About Bullitt Foundation
The Bullitt Foundation is making concentrated, strategic grants that prioritize environmental protection and building an inclusive future for the built environment. The largest gift supports a high-profile plastic-pollution advocacy campaign, while a secondary grant funds a pilot fellowship to diversify undergraduate training in architecture/urban design at the University of Washington. Grants are project-focused and aimed at catalyzing systems-level change and workforce diversification in fields that shape cities and ecosystems.
Focus Areas
National plastic-pollution advocacy and campaign supportDiversifying undergraduate training in architecture/urban design (fellowships for underrepresented students)Strategic, project-based environmental advocacy to influence policy and public engagement
Who They Fund
undergraduate students from underrepresented backgroundslow-income utility customers (King County)Native and Indigenous youth-led organizationsEast African and Khmer elders / immigrant elder communitiesBlack farmers and small-scale urban farmers
About Bullitt Foundation
THE BULLITT FOUNDATION is headquartered in Seattle, WA. It gave $14,449,826 in annual grants, with total assets of $46,399,562 on the latest 990 year on file, 2025. Its grantmaking is concentrated in environmental protection, climate and materials policy, and work tied to the built environment. Recent grants show a strong emphasis on Washington and the Pacific Northwest, with additional support for national advocacy and fellowship programs. Named grants include $1,000,000 to EARTH DAY NETWORK (WASHINGTON, DC) for support for the Earth Day Network's plastic campaign, $550,000 to UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION (SEATTLE, WA) to design and pilot a fellowship training program for undergraduate students from unrepresented backgrounds at the University of Washington College of Built Environments, and $170,000 to NW ENERGY COALITION (SEATTLE, WA) for capacity support to hire a full-time development and communications manager. Other large grants include $150,000 to SEATTLE FOUNDATION (SEATTLE, WA) for The Seattle Times' multi-year initiative focused on the climate crisis and $140,000 to VERDE (PORTLAND, OR) to plan a clean materials campus in Northeast Portland. THE BULLITT FOUNDATION also funded TOXIC-FREE FUTURE (SEATTLE, WA), WASHINGTON CONSERVATION ACTION (SEATTLE, WA), and TRANSPORTATION CHOICES COALITION (SEATTLE, WA) in recent cycles. Its disclosed patterns include project-focused support, general support, capacity building, and exit grants, along with individual environmental fellowships.
What Bullitt Foundation Funds
Recent grantmaking spans plastic-pollution advocacy, fellowship support for undergraduate training in architecture and urban design, and climate and materials advocacy. Notable grants include $1,000,000 to EARTH DAY NETWORK (WASHINGTON, DC) for support for the Earth Day Network's plastic campaign, $550,000 to UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION (SEATTLE, WA) to design and pilot a fellowship training program for undergraduate students from unrepresented backgrounds at the University of Washington College of Built Environments, and $125,000 to TOXIC-FREE FUTURE (SEATTLE, WA) to advocate for the elimination of toxics in the Emerald Corridor while promoting safer alternative products and inherently nontoxic chemicals. Other examples include $100,000 to SUSTAINABLE NORTHWEST (PORTLAND, OR) to develop and advance wood procurement policies and $100,000 to TRANSPORTATION CHOICES COALITION (SEATTLE, WA) to build organizational capacity and advocate for new revenue sources to support public transit.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$4.1M
Total Assets
$46.4M
Total Revenue
$1.2M
Total Expenses
$5.4M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $920 and $50K, with a median of $38K.
25th Percentile
$920
Median
$38K
75th Percentile
$50K
Geographic Reach
Regional20 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Where Bullitt Foundation Funds
Top 2 recipient countries by grant volume for Bullitt Foundation.
| Rank | Country | Grants | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United StatesDomestic | 342 | $13.6M | 95.0% |
| 2 | Canada | 18 |
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