2021 Charitable Grants

Grant listings are brief summaries. If you would like more information about a particular grant, please contact the NW Fund staff.

American Rivers

$15,000

Improving River Ecosystem Function in the Yakima and Chehalis River Basins

Center for Environmental Law and Policy

$10,000

Protecting and Restoring Washington’s Instream Water Resources
Year 2 of 4

Citizens for a Healthy Bay

$20,000

Leveraging Research and Policy to Combat Pollution in Tacoma

Columbia Riverkeeper

$10,000

Clean Water Action project
Year 1 of 4

Friends of the Columbia River Gorge

$10,000

Defending the Gorge Management Plan

Friends of the Earth

$15,000

Salish Sea Orca Protection, Oil Spill Prevention & Maritime Safety Campaign

Front and Centered

$10,000

HEAL Implementation
Year 1 of 4

Futurewise

$10,000

Protecting Farms, Forests and Water Habitats
Year 1 of 4

Northwest Environmental Advocates

$15,000

Challenging the Puget Sound Nutrient General Permit

Not an Alternative

$10,000

Salmon People, Whale People: Building Alliances and Strategies to Protect and Restore Ocean-to-River Ecosystems

Okanogan Highlands Alliance

$15,000

Buckhorn Mine Accountability Project

Olympic Forest Coalition

$10,000

Olympic Peninsula Public Lands Project
Year 1 of 4

Puget Sound Sage

$10,000

Local Elected Leadership Institute

Puget Soundkeeper Alliance

$20,000

The Puget Sound Leadership, Clean Water Enforcement and Regulation Project

RE Sources

$10,000

Protecting the Salish Sea: Watchdogging pollution, game-changing policies, and community action
Year 2 of 4

Snake River Waterkeeper

$12,000

2021-22 Clean Water Act Enforcement & Litigation

Spokane Riverkeeper

$10,000

Spokane River Clean Water Defense Program
Year 1 of 4

Surfrider Foundation

$10,000

Defending Conservation Outcomes and Defending Washington’s Coast from Plastic Pollution & Climate Change Impacts
Year 2 of 4

Toxic Free Future

$10,000

Achieving Toxic-Free Homes, Communities and Environment through Safer Products for Washington
Year 1 of 4

Twin Harbors Waterkeeper

$15,000

Twin Harbors Clean Water Project

Wild Fish Conservancy

$11,000

Our Sound, Our Salmon 2021-22: Taking Back Our Sound

Community Response Fund

Washington Wild 

$5,000

Washington Outstanding Resource Waters

Friends of the Snoqualmie Valley Trail and River

$3,000

Watchdogging In-stream Flow

Environmental Movement Building Initiative

Comunidades/Columbia Riverkeeper

$5,000

Nimiipuu Protecting the Environment

$5,000

Discretionary Grants

Alliance for a Just Society

$2,500

Native Organizers Alliance

Zero Waste Washington

$2,500

Plastic-Free Washington/Washington Sin Plástico Coalition