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Screen a listMethow Field Institute
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Listed with the IRS. Every screen came back clear.
A 501(c)(3) on Publication 78 and the IRS master file.
- IRS nonprofit listing
- No issue
- Revocation
- None
- IRS files
- Agree
- Sanctions
- No match
- IRS bulletin
- No notice
- California
- No record
- Charity type
- 509(a)(1)
$167krevenue
FY2025 · +35% in 3 yrs2staff
5 of 6years filed
’20’21’22’23’24’25
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpendingDeficit
Against similar nonprofits FY2025
Operating margin−10.1%
Months of reserve15.0mo
Revenue growth (annualized)+16.4%
Middle half of peersMedianMethow Field Institute
Where the money goes FY2025 · $184k spent
Programs$164k89%Management and general$18k10%Fundraising$2k1%990 FY2025 · Part IX line 25
Worth checking3
A funder worth 32% of revenue stopped after FY2020
Philanthropy Northwest gave $25k in FY2020, 32% of revenue that year.
Funders’ 990-PF grant listsNo return on record for FY2021
It filed for FY2020 and FY2022, with nothing on record in between.
IRS 990 e-file recordsDeficits in 2 of the last 3 years
−$4k in FY2023 and −$17k in FY2025. Cash covers 15.0 months, above the peer median of 8.6.
990 Part I and balance sheetIn its favor1
Growing faster than peers
Revenue up 16% a year since FY2020, faster than half of similar nonprofits.
990 Part I · peer cohort15funders
$73ka year, last 3 years
33%from its largest funder
Funder’18’19’20’21’22’23Native American Agriculture FundStopped after FY2022$41k$32k–Icicle FundOn and off$8k$15k$15k$20kPhilanthropy NorthwestOn and off$25kNa'ah Illahee FundOn and off$12kArtsfundNew in FY2023$10kHumanities WashingtonOn and off$7kDonor-advised giftsDonors not disclosed$12$11k$17k$36k5 other fundersUp to $5k a year each$5k$4k$1k$1k$3k
FundedThrough a donor-advised fundStopped