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The White Pine Fund

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.

$307k
Granted FY2023
24
Grants FY2023
11
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Animals$611kEnvironment$551kSocial Science$22kRecreation & Sports$13kPublic Benefit$10kOther$0
02FY2023 · 24 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 24 grants below total $203,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $306,502 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $103,502 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k14 grants · $75k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $128k
$7,000
Median grant
11
States reached
$7.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Wilderness Society$25,000
Wilderness Society$18,000
Sierra Club Foundation$13,000
Pittsburgh Botanic Garden$12,000
Organic Consumers Association$10,000
Jane Goodall Institute$10,000
Gorilla Foundation$10,000
Seacology$10,000
International Wolf Center$10,000
International Crane Foundation$10,000
Ruffed Grouse Society$8,000
The Xerces Society$7,000
Grizzly and Wolf Discovery Center$7,000
National Resources Defense Council$7,000
Cornell Lab of Ornithology$7,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–21) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 90% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%Organic Consumers Association: $7k → 8%GRIZZLY & WOLF DISCOVERY CENTER: $7k → 10%HAWK MOUNTAIN SANCTUARY: $15k → 11%PITTSBURGH BOTANICAL GARDEN: $10k → 11%Gorilla Foundation: $7k → 7%Seacology: $7k → 10%Cornell Lab of Ornithology: $7k → 16%International Crane Foundation: $12k → 9%XERCES SOCIETY: $13k → 12%Snow Leopard Trust: $21k → 9%Nature Conservancy: $10k → 7%HAWK MOUNTAIN SANCTUARY: $12k → 11%American Forests: $10k → 14%International Crane Foundation: $10k → 9%XERCES SOCIETY: $13k → 12%Snow Leopard Trust: $21k → 9%HAWK MOUNTAIN SANCTUARY: $10k → 11%International Crane Foundation: $10k → 9%XERCES SOCIETY: $12k → 12%Snow Leopard Trust: $20k → 9%LOYALHANNA WATERSHED: $10k → 10%HAWK MOUNTAIN SANCTUARY: $10k → 11%American Forests: $10k → 14%International Crane Foundation: $10k → 9%XERCES SOCIETY: $10k → 12%Snow Leopard Trust: $15k → 9%HAWK MOUNTAIN SANCTUARY: $10k → 11%Snow Leopard Trust: $15k → 9%GALAPOGOS CONSERVANCY: $10k → 6%American Forests: $8k → 14%Audubon Society of Western PA: $11k → 11%Ocean Conservancy: $13k → 14%Audubon Society of Western PA: $10k → 11%Ocean Conservancy: $12k → 14%Ocean Conservancy: $12k → 14%Audubon Society of Western PA: $8k → 11%Ocean Conservancy: $10k → 14%OCEAN CONSERVANCY: $10k → 14%Wilderness Society: $9k → 14%Wilderness Society: $9k → 14%Western Pennsylvania Conservancy: $16k → 11%Wilderness Society: $8k → 14%Western Pennsylvania Conservancy: $10k → 11%POPULATION -ENVIRONMENT BALANCE: $20k → 14%Western Pennsylvania Conservancy: $10k → 11%Wilderness Society: $8k → 14%Pennsylvania Environmental Council: $8k → 11%POPULATION -ENVIRONMENT BALANCE: $15k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

AK
WA
MT
MN
WI
NY
OR
PA
CA
VA
MD
NM
DC
HI
TX
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.4M · 42 repeat orgs$31k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +53% since the first grant, against +35% for those funded once.

42 repeat relationships: 22 still active in FY2023, 20 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

42
5

Total granted

$1.4M
$21k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+53%
+35%

Still filing today

74%
20%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
AnimalsEnvironmentScience & TechYouth DevelopmentPublic BenefitOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • IS
    INTERNATIONAL SNOW LEOPARD TRUST
    7× · 2017–2023 · $107k · revenue +17%
  • TW
    THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY
    6× · 2017–2023 · $102k · revenue +27%
  • XS
    XERCES SOCIETY INC
    6× · 2017–2023 · $62k · revenue +125%

Funded once

  • IG
    Interagency Grizzly Bear Comm
    one grant, 2022 · $10k
  • HA
    HUMANE ANIMAL RESCUEgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $4k · revenue +35%
  • TB
    THE BEACON INSTITUTE INC
    one grant, 2017 · $3k · revenue -96%
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.

