Washington · Nonprofit
PACIFIC NORTHWEST CHRISTIAN COLLEGE
PACIFIC NORTHWEST CHRISTIAN COLLEGE (Washington) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $435,501 to it, the largest being Gatherer Family Foundation ($154,040). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.4M
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $436k
- Net assets
- $272k
What Pacific Northwest Christian College does
Mission
The mission for the organization is to motivate and equip college students for christ-centered service in the church and the community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Academic growth, student impact, and program developmentPacific Northwest Christian College (pnwcc) experienced continued institutional growth and academic advancement in 2025, reflecting its commitment to providing a christ-centered liberal arts education. Student experience and outcomes remained a central focus. Course evaluations indicate strong satisfaction, with 83% of students rating courses and instructors as "excellent or "very good" in 2025, reflecting a culture of care and academic quality. Alumni feedback further confirms that graduates are continuing their education, serving in their communities, and growing spiritually. Additionally, pnwcc implemented targeted student success initiatives, including advising programs and structured academic support, to address retention challenges. These efforts contributed to measurable improvements, including reduced withdrawal rates and increased student engagement.
$1,800,809 spent$1,355,716 earned by the program93% of program spendingAthletic expansion, facilities development, and community engagementin 2025, pnwcc significantly expanded its athletic and campus infrastructure to support student growth and community impact. As a member of the national junior college athletic association (njcaa), region 18, and the scenic west athletic conference (swac), the college continued to build a competitive and mission-driven athletics program. Key accomplishments include the acquisition and development of new athletic facilities, including practice and competition fields, training space, and additional campus infrastructure. The college also secured eight acres of land for athletic use and expanded operational capacity with new staff hires, including coaching and athletic leadership positions.pnwcc is actively planning for continued expansion, with men's and women's basketball launching in 2026, and additional sports such as track and field, wrestling, tennis, and pickleball under evaluation. These programs will further enhance student opportunities, campus life, and community visibility.
$136,865 spent$13,726 earned by the program7% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,937,674.
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 $321k to $732k (+128%).
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: 2020 6% · 2021 9% · 2022 17%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
43% of PACIFIC NORTHWEST CHRISTIAN COLLEGE’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (90% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Board chair
Pete Firth
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $10k → $79k.
8 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 45% 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 PACIFIC NORTHWEST CHRISTIAN COLLEGE’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
PACIFIC NORTHWEST CHRISTIAN COLLEGE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 35% of grant income and the top three 71%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
45% 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 PACIFIC NORTHWEST CHRISTIAN COLLEGE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 70% · 2022 49% · 2023 69% — 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
50% of PACIFIC NORTHWEST CHRISTIAN COLLEGE's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 50% 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
PACIFIC NORTHWEST CHRISTIAN COLLEGE draws 64% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $195k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
PACIFIC NORTHWEST CHRISTIAN COLLEGE runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 1,211 religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,211 religion nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like PACIFIC NORTHWEST CHRISTIAN COLLEGE
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
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
92%
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 PACIFIC NORTHWEST CHRISTIAN COLLEGE: 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 PACIFIC NORTHWEST CHRISTIAN COLLEGE?
- PACIFIC NORTHWEST CHRISTIAN COLLEGE (Washington) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $435,501 to it, the largest being Gatherer Family Foundation ($154,040). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PACIFIC NORTHWEST CHRISTIAN COLLEGE have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $435,501 in grants to PACIFIC NORTHWEST CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PACIFIC NORTHWEST CHRISTIAN COLLEGE?
- Gatherer Family Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $154,040 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PACIFIC NORTHWEST CHRISTIAN COLLEGE 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 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing