Washington · Nonprofit
PADILLA BAY FOUNDATION
PADILLA BAY FOUNDATION (Washington) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $134,180 to it, the largest being GROWING TREE FOUNDATION INC ($51,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $181k
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $134k
- Net assets
- $410k
What Padilla Bay Foundation does
Mission
The Organization's mission is to provide support to enhance, implement and sustain the programs and projects of the Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, including educational programs, scientific research, interpretive programs and capital development projects. The Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve preserves the Padilla Bay Estuary through education and research.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
OSPI Teacher Workshop and Professional Development Grant: PBF manages the funds for a grant from the ClimeTime Initiative provided by Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Schools (OSPI). With this grant Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (PBNERR) staff provide professional development workshops for middle and high school teachers that focuses on environmental science, climate and data literacy, and ocean acidification. The workshops are based national Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and train teachers to develop and implement science based lessons that incorporate monitoring data from state and national real-time observation networks. The grant funds the workshop staff, curriculum materials, logistic and a small stipend for teachers once they implement their learnings into their classroom teaching. The Padilla Bay Reserve ClimeTime workshops have engaged hundreds of teachers since 2018, and indirectly served thousands of students through this work.
$13,129 spent$12,596 earned by the program19% of program spendingGeneral Education: The Padilla Bay Foundation (PBF) supports the educational programs offered by staff of the Padilla Bay Reserve. Through the General Education Fund, PBF covers education interns, the costs of bussing for local schools and educational materials. The Reserve staff and interns offer educational programs on natural history and environmental topics for school groups, children, families, and adults. In addition, the Breazeale Interpretive Center features interactive exhibits, saltwater aquariums, and classrooms for learning about the Salish Sea and the unique salt grass estuary of Padilla Bay.
$13,614 spent$7,500 earned by the program20% of program spendingYouth Earth Summit: PBF manages the finances for Youth Earth Summit, an annual regional youth gathering at the Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve where over 50 high school students explore creative solutions for climate change. This annual gathering brings together passionate young environmentalists to develop action plans for themselves, their schools, and their communities to ensure the health and safety of our planet. This year's program included an engaging workshop using virtual reality technology to take students on an underwater adventure and connect them with the marine food web in an unforgettable, hands- on way.
$1,728 spent$2,500 earned by the program3% of program spendingVarious Other programs
$39,053 spent$14,144 earned by the program58% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $67,524.
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.
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 $282k to $360k (+28%).
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: 2023 0% · 2024 36% · 2025 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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 broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $5k → $12k.
3 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 11% 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 PADILLA BAY FOUNDATION’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
PADILLA BAY FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 38% of grant income and the top three 67%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 97% · 2019 62% · 2020 42% · 2021 91% · 2022 58% · 2023 55% — 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
60% of PADILLA BAY FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% 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
79% of PADILLA BAY FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Washington funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $15k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.
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In Washington
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
38% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
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 PADILLA BAY FOUNDATION: 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 PADILLA BAY FOUNDATION?
- PADILLA BAY FOUNDATION (Washington) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $134,180 to it, the largest being GROWING TREE FOUNDATION INC ($51,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PADILLA BAY FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $134,180 in grants to PADILLA BAY FOUNDATION, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PADILLA BAY FOUNDATION?
- GROWING TREE FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $51,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PADILLA BAY FOUNDATION 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 12 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing