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Wy'East 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.

$974k
Granted FY2025still arriving
17
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$129k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Environment$5.0MArts & Culture$735kEducation$533kFood & Nutrition$265kPhilanthropy$190kCrime & Legal$85kScience & Tech$60kHuman Services$30kOther$0
02FY2025 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $215k
  • $50k–250k8 grants · $754k
$35,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$4.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY$129,167
ROCKY MOUNTAIN INSTITUTE$125,000
NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL$125,000
ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND$125,000
RARE$75,000
BURNING MAN PROJECT$75,000
COLUMBIA LAND TRUST$50,000
OUR CHILDREN'S TRUST$50,000
GORGE GROWN FOOD NETWORK$35,000
UNITED WAY OF THE COLUMBIA GORGE$35,000
HOOD RIVER EDUCATION FOUNDATION$30,000
WESTERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER$30,000
Individual grant recipient$25,000
PROTECT OUR WINTERS$25,000
FRIENDS OF THE COLUMBIA GORGE$20,000
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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 70% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%BURNING MAN PROJECT: $85k → 10%NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL: $125k → 17%350ORG: $100k → 20%FRIENDS OF THE COLUMBIA GORGE: $120k → 12%OUR CHILDREN'S TRUST: $75k → 15%COLUMBIA LAND TRUST: $50k → 9%PRINCETON UNIVERSITY: $129k → 11%RARE: $75k → 7%BURNING MAN PROJECT: $75k → 10%NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL: $125k → 17%350ORG: $75k → 20%OUR CHILDREN'S TRUST: $50k → 15%COLUMBIA LAND TRUST: $50k → 9%PRINCETON UNIVERSITY: $129k → 11%RARE: $75k → 7%BURNING MAN PROJECT: $75k → 10%NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL: $100k → 17%OUR CHILDREN'S TRUST: $50k → 15%PRINCETON UNIVERSITY: $129k → 11%RARE: $75k → 7%BURNING MAN PROJECT: $75k → 10%NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL: $100k → 17%RARE: $75k → 7%BURNING MAN PROJECT: $75k → 10%NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL: $100k → 17%RARE: $75k → 7%BURNING MAN PROJECT: $50k → 10%NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL: $100k → 17%RARE: $75k → 7%BURNING MAN PROJECT: $50k → 10%NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL: $100k → 17%RARE: $75k → 7%NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL: $100k → 17%ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND: $125k → 17%ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND: $125k → 17%ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND: $125k → 17%ROCKY MOUNTAIN INSTITUTE: $125k → 12%ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND: $125k → 17%ROCKY MOUNTAIN INSTITUTE: $125k → 12%ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND: $125k → 17%ROCKY MOUNTAIN INSTITUTE: $100k → 12%ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND: $125k → 17%ROCKY MOUNTAIN INSTITUTE: $100k → 12%ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND: $60k → 17%ROCKY MOUNTAIN INSTITUTE: $100k → 12%ROCKY MOUNTAIN INSTITUTE: $100k → 12%ROCKY MOUNTAIN INSTITUTE: $100k → 12%ROCKY MOUNTAIN INSTITUTE: $100k → 12%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

WA
NY
MA
OR
NJ
CA
CO
VA
DC
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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$6.9M · 21 repeat orgs$58k to everyone else

21 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
4

Total granted

$6.9M
$58k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+41%
+393%

Still filing today

86%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EnvironmentArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementFood & NutritionEducationPhilanthropyOther
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

  • ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED
    9× · 2017–2025 · $1.1M · revenue +202%
  • Rocky Mountain Institute
    9× · 2017–2025 · $860k · revenue +381%
  • NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC
    8× · 2018–2025 · $850k · revenue +37%

Funded once

  • SO
    SPIRIT OF GRACE CHURCH
    one grant, 2024 · $25k
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF THE GORGE
    one grant, 2020 · $20k
  • CR
    CRAG Ratsgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $8k · revenue +393%
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
Crag Law Center

Providing legal aid to the environment by providing legal services to conservation organizations, community groups, native american tribes, and individuals working to protect and sustain the pacific northwest's natural legacy.

Environment
2
350PDX

Building a diverse grassroots movement to address the causes of climate disruption through justice-based solutions by inspiring, training and mobilizing people to act.

Environment
3
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
4
Washington Forest Law Center

Dedicated to protecting the world's natural environment on behalf of the public by serving as a public interest law firm. refer to schedule o, part iii, line 4a, for list of litigated cases or advocacy work.

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5
Resource Renewal Institute

The resource renewal institute facilitates the creation, development and implementation of practical strategies to solve the entire complex environmental problem by addressing it comprehensively.

Environment
6
Advocates for Climate Innovation
Philanthropy
7
Fresh Energy

Shape and drive bold policy solutions to achieve equitable carbon-neutral economies.

Environment
8
Northwest Environmental Defense Center

Nedc's mission is to work toward a future in which the pacific northwest leads the nation in developing, implementing & enforcing strong laws and regulations that protect the environment & human health, and where our governments &…

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9
Third Way

To research and develop centrist policy ideas.

