Oregon · Nonprofit
WALLOWA RESOURCES INC
WALLOWA RESOURCES INC (Oregon) receives grants from 50 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,172,212 to it, the largest being THE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($1,898,119). 32 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $4.6M
- Funders on record
- 50
- Grants received
- $7.2M
- Net assets
- $4.1M
What Wallowa Resources Inc does
Mission
Empower rural communities to create strong economies and healthy landscapes through land stewardship, education, and job creation.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2023 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
Wallowa Resources began the Working Homes program in January 2023 to invest in affordable housing for Wallowa County's workforce.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Special Initiatives - Wallowa Resources invests in research and development, business development, and broader community development opportunities that strengthen and scale the impact of its work in Northeast Oregon. This includes work to bridge the urban-rural divide, explore models for community ownership of critical assets to a stewardship economy, and support new business and community development models that generate added value from local natural resources, including renewable energy.
$2,715,459 spentof which $860,000 as grants$689,077 earned by the program70% of program spendingField Activities - Wallowa Resources invests to maintain the health and productivity of public and private working lands and seeks to optimize community benefit through the use of local contractors and direct support to local landowners. This work spans forest, range, and riparian restoration, and invasive species work.
$786,110 spent$85,697 earned by the program20% of program spendingOutreach and Education - Wallowa Resources seeks to foster the next generation of rural leaders through hands-on programs which improve knowledge of rural issues, build leadership capacity, and encourage community and land stewardship. The organization works with people of all ages to build common understanding of the links between landscape and community health and contribute to workforce development.
$232,889 spent$19,080 earned by the program6% of program spendingWorking Homes - Investing in affordable housing solutions for Wallowa County's workforce serving the county's low to middle income population. This includes investments in land and property, home renovation, new housing construction, as well as the sale and rental of housing units. Working Homes also invests in community outreach and education to improve the shared understanding of the housing challenge, and appropriate solutions to ensure all county citizens, and especially its low to middle income workforce, have access to affordable housing.
$124,831 spent3% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,859,289.
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 $4.1M to $5.9M (+43%).
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 42% · 2018 39% · 2019 40% · 2020 26% · 2021 33% · 2022 26% · 2023 51% · 2024 63%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
88% of WALLOWA RESOURCES INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (63% for the typical peer).
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.
Chief executive
Nils Christoffersen
Executive director
Board chair
Larry Nall
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 24 funders, grant income rose $628k → $1.2M.
11 of 50 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 39% 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 WALLOWA RESOURCES INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 50 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
WALLOWA RESOURCES INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 26% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
62% 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 WALLOWA RESOURCES INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 75% · 2018 46% · 2019 23% · 2020 20% · 2021 31% · 2022 32% · 2023 31% — 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
52% of WALLOWA RESOURCES INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% 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
WALLOWA RESOURCES INC draws 53% of its grant income from funders outside Oregon, across 13 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.8M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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
WALLOWA RESOURCES INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 5,136 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,136 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding WALLOWA RESOURCES INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $14.8M on record — $10.6M federal, $4.2M state.
- Department of Agriculture$9.3M
- Department of the Interior$1.3M
- DISTRIBUTION TO NON-GOVERNMENTS$1.9M
- PROFESSIONAL SERVICES NON-IT>$75K$610k
- PAYMENTS TO NON-GOVERNMENTS$535k
- DISTRIBUTION TO NON-PROFIT ORG$300k
- PROFESSIONAL SERVICES NON-IT$292k
- DISTRIBUTION TO OTHER GOVERNMENTS$263k
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 WALLOWA RESOURCES INC
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
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
92%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Wallowa Resources Stewardship Center LLC · disregarded
- Working Homes LLC · disregarded
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for WALLOWA RESOURCES INC: 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 WALLOWA RESOURCES INC?
- WALLOWA RESOURCES INC (Oregon) receives grants from 50 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,172,212 to it, the largest being THE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($1,898,119). 32 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WALLOWA RESOURCES INC have?
- IRS filings report 50 organizations giving $7,172,212 in grants to WALLOWA RESOURCES INC, 32 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WALLOWA RESOURCES INC?
- THE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,898,119 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WALLOWA RESOURCES INC 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.
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 50 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