Washington · Private foundation
Whole Systems Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $29k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 19
- Grants FY2024
- 20
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 20
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 9
- Total assets, FY2024
- $454k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 20% of the organizations Whole Systems Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 25% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k 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 | 19 | $29k | 11% |
| FY2023 | 20 | $32k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $24k | 35% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $27k | 19% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $25k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 17 | $40k | 29% |
| FY2018 | 15 | $32k | 20% |
| FY2017 | 13 | $34k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide | $15,400 | 8 | 0% |
| Global Footprint Network Inc | $13,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Trees Water and People | $12,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Solar Cookers International | $8,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Foundation Earth | $7,600 | 6 | 1% |
| The Oregon League of Conservation Voters | $7,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Xerces Society Inc | $6,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Our Climate | $5,000 | 2 | 40% |
| Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| San Francisco Zen Center | $4,000 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide | $15,400 | 8 | 0% |
| Global Footprint Network Inc | $13,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Trees Water and People | $12,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Solar Cookers International | $8,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Foundation Earth | $7,600 | 6 | 1% |
| The Oregon League of Conservation Voters | $7,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Xerces Society Inc | $6,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Our Climate | $5,000 | 2 | 40% |
| Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| San Francisco Zen Center | $4,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Northwest Earth Institute | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Post Growth Institute | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Plant Initiative | $3,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Cultural Survival Inc | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Off-Grid Retreats | $2,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Animas Valley Institute | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Oregon Natural Resources Council Fund Oregon Wild | $1,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Ecoviva Nfp | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Citizens Climate Education Corp | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($136k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Whole Systems Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 17 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc · Rsf Social Finance Inc · The Oregon Community Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Whole Systems Foundation
- How much does Whole Systems Foundation give?
- Whole Systems Foundation reported 19 grants totaling $29,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 20 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Whole Systems Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (87%), International (4%), Animals (2%).
- Who are Whole Systems Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide ($15k), Global Footprint Network Inc ($14k), Trees Water and People ($12k).
- Does Whole Systems Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Whole Systems Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Whole Systems Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc, Rsf Social Finance Inc, The Oregon Community Foundation.
- Where is Whole Systems Foundation based?
- Whole Systems Foundation is based in WA.
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