Washington · Nonprofit
NORTHWEST DANISH ASSOCIATION
NORTHWEST DANISH ASSOCIATION (Washington) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $70,577 to it, the largest being SCAN DESIGN FOUNDATION BY INGER & JENS BRUUN ($69,525). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $275k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $71k
- Net assets
- $1.5M
What Northwest Danish Association does
Mission
At Northwest Danish Association (nwda), we give you access to danish culture and community in the pacific northwest. We are proud of all denmark has to offer and seek to share unique danish specialties and strengths with this region of the united states. Subscribe to our e-bulletin for updates on our activities. Nwda is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization headquartered in seattle, washington. Since 1923, we have been offering social services, cultural programs, and events in the pacific northwest. Our mission: the mission of Northwest Danish Association is to preserve and share with others our danish culture, tradition, and values. Our core areas: 1. A spotlight on denmark we know that denmark is a small country with a lot to offer. Our goal is to share this knowledge with the pacific northwest and beyond, fostering cross-cultural exchange between denmark and the u.s. Danish social experience has been on the global radar. In recent years, denmark has been named the happiest nation in the world and the danish concept of hygge' has become a hot topic in global media. Denmark is also a world leader in sustainability and green living, while danish architecture, cinema, and design…
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Camp himmelbjerget is a weeklong camp for children and teenagers which has been ongoing for 37 years since its inception in 1989 the menucha retreat and conference center in oregon has been the location for the camp.encourage cultural awareness, provide information, assistance and recreation for the campers from the danish community and the community at large. The camp also attracts volunteer counselors, where some have volunteered for about 20 to more than 30 years.
$78,426 spent$33,713 earned by the program51% of program spendingAll other programs: encourage cultural awareness; provide information, assistance and recreation for the nw danish community and the general public. Conferences with cultural activities (youth camp, day camp, and adult cultural conference) for people in the danish community and the community at large.
$51,215 spent$18,646 earned by the program33% of program spendingDacr - danish american cultural retreat / 3-day conference at menucha retreat and conference center with cultural activities for people in the american danish community and the community at large. The dacr event has been ongoing event of over 40 years and with many repeat attendees. The event has been held at the menucha retreat and conference center as an ongoing event for over 40 years.
$24,484 spent$12,567 earned by the program16% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $154,125.
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 $1.4M to $1.5M (+9%).
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: 2022 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
33% of NORTHWEST DANISH ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 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
Preben Pedersen
Treasurer and exec. Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $500 → $28k.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 DANISH ASSOCIATION’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 DANISH ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 99% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 95% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 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.
Where its funders are
99% of NORTHWEST DANISH ASSOCIATION's grant income comes from Washington funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $52 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
NORTHWEST DANISH ASSOCIATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like NORTHWEST DANISH ASSOCIATION
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
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
18%
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 DANISH ASSOCIATION: 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 DANISH ASSOCIATION?
- NORTHWEST DANISH ASSOCIATION (Washington) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $70,577 to it, the largest being SCAN DESIGN FOUNDATION BY INGER & JENS BRUUN ($69,525). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NORTHWEST DANISH ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $70,577 in grants to NORTHWEST DANISH ASSOCIATION, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NORTHWEST DANISH ASSOCIATION?
- SCAN DESIGN FOUNDATION BY INGER & JENS BRUUN is the largest funder on record, with $69,525 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NORTHWEST DANISH ASSOCIATION 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 3 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