Washington · Public charity
Forterra Nw
To enhance, support and steward the region's most precious resources. Many of the projects which forterra undertakes is to achieve our mission through efforts that can often span several years. Net revenues from completion of these projects can be reinvested to fund the development of projects in future periods, covering net losses in…
- $4.1M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 13
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 75%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $195k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $13,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $27,357
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 4
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $45M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 75% of the organizations Forterra Nw funded were first-time grantees, receiving 66% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 34% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $39k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 13 | $195k | 92% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $60k | 75% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $636k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $469k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $100k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $100k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 4 | $3.1M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Remember Land | $404,458 | 1 | 7% |
| Roslyn Downtown Association | $121,117 | 4 | 24% |
| Seattle Public Library | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| King County Department of Community & Human Services | $99,825 | 1 | n/a |
| Tilth Alliance | $25,875 | 1 | 1% |
| Whale Scout Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 13% |
| Tulalip Tribes of Washington | $22,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Partner in Employment | $22,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Cloud Ridge Naturalists | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Olympia High School Foundation | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Remember Land | $404,458 | 1 | 7% |
| Roslyn Downtown Association | $121,117 | 4 | 24% |
| Seattle Public Library | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| King County Department of Community & Human Services | $99,825 | 1 | n/a |
| Tilth Alliance | $25,875 | 1 | 1% |
| Whale Scout Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 13% |
| Tulalip Tribes of Washington | $22,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Partner in Employment | $22,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Cloud Ridge Naturalists | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Olympia High School Foundation | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Conserve Our Future | $15,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Environmental Science Center | $13,585 | 1 | 2% |
| Issaquah Alps Trails Club | $13,500 | 1 | 6% |
| Puget Sound Energy | $9,465 | 1 | n/a |
| Nature Vision Inc | $9,000 | 1 | 1% |
| South Sound Estuary Association | $9,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Earthcorps | $9,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Thornton Creek Alliance | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mid Puget Sound Fisheries Enhancement Gr | $7,374 | 1 | 0% |
| Delridge Neighborhoods Development Association | $6,750 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of Lake Sammamish State Park | $6,300 | 1 | 5% |
| Umoja Peace Center | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Washington Wildlife & Recreation Coalition | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($3.7M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Forterra Nw supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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 · The Russell Family Foundation · The Rose Foundation for Communities the Environment · United Way of King County · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Laird Norton Family Foundation · Artsfund · Grousemont Foundation · The Bullitt Foundation · The Satterberg Foundation Inc · Credit Unions in the State of Washington
How this is measured
About Forterra Nw
- How much does Forterra Nw give?
- Forterra Nw reported 13 itemized grants totaling $194,867, out of $4,134,494 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 4 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Forterra Nw fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (92%), Community Improvement (3%), Public Benefit (2%).
- Who are Forterra Nw's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Remember Land ($404k), Roslyn Downtown Association ($121k), Seattle Public Library ($100k).
- Does Forterra Nw fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 75% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Forterra Nw?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Seattle Foundation, The Norcliffe Foundation, The Russell Family Foundation.
- Where is Forterra Nw based?
- Forterra Nw is based in WA.
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