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MASTER GARDENER FOUNDATION OF GRAYS HARBOR & PACIFIC COUNTIES OF WA ST

MASTER GARDENER FOUNDATION OF GRAYS HARBOR & PACIFIC COUNTIES OF WA ST (Washington) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $379 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($379). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$65k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$379
Net assets
$67k
1/1 repeat funders
01What it does

What Master Gardener Foundation of Grays Harbor & Pacific Counties of Wa St does

Mission

The Washington State University Extension Master Gardener Volunteers in Grays Harbor and Pacific Counties are university trained individuals who aim to help WSU Extension reach our local community with science-based horticulture and environmental stewardship information generated from research at WSU and other university systems. As a Foundation, we provide funding to increase the effectiveness and impact of the WSU Extension Master Gardener Program throughout Grays Harbor and Pacific Counties.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. Provided general adminstrative support for the wsu extension master gardener program in grays harbor and pacific counties. This benefited over 101 active volunteers. Funding helped sustain the part time volunteer coordinator position, supported training and onboarding of 20 new master gardeners, maintained website reaching more than 5,000 residents and supported a two county-wide volunteer recognition event. These efforts ensured continuity, compliance and strong engagement across both counties.

    $11,677 spent
    20% of program spending
  2. Provided financial support for the activities of the wsu extension master gardeners program in grays harbor and pacific counties. This includes maintainence of four demonstration gardens, located in elma, ocean shores, ilwaco and south bend, where master gardeners showcase sustainable gardening practices. The food raised in the demonstration beds/gardens was donated to local food banks. The foundation also covered supplies for workshops, youth activities, and plant clinics. Approximately 255 adults participated in 21 workshops. Topics included soil health, pruning, seed saving, pollinators, composting, soil amendments, and starting a vegetable garden. Twelve youth activites were held with 185 adults and 1325 children attending. All activities are offered without charge. Master gardeners volunters staffed seasonal plant clinics at local farmers markets and wsu extension offices offering personalized gardening help with pest and disease diagnostics and research based recommendations to approximately 900 county residents. The three fundraising activities were staffed by master gardener volunteers and offered educational opportunities. The home and garden show had approxiately 4000…

    $47,945 spentof which $35,000 as grants
    80% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $59,622.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2024, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2024, 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.

100 = 20242024 Revenue 100 ($41k) Expenses 100 ($39k) Net assets 100 ($70k)2025 Revenue 158 ($65k) Expenses 175 ($68k) Net assets 95 ($67k)
20242025
Revenue (158)Expenses (175)Net assets (95)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $70k to $67k (−5%).

$70k
$67k
20242025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

93% of MASTER GARDENER FOUNDATION OF GRAYS HARBOR & PACIFIC COUNTIES OF WA ST’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (65% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 26,798 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.

$2k
’24
−$3k
’25
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $83 → $71.

Funder
'20
'21
'22
'23
total
funders
1
1
1
1

1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 MASTER GARDENER FOUNDATION OF GRAYS HARBOR & PACIFIC COUNTIES OF WA ST’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.

Where its funders are

100% of MASTER GARDENER FOUNDATION OF GRAYS HARBOR & PACIFIC COUNTIES OF WA ST's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

MASTER GARDENER FOUNDATION OF GRAYS HARBOR & PACIFIC COUNTIES OF WA ST has grown faster than three-quarters of the 17,277 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−5% · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)58% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,277 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Public support

97%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds MASTER GARDENER FOUNDATION OF GRAYS HARBOR & PACIFIC COUNTIES OF WA ST?
MASTER GARDENER FOUNDATION OF GRAYS HARBOR & PACIFIC COUNTIES OF WA ST (Washington) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $379 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($379). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does MASTER GARDENER FOUNDATION OF GRAYS HARBOR & PACIFIC COUNTIES OF WA ST have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $379 in grants to MASTER GARDENER FOUNDATION OF GRAYS HARBOR & PACIFIC COUNTIES OF WA ST, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of MASTER GARDENER FOUNDATION OF GRAYS HARBOR & PACIFIC COUNTIES OF WA ST?
AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $379 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
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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 2024–2025), and the filings of 1 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