04Its field

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.

1
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
2
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
3
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
4
The Wildlife Society

The wildlife society's mission is to inspire, empower, and enable wildlife professionals to sustain wildlife populations and habitats through science-based management and conservation.

Animals
5
Cascadia Wildlands

Cascadia wildlands defends and restores cacasia's wild ecosystems in the forests,in the courts, and in the streets. we envision vast old-growth forests, rivers full of wild salmon, wolves howling in the backcountry, a stable climate, and…

Environment
6
Zoological Society of Pittsburgh

The zoological society of pittsburgh is dedicated to being a leader in, and significant contributor to, the conservation of endangered and threatened species. the society provides an enjoyable family experience that fosters understanding,…

Animals
7
Idaho Conservation League Inc

Icl's mission is to create a conservation community and pragmatic, enduring solutions that protect and restore the air you breathe, the water you drink, and the land and wildlife you love.

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8
Greater Yellowstone Coalition

Greater yellowstone coalition works with all people to protect the lands, waters, and wildlife of the greater yellowstone ecosystem, now and for future generations.

Environment
9
National Audubon Society Inc

We work towards a future where birds thrive across the americas because audubon is a powerful, diverse, and ever-growing force for conservation. (continued on schedule o).

Environment
10
Wildlife Conservation Network Inc

Connect conservationists and supporters, deploy resources to the field, provide conservationists with tools and support they need to succeed.

Animals
11
Environment Now
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12
Wildlife Conservation Society

The wildlife conservation society (wcs) saves wildlife and wild places worldwide through science, conservation action, education, and inspiring people to value nature.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is National Aviary in Pittsburgh Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Beacon Institute Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

36 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 36 of the 49 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
34/36
Grantees still filing
27/36
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

