Oregon · Nonprofit
Christmas Ships Inc
Christmas Ships Inc (Oregon) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,000 to it, the largest being Courtney Irvin Trust ($1,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $76k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $1k
- Net assets
- $72k
What Christmas Ships Inc does
Mission
The organization organizes and leads an illuminated boat parade throughout the December Holiday season that inspires hope, renews spirits, and strengthens community
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Annual illuminated boat parade throughout the DecemberHoliday Season in the broader Portland/Vancouver Area.
$37,806 spentof which $979 as grants67% of program spendingToy Drive. Organization actively collects donated toys from homesand communities along the parade route, then donates them tolocal fire and rescue charities to distribute to needy children.
$18,220 spent33% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $56,026.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2024, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2024, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets at each year end, in dollars.
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
100% of Christmas Ships Inc’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (77% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2021: the base held at 1 funder, grant income held at $500.
From the IRS filings of Christmas Ships Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
Christmas Ships Inc draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Oregon, across 1 state in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
Christmas Ships Inc runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 210 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 210 community improvement nonprofits under $100k, FY2026
Government funding Christmas Ships Inc receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $500 on record.
- DISTRIBUTION TO NON-GOVERNMENTS$500
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like Christmas Ships Inc
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Oregon
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
70%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Christmas Ships Inc: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Christmas Ships Inc?
- Christmas Ships Inc (Oregon) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,000 to it, the largest being Courtney Irvin Trust ($1,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Christmas Ships Inc have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $1,000 in grants to Christmas Ships Inc, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Christmas Ships Inc?
- Courtney Irvin Trust is the largest funder on record, with $1,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Christmas Ships Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Oregon. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2026 (financials across 2024–2026), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing