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PALOUSE-CLEARWATER ENVIRONMENTAL INSTITUTE INC

PALOUSE-CLEARWATER ENVIRONMENTAL INSTITUTE INC (Idaho) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $231,881 to it, the largest being Innovia Foundation ($78,523). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 58% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2024
$1.9M
Funders on record
7
Grants received
$232k
Net assets
$3.4M
5/7 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 3%
01What it does

What Palouse-Clearwater Environmental Institute Inc does

Mission

To increase citizen involvement in decisions that affect their local environment through community organizing and education to make environmentally sound and economically viable decisions that promote a sustainable future.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Americorps placement: the palouse-clearwater environmental institute (pcei), in conjunction with americorps, and serve idaho, strives to increase volunteerism and community service in the inland northwest.

    $1,031,148 spent$327,930 earned by the program
    72% of program spending
  2. Restoration: dedicated to increasing public education about watershed conservation and increasing public involvement in watershed decisions. The watersheds program works to preserve, protect and restore ecosystems in the palouse-clearwater region. This work includes riparian and wetland restoration, watershed planning, water quality protection, biological monitoring, and a focus on native plants and wildlife. Projects are collaborative in nature and are always science-based and community- centered.

    $236,173 spent$20 earned by the program
    16% of program spending
  3. Environmental education: dedicated to providing quality environmental education programs to schools, community groups, and adults. Focus is on increasing awareness and knowledge of issues important to regional watersheds, developing critical thinking skills, and engaging participants in service projects that restore or enhance current watershed conditions. Our programs are highly interactive and promote hands-on exploration of the natural world. Programs are easily adaptable for all ages.

    $172,926 spent$80,536 earned by the program
    12% of program spending
  4. Membership newsletter & outreach: increase education and awareness on issues relating to the improvement of local creeks and acquifers serving the community.

    $967 spent$49,686 earned by the program
    0% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,441,214.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($1.4M) Expenses 100 ($1.3M) Net assets 100 ($2.5M)2018 Revenue 95 ($1.4M) Expenses 107 ($1.4M) Net assets 96 ($2.4M)2019 Revenue 99 ($1.4M) Expenses 109 ($1.4M) Net assets 103 ($2.6M)2020 Revenue 125 ($1.8M) Expenses 113 ($1.5M) Net assets 125 ($3.1M)2021 Revenue 116 ($1.7M) Expenses 114 ($1.5M) Net assets 138 ($3.4M)2022 Revenue 110 ($1.6M) Expenses 122 ($1.6M) Net assets 123 ($3.1M)2023 Revenue 123 ($1.8M) Expenses 116 ($1.5M) Net assets 125 ($3.1M)2024 Revenue 131 ($1.9M) Expenses 137 ($1.8M) Net assets 134 ($3.4M)
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Revenue (131)Expenses (137)Net assets (134)Peer revenue range

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 $2.9M to $3.4M (+17%).

$2.9M
$2.7M
$2.9M
$3.4M
$3.7M
$3.3M
$3.3M
$3.6M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

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2018
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ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 48% · 2018 53% · 2019 51% · 2020 54% · 2021 53% · 2022 50% · 2023 38% · 2024 53%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

70% of PALOUSE-CLEARWATER ENVIRONMENTAL INSTITUTE INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 2,293 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$135k
’17
−$27k
’18
$5k
’19
$328k
’20
$188k
’21
−$13k
’22
$250k
’23
$94k
’24
0.1
months of
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.

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Listed1010999896
Joined·+2+2+1+0+4+3+0
No longer listed·2310523
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income fell $38k → $20k.

4 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 58% 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 PALOUSE-CLEARWATER ENVIRONMENTAL INSTITUTE INC’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

PALOUSE-CLEARWATER ENVIRONMENTAL INSTITUTE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 34% of grant income and the top three 84%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

62% 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 PALOUSE-CLEARWATER ENVIRONMENTAL INSTITUTE INC.

34%
largest funder
84%
top three
~4
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 61% · 2019 61% · 2020 100% · 2021 63% · 2022 86% · 2023 78% — growing more concentrated.

“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

58% of PALOUSE-CLEARWATER ENVIRONMENTAL INSTITUTE INC'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 $98k that is directly attributable, 90% of it comes from funders outside Idaho, across 3 states.

ID
IL
NY

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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Idaho out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $134k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

PALOUSE-CLEARWATER ENVIRONMENTAL INSTITUTE INC's revenue grew 31% between 2017 and 2024.

Operating margin5% · below the median
Months of reserve0.1mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)4% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,186 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

Government funding PALOUSE-CLEARWATER ENVIRONMENTAL INSTITUTE INC receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $184k on record.

Federal$184k
grants $184kcontracts $0
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Top agencies
  • Department of Agriculture$129k
  • Department of the Interior$55k

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.

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

81% of spending goes to programs.

Program 81%Management 16%Fundraising 3%

Governance

6
board members
83%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

88%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

ID

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Questions and answers

Who funds PALOUSE-CLEARWATER ENVIRONMENTAL INSTITUTE INC?
PALOUSE-CLEARWATER ENVIRONMENTAL INSTITUTE INC (Idaho) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $231,881 to it, the largest being Innovia Foundation ($78,523). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 58% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does PALOUSE-CLEARWATER ENVIRONMENTAL INSTITUTE INC have?
IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $231,881 in grants to PALOUSE-CLEARWATER ENVIRONMENTAL INSTITUTE INC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of PALOUSE-CLEARWATER ENVIRONMENTAL INSTITUTE INC?
Innovia Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $78,523 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like PALOUSE-CLEARWATER ENVIRONMENTAL INSTITUTE INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Idaho. 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 7 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