Washington · Nonprofit
NORTHWEST AGRICULTURE BUSINESS CENTER
NORTHWEST AGRICULTURE BUSINESS CENTER (Washington) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,687,242 to it, the largest being WHATCOM COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($980,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 68% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.7M
- Funders on record
- 21
- Grants received
- $1.7M
- Net assets
- $515k
What Northwest Agriculture Business Center does
Mission
Nabc's mission is to inspire success, foster cooperation, and advance the economic vitality of agriculture in rural western washington by providing expertise, resources, and business technical services to agricultural enterprises.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Regional food systems partnership: nabc facilitated the formation of a qualified and capable body of collaborators to work together as a forward thinking and responsive agent to:support the development of infrastructure projects for value-added food processing and distribution and provide hands on technical assistance to farms and food businesses to support expansion and gain access to capital.create a network of independent farmer-owned food hub cooperatives, which leverages efficiencies in marketing and production planning, business operations, logistics, and financial and risk management, and improves profitability.implement a replicable food access model in which food hubs, farmers, and food banks collaborate to increase access to fresh fruits and vegetables for food bank customers, including a special focus on usda-designated food deserts and areas of persistent poverty.
$698,412 spentof which $72,388 as grants$142,693 earned by the program36% of program spendingRural cooperative development: nabc assists individuals and entities in the development, expansion, and operational improvement of rural businesses, specifically cooperatives and mutually owned businesses. These services focus on strategies to support a rural workforce, provide for economic development, and improve the quality of life for residents of rural western washington state.nabc's goals focus on strengthening the local food system and improving the economic condition of rural areas by working with diverse groups of farming cooperatives and producers throughout western washington. Nabc has facilitated the development of critical infrastructure to provide access to new markets for rural producers; introduced producers to federal, state, and local assistance programs; provided technical assistance to access these programs; and created new food assistance programs that source food from local producers.infrastructure development is a major component of this work. Nabc supports regional efforts to increase meat processing and has a leadership role in the development of a regional grain economy based on establishing grain storage and rail transload infrastructure in southwest…
$616,227 spent$7,909 earned by the program32% of program spendingPartnership and engagement: nabc is committed to serving individuals and businesses including hispanic, hmong/lao, african american, and u.s veterans. Nabc does this by supporting successful business development.nabc strives to increase access to and participation in usda agency-supported grant and loan programs. Nabc serves as a resource to connect producers and others to usda programs by collaborating with usda agency staff to present workshops and program materials in multiple languages to support the development of relationships between project participants and usda agency staff. Nabc also provides hands-on technical assistance to support individuals as well as groups of farmers to meet grant and loan application requirements; complete and submit accurate and compelling applications for usda-funded programs; and win grant awards and/or obtain loans. Nabc also works with collaborating organizations to organize and implement workshops that provide farm-business development tools and individual farmer skills in the areas of business planning, marketing, outreach and market access, farm and food safety, and basic computer skills.
$610,635 spent$5,956 earned by the program32% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,925,274.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 $506k to $675k (+33%).
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: 2017 77% · 2018 68% · 2019 78% · 2020 76% · 2021 76% · 2022 83% · 2023 85% · 2024 83%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
94% of NORTHWEST AGRICULTURE BUSINESS CENTER’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (94% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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
Michael Peroni
Executive director
Board chair
Lucy Norris
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income fell $224k → $72k.
8 of 21 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 68% 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 NORTHWEST AGRICULTURE BUSINESS CENTER’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
NORTHWEST AGRICULTURE BUSINESS CENTER leans on a few funders — its largest provides 58% of grant income and the top three 73%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
92% 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 NORTHWEST AGRICULTURE BUSINESS CENTER.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 94% · 2018 82% · 2019 69% · 2020 63% · 2021 54% · 2022 42% · 2023 83% — diversifying over time.
“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
20% of NORTHWEST AGRICULTURE BUSINESS CENTER's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 43% 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
68% of NORTHWEST AGRICULTURE BUSINESS CENTER'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. Of the $545k that is directly attributable, 52% of it comes from Washington funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
NORTHWEST AGRICULTURE BUSINESS CENTER runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 1,130 food & nutrition nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,130 food & nutrition nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding NORTHWEST AGRICULTURE BUSINESS CENTER receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $5.2M on record.
- Department of Agriculture$5.2M
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 NORTHWEST AGRICULTURE BUSINESS CENTER
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
76% 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 NORTHWEST AGRICULTURE BUSINESS CENTER: 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 NORTHWEST AGRICULTURE BUSINESS CENTER?
- NORTHWEST AGRICULTURE BUSINESS CENTER (Washington) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,687,242 to it, the largest being WHATCOM COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($980,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 68% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does NORTHWEST AGRICULTURE BUSINESS CENTER have?
- IRS filings report 21 organizations giving $1,687,242 in grants to NORTHWEST AGRICULTURE BUSINESS CENTER, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NORTHWEST AGRICULTURE BUSINESS CENTER?
- WHATCOM COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $980,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NORTHWEST AGRICULTURE BUSINESS CENTER 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 21 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