· Private foundation
Douglas and Maria Bayer Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Individual grant recipient | $5,149 |
| NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION | $4,000 |
| FRIENDS OF THE BOUNDARY WATERS | $2,581 |
| BELLINGHAM FOOD BANK | $2,131 |
| CROHNS AND COLITIS FOUNDATION | $2,093 |
| ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND | $2,000 |
| THE NATURE CONSERVANCY | $2,000 |
| PLANNED PARENTHOOD | $2,000 |
| DONORS CHOOSE | $1,856 |
| RAINIER SCHOLARS | $1,500 |
| LA CLINICA DE LA RAZA INC | $1,500 |
| THE CRUCIBLE - AN EDUCATIONAL COLLABORATION OF ART INDUSTRY COMMUNITY | $1,500 |
| ALAMEDA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOOD BANK | $1,500 |
| ACLU FOUNDATION | $1,500 |
| WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN | $1,200 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY19–25, $21k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +43% since the first grant, against +31% for those funded once.
126 repeat relationships: 92 still active in FY2025, 34 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- NPNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION7× · 2019–2025 · $20k · revenue +145%
- DDONORSCHOOSEORG6× · 2020–2025 · $12k · revenue +1%
- NYNORTHWEST YOUTH SERVICES7× · 2019–2025 · $11k · revenue +118%
Funded once
- MSMICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITYMUSIC BUILDINGone grant, 2019 · $5k
- DFDONORSCHOOSEORGATTENTION FINANCIAL OPERATIONSone grant, 2019 · $4k
- SASIERRA ARTS FOUNDATION INCgraduatedone grant, 2021 · $2k · revenue +35%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.
Wri is committed to creating change that improves people's lives and ensures the natural world can thrive. (see schedule o)wri's bold vision requires a formula for success we call "count it. change it. scale it.":- count it: our work is…
Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…
Fsc i&p promotes environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial, and economically viable management of the world's forests. this mission aligns with the forest stewardship council (fsc), its network of offices, and other organizations.…
To strenghten people's ability to guarantee their individual and collective right to a healthy environment, via the development, implementation, and effective enforcement of national and international law.
Educational & charitable. to provide legal and scientific information to public interest attorneys and scientists in numerous countries.
Improving the transparency and scientific integrity of climate solutions through open data and tools.
Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…
Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.
Climate catalyst sparks collective action to tackle the biggest climate challenges we face today: cutting emissions in heavy industries.
The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…
The Climate Center is a climate and energy policy nonprofit working to rapidly reduce climate pollution at scale, starting in California.
How this is measured
105 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 105 of the 148 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds DONORSCHOOSEORG ↗
- Who funds NORTHWEST YOUTH SERVICES ↗
- Who funds ALAMEDA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOOD BANK ↗
- Who funds LA CLINICA DE LA RAZA INC ↗
- Who funds Alternatives to Hunger Bellingham Food Bank ↗
- Who funds THE CRUCIBLE ↗
- Who funds RUBY'S PLACE INC ↗
- Who funds ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED ↗
- Who funds OneJustice ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE BOUNDARY WATERS WILDERNESS ↗
- Who funds NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC ↗
- Who funds YOUTH UPRISING ↗
- Who funds PRO PUBLICA INC ↗
- Who funds INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE ASSISTANCE PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
- Who funds PATH WITH ART ↗
- Who funds PROTECT OUR WINTERS ↗
- Who funds RAINIER SCHOLARS ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
- Who funds THE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC ↗
- Who funds NORTHWEST HARVEST EMM ↗
- Who funds BAAY ↗
- Who funds WASHINGTON TRAILS ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND ↗
- Who funds East Bay Center for the Performing Arts ↗
- Who funds SIERRA AVALANCHE CENTER ↗
- Who funds EARTHJUSTICE ↗
- Who funds NORTHWEST AVALANCHE CENTER ↗
- Who funds COLLEGE POSSIBLE INC ↗
- Who funds Love Never Fails Inc ↗
- Who funds REGIONAL PARKS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC ↗
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Seattle Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · Whatcom Community Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · Artsfund · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · East Bay Community Foundation · Medina Foundation · The Satterberg Foundation Inc · Lucky Seven Foundation · The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Douglas and Maria Bayer Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Douglas and Maria Bayer Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Mercy Corps: 47% of income from government
- Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
- Ecotrust: 14% of income from government
- Sustainable Northwest: 5% of income from government
- Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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