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WALLA WALLA BASIN WATERSHED FOUNDATION

WALLA WALLA BASIN WATERSHED FOUNDATION (Oregon) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $44,240 to it, the largest being Gray Family Foundation ($15,920). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$1.1M
Funders on record
6
Grants received
$44k
Net assets
$139k
2/6 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 2%
01What it does

What Walla Walla Basin Watershed Foundation does

Mission

The mission of the walla walla basin watershed council is to protect the resources of the walla walla watershed, deal with issues in advance of resource degredation and enhance the overall health of the watershed, while also protecting as far as possible the welfare, customs, and cultures of the citizens residing in the basin.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Bonneville power administration

    $657,954 spentof which $691,820 as grants
    65% of program spending

  2. Oweb

    $197,264 spentof which $207,417 as grants
    19% of program spending

  3. Odfw

    $56,077 spentof which $58,963 as grants
    6% of program spending

  4. Usda

    $28,549 spentof which $30,018 as grants
    3% of program spending

  5. Ubwc

    $19,536 spentof which $20,542 as grants
    2% of program spending

  6. Wdoe

    $17,055 spentof which $17,933 as grants
    2% of program spending

  7. Epa deq

    $9,835 spentof which $10,341 as grants
    1% of program spending

  8. Uma

    $9,510 spentof which $10,000 as grants
    1% of program spending

  9. Ocf

    $7,773 spentof which $8,173 as grants
    1% of program spending

  10. Oda

    $7,208 spentof which $7,579 as grants
    1% of program spending

  11. Salmon safe

    $5,965 spentof which $6,272 as grants
    1% of program spending

The 11 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,016,726.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($1.4M) Expenses 100 ($1.4M) Net assets 100 ($64k)2018 Revenue 89 ($1.2M) Expenses 92 ($1.3M) Net assets -1 ($-942)2019 Revenue 85 ($1.2M) Expenses 80 ($1.1M) Net assets 67 ($43k)2020 Revenue 88 ($1.2M) Expenses 79 ($1.1M) Net assets 225 ($145k)2021 Revenue 82 ($1.1M) Expenses 80 ($1.1M) Net assets 224 ($144k)2022 Revenue 88 ($1.2M) Expenses 87 ($1.2M) Net assets 201 ($129k)2023 Revenue 100 ($1.4M) Expenses 99 ($1.4M) Net assets 173 ($111k)2024 Revenue 147 ($2.0M) Expenses 141 ($2.0M) Net assets 260 ($167k)2025 Revenue 83 ($1.1M) Expenses 82 ($1.1M) Net assets 216 ($139k)
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Revenue (83)Expenses (82)Net assets (216)Peer revenue range

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 $205k to $355k (+73%).

$255k
$202k
$232k
$230k
$242k
$345k
$205k
$355k
$274k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 99% · 2018 97% · 2019 65% · 2020 91% · 2021 91% · 2022 68% · 2023 92% · 2024 95% · 2025 93%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

95% of WALLA WALLA BASIN WATERSHED FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 2,293 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

−$23k
’17
−$65k
’18
$44k
’19
$101k
’20
−$654
’21
−$15k
’22
−$18k
’23
$56k
’24
−$14k
’25
0.9
months of
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.

Board chair

John Zerba

Council chair

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed131515151514131314
Joined·+5+0+0+0+0+2+2+1
No longer listed·30001320
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $2k → $374.

Funder
'17
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24*
'25*
total
Gray Family Foundationunclassified
$16k
funders
1
2
1
1
1
2
1
1

3 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 48% 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 WALLA WALLA BASIN WATERSHED FOUNDATION’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

WALLA WALLA BASIN WATERSHED FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 36% of grant income and the top three 84%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

84% 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 WALLA WALLA BASIN WATERSHED FOUNDATION.

36%
largest funder
84%
top three
~4
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 76% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 67% — 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

70% of WALLA WALLA BASIN WATERSHED FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Oregon funders.

WA
OR

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’19
’23
Oregon out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $21k 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

WALLA WALLA BASIN WATERSHED FOUNDATION's revenue fell 17% between 2017 and 2025.

Operating margin−1% · below the median
Months of reserve0.9mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−2% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,074 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

Government funding WALLA WALLA BASIN WATERSHED FOUNDATION receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $81k on record.

Federal$81k
grants $81kcontracts $0
22
24
Top agencies
  • Department of Agriculture$81k

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 WALLA WALLA BASIN WATERSHED FOUNDATION

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 Oregon

Midcoast Watersheds Council75%Sandy River Basin Watershed Council75%Hood River Watershed Group74%Klamath Watershed Partnership Bill Lehman74%Wallowa Land Trust73%North Santiam Watershed Council73%Wallowa Band Nez Perce Trail Interpretive Center73%Wild Rivers Land Trust73%

Nationally

Walla Walla Valley Chamber Foundation77%Walloon Lake Association and Conservancy77%Downtown Walla Walla Foundation76%Wafwa Species Restoration Foundation75%Midcoast Watersheds Council75%The Sustainable Living Center75%Watershed Restoration Coalition for The75%Sandy River Basin Watershed Council75%
05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

89% of spending goes to programs.

Program 89%Management 11%Fundraising 0%

Governance

14
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

95%

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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Questions and answers

Who funds WALLA WALLA BASIN WATERSHED FOUNDATION?
WALLA WALLA BASIN WATERSHED FOUNDATION (Oregon) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $44,240 to it, the largest being Gray Family Foundation ($15,920). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does WALLA WALLA BASIN WATERSHED FOUNDATION have?
IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $44,240 in grants to WALLA WALLA BASIN WATERSHED FOUNDATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of WALLA WALLA BASIN WATERSHED FOUNDATION?
Gray Family Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $15,920 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like WALLA WALLA BASIN WATERSHED FOUNDATION find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Oregon. 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 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing