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Sustainable Path Foundation

Sustainable Path Foundation promotes sustainability and health in the Puget Sound region through collaborative approaches informed by scientific understanding and systems thinking.

$122k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
9
Grants FY2024
9
Organizations funded FY2023
33%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$15,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$15,000
Organizations funded a year
8 to 11
FY2019 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
1
Total assets, FY2024
$568k

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 33% of the organizations Sustainable Path Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 33% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’23
EnvironmentScience & TechEducationAnimalsInternationalFood & NutritionOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving9$122k44%
FY20239$90k33%
FY202210$100k40%
FY202111$110k27%
FY20209$110k89%
FY20198$80kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Environment$557kArts & Culture$45kFood & Nutrition$20kAnimals$10k

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Center for Sustainable Infrastructure$55,00053%
Clean Energy Transition Institute$55,00052%
InvestigateWest$45,00043%
Northwest Natural Resource Group$45,00042%
Zero Waste Washington$45,00041%
Sightline Institute$40,00040%
Washington Conservation Action Education Fund$30,00030%
Re Sources$25,00021%
Earthcorps$25,00020%
Kulshan Carbon Trust$20,0002n/a
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All grantees of Sustainable Path Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Center for Sustainable Infrastructure$55,00053%
Clean Energy Transition Institute$55,00052%
InvestigateWest$45,00043%
Northwest Natural Resource Group$45,00042%
Zero Waste Washington$45,00041%
Sightline Institute$40,00040%
Washington Conservation Action Education Fund$30,00030%
Re Sources$25,00021%
Earthcorps$25,00020%
Kulshan Carbon Trust$20,0002n/a
Viva Farms$20,00021%
Washington State University Foundation$15,00010%
Friends of the San Juans$15,00011%
Sustainable Connections$15,00010%
Toxic-Free Future F/K/A Washington Toxics Coalition$12,00010%
Puget Soundkeeper Alliance$10,00011%
Long Live the Kings$10,00010%
Pcc Farmland Trust$10,00011%
International Living Future Institute$10,00010%
Oceans Initiative$10,00011%
Jefferson Land Trust$10,00010%
Remote Energy$10,00012%
Washington Water Trust$10,00010%
The Whidbey Institute$10,00011%
Port Townsend Marine Science Center$10,00011%
Nooksack Salmon Enhancement Association$10,00010%
Climate Solutions$10,00010%
Communities for a Healthy Bay$10,00012%
Puget Sound Bird Observatory$10,0001n/a
Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Foundation$10,00011%

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Sustainable Path Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCenter for Sustainable Infrastructure: $55,000 over 5y, 2.7% of budgetClean Energy Transition Institute: $55,000 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetInvestigateWest: $45,000 over 4y, 2.6% of budgetNorthwest Natural Resource Group: $45,000 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetZero Waste Washington: $45,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetSightline Institute: $40,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetWashington Conservation Action Education Fund: $30,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetRe Sources: $25,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetEarthcorps: $25,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetViva Farms: $20,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetWashington State University Foundation: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the San Juans: $15,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetSustainable Connections: $15,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetToxic-Free Future F/K/A Washington Toxics Coalition: $12,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPuget Soundkeeper Alliance: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetLong Live the Kings: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPcc Farmland Trust: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetInternational Living Future Institute: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetOceans Initiative: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetJefferson Land Trust: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetRemote Energy: $10,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetWashington Water Trust: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe Whidbey Institute: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetPort Townsend Marine Science Center: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetNooksack Salmon Enhancement Association: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetClimate Solutions: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCommunities for a Healthy Bay: $10,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetNorthwest Straits Marine Conservation Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 28.

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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.

The Bullitt FoundationSeattle FoundationThe Russell Family Fo…The Norcliffe Foundat…The Rose Foundation f…The Hugh and Jane Fer…The Satterberg Founda…Puget Sound Energy Fo…Kaleidoscope Foundati…The GreerSolien FundPatagoniaorgThe Burning Foundation
The Bullitt FoundationWA46.9× affinity20 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Bullitt Foundation · Seattle Foundation · The Russell Family Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · The Rose Foundation for Communities the Environment · The Hugh and Jane Ferguson Foundation · The Satterberg Foundation Inc · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Kaleidoscope Foundation · The GreerSolien Fund · Patagoniaorg · The Burning Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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How do I get to Sustainable Path Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Sustainable Path Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About Sustainable Path Foundation

How much does Sustainable Path Foundation give?
Sustainable Path Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $122,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 11 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
What does Sustainable Path Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (88%), Arts & Culture (7%), Food & Nutrition (3%).
Who are Sustainable Path Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Center for Sustainable Infrastructure ($55k), Clean Energy Transition Institute ($55k), InvestigateWest ($45k).
Does Sustainable Path Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Sustainable Path Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Bullitt Foundation, Seattle Foundation, The Russell Family Foundation.
Where is Sustainable Path Foundation based?
Sustainable Path Foundation is based in WA.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 31 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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