Washington · Nonprofit
COMMUNITY COUNCIL
COMMUNITY COUNCIL (Washington) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,441,999 to it, the largest being Sherwood Trust ($825,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $274k
- Funders on record
- 14
- Grants received
- $1.4M
- Net assets
- $338k
What Community Council does
Mission
Mission to foster a trusted gathering place where people engage in dialogue, inquiry, and advocacy to build a vibrant region for everyone. Our region includes columbia and walla walla counties and the milton-freewater area.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Study & implementation internet for all implementation task force the internet for all implementation task force (itf) was hard at work in 2025, taking on several projects to advance digital inclusion in our region. Community outreach and education in 2025, the itf prioritized the creation of educational materials to help bridge the digital divide. The task force created an informational flier in english and spanish to explain why reliable internet access is vital for education, health care, and economic stability. Additionally, they developed materials in english and spanish listing community programs that offer services such as free wi-fi, public computers, device lending programs, and affordable devices. Media presence and digital resource fair the itfs efforts were publicized through two features in the walla walla union bulletin. The first article highlighted the regions need for affordable, reliable internet and the itfs work, while the second previewed the 2025 digital resource fair. The digital resource fair was a collaborative effort involving 18 community partners, including schools, local governments, nonprofit organizations, and colleges. The digital resource fair…
$161,410 spent61% of program spendingOutreach annual luncheon our 2025 annual luncheon brought together more than 400 community members from across the region, creating a powerful moment of connection and shared commitment. Community members gathered not only to learn about Community Councils work, but to affirm their shared care for the health and future of our community. The room reflected the diversity of our region, with participants bringing distinct perspectives and lived experiences. Community Council is committed to inclusivity and collaboration in everything we do. One luncheon sponsor reflected the councils study/action process is all about listening, learning, and making meaningful change from the ground up a true expression of care and collaboration. Around the table, strangers become neighbors, and ideas turn into action. Similarly, a former board member shared: I joined the Community Council board because I liked that they got things done fruitful studies, useful reports, tangible outcomes, and sustained impact. What ive learned over my time with this organization is that they also do one more thing: they empower our community to come together to continue growing and improving, to build on past…
$104,303 spent$9,700 earned by the program39% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $265,713.
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.
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 $321k to $454k (+41%).
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: 2019 4% · 2021 32% · 2025 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
92% of COMMUNITY COUNCIL’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 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 held at 5 funders, grant income rose $143k → $246k.
3 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 26% 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 COMMUNITY COUNCIL’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
COMMUNITY COUNCIL leans on a few funders — its largest provides 57% of grant income and the top three 91%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
28% 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 COMMUNITY COUNCIL.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 87% · 2018 79% · 2019 72% · 2020 80% · 2021 54% · 2022 38% · 2023 61% — 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
73% of COMMUNITY COUNCIL's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% 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
89% of COMMUNITY COUNCIL's grant income comes from Washington funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $377k 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.
Against its field
COMMUNITY COUNCIL is better cushioned than half of the 7,175 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,175 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like COMMUNITY COUNCIL
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
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
64%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for COMMUNITY COUNCIL: 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 COMMUNITY COUNCIL?
- COMMUNITY COUNCIL (Washington) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,441,999 to it, the largest being Sherwood Trust ($825,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does COMMUNITY COUNCIL have?
- IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $1,441,999 in grants to COMMUNITY COUNCIL, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COMMUNITY COUNCIL?
- Sherwood Trust is the largest funder on record, with $825,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COMMUNITY COUNCIL 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 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