Washington · Nonprofit
MID-COLUMBIA FISHERIES ENHANCEMENT
MID-COLUMBIA FISHERIES ENHANCEMENT (Washington) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $458,245 to it, the largest being NATIONAL FOREST FOUNDATION ($186,937). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.7M
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $458k
- Net assets
- $596k
What Mid-Columbia Fisheries Enhancement does
Mission
Non-profit organization dedicated to protecting and restoring wild salmonid populations, their habitats, and ecosystem functions through restoration, protection, education, and community involvement throughout our region.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
More than 200 volunteers contributed 1500 hours to assist with mid-columbia fisheries' mission. The group worked on 36 projects, planted more than 2,100 trees, added more than 1,100 pieces of large wood and supported the construction of 9 log jams to improve river habitat. Stewardship was provided to 24 past projects covering 180 acres along an additional 13 miles of rivers and streams to ensure recent projects reach their full ecological potential. Fish passage was maintained in headwater tributaries and bull trout populations were protected and monitored. Nearly 6,000 people were reached with hands-on education programs, including more than 2,400 k-12 students. The group sponsored 12 salmon tanks and provided 37 field experiences for k-8 grade students, and coordinated a three-week summer program for 36 high school students to explore conservation careers.
$3,226,469 spent$35 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $3,226,469.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 $465k to $740k (+59%).
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: 2018 100% · 2019 99% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 99% · 2023 100% · 2024 99% · 2025 99%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of MID-COLUMBIA FISHERIES ENHANCEMENT’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 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.
Chief executive
Margaret Neuman
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income fell $57k → $10k.
3 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 9% 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 MID-COLUMBIA FISHERIES 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
MID-COLUMBIA FISHERIES ENHANCEMENT leans on a few funders — its largest provides 41% of grant income and the top three 80%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
96% 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 MID-COLUMBIA FISHERIES ENHANCEMENT.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 57% · 2018 52% · 2019 62% · 2020 53% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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.
How long its funders stay
40% of MID-COLUMBIA FISHERIES ENHANCEMENT's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 30% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
MID-COLUMBIA FISHERIES ENHANCEMENT draws 82% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, across 7 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $40k 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
MID-COLUMBIA FISHERIES ENHANCEMENT has grown faster than half of the 1,074 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,074 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding MID-COLUMBIA FISHERIES ENHANCEMENT receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.4M on record.
- Department of Agriculture$634k
- Department of Commerce$487k
- Department of the Interior$285k
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 MID-COLUMBIA FISHERIES 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
91% 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 MID-COLUMBIA FISHERIES 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 MID-COLUMBIA FISHERIES ENHANCEMENT?
- MID-COLUMBIA FISHERIES ENHANCEMENT (Washington) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $458,245 to it, the largest being NATIONAL FOREST FOUNDATION ($186,937). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MID-COLUMBIA FISHERIES ENHANCEMENT have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $458,245 in grants to MID-COLUMBIA FISHERIES ENHANCEMENT, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MID-COLUMBIA FISHERIES ENHANCEMENT?
- NATIONAL FOREST FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $186,937 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MID-COLUMBIA FISHERIES 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 2018–2025), and the filings of 10 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