Washington · Nonprofit
VANCOUVER NATIONAL HISTORIC RESERVE TRUST
VANCOUVER NATIONAL HISTORIC RESERVE TRUST (Washington) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $877,670 to it, the largest being M J MURDOCK CHARITABLE TRUST ($250,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $5.5M
- Funders on record
- 21
- Grants received
- $878k
- Net assets
- $18M
What Vancouver National Historic Reserve Trust does
Mission
To inspire civic pride and economic vitality through education, preservation and celebration of our history.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Master lease of city of vancouver property: the trust holds a long term lease of officers row and the west vancouver barracks from the city of vancouver where the trust is responsible for the leasing, maintenance and preservation of the historic structures. The trust leases approximately 170,000 square feet of space to tenants with additional public spaces for education, interpretation and event rental venues. Public use buildings and event venues include the howard house, marshall house, grant house, red cross building and the artillary barracks building. These locations serve a variety of events throughout the year including weddings, business meetings, fundraisers, seminars and conferences for a variety of users who get to experience the history and the historic site. Expenses listed above include operating expenses, master lease expenses, transfers out and capital fund expenses.
$2,359,667 spent$3,868,078 earned by the program52% of program spendingCelebrate freedom programs:the trust coordinates and produces the celebrate freedom programs that include educational, interpretive and entertainment activities to engage the community on the historic site and educate visitors on our rich history. These programs include the general george c. Marshall public and youth leadership award programs, general george c. Marshall lecture series. The general george c. Marshall public and youth leadership award programs honored an adult and a senior high school student for their commitment to public service and demonstrated leadership potential.
$221,481 spentof which $13,480 as grants$208,001 earned by the program5% of program spendingPrograms, partnerships, and education:the trust provides programming for the general public through partnerships with humanities washington, vbma (vancouver barracks military association), and other community groups. The programming topics range from architecture, music, politics, philosophy, military, and history.
$40,014 spent$16,958 earned by the program1% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$1,908,438 spent$471,026 earned by the program42% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,529,600.
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 $18M to $21M (+17%).
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 16% · 2018 1% · 2020 5% · 2021 4% · 2023 1% · 2024 0% · 2025 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
11% of VANCOUVER NATIONAL HISTORIC RESERVE TRUST’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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.
Chief executive
Eileen Temple Lentz
CEO
Board chair
Linda Glover
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021, and between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 5 funders to 4 funders, grant income fell $268k → $21k.
2 of 21 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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 VANCOUVER NATIONAL HISTORIC RESERVE TRUST’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
VANCOUVER NATIONAL HISTORIC RESERVE TRUST leans on a few funders — its largest provides 28% 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
48% 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 VANCOUVER NATIONAL HISTORIC RESERVE TRUST.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 75% · 2018 63% · 2019 57% · 2020 39% · 2021 70% · 2022 98% · 2023 51% — 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
18% of VANCOUVER NATIONAL HISTORIC RESERVE TRUST's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 38% 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
88% of VANCOUVER NATIONAL HISTORIC RESERVE TRUST's grant income comes from Washington funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $11k 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
VANCOUVER NATIONAL HISTORIC RESERVE TRUST holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like VANCOUVER NATIONAL HISTORIC RESERVE TRUST
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
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
83%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Providence Academy LLC · disregarded
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Questions and answers
- Who funds VANCOUVER NATIONAL HISTORIC RESERVE TRUST?
- VANCOUVER NATIONAL HISTORIC RESERVE TRUST (Washington) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $877,670 to it, the largest being M J MURDOCK CHARITABLE TRUST ($250,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does VANCOUVER NATIONAL HISTORIC RESERVE TRUST have?
- IRS filings report 21 organizations giving $877,670 in grants to VANCOUVER NATIONAL HISTORIC RESERVE TRUST, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of VANCOUVER NATIONAL HISTORIC RESERVE TRUST?
- M J MURDOCK CHARITABLE TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $250,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like VANCOUVER NATIONAL HISTORIC RESERVE TRUST 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.
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 21 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