Washington · Nonprofit
COLLABORATIVE EFFORT INC
COLLABORATIVE EFFORT INC (Washington) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $556,600 to it, the largest being GREATER TACOMA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($328,100). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 73% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $338k
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $557k
- Net assets
- $-262968
What Collaborative Effort Inc does
Mission
RAINs mission is to promote the growth of the life science and technology industries in Tacoma WA. RAIN provides hands-on educational experiences for local students empowers life science start-ups and small businesses and executes research in our downtown facility.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported a significant change in how it conducts a program.
As of December 31 2024 Collaborative Effort ceased all program activities. We are winding down all administrative functions in 2025.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
RAIN Education: RAIN Education is focused on hands-on science education for college students in the South Puget Sound region. These programs promote and help develop science-based critical thinking skills and teach laboratory techniques and skills used in biotechnology healthcare and academic research.
$167,011 spent40% of program spendingRAIN Incubator: RAIN works to attract create and or retain small life-science and biotechnology companies in the Tacoma area. RAIN provides access to laboratory spaces networking technical support and consulting. In 2024 three companies utilized RAINs laboratory spaces. These companies focused on biotechnology logistics contract protein production environmental technologies and process chemistry. These young companies provide internships and essential industry experience for students. This promotes strong relationships that help keep these companies local. RAIN also has a commercial kitchen and during 2024 RAIN hosted six food vendors who sell products at local farmers and night markets. These small food companies are vibrant members of the Tacoma small business community who create jobs and contribute to the high quality of life in the South Sound region.
$102,178 spent$70,669 earned by the program25% of program spendingRAIN Research: RAIN Research provides contract services to established firms that align with our mission to provide opportunities in the life-science industry with an emphasis on equity innovation and collaboration. These projects create jobs for interns and trained students provide critical funding for RAIN and generate income for our incubator companies.
$147,438 spent$43,005 earned by the program35% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $416,627.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $819k to $463k (−43%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 1% · 2021 3% · 2022 42% · 2023 52% · 2024 80%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Jeff Watts
Board Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $14k → $75k.
3 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 74% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of COLLABORATIVE EFFORT 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.
How concentrated its funding is
COLLABORATIVE EFFORT INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 59% of grant income and the top three 84%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
90% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund COLLABORATIVE EFFORT INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 53% · 2019 52% · 2020 95% · 2021 43% · 2022 100% · 2023 87% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. 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.
How long its funders stay
17% of COLLABORATIVE EFFORT INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 20% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
73% of COLLABORATIVE EFFORT INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $148k that is directly attributable, 72% of it comes from Washington funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $409k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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.
Government funding COLLABORATIVE EFFORT INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $75k on record.
- Environmental Protection Agency$75k
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 COLLABORATIVE EFFORT 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 Washington
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
74% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
75%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds COLLABORATIVE EFFORT INC?
- COLLABORATIVE EFFORT INC (Washington) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $556,600 to it, the largest being GREATER TACOMA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($328,100). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 73% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does COLLABORATIVE EFFORT INC have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $556,600 in grants to COLLABORATIVE EFFORT INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COLLABORATIVE EFFORT INC?
- GREATER TACOMA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $328,100 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COLLABORATIVE EFFORT INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 10 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