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Blue Mountain Community Foundation
The mission of BLUE MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is to be the catalyst that transforms the blue mountain region by growing generosity and connecting people, charitable causes, and community needs.
- $7.0M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 121
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 114
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 9%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $5.5M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $16,285
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $501,340
- Organizations funded a year
- 64 to 126
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $113M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 9% of the organizations Blue Mountain Community Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $123k went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
EducationArts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterCrime & LegalOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 115 | $5.5M | 13% |
| FY2024 | 114 | $6.4M | 9% |
| FY2023 | 121 | $5.1M | 22% |
| FY2022 | 104 | $4.9M | 13% |
| FY2021 | 126 | $7.8M | 48% |
| FY2020 | 76 | $2.4M | 29% |
| FY2019 | 64 | $1.4M | n/a |
100% classified
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Human Services$7.5MEducation$6.9MArts & Culture$4.8MHealth$3.8MReligion$2.1MEnvironment$1.6MAnimals$1.3MYouth Development$967kOther$0
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
WA
MN
IL
WI
NY
OR
CA
UT
CO
AZ
KS
AR
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Young Women's Christian Association of Walla Walla | $1,915,226 | 7 | 21% |
| Christian Aid Center | $1,759,539 | 7 | n/a |
| Walla Walla Valley Academy | $1,463,693 | 7 | n/a |
| Blue Mountain Action Council | $1,360,747 | 7 | 3% |
| United States Catholic Conference | $1,333,160 | 7 | n/a |
| Blue Mountain Land Trust | $1,284,048 | 6 | 44% |
| Walla Walla Community College Foundation | $1,236,049 | 7 | 13% |
| Fort Walla Walla Museum Walla Walla Valley Historical Society | $1,045,004 | 7 | 37% |
| Providence St Mary Foundation | $1,002,132 | 7 | 27% |
| Blue Mountain Humane Society | $999,909 | 7 | 10% |
Show all 210 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Young Women's Christian Association of Walla Walla | $1,915,226 | 7 | 21% |
| Christian Aid Center | $1,759,539 | 7 | n/a |
| Walla Walla Valley Academy | $1,463,693 | 7 | n/a |
| Blue Mountain Action Council | $1,360,747 | 7 | 3% |
| United States Catholic Conference | $1,333,160 | 7 | n/a |
| Blue Mountain Land Trust | $1,284,048 | 6 | 44% |
| Walla Walla Community College Foundation | $1,236,049 | 7 | 13% |
| Fort Walla Walla Museum Walla Walla Valley Historical Society | $1,045,004 | 7 | 37% |
| Providence St Mary Foundation | $1,002,132 | 7 | 27% |
| Blue Mountain Humane Society | $999,909 | 7 | 10% |
| Walla Walla YMCA | $872,846 | 7 | 5% |
| Walla Walla Symphony Society Inc | $767,697 | 7 | 27% |
| Liberty Christian School Elementary Day School | $765,831 | 3 | 36% |
| Lillie Rice Center | $624,643 | 7 | 11% |
| United Way of the Blue Mountains | $512,950 | 7 | 11% |
| Wesley United Methodist Church | $491,116 | 2 | n/a |
| Student Health Options | $471,563 | 5 | 27% |
| Plus Delta After School Studios | $430,719 | 7 | 61% |
| Power House Theatre Walla Walla | $421,287 | 5 | 27% |
| Helpline | $418,743 | 5 | 90% |
| Dayton School District | $410,123 | 5 | n/a |
| Pioneer United Methodist Church | $404,701 | 7 | n/a |
| General Conference of Seventh Day Adventist | $394,428 | 7 | n/a |
| Community Council | $366,610 | 7 | 38% |
| Walla Walla Presbyterian Church | $337,153 | 7 | n/a |
| Vital Wines | $315,675 | 4 | 20% |
| Childrens Home Society of Washington | $315,077 | 6 | 0% |
| Columbia County Public Hospital District 1 | $303,742 | 6 | n/a |
| Board of Trustees of Whitman College | $301,225 | 6 | 0% |
| Touchet Valley Arts Council | $300,178 | 7 | 46% |
| Little Theatre of Walla Walla | $283,868 | 7 | 22% |
| Trilogy Recovery Community | $270,703 | 7 | 21% |
| Walla Walla Senior Citizens Center | $255,802 | 7 | 3% |
| Walla Walla Alliance for the Homeless | $243,217 | 6 | 10% |
| Athenas Gem Inc | $233,616 | 5 | 62% |
