The Bullitt Foundation
The Bullitt Foundation (Seattle, WA) is an environmental grantmaker focused on the Pacific Northwest; the site includes mission, programs, staff, and grant history. The foundation announced it would sunset grantmaking in 2024 and the site documents final grants through 2024. Contact details and office address are listed on the site.
Source: Website · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
A regional environmental or climate-focused nonprofit working in the Pacific Northwest (especially Washington or Oregon) with track record in policy, advocacy, sustainable systems, or capacity building and existing regional partnerships.
Good Fit
- • Programs focused in Washington or Oregon or serving the Pacific Northwest region.
- • Work on climate, clean energy, toxics reduction, sustainable food systems, urban sustainability, or related environmental justice issues.
- • Requests for general operating support, capacity building, or multi-year exit/transition grants.
- • Existing collaborations or relationships with regional environmental networks or known Bullitt grantees.
- • Organizational readiness for an invitation-based, relationship-driven funding process.
Geography
Latest-year grants covered recipients in eight states but were clearly regionally focused: roughly 63% of dollars went to Washington and about 23% to Oregon, with the remainder scattered across a few other states.
Recipient Variety
The latest year shows a broad recipient set—about 50 distinct grantees with 24 newly funded organizations in that year—indicating a wide institutional spread rather than a tiny closed circle.
New Applicants
Direct evidence shows many new grantees were added in the latest year, but the foundation explicitly operates by preselection and the site says it is not accepting new applications, so an unfamiliar applicant without prior relationship is unlikely to access funding through an open submission process.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