Civil Rights
10
Rainforest Foundation Inc

The purpose of rainforest foundation us is to support indigenous peoples and forest communities in their efforts to secure their lands, protect their environment, and uphold their rights.

Environment
11
Earthjustice

Earthjustice is a premier nonprofit public interest environmental law organization. we wield the power of law and the strength of partnership to protect people's health, to preserve magnificent places and wildlife, to advance clean energy,…

Environment
12
Coalition for Green Capital D/B/a American Green Bank Consortium

Cgc operates as a nonprofit financial institution that invests directly and through partners to transform financial markets by using public and private investing to accelerate the deployment of projects that strengthen the grid, reduce…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Columbia Land Trust; the most unlike its peers is Crag Rats. 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

20 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. 20 of the 25 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
14/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $1,060,000 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATEDNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $850,000 · EnvironmentNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC350ORG: $675,000 · Environment350ORGRARE: $575,000 · EnvironmentRARECOLUMBIA LAND TRUST: $320,000 · EnvironmentCOLUMBIA LAND TRUSTOUR CHILDREN'S TRUST: $175,000 · EnvironmentPROTECT OUR WINTERS: $157,500 · EnvironmentRocky Mountain Institute: $860,000 · OtherRocky Mountain InstituteWESTERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER: $165,000 · OtherWESTERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW …Friends of the Columbia Gorge: $160,000 · OtherFriends of the Columbia Go…HOOD RIVER EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $145,000 · OtherHOOD RIVER EDUCATION FOUND…SAFE SPACE CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER: $85,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $65,000 · OtherTHE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC: $60,000 · Other+6 more: $102,500 · Other+6 moreBURNING MAN PROJECT: $555,000 · Community ImprovementBURNING M…The Trustees of Princeton University: $387,500 · EducationGORGE GROWN FOOD NETWORK: $265,000 · Food & NutritionUNITED WAY OF THE COLUMBIA GORGE: $190,000 · PhilanthropyCENTER FOR ARTISTIC ACTIVISM INC: $70,000 · Civil Rights
Environment$3,812,500Other$1,642,500Community Improvement$555,000Education$387,500Food & Nutrition$265,000Philanthropy$190,000Civil Rights$70,000

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 budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $1,060,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetRocky Mountain Institute: $860,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $850,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budget350ORG: $675,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetRARE: $575,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetBURNING MAN PROJECT: $555,000 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetThe Trustees of Princeton University: $387,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOLUMBIA LAND TRUST: $320,000 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetGORGE GROWN FOOD NETWORK: $265,000 over 9y, 7.8% of budgetUNITED WAY OF THE COLUMBIA GORGE: $190,000 over 6y, 8.7% of budgetOUR CHILDREN'S TRUST: $175,000 over 3y, 6.3% of budgetWESTERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER: $165,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetFriends of the Columbia Gorge: $160,000 over 3y, 14% of budgetPROTECT OUR WINTERS: $157,500 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetCENTER FOR ARTISTIC ACTIVISM INC: $70,000 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetTHE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC: $60,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetARTS IN EDUCATION OF THE GORGE: $25,000 over 4y, 5.3% of budgetCOLUMBIA ARTS: $20,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetCRAG Rats: $7,500 over 1y, 7.8% of budgetTHE NEXT DOOR INC: $5,000 over 1y, 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 ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds Rocky Mountain Institute ↗
  • Who funds NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds 350ORG ↗
  • Who funds RARE ↗
  • Who funds BURNING MAN PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds The Trustees of Princeton University ↗
  • Who funds COLUMBIA LAND TRUST ↗
  • Who funds GORGE GROWN FOOD NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF THE COLUMBIA GORGE ↗
  • Who funds OUR CHILDREN'S TRUST ↗
  • Who funds WESTERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Friends of the Columbia Gorge ↗
  • Who funds PROTECT OUR WINTERS ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR ARTISTIC ACTIVISM INC ↗
  • Who funds THE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC ↗
  • Who funds ARTS IN EDUCATION OF THE GORGE ↗
  • Who funds COLUMBIA ARTS ↗
  • Who funds CRAG Rats ↗
  • Who funds THE NEXT DOOR 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.

The Oregon Community …Greenfish FoundationThe Stebbins Fund IncMeyer Memorial TrustThe Ford Family Found…The Collins FoundationBruce and Mary Steven…The Roundhouse Founda…Morgan Stanley Global…The Blackbaud Giving …American Endowment Fo…Donor Advised Charita…
The Oregon Community FoundationOR20.4× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Oregon Community Foundation · Greenfish Foundation · The Stebbins Fund Inc · Meyer Memorial Trust · The Ford Family Foundation · The Collins Foundation · Bruce and Mary Stevenson Foundation Inc · The Roundhouse Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

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 Wy'East Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Wy'East Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 39%
  • Crag Rats: 41% of income from government
  • The Next Door Inc: 39% of income from government
  • The Trustees of Princeton University: 11% of income from government
  • Columbia Arts: 8% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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 25 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
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