| Blue Mountain Broadcasting Association | $226,475 | 4 | 21% |
| Goodwill Industries of the Columbia Inc | $213,019 | 7 | 0% |
| Carnegie Picture Lab | $212,919 | 7 | 55% |
| Planned Parenthood of Greater Washington and North Idaho | $209,597 | 6 | 0% |
| Walla Walla University | $201,089 | 2 | 0% |
| Walla Walla Chamber Music Festival | $200,522 | 5 | 14% |
| Friends of Children of Walla Walla | $199,371 | 7 | 37% |
| Emmanuel Lutheran Church | $198,760 | 7 | n/a |
| The Star Project | $196,429 | 6 | 4% |
| Walla Walla Immigrant Rights Coalition | $192,100 | 3 | n/a |
| Hope Street | $189,582 | 5 | 25% |
| Camp Fire Walla Walla | $185,466 | 7 | 11% |
| Dayton Historic Depot Society | $181,503 | 7 | 24% |
| First Congregational Church of Walla Walla | $180,942 | 7 | n/a |
| Walla Walla Community Hospice | $176,811 | 7 | 1% |
| The Sustainable Living Center | $173,561 | 6 | 7% |
| Walla Walla Valley Disability Network | $161,893 | 5 | 20% |
| Overtime Training Foundation | $133,894 | 4 | n/a |
| Valley Residential Services | $131,619 | 6 | 0% |
| Catholic Charities of Spokane | $129,717 | 7 | 0% |
| Athena Civic Memorial Association | $122,525 | 7 | 99% |
| St Joseph Catholic Church of Dayton-Project Timothy | $117,087 | 3 | n/a |
| Blue Mountain Wildlife | $114,226 | 6 | 11% |
| Blue Mountain Heart to Heart | $114,084 | 7 | 1% |
| Walla Walla Pickleball Association | $112,822 | 1 | 58% |
| Lewa Wildlife Conservancy USA | $112,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Waitsburg Town Hall Association | $107,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Don Sherwood Endowment Charitable Trust | $106,497 | 7 | 100% |
| Project Timothy Christian Aid Center | $105,366 | 4 | 88% |
| Friends of the Library of Walla Walla | $101,146 | 7 | n/a |
| Walla Walla Public Schools | $100,900 | 5 | n/a |
| City of Pomeroy | $100,591 | 1 | n/a |
| Downtown Walla Walla Foundation | $98,447 | 4 | 4% |
| Columbia-Burbank Parent Teacher Org PTO Boosters-Youth Activities | $98,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Skyline Adventures | $97,628 | 5 | n/a |
| Community Food Bank of Dayton | $97,236 | 4 | n/a |
| Ritecare of Washington | $96,886 | 5 | 5% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $92,738 | 7 | 0% |
| Sos Health Services of Walla Walla | $92,010 | 6 | 16% |
| St Pauls Episcopal Church | $90,579 | 7 | n/a |
| Blue Mountain Health Cooperative | $87,735 | 3 | 11% |
| The Kids Place | $87,264 | 4 | 11% |
| Kirkman House Museum | $87,097 | 5 | 38% |
| Garfield County | $85,620 | 2 | n/a |
| Walla Walla Valley Bands | $84,032 | 5 | n/a |
| St Mark Waitsburg and St Joseph Dayton Catholic Parish Foundation | $81,534 | 6 | n/a |
| Christ Lutheran Church | $78,258 | 5 | n/a |
| City of Walla Walla | $78,220 | 5 | n/a |
| Blue Mountain Artisans Guild | $77,425 | 2 | n/a |
| Good Samaritan Ministries | $76,397 | 5 | 1% |
| City of Dayton | $73,300 | 6 | n/a |
| Pocket Neighborhood Foundation of Walla Walla | $70,000 | 2 | 37% |
| Pomeroy School District | $67,620 | 1 | n/a |
| Columbia County | $67,014 | 5 | n/a |
| Waitburg Historical Society | $63,061 | 6 | n/a |
| Milton Freewater Downtown Alliance | $62,073 | 5 | 36% |
| Blue Mountain Heritage Society | $56,121 | 4 | n/a |
| Blue Mountain Community Church | $56,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Columbia County Community Network | $55,084 | 5 | 38% |
| Washington State University | $54,590 | 3 | n/a |
| Pioneer Humane Society | $53,833 | 3 | 5% |
| Future Farmers of America State Associations & Local Chapter | $53,713 | 1 | n/a |
| The Salvation Army | $53,676 | 4 | n/a |
| Camp Kiwanis Foundation Inc | $53,565 | 7 | 42% |
| Neighbor 2 Neighbor Pendleton Inc | $53,388 | 4 | 24% |
| Cardinals Nest | $53,282 | 3 | n/a |
| Waitsburg FFA | $53,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Big Bang Projects | $52,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Prescott School District 402 - 37 | $51,833 | 3 | n/a |
| Calvary Hills Ministries Pataha Flour Mill | $50,000 | 1 | 26% |
| Athena Library Friends Association | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Walla Walla Choral Society | $49,106 | 5 | n/a |
| Rogers Adventist School | $46,372 | 7 | n/a |
| Pomeroy Spinners Community Organization | $44,333 | 2 | n/a |
| Common Roots Housing Trust | $44,149 | 2 | 33% |
| Touchet Educational Foundation | $44,068 | 6 | 28% |
| Quality Behavioral Health | $43,206 | 3 | 0% |
| Blue Mountain Arts Alliance | $41,426 | 3 | 53% |
| Pantry Shelf of Walla Walla | $40,785 | 4 | 36% |
| Books for Babes | $40,232 | 4 | n/a |
| Blue Mountain Counseling of Columbia County | $40,028 | 3 | 3% |
| Tri-State Steelheaders | $40,021 | 4 | 0% |
| Doughty Home for Veteran Women | $36,450 | 1 | 54% |
| Garfield County Food Bank | $35,700 | 3 | n/a |
| Young Life | $32,886 | 4 | 0% |
| Birthright of Walla Walla | $31,315 | 4 | 16% |
| Junior Achievement of Washington | $30,539 | 4 | 0% |
| Blue Mountain Audubon Society | $28,557 | 4 | n/a |
| Blue Mountain Resourceconservation and Development Council | $28,508 | 3 | n/a |
| Port of Columbia | $28,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Oregon Camp Cedarbrook Inc | $27,818 | 3 | 26% |
| Shakespeare Uncork'D Walla Walla | $27,460 | 1 | 51% |
| Habitat for Humanity International Inc Tri-County Partners | $26,976 | 3 | 1% |
| Legal Counsel for Youth and Children | $26,583 | 2 | 1% |
| Rotary Foundation of Walla Walla | $26,520 | 3 | 13% |
| Umatilla-Morrow Headstart Inc | $25,778 | 2 | 0% |
| Pro-Choice Washington | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Washington Dept Of Fish & Wildlife | $25,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Pomeroy Conservation District | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Childrens Museum of Walla Walla | $24,819 | 4 | 10% |
| Pendleton Childrens Center | $24,036 | 2 | 1% |
| Garfield County Transportation Authority | $23,750 | 1 | n/a |
| Saint Basil Academy of Classical St | $23,687 | 2 | 5% |
| City of Waitsburg | $23,582 | 1 | n/a |
| Eastern Washington University | $22,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Milton-Freewater Area Historical Society | $21,146 | 3 | 13% |
| Frontier Days Foundation | $21,011 | 1 | 15% |
| Walla Walla Police Foundation | $20,596 | 3 | 6% |
| Garfield County Fire District #1 | $20,250 | 2 | n/a |
| First Christian Church of Dayton | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of the Dayton Memorial Library | $19,554 | 3 | 71% |
| Washington State University | $18,340 | 1 | n/a |
| Little League Baseball Inc | $18,329 | 3 | n/a |
| Prescott Joint Park & Recreation District | $17,750 | 2 | n/a |
| Walla Walla Summer Theater Group | $17,259 | 2 | 4% |
| Horizon Project Inc | $16,193 | 1 | 0% |
| Kenosha Unified School District No 1 | $15,800 | 2 | n/a |
| Comprehensive Healthcare | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sigma Chi Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Garfield County Health District | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Washington State University Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Blue Mountain Therapeutic Riding | $14,872 | 2 | 10% |
| Garfield County Hospital District Pomeroy Medical Clinic | $14,035 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Washington | $13,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Saint Frances Cabrini Charitable Services | $12,350 | 1 | 6% |
| Waitsburg High School Alumni Association | $12,295 | 1 | n/a |
| Columbia Basin College | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Young People in Recovery | $11,270 | 1 | 0% |
| Holy Rosary Catholic Churchfoundation of Garfield County | $11,026 | 2 | n/a |
| Dayton Development | $10,781 | 1 | 11% |
| Milton-Freewater Unified School Dis | $10,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Heritage University | $10,002 | 1 | 0% |
| Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Little League Baseball Inc Pacific | $10,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Touchet FFA | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sunbird Singers and Ringers | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Interlink Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Asotin County Public Health | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pioneer Relief Nursery Pioneer Relief Nursery | $9,743 | 1 | 1% |
| Pomeroy Assist Garfield County Humanitarian Services | $8,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Walla Walla Piano Group | $8,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Color Our Community on Awareness | $8,166 | 1 | n/a |
| Dayton Chamber of Commerce | $8,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Made to Thrive | $8,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Page Ahead Childrens Literacy Prgm | $8,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Athena Mainstreet Association | $7,916 | 1 | n/a |
| Columbia County Rural Library District | $7,717 | 1 | n/a |
| Washinton State University | $7,657 | 1 | n/a |
| Central Washington Justice For Our Neighbors | $7,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Milton Freewater Neighborhood Senior Center Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 16% |
| St Mark Catholic Church of Waitsburg Washington | $7,491 | 1 | n/a |
| Umatilla County Pioneers Association | $7,340 | 1 | n/a |
| East Umatilla Co Fire Dist | $7,320 | 1 | n/a |
| Foundation for Leadership and Learning | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Community Bible Church | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Walla Walla County | $6,625 | 1 | n/a |
| Walla Walla Basin Watershed Foundation | $6,339 | 1 | 1% |
| Wgu Corporation | $6,277 | 1 | 0% |
| The Arts Council of Pendleton Inc | $6,210 | 1 | 2% |
| Friends of the Weller Public Library | $6,138 | 1 | n/a |
| Waitsburg Celebration Days Association | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| In a Landscape | $6,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Great Explorations in Education | $5,886 | 1 | n/a |
| Wilkinson Estate LLC | $5,632 | 1 | n/a |
| Whitman College 21st Century Trust | $5,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Wm FFA Alumni and Friends | $5,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Walla Walla Valley Chamber Foundation | $5,350 | 1 | n/a |
| French Town Historical Foundation | $5,329 | 1 | n/a |
| Sweet Potato's Closet | $5,278 | 1 | 5% |
| Rural Youth Enrichment Services | $5,133 | 1 | n/a |
| Nami Walla Walla | $5,063 | 1 | n/a |
| Walla Walla Columbia School Retirees Association | $5,052 | 1 | n/a |
| L&J Empowerment Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Dream Catcher Therapeutics | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Starbuck School District | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($30k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Blue Mountain Community Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 33 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 112 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 112.
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Sherwood TrustWA114.4× affinity53 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →
Open a dossier: Sherwood Trust · Clara and Art Bald Trust · George T Welch Testamentary Trust · Mary Garner Esary Trust · Estate of Joseph L Stubblefield · Yancey P Winans Testamentary Trust · United Way of the Blue Mountains · The Sunny Day Charitable Foundation · Bonnie & Clifford Braden Foundation · Greater Columbia Accountable Community of Health · Milton-Freewater Area Foundation Baker Boyer Trust 5-015736 · Providence Health & Services - Washington
How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.
Compare Blue Mountain Community Foundation with peer funders
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About Blue Mountain Community Foundation
- How much does Blue Mountain Community Foundation give?
- Blue Mountain Community Foundation reported 121 itemized grants totaling $5,526,254, out of $7,006,628 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 64 and 126 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does Blue Mountain Community Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (22%), Education (20%), Arts & Culture (14%).
- Who are Blue Mountain Community Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Young Women's Christian Association of Walla Walla ($1.9M), Christian Aid Center ($1.8M), Walla Walla Valley Academy ($1.5M).
- Does Blue Mountain Community Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 9% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Blue Mountain Community Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Sherwood Trust, Clara and Art Bald Trust, George T Welch Testamentary Trust.
- Where is Blue Mountain Community Foundation based?
- Blue Mountain Community Foundation is based in WA.
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