Washington · Nonprofit
Spokane River Forum
Spokane River Forum (Washington) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $123,045 to it, the largest being JOHNSTON-FIX FOUNDATION ($78,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $209k
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $123k
- Net assets
- $121k
What Spokane River Forum does
Mission
The Spokane River Forums mission is to create materials, events and activities that promote regional dialogues for sustaining a healthy river system while meeting the needs of a growing population.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
The Spokane River Water Trail web site is an interactive web site developed to make it easy to find the access locations, amenities and river info along the 111 mile length of the River. SRF supports access sites along the river by maintaining and enhancing the current areas as well as developing new sites.
$103,239 spent33% of program spendingSpokane Waste Directory & EnviroCertified Program Waste Directory: The Spokane Waste Directory is a searchable online database for disposing of various wastes in the Spokane area, including business waste, which lists over 100 vendors and includes a Google map feature. It is a resource from the Spokane River Forum that provides information on where to dispose of specific items like styrofoam, plastic types, glass, and tires. The EnviroCertified Program is a voluntary program that recognizes businesses that are properly managing dangerous waste and conserving resources.
$87,619 spent28% of program spendingThe SRF Conference showcases a broad range of projects happening throughout the community to address critical issues for our watershed. Both keynote speakers and panels area leaders present. Attendance of up to 250 people from government agencies, water purveyors, tribal members, private businesses and citizens join together for this 2 day event.
$86,374 spent28% of program spendingThe Outdoor Watering Nerds site is a website to connect users to professionals and DIY resources for outdoor leak detection, sprinkler repair and retrofit, and landscape design. It includes how-to videos, water saving tips, rebates, classes, and events in Kootenai and Spokane counties. See above for other program descriptions.
$31,814 spent10% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $309,046.
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 2023 to 2024, from $25k to $265k (+954%).
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.
98% of Spokane River Forum’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
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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $5k → $15k.
3 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 24% 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 Spokane River Forum’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
Spokane River Forum leans on a few funders — its largest provides 63% of grant income and the top three 93%; 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: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 63% · 2020 53% · 2021 37% · 2022 62% · 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.
How long its funders stay
50% of Spokane River Forum's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% 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
87% of Spokane River Forum's grant income comes from Washington funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $29k 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
Spokane River Forum's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 2 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,433 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like Spokane River Forum
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
95% 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
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Lake Roosevelt Forum · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Spokane River Forum: 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 Spokane River Forum?
- Spokane River Forum (Washington) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $123,045 to it, the largest being JOHNSTON-FIX FOUNDATION ($78,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Spokane River Forum have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $123,045 in grants to Spokane River Forum, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Spokane River Forum?
- JOHNSTON-FIX FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $78,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Spokane River Forum 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 8 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