Washington · Nonprofit
COLUMBIA SPRINGS
COLUMBIA SPRINGS (Washington) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $325,678 to it, the largest being COLUMBIA COMMUNITY CREDIT UNION ($66,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $770k
- Funders on record
- 19
- Grants received
- $326k
- Net assets
- $989k
What Columbia Springs does
Mission
Columbia Springs' mssion is to provide a unique settings and educational experiences that foster a greater awareness of the natural worls and inspire stewardship.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The expense for "other program services" related to support of the grounds used by our programs
$570,360 spent68% of program spendingOur on-site education program worked with the two largest local school districts in Clark County, with a required field trip for all 5th grade students in those districts. These students experience a full day of experiential learning opportunities where they participate in activities that support nest generation science standards, while providing an opportunity to see themselves as successful scientists and belonging in nature. This programming also provides a series of week-long summer day camp experiences for area students; 10 percent of the students participate via a scholarship program.
$200,465 spent24% of program spendingSalmon in the Classroom (SITC) is a program of Columbia Springs in partnership with Clark Public Utilities. It was created in 1991 by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife to provide students for hands-on environmental education. By studying salmon, their habitats, and water quality, students discover the interrelationships of species within their local watershed. Students ultimately learn how to care for the health of their own environment by learning how to protect salmon habitat. All schools, public and private, throughout Clark County are eligible to participate in the Salmon in the Classroom Program. In 2024, we served over 40 schools throughout the County which included in person lessons and fish release events.
$71,488 spent8% of program spendingRepair Clark County is a program that is supported by grant funding and powered by volunteers. Partnering with local agencies, Repair Clark County (RCC) organizes events at local community spaces throughout the County where anyone can bring broken household items to be repaired by a team of skilled volunteer fixers. These free community events often include multi-lingual interpretation to ensure accessibility for all participants. After pausing in 2023 due to a shortfall in grant funding, the programs was redesigned and successfully relaunched in 2024 as a volunteer-led initiative.
$449 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $842,762.
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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $1.1M to $1.0M (−12%).
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 15% · 2021 25% · 2022 28% · 2023 74% · 2024 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
88% of COLUMBIA SPRINGS’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 5 funders, grant income fell $19k → $18k.
6 of 19 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 17% 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 SPRINGS’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 SPRINGS has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 20% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
51% 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 SPRINGS.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 54% · 2018 47% · 2019 68% · 2020 62% · 2021 49% · 2022 51% · 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
13% of COLUMBIA SPRINGS's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 37% 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
70% of COLUMBIA SPRINGS's grant income comes from Washington funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $56k 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.
Against its field
COLUMBIA SPRINGS has grown faster than half of the 4,264 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,264 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding COLUMBIA SPRINGS receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $5k on record.
- Department of Agriculture$5k
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 COLUMBIA SPRINGS
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
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for COLUMBIA SPRINGS: 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 COLUMBIA SPRINGS?
- COLUMBIA SPRINGS (Washington) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $325,678 to it, the largest being COLUMBIA COMMUNITY CREDIT UNION ($66,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does COLUMBIA SPRINGS have?
- IRS filings report 19 organizations giving $325,678 in grants to COLUMBIA SPRINGS, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COLUMBIA SPRINGS?
- COLUMBIA COMMUNITY CREDIT UNION is the largest funder on record, with $66,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COLUMBIA SPRINGS 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 19 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