soundkeeper Alliance | Seattle, WA | 2024 year-end fund for staff recognition | Environment | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Re Sources | Bellingham, WA | 2024 year-end fund for staff recognition | Environment | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Resource Media A Nonprofit Corporation | Beaverton, OR | 2024 year-end fund for staff recognition | Environment | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Save Our Wild Salmon Coalition | Seattle, WA | 2024 year-end fund for staff recognition | Animal-related | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Snake River Waterkeeper Inc | Boise, ID | 2024 year-end fund for staff recognition | Environment | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Spokane Riverkeeper | Spokane, WA | 2024 year-end fund for staff recognition | Environment | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Surfrider Foundation | San Clemente, CA | 2024 year-end fund for staff recognition | Environment | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Toxic-Free Future | Seattle, WA | 2024 year-end fund for staff recognition | Environment | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Transportation Choices Coalition | Seattle, WA | 2024 year-end fund for staff recognition | Community improvement and capacity building | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Trout Unlimited Inc | Washington, DC | 2024 year-end fund for staff recognition | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Twin Harbors Waterkeeper | Rochester, WA | 2024 year-end fund for staff recognition | Environment | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Washington Conservation Action Education Fund | Seattle, WA | 2024 year-end fund for staff recognition | Environment | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Washington Wild | Seattle, WA | 2024 year-end fund for staff recognition | Animal-related | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Western Environmental Law Center | Eugene, OR | 2024 year-end fund for staff recognition | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Wild Fish Conservancy | Duvall, WA | 2024 year-end fund for staff recognition | Animal-related | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Wildearth Guardians | Santa Fe, NM | 2024 year-end fund for staff recognition | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Young Women Empowered | Seattle, WA | 2024 year-end fund for staff recognition | Youth development | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Zero Waste Washington | Seattle, WA | 2024 year-end fund for staff recognition | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Environment | $487,400 |
| Animal-related | $48,000 |
| Social science | $21,000 |
| Community improvement and capacity building | $21,000 |
| Arts, culture and humanities | $6,000 |
| Youth development | $6,000 |
| Education | $5,000 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| Washington | $521,400 |
| Oregon | $125,000 |
| District of Columbia | $42,000 |
| Virginia | $21,000 |
| Idaho | $21,000 |
| California | $21,000 |
| New Mexico | $21,000 |
Also on SpecStream
- Who funds environment in Washington
- Who funds environment in Oregon
- Who funds animal-related in Washington
- Who funds environment in District of Columbia
- Who funds environment in Idaho
- Who funds environment in California
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.