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COLUMBIA GORGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION

COLUMBIA GORGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION (Oregon) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $548,486 to it, the largest being PROVIDENCE HEALTH & SERVICES - OREGON ($126,200). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$602k
Funders on record
14
Grants received
$548k
Net assets
$3.5M
9/14 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 21%
01What it does

What Columbia Gorge Community College Foundation does

Mission

The foundation connects with students, donors, and the community to support scholarships, programs and initiatives that improve the accessibility and quality of education at columbia gorge community college.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. The general scholarships program provides scholarships to students in all fields of study. The cgcc foundation believes our entire community benefits when every student has access to the tools and resources they need to help them succeed in school and in life. The foundation awarded over 81 scholarships during the fiscal year to students throughout the district.

    $183,922 spentof which $158,422 as grants
    73% of program spending
  2. The advanced manufacturing program supports students who are taking the advanced manufacturing certificate (design, prototyping, equipment and machinery, calibration and usage of additive manufacturing). This program provided scholarships to students, as well as enables them to acquire equipment needed to be employment ready upon completion of the program.

    $32,500 spentof which $32,500 as grants
    13% of program spending
  3. The aviation program supports students who are taking the aviation maintenance program (degree option: aviation maintenance technology aas, certificate options: aviation maintenance technology, aviation airframe, aviation powerplant). This program provides scholarships to students, as well as enables them to acquire equipment needed to be employment ready upon completion of their program.

    $25,000 spentof which $25,000 as grants
    10% of program spending
  4. The foundation partially sponsors a math day every year, organized and put on by the chair of the college math department. This program targets 5th - 12th graders throughout the region. The foundation gives annual awards to recognize exemplary performance in the academic year. These are awarded by the associated student government based on nominations by students, staff, and faculty. The foundation serves as a pass-through for donations for specific departments or programs within columbia gorge community college.

    $9,731 spent
    4% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $251,153.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($243k) Expenses 100 ($162k) Net assets 100 ($1.7M)2018 Revenue 78 ($190k) Expenses 107 ($173k) Net assets 101 ($1.7M)2019 Revenue 120 ($292k) Expenses 108 ($175k) Net assets 110 ($1.8M)2020 Revenue 321 ($780k) Expenses 134 ($217k) Net assets 145 ($2.4M)2021 Revenue 213 ($517k) Expenses 112 ($181k) Net assets 179 ($3.0M)2022 Revenue 231 ($560k) Expenses 144 ($234k) Net assets 164 ($2.7M)2023 Revenue 173 ($421k) Expenses 221 ($358k) Net assets 181 ($3.0M)2024 Revenue 149 ($361k) Expenses 203 ($328k) Net assets 193 ($3.2M)2025 Revenue 248 ($602k) Expenses 273 ($443k) Net assets 211 ($3.5M)
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Revenue (248)Expenses (273)Net assets (211)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $1.8M to $2.4M (+32%).

$1.7M
$1.7M
$1.8M
$2.4M
$3.0M
$2.7M
$3.0M
$3.2M
$3.5M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

75% of COLUMBIA GORGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (87% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 7,828 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$81k
’17
$17k
’18
$117k
’19
$562k
’20
$336k
’21
$326k
’22
$63k
’23
$32k
’24
$159k
’25
15
months of
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.

Chief executive

Susan Davis

Executive director

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed18181720211211911
Joined·+0+4+3+4+0+7+0+3
No longer listed·05039821
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 6 funders, grant income rose $6k → $87k.

6 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 41% 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 COLUMBIA GORGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION’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

COLUMBIA GORGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 23% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left

68% 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 COLUMBIA GORGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION.

23%
largest funder
60%
top three
~7
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 75% · 2019 78% · 2020 31% · 2021 30% · 2022 22% · 2023 42% — diversifying over time.

“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

67% of COLUMBIA GORGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

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

COLUMBIA GORGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION draws 58% of its grant income from funders outside Oregon, across 4 states in all.

WA
OR
CT
NE

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’20
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’22
’23
Oregon out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $225k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

COLUMBIA GORGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 4,237 philanthropy nonprofits its size.

Operating margin26% · above the median
Months of reserve15.0mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)12% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,237 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Organizations like COLUMBIA GORGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

79% of spending goes to programs.

Program 79%Management 21%Fundraising 0%

Governance

10
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

63%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

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Questions and answers

Who funds COLUMBIA GORGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION?
COLUMBIA GORGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION (Oregon) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $548,486 to it, the largest being PROVIDENCE HEALTH & SERVICES - OREGON ($126,200). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does COLUMBIA GORGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION have?
IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $548,486 in grants to COLUMBIA GORGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of COLUMBIA GORGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION?
PROVIDENCE HEALTH & SERVICES - OREGON is the largest funder on record, with $126,200 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like COLUMBIA GORGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION 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.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 14 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