INTERNATIONAL SNOW LEOPARD TRUST: $107,000 · AnimalsINTERNATIONAL SNOW LEOPARD TRUSTXERCES SOCIETY INC: $62,000 · AnimalsXERCES SOCIETY INCINTERNATIONAL CRANE FOUNDATION INC: $62,000 · AnimalsINTERNATIONAL CRANE FOUNDATION INCHAWK MOUNTAIN SANCTUARY ASSOCIATION: $57,000 · AnimalsHAWK MOUNTAIN SANCTUARY ASSOCIATIONJANE GOODALL INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION: $42,000 · AnimalsJANE GOODALL INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE …POLAR BEARS INTERNATIONAL: $33,000 · AnimalsPOLAR BEARS INTERNATIONALGRIZZLY DISCOVERY CENTER INC: $31,000 · AnimalsGRIZZLY DISCOVERY CENTER INCALASKA RAPTOR REHABILITATION CENTER: $29,000 · AnimalsALASKA RAPTOR REHABILITATION CENTERNATIONAL AVIARY IN PITTSBURGH INC: $24,000 · Animals+4 more: $22,000 · AnimalsBAT CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL: $54,000 · OtherBAT CONSERVATION INTERNATIONALThe Gorilla Foundation: $44,000 · OtherThe Gorilla FoundationSEACOLOGY: $44,000 · OtherSEACOLOGYCornell Lab of Ornithology: $38,000 · OtherCornell Lab of OrnithologyIndividual grant recipient: $35,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $29,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientGALAPAGOS CONSERVANCY INC: $27,000 · OtherGALAPAGOS CONSERVANCY INCTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $27,000 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCYSierra Club Foundation: $26,000 · OtherSierra Club FoundationFRIENDS OF ALLEGHENY WILDERNESS: $25,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF ALLEGHENY WILDERNESSInternational Wolf Center: $22,000 · OtherSIERRA CLUB: $22,000 · OtherRuffed Grouse Society: $16,000 · OtherCONSERVATION CONSULTANTS INC: $16,000 · Other+6 more: $31,000 · Other+6 moreTHE WILDERNESS SOCIETY: $102,000 · EnvironmentTHE WILDERNESS SOCIETYOCEAN CONSERVANCY: $57,000 · EnvironmentOCEAN CONSERVANCYAUDUBON SOCIETY OF WESTERN PA: $47,000 · EnvironmentAUDUBON SOCIETY OF WESTERN PANATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $38,000 · EnvironmentNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL …WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA CONSERVANCY: $36,000 · EnvironmentWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA CONSERVANCYPENNSYLVANIA ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL INC: $35,000 · EnvironmentPENNSYLVANIA ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL…American Forests: $34,000 · EnvironmentAmerican ForestsENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $31,000 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPO…RUFFED GROUSE SOCIETY: $24,000 · EnvironmentRUFFED GROUSE SOCIETYREGIONAL TRAIL CORPORATION: $18,000 · Environment+2 more: $24,000 · Environment+2 morePittsburgh Botanic Garden: $45,000 · Youth DevelopmentORGANIC CONSUMERS ASSOCIATION: $42,000 · Public BenefitOIKONOS - ECOSYSTEM KNOWLEDGE: $13,000 · Science & TechTHE BEACON INSTITUTE INC: $3,000 · Science & Tech
Animals$469,000Other$456,000Environment$446,000Youth Development$45,000Public Benefit$42,000Science & Tech$16,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetINTERNATIONAL SNOW LEOPARD TRUST: $107,000 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetTHE WILDERNESS SOCIETY: $102,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetXERCES SOCIETY INC: $62,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetINTERNATIONAL CRANE FOUNDATION INC: $62,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetOCEAN CONSERVANCY: $57,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHAWK MOUNTAIN SANCTUARY ASSOCIATION: $57,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetBAT CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL: $54,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetAUDUBON SOCIETY OF WESTERN PA: $47,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetPittsburgh Botanic Garden: $45,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetThe Gorilla Foundation: $44,000 over 6y, 1.9% of budgetSEACOLOGY: $44,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetJANE GOODALL INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION: $42,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetORGANIC CONSUMERS ASSOCIATION: $42,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $38,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA CONSERVANCY: $36,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPENNSYLVANIA ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL INC: $35,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetAmerican Forests: $34,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetPOLAR BEARS INTERNATIONAL: $33,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetGRIZZLY DISCOVERY CENTER INC: $31,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $31,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetALASKA RAPTOR REHABILITATION CENTER: $29,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetGALAPAGOS CONSERVANCY INC: $27,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $27,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRUFFED GROUSE SOCIETY: $24,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL AVIARY IN PITTSBURGH INC: $24,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSIERRA CLUB: $22,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetREGIONAL TRAIL CORPORATION: $18,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetCONSERVATION CONSULTANTS INC: $16,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetGREEN BUILDING ALLIANCE: $14,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetOIKONOS - ECOSYSTEM KNOWLEDGE: $13,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetTHE IZAAK WALTON LEAGUE OF AMERICA: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetINTERNATIONAL WOLF CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAnimal Friends Inc: $6,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHUMANE ANIMAL RESCUE: $4,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BEACON INSTITUTE INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBEAVER COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budget
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 INTERNATIONAL SNOW LEOPARD TRUST ↗
  • Who funds THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds XERCES SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL CRANE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds OCEAN CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds HAWK MOUNTAIN SANCTUARY ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds BAT CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds AUDUBON SOCIETY OF WESTERN PA ↗
  • Who funds Pittsburgh Botanic Garden ↗
  • Who funds The Gorilla Foundation ↗
  • Who funds SEACOLOGY ↗
  • Who funds JANE GOODALL INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION ↗
  • Who funds ORGANIC CONSUMERS ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds PENNSYLVANIA ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds American Forests ↗
  • Who funds POLAR BEARS INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds GRIZZLY DISCOVERY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds ALASKA RAPTOR REHABILITATION CENTER ↗
  • Who funds GALAPAGOS CONSERVANCY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds RUFFED GROUSE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL AVIARY IN PITTSBURGH INC ↗
  • Who funds SIERRA CLUB ↗
  • Who funds REGIONAL TRAIL CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds CONSERVATION CONSULTANTS INC ↗
  • Who funds GREEN BUILDING ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds OIKONOS - ECOSYSTEM KNOWLEDGE ↗
  • Who funds THE IZAAK WALTON LEAGUE OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL WOLF CENTER ↗

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.

Richard King Mellon FoundationPA17.5× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Richard King Mellon Foundation · Hillman Family Foundations · Patagoniaorg · Aetna Foundation Inc · National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · The Burkholder Foundation · C F Holdship Charitable Trust · Eqt Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Pittsburgh Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Ibm International 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The White Pine Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The White Pine Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 22%
  • Xerces Society Inc: 22% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

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 49 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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $328k of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2023, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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