Washington · Nonprofit
Orca at Columbia PTA
Orca at Columbia PTA (Washington) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $71,688 to it, the largest being Southeast Seattle Education Coalition ($40,307). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $97k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $72k
- Net assets
- $89k
What Orca at Columbia PTA does
Mission
The Orca K-8 PTSA works together with the Orca K-8 community to educate the whole child with a focus on social justice and environmental science. We strive to create an environment where students understand not only the connections between academic subjects, but also the connections between people.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
The Orca K-8 PTSA funds the Orca K-8 Garden Program, a fully integrated sustainability, environmental science, and organic gardening curriculum delivered weekly to all K-5 students along with special project opportunities for middle school students (i.e., grades 6 through 8). The goals of the program are to provide students learning opportunities and exposure to concepts that other traditional school subjects may not provide, and in an outdoor setting when possible. These include environmental science, food justice, organic gardening, PNW Indigenous Cultures, food/human relationships, healthy and nutritional recipes, sustainability, PNW native plants, and food cultivation, harvesting, and foraging. The program resonates with our mantra In this Garden, We All Belong to support the inclusive beliefs of our schools community.Many of these goals are achieved by engaging students with hands-on activities and discussion focusing on all aspects of the Living Classroom lifecycle including soil preparation, planting, water, weeding, general care, harvest, and seed collection. Through special events such the Salmon Release which is supported by Salmon in the Schools, K-5 students raise…
$48,856 spentof which $3,190 as grants64% of program spendingSpeak With Purpose Elective: SWP programs equip young scholars with the tools and platform necessary to value ands hare their authentic voice!Learn the Truth (4th Grade) - Scholars reflect on identity, social justice and are empowered to see themselves as advocates for causes they care about.Speak the Truth (5th Grade) - Scholars gain the self-confidence necessary to discover and explore their voices and transform them into original speeches called "Passion Pieces." Each original Passion Piece is performed at the Rising Voices Oratory.Teach the Truth (Middle School) - Scholars focus on their audience, catering their performance and content to teach the listener. Scholars have more freedom of expression, and are asked to support their arguments with facts.
$8,000 spent11% of program spendingClassroom allocations:$300 provided to each teacher to help ensure teachers do not have to make out-of-pocket purchases for needed student materials and teacher tools. 24 teachers served (and students in all classrooms).
$5,970 spent8% of program spendingOther Program Services: Art Room, Library, PE/Movement, Teacher/Volunteer Appreciation, Orca Plus after school programming, Field trip Support, Health and Counseling, Race Forum, Family Culture night & other events.These programs serve students, teachers, staff, and families across the school community.
$13,335 spentof which $3,234 as grants18% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $76,161.
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 2019 to 2020, from $119k to $46k (−61%).
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.
100% of Orca at Columbia PTA’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (65% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income fell $6k → $746.
3 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 12% 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 Orca at Columbia PTA’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 5 of 6 funders by total. 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
Orca at Columbia PTA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 56% of grant income and the top three 94%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
97% 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 Orca at Columbia PTA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2020 71% · 2021 71% · 2022 93% · 2023 66% — 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.
Where its funders are
100% of Orca at Columbia PTA's grant income comes from Washington funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $9k 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
Orca at Columbia PTA has grown faster than half of the 17,277 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,277 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like Orca at Columbia PTA
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In Washington
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
76%
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 Orca at Columbia PTA: 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 Orca at Columbia PTA?
- Orca at Columbia PTA (Washington) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $71,688 to it, the largest being Southeast Seattle Education Coalition ($40,307). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Orca at Columbia PTA have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $71,688 in grants to Orca at Columbia PTA, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Orca at Columbia PTA?
- Southeast Seattle Education Coalition is the largest funder on record, with $40,307 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Orca at Columbia PTA 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 6 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