Washington · Nonprofit
LOWER COLUMBIA FISH ENHANCEMENT
LOWER COLUMBIA FISH ENHANCEMENT (Washington) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,097 to it, the largest being BONNEVILLE ENVIRONMENTAL FOUNDATION ($8,993). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.5M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $9k
- Net assets
- $209k
What Lower Columbia Fish Enhancement does
Mission
The mission of the Lower Columbia Fish Enhancement Group is to promote recovery of self sustaining, naturally spawning salmonid populations and healthy aquatic ecosystems. We do this by restoring river and stream habitat, providing nutrients for juvenile fish growth, and engaging the community in hands-on salmon stewardship and education.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Restoration Program: The ultimate goal of our restoration work is to help recover ESA-listed salmon and steelhead by increasing their productivity through enhancement of rearing and spawning habitat. LCFEG completed several major projects aimed at improving fish habitat and water quality in local watersheds. One of the highlights was the successful removal of a splash dam on Baird Creek a tributary of the Coweeman opening 1.81 miles of habitat. The group also played a pivotal role in advancing nature-based river restoration projects, such as the sediment retention initiative on the South Fork Toutle River. This project aimed to reduce downstream sediment loading while improving habitat for salmon and steelhead. LCFEG has continued to be a leader in collaborative efforts to restore and protect vital fish habitats across southwest Washington.
$4,624,194 spent99% of program spendingCommunity Engagement: LCFEG made significant strides in community engagement and habitat restoration during the fiscal year 2023 (July 2023 - June 2024). A key component of our community outreach involved educational programs designed to increase public awareness about the importance of habitat restoration and fish conservation. Through partnerships with local schools and volunteer opportunities LCFEG fostered a stronger connection between communities and their natural resources. In particular, the Seeds to Salmon over 460 students and volunteers, teaching them about salmon ecology and the critical role these fish play in regional ecosystems. Additionally, LCFEG organized multiple community planting days, which drew hundreds of participants eager to take part in hands-on restoration activities.
$47,338 spent1% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,671,532.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $442k to $579k (+31%).
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 99% · 2021 82% · 2022 99% · 2023 84% · 2024 91% · 2025 99%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $28 → $38.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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 LOWER COLUMBIA FISH ENHANCEMENT’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
LOWER COLUMBIA FISH ENHANCEMENT leans on a few funders — its largest provides 99% 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 LOWER COLUMBIA FISH ENHANCEMENT.
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
LOWER COLUMBIA FISH ENHANCEMENT draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, across 1 state in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $104 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.
Organizations like LOWER COLUMBIA FISH ENHANCEMENT
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
97% 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
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for LOWER COLUMBIA FISH ENHANCEMENT: 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 LOWER COLUMBIA FISH ENHANCEMENT?
- LOWER COLUMBIA FISH ENHANCEMENT (Washington) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,097 to it, the largest being BONNEVILLE ENVIRONMENTAL FOUNDATION ($8,993). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LOWER COLUMBIA FISH ENHANCEMENT have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $9,097 in grants to LOWER COLUMBIA FISH ENHANCEMENT, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LOWER COLUMBIA FISH ENHANCEMENT?
- BONNEVILLE ENVIRONMENTAL FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $8,993 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LOWER COLUMBIA FISH ENHANCEMENT 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