Washington · Nonprofit
EcoAdapt
EcoAdapt (Washington) receives grants from 29 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,584,485 to it, the largest being THE KRESGE FOUNDATION ($2,975,000). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.9M
- Funders on record
- 29
- Grants received
- $5.6M
- Net assets
- $2.0M
What EcoAdapt does
Mission
EcoAdapt, founded by a team of some of the earliest adaptation thinkers and practitioners in the field, has one goal - creating a robust future in the face of climate change. We bring together diverse players to reshape planning and management in response to rapid climate change.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
National Adaptation Forum (NAF): Action today for a better tomorrow. The National Adaptation Forum is the gathering of the adaptation minded. Since the forum is created by and for the members of the adaptation community, the meeting focuses on the established and emerging issues of the day. The National Adaptation Forum convenes the adaptation community from around the country and the world to foster knowledge exchange, innovation and mutual support for a better tomorrow. It includes opportunities for professional development through formal training, facilitated practitioner presentations and informal peer networking.
$857,224 spent63% of program spendingAdaptation Support: Sometimes you need a little help from an adaptation friend to meet your adaptation aspirations. The EcoAdapt team can provide you with customized guidance, tools, and advice that aligns with your existing goals and resources. Our Awareness to Action workshops embrace a learning while doing approach. Our trainings build local capacity while developing implementable strategies. The result is that you leave ready to take action and able to continue the work as the climate continues to change.
$400,931 spent30% of program spendingClimate Adaptation Knowledge Exchange (CAKE): Your online adaptation destination. CAKE is an innovative community resource for people working to manage the natural environment in the face of climate change. The CAKE website includes case studies of on-the-ground adaptation efforts, a library of useful resources to support adaptation action, a community forum with an expert advice column, a directory of individuals and organizations rich in adaptation knowledge, and a tools section full of useful online resources to help make adaptation happen.
$83,231 spent6% of program spendingResearch & Innovation: Climate change adaptation is still an emerging field where practice and learning are happening simultaneously. EcoAdapt is expediting research to understand the state of the adaptation field and the effectiveness of adaptation actions (and processes), while innovating new approaches to adaptation.
$13,337 spent1% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,354,723.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $1.5M to $2.2M (+41%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 29% · 2018 17% · 2019 18% · 2020 36% · 2021 29% · 2022 23% · 2023 27% · 2024 17%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of EcoAdapt’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 8 funders, grant income fell $1.1M → $668k.
7 of 29 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 4% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of EcoAdapt’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
EcoAdapt leans on a few funders — its largest provides 53% of grant income and the top three 76%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 52% · 2018 69% · 2019 87% · 2020 64% · 2021 56% · 2022 68% · 2023 45% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
28% of EcoAdapt's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
EcoAdapt draws 82% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, across 11 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $236k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
EcoAdapt holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 2,187 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,187 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding EcoAdapt receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $2.1M on record.
- National Science Foundation$1.2M
- Department of the Interior$508k
- Department of Commerce$219k
- Department of Agriculture$122k
- Environmental Protection Agency$25k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like EcoAdapt
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Washington
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
70%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for EcoAdapt: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds EcoAdapt?
- EcoAdapt (Washington) receives grants from 29 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,584,485 to it, the largest being THE KRESGE FOUNDATION ($2,975,000). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does EcoAdapt have?
- IRS filings report 29 organizations giving $5,584,485 in grants to EcoAdapt, 16 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of EcoAdapt?
- THE KRESGE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,975,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like EcoAdapt find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 29 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing