# Philanthropy Northwest *Philanthropic organization; co-plaintiff in a 2025 federal suit over the termination of EPA environmental justice grantmaker awards.* Philanthropy Northwest is a philanthropic organization. The project's source record names it as a co-plaintiff, with the [[Green & Healthy Homes Initiative]], in a suit filed in April 2025. The suit challenged the Environmental Protection Agency's February 2025 termination of [[Environmental justice]] grantmaker awards.[^1] On June 17, 2025, Judge [[Adam B. Abelson]] of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland found the termination arbitrary and capricious. The ruling restored $180 million across three grantmakers, $60 million each.[^1] The source record does not give the case caption, the docket number, or any later appellate history. The ruling is therefore stated here as of that record.[^1] ## In the Minnesota record ### Who - The source record lists Philanthropy Northwest and the Green & Healthy Homes Initiative as parties to the April 2025 suit. Judge Adam B. Abelson (D. Md.) issued the June 17, 2025 ruling.[^1] ### What - The suit challenged the EPA's termination of its Environmental Justice grantmaker awards. The court found the termination arbitrary and capricious and restored the terminated funding.[^1] ### When - December 20, 2023: the source records a $50 million EPA Environmental Justice grantmaker announcement for Region 5.[^1] - February 2025: the EPA terminated the grantmaker awards.[^1] - April 2025: the suit was filed.[^1] - June 17, 2025: the court found the termination arbitrary and capricious.[^1] ### Where - The ruling was issued in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland.[^1] ### How much - The June 17, 2025 ruling restored $180 million across three grantmakers, at $60 million each.[^1] - The source row records a $50 million figure for the December 2023 Region 5 announcement. It states that it reconciles the $50 million, $52 million and $60 million figures that appear in the record, but it does not identify the source of the $52 million figure.[^1] ## Notes [^1]: *How Minnesota Got Here* (merged master, footnoted), note [35] (marked primary-confirmed) — EPA Environmental Justice grantmaker role: $50M announced Dec. 20, 2023 (Region 5); termination Feb. 2025; suit filed Apr. 2025 with Green & Healthy Homes Initiative and Philanthropy Northwest; June 17, 2025 finding by Judge Adam B. Abelson (D. Md.) that the termination was arbitrary and capricious, restoring $180M across three grantmakers ($60M each). No URL for this source is in the pack's allowed list.