Oregon · Nonprofit
NORTH SANTIAM WATERSHED COUNCIL
NORTH SANTIAM WATERSHED COUNCIL (Oregon) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $355,942 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF THE MID-WILLAMETTE VALLEY ($150,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $335k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $356k
- Net assets
- $85k
What North Santiam Watershed Council does
Mission
The North Santiam Watershed Council promotes citizen awareness of the importance of clean bountiful water in the community. We provide information, education, and learning opportunities to understand concerns in the watershed. We restore habitats which protect and conserve water quality and quantity. We are committed to biodiversity and the protection of fish and wildlife habitats and the sources of clean drinking water. We provide opportunities for all stakeholders to cooperate in sustaining watershed health.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Landowner restoration-outreach to landowners to plan, design, finance, implement, manage, and monitor restoration projects on private land that protect and enhance the health of the watershed. The nswc works with the property owner to ascertain which types of projects would be suitable for their property and what the benefits would be for them and the watershed public so that landowners understand their options, responsibilities and feasible outcomes of the projects. Projects include riparian and in-stream aquatic enhancements, weed management, plant establishment, culvert replacement, prairie and oak habitat restoration.
$218,484 spent$10,853 earned by the program64% of program spendingCollaborative planning and partnership building- the nswc convenes stakeholders with diverse interests, expertise and focus to survey the combined limiting factors to environmental, social and economic health in the watershed, collaborate in planning on how to address those factors, prioritize the combined list of projects of the partners, structure the partnerships for clear roles and responsibilities, apply for and pull together capacity building expertise, coordinate the effort and enhance the inclusion of diversity of stakeholders to promote full engagement and maximum impact. Projects include drought contingency planning, emergency response coordination, source water protection, riparian and aquatic habitat restoration, ns basin summit, forestry collaboration, oak and prairie restoration. Nswc participates with other stakeholders and partners to promote willamette valley-wide conservation strategy in alignment with federal and state biological opinions and strategies.
$102,601 spent30% of program spendingCommunity engagement and education- attend community events, present at meetings of associations and agencies, distribute literature, cooperate with other non-profits to enhance equity, diversity and inclusion, network with other professionals to enhance trusting relationships and coordination across neighboring watersheds, maintain a website, mailing list, invitations to interested community stakeholders for participation in regular meetings or special events.
$18,572 spent5% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $339,657.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 2020 to 2021, from $122k to $277k (+126%).
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: 2019 31% · 2020 53% · 2021 66% · 2022 97% · 2023 100% · 2024 95% · 2025 99%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of NORTH SANTIAM WATERSHED COUNCIL’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. 4 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.
Chief executive
Brandin Hilbrandt
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $127k → $27.
2 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 42% 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 NORTH SANTIAM WATERSHED COUNCIL’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
NORTH SANTIAM WATERSHED COUNCIL leans on a few funders — its largest provides 42% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
98% 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 NORTH SANTIAM WATERSHED COUNCIL.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 95% · 2020 100% · 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.
Where its funders are
100% of NORTH SANTIAM WATERSHED COUNCIL's grant income comes from Oregon funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $150k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states 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
NORTH SANTIAM WATERSHED COUNCIL's revenue grew 18% between 2019 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,433 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding NORTH SANTIAM WATERSHED COUNCIL receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $2.3M on record — $745k federal, $1.6M state.
- Department of Agriculture$745k
- DISTRIBUTION TO NON-GOVERNMENTS$1.3M
- PROFESSIONAL SERVICES NON-IT>$75K$309k
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 NORTH SANTIAM WATERSHED COUNCIL
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
84% 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 NORTH SANTIAM WATERSHED COUNCIL: 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 NORTH SANTIAM WATERSHED COUNCIL?
- NORTH SANTIAM WATERSHED COUNCIL (Oregon) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $355,942 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF THE MID-WILLAMETTE VALLEY ($150,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NORTH SANTIAM WATERSHED COUNCIL have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $355,942 in grants to NORTH SANTIAM WATERSHED COUNCIL, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NORTH SANTIAM WATERSHED COUNCIL?
- UNITED WAY OF THE MID-WILLAMETTE VALLEY is the largest funder on record, with $150,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NORTH SANTIAM WATERSHED COUNCIL 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 2019–2025), and the filings of 5 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