Washington · Nonprofit
Friends of Grays Harbor
Friends of Grays Harbor (Washington) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $15,000 to it, the largest being The Northwest Fund for the Environment ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $319
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $15k
- Net assets
- $94k
What Friends of Grays Harbor does
Mission
The mission of FOGH is to foster and promote the economic, biological, and social uniqueness of Washington's estuaries and ocean coastal environments.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Organized and participated in taking legal action against WA Parks Commission and the City of Westport concerning a proposed golf course at Westport Light State Park
$25,588 spent100% of program spendingEnvironmental work with Futurewise (https://futurewise.org) as the lead.Commented on Shoreline management rule making with WA Department of Ecology.Attended and participated in Shoreline Management Task Force about sea level rise.Co-plaintiff appeal with Futurewise on State Supreme Court case on sea level rise. Challenged before the Shorelines Hearings Board the City of Westport's and Department of Ecology's acceptance of the Westport Shoreline Master Program which allows the filling of wetlands.
$0 spent0% of program spendingLead plaintiff in a Court of Appeals challenge of the air quality permit for PNWRE (Pacific Northwest Renewable Engergy) who intends to build a half-million-ton per year wood pellet plant next to the Grays Harbor National Wildlife Refuge in Hoquiam, Washington.
$0 spent0% of program spendingParticipating Member, Washington Coastal Marine Advisory Council
$0 spent0% of program spendingParticipating Member, Citizens for a Clean Harbor
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $25,588.
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 2017 to 2018, from $125k to $304k (+143%).
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.
0% of Friends of Grays Harbor’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (92% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of Friends of Grays Harbor’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
Friends of Grays Harbor leans on a few funders — its largest provides 67% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
“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.
Where its funders are
67% of Friends of Grays Harbor's grant income comes from Washington funders.
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
Friends of Grays Harbor's revenue fell 48% between 2017 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,152 environment nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like Friends of Grays Harbor
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.
Public support
93%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Friends of Grays Harbor: 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 Friends of Grays Harbor?
- Friends of Grays Harbor (Washington) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $15,000 to it, the largest being The Northwest Fund for the Environment ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Friends of Grays Harbor have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $15,000 in grants to Friends of Grays Harbor.
- Who is the largest funder of Friends of Grays Harbor?
- The Northwest Fund for the Environment is the largest funder on record, with $10,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Friends of Grays Harbor 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 2 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