Washington · Nonprofit
WA-YA OUTDOOR INSTITUTE
WA-YA OUTDOOR INSTITUTE (Washington) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $241,200 to it, the largest being JUSTICE OUTSIDE ($100,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $295k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $241k
- Net assets
- $64k
What Wa-Ya Outdoor Institute does
Mission
To weave together outdoor survival, science, and indigenous culture and perspective to provide all youth regardless of income, an opportunity for learning about outdoor science, connecting with nature; and using that connection to foster a sense of belonging, self-confidence, and stewardship.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Youth Day Camp: Ran 10 weeks of day camp and 5 weeks of overnight trips that intertwined Indigenous traditional & cultural knowledge, outdoor adventure, and environmental science for 30 youth, ages 6-13 (Day Camp) and 10 youth (ages 12-17) per week. Our goal is to connect all, regardless of income, with the outdoors to create more hopeful and resilient youth. Each camp had two instructors present all day. Program service expenses paid for instructors, transportation, and entrance fees to museums, parks, etc.
$137,944 spent91% of program spendingProvide scholarships to families with financial need, focused on BIPOC and kids in the foster system, so that they can attend camp regardless of income. In 2023, Wa-Ya awarded scholarships ranging from 25%-100% of the cost of camp to 40 families.
$0 spentof which $20,425 as grants0% of program spendingCamp Wa-Ya offers an outdoor leadership program for high school students. We also hire one Indigenous Fellow per summer and provide training and opportunities to grow into a career in the outdoor industry.
$13,725 spent9% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $151,669.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 $36k to $64k (+80%).
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.
51% of WA-YA OUTDOOR INSTITUTE’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $5k → $65k.
From the IRS filings of WA-YA OUTDOOR INSTITUTE’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
WA-YA OUTDOOR INSTITUTE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 41% of grant income and the top three 83%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
70% 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 WA-YA OUTDOOR INSTITUTE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 51% · 2022 56% · 2023 62% — 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.
Where its funders are
WA-YA OUTDOOR INSTITUTE draws 61% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
WA-YA OUTDOOR INSTITUTE has grown faster than three-quarters of the 4,266 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,266 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like WA-YA OUTDOOR INSTITUTE
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In Washington
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
80% 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
Files a return copy in 1 state
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for WA-YA OUTDOOR INSTITUTE: 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 WA-YA OUTDOOR INSTITUTE?
- WA-YA OUTDOOR INSTITUTE (Washington) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $241,200 to it, the largest being JUSTICE OUTSIDE ($100,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WA-YA OUTDOOR INSTITUTE have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $241,200 in grants to WA-YA OUTDOOR INSTITUTE, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WA-YA OUTDOOR INSTITUTE?
- JUSTICE OUTSIDE is the largest funder on record, with $100,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WA-YA OUTDOOR INSTITUTE 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 2021–2024), and the filings of 6 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