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Private foundation (trust)EIN 916027795Est. 1953-06

THE BULLITT FOUNDATION

SEATTLE, WA 981224013

Total Assets

$46.4M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$2.4M

FY 2024

Grants Made

56

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$44K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$150–$125K

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Programs & Activities

Program 1

$47K

The bullitt foundation paid $47,396 in 2024 for charitable activities primarily related to education.this includes a docent who gives building tours to organizations who are interested in implementing some of the bullitt center features and to students for a general environmental education. She works 15 hours per week for 750 hours a year. In 2024, the bullitt center saw 1,654 visitors on 79 tours (public and private).an energy system expert educated investors and other building owners how to financially benefit from retrofitting their buildings to include some of the bullitt center features and drastically reduce their energy consumption. He worked 10 hours per week for 4 months in 2024.

Focus Areas

Private Grantmaking Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$1.2M

Total Expenses

$5.4M

Qualifying Distributions

$3.7M

Distributable Amount

$905K

Min. Investment Return

$916K

Payout rate 100%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.100%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

56 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $150 through median $45K to maximum $125K, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

4 years

Giving over time from 2020 to 2024. Peak $6.3M in 2023. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

500 grants

EARTH DAY NETWORK
$1.8M
2 grants
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION
$820K
20 grants
NW ENERGY COALITION
$435K
4 grants
SEATTLE PARKS FOUNDATION
$431K
9 grants
350 SEATTLE
$365K
5 grants
TRANSPORTATION CHOICES COALITION
$300K
3 grants
SUNRISE MOVEMENT EDUCATION FUND
$300K
1 grant
SEATTLE FOUNDATION
$295K
4 grants

Grant Size Distribution

500 grants

<$10K
153
grants
$10–50K
242
grants
$50–250K
101
grants
$250K–1M
4
grants
$1–5M
$5M+

Geographic Focus

25 states

Washington
$11.1M
57% of total
Oregon
$4.2M
21% of total
District of Columbia
$2.5M
13% of total
California
$516K
3% of total
Minnesota
$290K
1% of total
BC
$243K
1% of total
New York
$196K
1% of total
Virginia
$135K
1% of total
Massachusetts
$125K
1% of total
Georgia
$100K
1% of total

+15 more states

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