Washington · Nonprofit
NORTHWEST COMMUNITIES' EDUCATION CENTER
NORTHWEST COMMUNITIES' EDUCATION CENTER (Washington) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,393,743 to it, the largest being CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING ($2,003,863). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.9M
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $2.4M
- Net assets
- $3.8M
What Northwest Communities' Education Center does
Mission
See schedule oNorthwest Communities' Education Center is a community-based organization that addresses the social, educational and health needs of economically disadvantaged spanish speaking residents of central and eastern washington. The organization empowers communities to succeed and participate more fully in global and multicultural society through innovative programs and community partnerships. The education is brought to the people through classes, community groups and the public educational radio station, kdna.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Northwest communities education center (ncec) along with radio knda will provide for the coordination of a gang violence prevention consortium of educators, community leaders, law enforcement and social welfare agencies to reach communities in yakima county.
$617,778 spent36% of program spendingBroadcasting - to raise the economic, educational and social opportunities of disadvantaged residents of the rural communities in the yakima valley.
$581,461 spent$437,212 earned by the program33% of program spendingDevelop a spanish-language media campaign aimed at providing education on the covid-19 pandemic through educational outreach programs. The goal of the media campaign is to reach residents considered "essential workers", including but not limited to farmworkers, and provide information on best practices for limiting exposure, preventing transmission, and seeking treatment for covid-19.the organization also participates in many community activities such as health fairs and health information distribution.
$536,590 spent31% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,735,829.
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 2022 to 2023, from $3.8M to $5.3M (+42%).
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 40% · 2018 41% · 2019 38% · 2020 59% · 2021 83% · 2022 76% · 2023 66% · 2024 62%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
68% of NORTHWEST COMMUNITIES' EDUCATION CENTER’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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
Rogelio Riojas
Executive director
Board chair
Greg Ma
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $165k → $186k.
3 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 8% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $668k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Sea Mar Community Health Centers). These are real filings, and they are not money NORTHWEST COMMUNITIES' EDUCATION CENTER raised.
From the IRS filings of NORTHWEST COMMUNITIES' EDUCATION 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 COMMUNITIES' EDUCATION CENTER leans on a few funders — its largest provides 84% of grant income and the top three 92%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 COMMUNITIES' EDUCATION CENTER.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 97% · 2019 100% · 2020 62% · 2021 80% · 2022 63% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
17% of NORTHWEST COMMUNITIES' EDUCATION CENTER's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 20% 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
NORTHWEST COMMUNITIES' EDUCATION CENTER draws 92% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $190k 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
NORTHWEST COMMUNITIES' EDUCATION CENTER holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 5,136 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,136 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like NORTHWEST COMMUNITIES' EDUCATION 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
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 9 related entities
- Sea Mar Community Health Centers · exempt
- Sea Mar Skilled Nursing Facility Dba Sea Mar Community Care Center · exempt
- Sea Mar Farmworker Housing Development · exempt
- Sea Mar South Park Family Housing LLC · partnership
- Sea Mar Community Family Housing Des Moines LP · partnership
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NORTHWEST COMMUNITIES' EDUCATION CENTER?
- NORTHWEST COMMUNITIES' EDUCATION CENTER (Washington) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,393,743 to it, the largest being CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING ($2,003,863). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NORTHWEST COMMUNITIES' EDUCATION CENTER have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $2,393,743 in grants to NORTHWEST COMMUNITIES' EDUCATION CENTER, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NORTHWEST COMMUNITIES' EDUCATION CENTER?
- CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING is the largest funder on record, with $2,003,863 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NORTHWEST COMMUNITIES' EDUCATION 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.
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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 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing