Washington · Nonprofit
UPPER VALLEY MEND
UPPER VALLEY MEND (Washington) receives grants from 37 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,012,666 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NCW ($1,333,495). 19 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 FY2024
- $4.9M
- Funders on record
- 37
- Grants received
- $3.0M
- Net assets
- $10M
What Upper Valley Mend does
Mission
We are an independent human services organization dedicated to meeting the basic food, wellness, housing and economic security needs of people in the upper and mid Wenatchee Valley region. Our goal is to meet these basic needs in a way that respects the dignity of each person.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Community cupboard: the community cupboard began as a small food bank started by local churches in 1983 and has grown both in size and services over the years since. Localed in a space donated by the city of leavenworth, the community cupboard is a full-service free grocery store open to anyone in need. The cupboard provides people in the region with much needed food and hygiene items on a daily, weekly or monthly basis. It is one of the few food banks in the region open six days per week. Community cupboard provides seasonal specialty programs, such as swim lessons vouchers for children at the local pool and gifts for children during the holiday season. Upper Valley Mends produce gleaning program provides freshly harvested fruits and vegetables at the food bank. The gleaning program partners with local farmers and orchardists and utilizes volunteers to harvest excess and unmarketable produce and distributes this fresh produce to food banks through the two-county region.
$691,604 spentof which $424,498 as grants$483,436 earned by the program32% of program spendingAffordable Housing: The Organization address the pressing issue of affordable housing in the Upper Wenatchee Valley be establishing an affordable homeownership program in 2021 which has twenty homes in two neighborhoods. The homes on this land were built by Upper Valley MEND in 2001 and 2006, and sold for affordable prices to the original buyers, who earned low or moderate incomes. The organization leases the land to the homeowners for a nominal fee. The Organization assists homeowners during ownership transfer of homes, to ensure future buyers are income qualified and the homes sell for an affordable price. The Organization also offers down payment assistance loans to qualified home buyers, using a revolving loan fund originally granted from the Department of Commerce. Additionally, the Organization rental housing program provides affordable rentals for qualifying individuals, they currently have thirty-one rental units in services as of December 31, 2024.
$355,758 spent$726,230 earned by the program16% of program spendingDas thrift haus: Upper Valley Mends two retail stores serve the community and proceeds support other mend programs. Jubilee global gifts is a fair-trade retail store selling hand-crafted items from around the devleoping world. Das thrift haus is the upper wenatchee valleys home for low-cost clothing, houshold goods and unexpected treasures.
$304,604 spent$465,509 earned by the program14% of program spendingFIANNCIAL ASSISTANCE: The Organization's financial assistance program focuses on stabilizing individuals and families in crisis, helping them stay in their homes and make a plan for the future. The financial assistance program offers critical support, including rent and mortgage assistance, transportation aid, utility bill relief, and temporary housing solutions. They complement this assistance with case management and referrals to ensure comprehensive support for individuals and families in need. Financial assistance services help residents in the Upper Wenatchee Valley.
$285,152 spentof which $159,447 as grants$238,974 earned by the program13% of program spendingJubilee Global Gifts: a retail store selling hand-crafted items from around the world. Proceeds help provide food, housing and health care for families in need locally and benefit artisans in developing countries.
$258,536 spent$350,043 earned by the program12% of program spendingOther programs including Cornerstone Community and Upper Valley Free Clinic that provides assistance to people facing dental or medical issues at no cost. The clinic is a weekly free walk-in health clinic that meets the needs of uninsured and under insured people in the Upper Wenatchee Valley. The Clinic is staffed by volunteer providers, nurses, receptionists, and translators from the local medical center. The space and supplies are donated by Cascade Medical Center in Leavenworth.
$150,881 spentof which $41,705 as grants7% of program spendingGleaning: The Organization's gleaning program harvest surplus produce from farms, orchards, backyard gardens, and farmers markets. These fruits and vegetables go to families and individuals who would not otherwise have access to fresh, local produce. This program is made possible by the volunteers that help harvest the produce and the donors that provide the produce.
$124,704 spentof which $51,343 as grants$103,387 earned by the program6% of program spending
The 7 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,171,239.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $4.0M to $11M (+164%).
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: 2017 7% · 2018 2% · 2019 4% · 2020 8% · 2021 10% · 2022 13% · 2023 45% · 2024 17%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 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 3 funders to 14 funders, grant income rose $8k → $466k.
13 of 37 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 UPPER VALLEY MEND’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 37 funders by total. 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
UPPER VALLEY MEND leans on a few funders — its largest provides 44% of grant income and the top three 68%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
83% 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 UPPER VALLEY MEND.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 63% · 2018 37% · 2019 58% · 2020 39% · 2021 77% · 2022 44% · 2023 29% — 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
54% of UPPER VALLEY MEND's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 51% 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
79% of UPPER VALLEY MEND'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 $635k that is directly attributable, 90% of it comes from Washington funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.4M arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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.
Organizations like UPPER VALLEY MEND
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
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
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
- Cornerstone Community · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds UPPER VALLEY MEND?
- UPPER VALLEY MEND (Washington) receives grants from 37 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,012,666 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NCW ($1,333,495). 19 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 UPPER VALLEY MEND have?
- IRS filings report 37 organizations giving $3,012,666 in grants to UPPER VALLEY MEND, 19 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UPPER VALLEY MEND?
- COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NCW is the largest funder on record, with $1,333,495 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UPPER VALLEY MEND 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 37 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing