Washington · Nonprofit
FRIENDS OF THE LOWER GRAND COULEE
FRIENDS OF THE LOWER GRAND COULEE (Washington) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,379 to it, the largest being SAMIS FOUNDATION ($6,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $44k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $6k
- Net assets
- $97k
What Friends of the Lower Grand Coulee does
Mission
Friends of the Lower Grand Coulee develops and funds initiatives that further the preservation and enjoyment of the Lower Grand Coulee's extraordinary geology, history, and creative assets.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
James Building: General building and grounds maintenance for the year including sweeping, weeding, vacuuming, wall brushing, sidewalk de-icing etc. Coordination with project feasibility report i.e. RCDI Workshop and grantwriting assistance. Moving forward with upgrades to the historic James Building a multi purpose community gathering center in a key midtown Main Avenue location. Plans are well along to transform the building into an Arts and Natural Science Discovery Center. 2025 brought continued support from the professional and local community moving forward with strategic use, feasibility, and sustainability planning, design including community presentation including a well attended design charrette for valuable input focused on community priorities and needs. Architectural design, Structural Engineering design, Civil Engineering design, Landscape Architectural design and Professional Land Surveying* services *(completed in 2023 but utilized in 2025 for critical design layout) were enlisted to accomplish design and engineering needs. Ongoing drainage challenges have been addressed by engineered drainage plans beginning with establishment of surveyed property boundary lines.…
$528 spent2% of program spendingEducation Funding. Fund teacher classroom grants, after school programs, outdoor educational programs, art education and other similar activities that directly or indirectly support knowledge and appreciation of the area, and/or will tie the communities of the Lower Grand Coulee together. Areas of education that may be supported include science, technology, math, literacy, and social studies. Grand Coulee by Road: explanations of landmarks between Soap Lake and the Grand Coulee Dam. This would include both well known and forgotten historical landmarks, with little known historical facts when available. The purpose would be to entertain and educate both locals and travelers while preserving history and returning relevance to both the lower and upper Grand Coulee.
$3,000 spentof which $3,000 as grants9% of program spendingSoap Lake Food and Folk Festival was a free, full-day music event taking place at a public park in downtown Soap Lake. Attendance at the second festival on June 21, 2025 was estimated at between 300 and 700 people. The event was fully funded by donations and organized by 16 volunteers who spent about 680 hours on planning, fundraising, and managing event activities.
$19,684 spent59% of program spendingCreative District Administration: This is a Washington State program that helps communities thrive by strengthening the creative sector, turning arts and culture into economic opportunities, diversifying local economies, and enhancing quality of life for residents and visitors.
$7,354 spent22% of program spendingArts Education and Experiences Fund. Funds performing arts, art education, hands-on experiences, and other similar activities that directly or indirectly support knowledge and appreciation of the area for families and/or will tie the communities of the Lower Grand Coulee area. Funded an online learning program with the Beauty of Bronze educational project.
$2,924 spentof which $2,000 as grants9% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $33,490.
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 $141k to $90k (−36%).
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: 2022 0% · 2023 0% · 2024 0% · 2025 41%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of FRIENDS OF THE LOWER GRAND COULEE’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (78% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $500 → $1k.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 6% 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 THE LOWER GRAND COULEE’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 THE LOWER GRAND COULEE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 94% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 92% · 2021 88% · 2022 92% · 2023 93% — 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.
Where its funders are
100% of FRIENDS OF THE LOWER GRAND COULEE's grant income comes from Washington funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $379 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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 THE LOWER GRAND COULEE has grown faster than three-quarters of the 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like FRIENDS OF THE LOWER GRAND COULEE
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
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
42%
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE LOWER GRAND COULEE?
- FRIENDS OF THE LOWER GRAND COULEE (Washington) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,379 to it, the largest being SAMIS FOUNDATION ($6,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FRIENDS OF THE LOWER GRAND COULEE have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $6,379 in grants to FRIENDS OF THE LOWER GRAND COULEE, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF THE LOWER GRAND COULEE?
- SAMIS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $6,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS OF THE LOWER GRAND COULEE 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 2020–2025), 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