Oregon · Nonprofit
FRIENDS OF THE TUALATIN RIVER NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE
FRIENDS OF THE TUALATIN RIVER NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE (Oregon) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $30,361 to it, the largest being Washington County Visitors Association ($29,760). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $251k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $30k
- Net assets
- $362k
What Friends of the Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge does
Mission
To promote the conservation and welfare of the Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge Complex for all dependent species and to enrich the lives of citizens through environmental education and experience
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Restoration: Costs of biological technician working for USFWS but paid by Friends through grants and Supervisor to manage HR. Costs include payroll staff development supplies. Reimbursable Grant of 100,000 is a three year site restoration project through Tualatin Soil and Water with an expense this year of 1350.00.
$49,480 spentof which $100,000 as grants$50,520 earned by the program60% of program spendingRefuge Assistance: Cost include supervisory personnel payroll supplies computer hardware staff development volunteer supplies. Major grant included from LAM Research for 35060.00 for assisting various work projects on refuge.
$25,518 spentof which $35,310 as grants$9,792 earned by the program31% of program spendingAdvocating for the Refuge: Costs include advocating personnel payroll to encourage government agencies companies foundations to support the refuge. Also supporting an organization also advocating for refuge and refuge system.
$7,150 spent9% of program spendingYouth programs including the Greenwood Elementary bird festival and education supplies and food 3rd Annual Oregon Youth Environmental Summit supplies and food Oregon Chinese Coalition youth nature art contest supplies and awards.
$769 spentof which $1,950 as grants$1,182 earned by the program1% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $82,917.
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 2021 to 2022, from $521k to $202k (−61%).
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: 2017 67% · 2018 60% · 2021 59% · 2022 20% · 2023 35% · 2024 35% · 2025 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
92% of FRIENDS OF THE TUALATIN RIVER NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 7 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.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $139 → $92.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 2% 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 TUALATIN RIVER NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE’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 TUALATIN RIVER NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 98% 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
100% 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 THE TUALATIN RIVER NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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 TUALATIN RIVER NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE's grant income comes from Oregon funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $501 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 TUALATIN RIVER NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,433 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,433 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding FRIENDS OF THE TUALATIN RIVER NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $624k on record.
- Department of the Interior$624k
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 FRIENDS OF THE TUALATIN RIVER NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE
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
64% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 TUALATIN RIVER NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE?
- FRIENDS OF THE TUALATIN RIVER NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE (Oregon) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $30,361 to it, the largest being Washington County Visitors Association ($29,760). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FRIENDS OF THE TUALATIN RIVER NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $30,361 in grants to FRIENDS OF THE TUALATIN RIVER NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF THE TUALATIN RIVER NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE?
- Washington County Visitors Association is the largest funder on record, with $29,760 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS OF THE TUALATIN RIVER NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE 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.
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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 3 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