Oregon · Nonprofit
FRIENDS OF OUTDOOR SCHOOL
FRIENDS OF OUTDOOR SCHOOL (Oregon) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,947,324 to it, the largest being Gray Family Foundation ($1,225,926). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $415k
- Funders on record
- 18
- Grants received
- $1.9M
- Net assets
- $1.3M
What Friends of Outdoor School does
Mission
Friends of Outdoor School connects, supports, and advocates for all of oregon's diverse students to learn at inclusive and accessible outdoor school programs that contribute to educational development, inspire youth, promote personal growth, and embrace justice.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Program and place network - as outdoor school programming expands across the state, significant challenges must be addressed to ensure adequate capacity, high quality, and full inclusion. This network of outdoor school sites and providers makes it easier to marshal resources, advance program quality, expand outdoor school to all oregon students, and provide support for sharing success stories. During the 2024-2025 fiscal year, this network managed by fods:* gathered stories from programs and sites about their needs to provide a safe and immersive learning environment for students.continued on schedule o. * connected programs and sites to one another so that they can grow a strong, cohesive, and influential network dedicated to excellent education and youth development.* hosted meetings and conferences for outdoor school staff members across the state to learn, share, and collaborate. * promoted efforts and made connections with key partners to reduce barriers to participation in ods for students.* supported work nationally to expand outdoor school for all.* provided expertise to support programs and build the capacity of the oregon ods system; and* helped ods programs and sites…
$451,133 spentof which $7,600 as grants$192,942 earned by the program93% of program spendingAdvocacy and lobbying - fods leads the advocacy efforts for oregon's statewide ods program. During the 2024-2025 fiscal year, fods:* mobilized advocates to speak up against a 20% cut in outdoor school funding.* engaged legislators and other decision-makers with personal tours at ods.* shared personal stories about ods, providers, and sites with legislators and other elected officials.* championed state funds to improve access to and offer affirming and inclusive education experiences at ods.continued on schedule o. * worked with the oregon department of education to identify and remove barriers to full participation for all oregon students at ods while ensuring ods supports and aligns with state and local education priorities.* endorsed meaningful legislation proposed by our camp, education, and equity partners.
$35,354 spent7% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $486,487.
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 2021 to 2022, from $656k to $1.4M (+116%).
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 17% · 2021 9% · 2022 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
53% of FRIENDS OF OUTDOOR SCHOOL’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 6 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.
Chief executive
Kim Silva
Executive director
Board chair
Jennifer Satalino
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $94k → $139k.
7 of 18 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 32% 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 FRIENDS OF OUTDOOR SCHOOL’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 OUTDOOR SCHOOL leans on a few funders — its largest provides 63% of grant income and the top three 92%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
95% 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 FRIENDS OF OUTDOOR SCHOOL.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 47% · 2018 50% · 2019 74% · 2020 52% · 2021 76% · 2022 86% · 2023 88% — 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
54% of FRIENDS OF OUTDOOR SCHOOL's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% 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
98% of FRIENDS OF OUTDOOR SCHOOL's grant income comes from Oregon funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $630k 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
FRIENDS OF OUTDOOR SCHOOL is better cushioned than half of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like FRIENDS OF OUTDOOR SCHOOL
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 Oregon
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
44%
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 OUTDOOR SCHOOL: 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 OUTDOOR SCHOOL?
- FRIENDS OF OUTDOOR SCHOOL (Oregon) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,947,324 to it, the largest being Gray Family Foundation ($1,225,926). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FRIENDS OF OUTDOOR SCHOOL have?
- IRS filings report 18 organizations giving $1,947,324 in grants to FRIENDS OF OUTDOOR SCHOOL, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF OUTDOOR SCHOOL?
- Gray Family Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $1,225,926 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS OF OUTDOOR SCHOOL 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 2020–2025), and the filings of 18 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