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Private foundation (trust)EIN 943137894Est. 1991-06

WILBURFORCE FOUNDATION

SEATTLE, WA 981073127

Accepts unsolicited proposals

Total Assets

$140.7M

FY 2023

Annual Giving

$20.2M

FY 2023

Grants Made

227

FY 2023

Avg Grant

$89K

FY 2023

Grant Range

$1K–$1.3M

Typical

Deadlines

See foundation's website at wilburforc…

Applications

Programs & Activities

Program 1

$16K

Underwrite technical assistance and training opportunities for grantees at conferences and workshops, addressing conservation, science, and capacity building topics

Focus Areas

Private Grantmaking Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2023 filing

Total Revenue

$22.3M

Total Expenses

$24.8M

Qualifying Distributions

$23.7M

Distributable Amount

$6.6M

Min. Investment Return

$6.9M

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

227 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $1K through median $50K to maximum $1.3M, 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

3 years

Giving over time from 2020 to 2023. Peak $20.2M in 2023. Hover bars for details.

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

Top Recipients

500 grants

TRAINING RESOURCES FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNITY
$4.2M
13 grants
MAKEWAY FOUNDATION
$3.1M
16 grants
ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS
$2.0M
3 grants
NEW VENTURE FUND
$1.8M
15 grants
THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY
$1.7M
13 grants
CANADIAN PARKS AND WILDERNESS SOCIETY
$1.4M
15 grants
YELLOWSTONE TO YUKON CONSERVATION INITIATIVE US
$925K
6 grants
SKY ISLAND ALLIANCE
$839K
8 grants

Grant Size Distribution

500 grants

<$10K
47
grants
$10–50K
207
grants
$50–250K
236
grants
$250K–1M
9
grants
$1–5M
1
grants
$5M+

Geographic Focus

27 states

District of Columbia
$6.9M
17% of total
New Mexico
$5.2M
13% of total
Montana
$4.5M
11% of total
Oregon
$3.2M
8% of total
BC
$2.6M
6% of total
New York
$2.5M
6% of total
Utah
$2.3M
6% of total
Arizona
$1.9M
5% of total
California
$1.7M
4% of total
Washington
$1.7M
4% of total

+17 more states

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