Washington · Nonprofit
SUSTAINABLE BALLARD
SUSTAINABLE BALLARD (Washington) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $19,113 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($18,800). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 99% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $144k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $19k
- Net assets
- $53k
What Sustainable Ballard does
Mission
Sustainability Education for Ballard Seattle USA residents.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
RainWise Rebates and Outreach: Funded by King County Wastewater Treatment Division. Sub-contractors and interns teach workshops host events and share information about stormwater issues in Seattle. We publicize rebates given by the city and county for installing rain gardens and cisterns on private property. Sustainable Ballard represented RainWise at 37 community events in 2025. 2063 RainWise brochures were distributed through information boxes in ambassador yards.
$93,194 spent83% of program spendingBallard Tool Library: Our library houses over 1000 tools including garden craft and event tools. Rental fees are low 1-10 and the library serves hundreds of households that choose to participate. Ballard Tool Library is part of a network of neighborhood tool libraries in the Seattle area. 2279 tool rentals were made in 2025.
$13,689 spent12% of program spendingSustainable Ballard Festival: An annual festival where attendees can learn about daily practices and green steps toward more sustainable living. At the 2025 festival over 500 attendees were able to interact with 19 booths highlighting local sustainable businesses and volunteering opportunities within the community
$3,564 spent3% of program spendingEdible Garden Tour: The garden tour is an annual event that allows people to tour their neighbors fruit and vegetable gardens. Gardeners are on hand to answer any questions the tour attendees may have. 265 attendees toured 18 gardens in 2025.
$613 spent1% of program spendingGame and Puzzle Swap: These swaps give participants the chance to trade out their puzzles and games for new to them ones. 326 participants attended 5 swaps in 2025.
$0 spent0% of program spendingBallard Sprouts: Volunteers grow vegetable starts to share with P-Patches and Giving Gardens where food is grown for local food banks. Over 400 starts were distributed in 2025 meaning hundreds of pounds of produce for the food banks.
$895 spent1% of program spendingBallard Knitters for People Experiencing Homelessness: Knitters meet once per month to produce hats scarves gloves and more. Each session hosts knitters of all skill levels to build community and share experience. The group produced over 400 knit items in 2025.
$0 spent0% of program spendingBallard Farmers Market Gleaning: In 2025 farmers donated 31,000 pounds of produce which our dozen volunteers retrieve from the Ballard Farmers Market and deliver to the Ballard Food Bank every Sunday. This increases food access and decreases food waste.
$0 spent0% of program spendingFree Letters Home: This program offers the homeless community and other community members the opportunity to reestablish relationships and connect with loved ones via a mailed letter or card. Over 600 people were served in 2025.
$0 spent0% of program spendingSpring Beer Hop: This event gives attendees the opportunity to learn more about Sustainable Ballards many grassroots activities. Sixty participants attended in 2025.
$203 spent0% of program spendingBakery Gleaning: In 2025 volunteers collected 1000s of pounds of delicious end-of-day baked goods from local bakeries. Bread and pastries are delivered to St. Lukes Edible Hope feeding project providing over 2000 meals per month.
$0 spent0% of program spendingMeaningful Movies: In 2025 7 films intended to raise awareness encourage dialogue and create positive change were screened. Over 190 participants attended.
$370 spent0% of program spending
The 12 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $112,528.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $58k to $48k (−17%).
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.
21% of SUSTAINABLE BALLARD’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue 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 5 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Jennifer Heins
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $22 → $11k.
2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 99% 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 SUSTAINABLE BALLARD’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
SUSTAINABLE BALLARD leans on a few funders — its largest provides 98% 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
99% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund SUSTAINABLE BALLARD.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2023 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
99% of SUSTAINABLE BALLARD's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $200 that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Washington funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $19k 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.
Against its field
SUSTAINABLE BALLARD has grown faster than half of the 2,433 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,433 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like SUSTAINABLE BALLARD
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.
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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SUSTAINABLE BALLARD: 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 SUSTAINABLE BALLARD?
- SUSTAINABLE BALLARD (Washington) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $19,113 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($18,800). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 99% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does SUSTAINABLE BALLARD have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $19,113 in grants to SUSTAINABLE BALLARD, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SUSTAINABLE BALLARD?
- AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $18,800 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SUSTAINABLE BALLARD 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 2021–2025), and the filings of 3 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