Oregon · Nonprofit
OSWEGO LAKE WATERSHED COUNCIL
OSWEGO LAKE WATERSHED COUNCIL (Oregon) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,250 to it, the largest being THE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($6,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 79% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $212k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $8k
- Net assets
- $10k
What Oswego Lake Watershed Council does
Mission
To foster stewardship, education, participation and financial support for the conservation, restoration, enhancement and maintenance of the Oswego Lake Watershed.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The organization conducted habitat restoration and land stewardship activities at 35 sites encompassing 220 acres. Activities included invasive species removal, planting and seeding of native vegetation, and ongoing site maintenance to improve ecosystem health and water quality. These efforts supported the restoration of urban and riparian habitats and increased native plant diversity. Volunteer participation was integral to implementation across all sites. This program generated $80,021 in revenue and incurred $139,824 in expenses, representing 72% of total program expenses.
$139,824 spent$80,021 earned by the program73% of program spendingThe organization also provided place-based environmental education programs aligned with grade-level curriculum, with a focus on watershed health and natural resource stewardship. 850 youth were served through these activities. Programming included outdoor, field-based learning experiences for 2nd and 5th grade students; engagement of middle and high school students through habitat restoration projects, including Oregon white oak ecosystem work, school-based green teams, and on-campus volunteer activities; and operation of school greenhouse and garden programs to support native plant propagation, outdoor learning, and development of environmental job skills. In addition, the organization hosted 10 public educational events on topics including urban forest management and forest health. This program generated $74,562 in revenue and incurred $51,808 in expenses, representing 28% of total program expenses.
$51,808 spent$74,562 earned by the program27% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $191,632.
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 2018 to 2019, from $14k to $29k (+112%).
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: 2025 34%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
97% of OSWEGO LAKE WATERSHED COUNCIL’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (88% 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.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2021: the base held at 1 funder, grant income held at $875.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 79% 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 OSWEGO LAKE 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
OSWEGO LAKE WATERSHED COUNCIL leans on a few funders — its largest provides 79% 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
79% 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 OSWEGO LAKE WATERSHED COUNCIL.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 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
79% of OSWEGO LAKE WATERSHED COUNCIL'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 $2k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Oregon, across 1 state.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $7k 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
OSWEGO LAKE WATERSHED COUNCIL has grown faster than three-quarters of the 2,433 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,433 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding OSWEGO LAKE WATERSHED COUNCIL receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $313k on record.
- PROFESSIONAL SERVICES NON-IT>$75K$151k
- DISTRIBUTION TO NON-GOVERNMENTS$135k
- PROFESSIONAL SERVICES NON-IT$27k
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 OSWEGO LAKE 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
89% 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 OSWEGO LAKE 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 OSWEGO LAKE WATERSHED COUNCIL?
- OSWEGO LAKE WATERSHED COUNCIL (Oregon) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,250 to it, the largest being THE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($6,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 79% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does OSWEGO LAKE WATERSHED COUNCIL have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $8,250 in grants to OSWEGO LAKE WATERSHED COUNCIL, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of OSWEGO LAKE WATERSHED COUNCIL?
- THE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $6,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like OSWEGO LAKE 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 2 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