Washington · Nonprofit
THIN AIR COMMUNITY RADIO
THIN AIR COMMUNITY RADIO (Washington) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $103,322 to it, the largest being Innovia Foundation ($33,500). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $158k
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $103k
- Net assets
- $77k
What Thin Air Community Radio does
Mission
Kyrs-Thin Air Community Radio (kyrs) is a volunteer-powered, non-commercial, listener-supported, community radio station in spokane, washington. It provides the region with unique programming for un-served and underserved populations. Heard on 92.3 & 88.1 fm and streaming 24/7 at www.kyrs.org, kyrs provides a mix of news, views, culture and music often overlooked by other media. Thin air radio's goal is to build a strong, listener-supported community radio station that empowers people, especially ethnic minorities, low-income, and other marginalized groups, to strive for a more just and sustainable world.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Kyrs achieved its own 501(c)3 status in 2007 and is governed by a board of directors. On november 5th, 2011, thin air radio became a full power, non-commercial station, broadcasting with 6,800 watts and reaching as far north as kettle falls, wa. Awards 2012, 2013 & 2014 #2 best radio station by readers of the inlander 2014 best non-profit, stcu's who do you love contest 2012 epa clean air excellence award for innertribal beat 2010 spirit of jim chase group award for "dragonflies on thin air" 2010 champion of youth award from chase youth commission 2009 spokane arts commission bold strokes award 2008 & 2009 ranked in the top three radio stations in the inlander reader's poll 2009 nw alliance for responsible media award for contributing to excellence in media literacy 2009 summer youth employment program certificate of appreciation 2009 rainbow awards: bob & irey of "queer sounds" 2008 rainbow awards: ally award 2007 nw alliance for responsible media nomination for outstanding contributions to media literacy 2005 spokane local hero award by state sen. Lisa brown for outstanding activism & advocacy in the field of community radio.
Provided community radio for spokane county and outreaching areas moving the station to a central location adding recording studio for use in the public.
$112,958 spent100% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $112,958.
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 $77k to $268k (+248%).
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: 2022 40% · 2023 21% · 2024 13%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
63% of THIN AIR COMMUNITY RADIO’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 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 $3k → $6k.
3 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 43% 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 THIN AIR COMMUNITY RADIO’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
THIN AIR COMMUNITY RADIO leans on a few funders — its largest provides 32% of grant income and the top three 82%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
92% 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 THIN AIR COMMUNITY RADIO.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 54% · 2021 47% · 2022 100% · 2023 98% — 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
20% of THIN AIR COMMUNITY RADIO's funders are still giving 3 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
95% of THIN AIR COMMUNITY RADIO's grant income comes from Washington funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $44k 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
THIN AIR COMMUNITY RADIO's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 2 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding THIN AIR COMMUNITY RADIO receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $10k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$10k
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 THIN AIR COMMUNITY RADIO
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.
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THIN AIR COMMUNITY RADIO?
- THIN AIR COMMUNITY RADIO (Washington) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $103,322 to it, the largest being Innovia Foundation ($33,500). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THIN AIR COMMUNITY RADIO have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $103,322 in grants to THIN AIR COMMUNITY RADIO, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THIN AIR COMMUNITY RADIO?
- Innovia Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $33,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THIN AIR COMMUNITY RADIO 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