How many funders does WHATCOM MILLION TREES PROJECT have?

IRS filings report 5 grantmakers giving $148,489 in grants to WHATCOM MILLION TREES PROJECT, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.

Who is the largest funder of WHATCOM MILLION TREES PROJECT?

MARY H STORER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $75,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.

How can an organization like WHATCOM MILLION TREES PROJECT 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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WHATCOM MILLION TREES PROJECT

WHATCOM MILLION TREES PROJECT (Washington) is funded by 5 grantmakers whose IRS filings report $148,489 in grants to it, the largest being MARY H STORER FOUNDATION ($75,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.

$82k

Revenue FY2024

Funders on record

$148k

Grants received

$158k

Net assets

3/5 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 105%

Against its field

WHATCOM MILLION TREES PROJECT runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,043 environment nonprofits its size.

Operating margin58% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,043 environment nonprofits under $100k, FY2024

01The organization over time

02Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant income rose $43k → $86k on a roughly flat funder count — a concentrated base.

'22

'23

'24

total

Mary H Storer Foundation

$75k

American Online Giving Foundation IncDAF

$33k

Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramDAF

$31k

Whatcom Community FoundationDAF

$10k

Amazonsmile FoundationDAF

$44

funders

4 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 49% 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 WHATCOM MILLION TREES PROJECT’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation.

How concentrated its funding is

WHATCOM MILLION TREES PROJECT leans on a few funders — its largest provides 51% of grant income and the top three 93%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

51%

largest funder

93%

top three

effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 52% · 2023 50% · 2024 88% — growing more concentrated.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration.

Where its funders are

WHATCOM MILLION TREES PROJECT draws 93% of its grant income from funders outside Washington — its reputation reaches beyond the state, across 4 states in all.

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’22

’23

’24

Washington out of state home

03Its place in the field

Funders to approach

Grantmakers that don’t fund you yet, surfaced two ways: they back organizations that share your funders, or their grantees resemble your mission. The ones both signals agree on come first. Your 5 funders put you under-funded among the 386 organizations that share them.

From the co-funder graph (funders backing at least two comparable organizations, shrunk for grantee count, donor-advised and mega-funds excluded) and the universe embeddings. A research starting point; overlap is association, not a guarantee of fit.

Organizations like WHATCOM MILLION TREES PROJECT

Nonprofits whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over the universe of US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.

In Washington

Thurston Climate Action Team75%The Carbon Capture Foundation73%Spokane Edible Tree Project73%Tacoma Tree Foundation73%Whatcom Parks and Recreation Foundation73%Master Gardener Foundation of Kitsap County72%The Lands Council72%350 Tacoma71%

Nationally

Trees Coalition76%Thurston Climate Action Team75%Climate Inc75%Healthy Climate Communities74%Richmond Tree Stewards74%The Plant More Project Inc73%The Carbon Capture Foundation73%Spokane Edible Tree Project73%

04Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Questions and answers

Who funds WHATCOM MILLION TREES PROJECT?: WHATCOM MILLION TREES PROJECT (Washington) is funded by 5 grantmakers whose IRS filings report $148,489 in grants to it, the largest being MARY H STORER FOUNDATION ($75,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does WHATCOM MILLION TREES PROJECT have?: IRS filings report 5 grantmakers giving $148,489 in grants to WHATCOM MILLION TREES PROJECT, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of WHATCOM MILLION TREES PROJECT?: MARY H STORER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $75,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like WHATCOM MILLION TREES PROJECT 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.

Every figure is read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML — this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2024–2024), and the filings of 5funders 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. view filing

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