Washington · Nonprofit
Pure Blue
Pure Blue (Washington) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $145,047 to it, the largest being THE RUSSELL FAMILY FOUNDATION ($145,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2022
- $2k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $145k
- Net assets
- $0
What Pure Blue does
Mission
To support clean water and ecosystem solutions, and educate communities as to them.
As stated on its FY2022 Form 990.
Program
On its FY2022 return the organization reported a significant change in how it conducts a program.
On 12/1/2022, the Board of Pure Blue voted to cease operations. All remaining funds were distributed to Stewardship Partners, a 501(c)(3) exempt organization devoted to the caretaking of the land and water of the Puget Sound.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
During its operating period, Pure Blue developed and implemented a novel method to identify water pollution hotspots in the Duwamish/Green River corridor of Seattle, WA. This data analysis method can be applied to other areas in Washington State. Prioritized which organizations need help managing their stormwater runoff, developed educational materials about stormwater and green infrastructure, best management practices and solutions, and conducted outreach to industrial stormwater permittees. On termination, the organization continued its mission through support for Stewardship Partners, a 501(c)(3) exempt organization devoted to the caretaking of the land and water of the Puget Sound.
$2,659 spentof which $1,882 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2022 Form 990. Program spending in total: $2,659.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2020 to 2021, from $72k to $16k (−77%).
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: 2020 94% · 2022 100%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 3 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
2019 → 2021: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $60k → $22.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 Pure Blue’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
Pure Blue leans on a few funders — its largest provides 100% of grant income and the top three 100%; 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: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% — broadly stable.
“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.
Where its funders are
100% of Pure Blue's grant income comes from Washington funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $47 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.
Organizations like Pure Blue
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
16% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Aqualyst LLC · partnership
- Pure Blue Tech · partnership
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Pure Blue: 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 Pure Blue?
- Pure Blue (Washington) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $145,047 to it, the largest being THE RUSSELL FAMILY FOUNDATION ($145,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Pure Blue have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $145,047 in grants to Pure Blue, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Pure Blue?
- THE RUSSELL FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $145,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Pure Blue 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 FY2022 (financials across 2020–2022), and the filings of 2 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