Washington · Nonprofit
WASHINGTON STATE POTATO FOUNDATION
WASHINGTON STATE POTATO FOUNDATION (Washington) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $17,755 to it, the largest being POTATO GROWERS OF WASHINGTON ($17,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $378k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $18k
- Net assets
- $2.5M
What Washington State Potato Foundation does
Mission
The foundation supports education, research, promotion, and information related to the potato industry in washington state.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Industry leadership banquet - during the industry leadership banquet, nominations were received to honor a host of great leaders in the region and an award ceremony celebrated past and present leaders a well as an agricultural company. Attendance for this event was nearly 350 people in 2024. Participants show their financial support to the general fund via scholarship pledges.
$77,148 spent$64,733 earned by the program56% of program spendingAgriculture in the classroom - this initiative began working directly in three pilot high schools in the area implementing three various education initiatives: an essay contest, mini-grants to classrooms and a speakers circuit which brings professionals to the classroom for students to engage in hands on agricultural learning.
$53,350 spent$2,600 earned by the program39% of program spendingGrower education - the foundation offers a host of educational workshops, seminars, pesticide certifications, first aid trainings, field day, lectures and workshops that benefits the 300 plus growers throughout washington. First aid classes were provided as a service for those growers n the potato growing areas of washington/oregon. Both english and spanish classes were offered and a total of 54 individuals from local farms registered and were certified in the first aid, cpr/aed training.
$6,490 spent$2,900 earned by the program5% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $136,988.
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 2021 to 2022, from $2.3M to $2.0M (−13%).
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.
26% of WASHINGTON STATE POTATO FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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
Kellee Balcom
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $175 → $77.
1 of 3 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.
Left out of every figure on this page: $42k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Washington State Potato Conference and Trade Show). These are real filings, and they are not money WASHINGTON STATE POTATO FOUNDATION raised.
From the IRS filings of WASHINGTON STATE POTATO 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
WASHINGTON STATE POTATO FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 96% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
97% 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 WASHINGTON STATE POTATO FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2022 80% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
97% of WASHINGTON STATE POTATO FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Washington funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $180 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
WASHINGTON STATE POTATO FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 22,812 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like WASHINGTON STATE POTATO 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 Washington
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
53%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for WASHINGTON STATE POTATO FOUNDATION: 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 WASHINGTON STATE POTATO FOUNDATION?
- WASHINGTON STATE POTATO FOUNDATION (Washington) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $17,755 to it, the largest being POTATO GROWERS OF WASHINGTON ($17,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WASHINGTON STATE POTATO FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $17,755 in grants to WASHINGTON STATE POTATO FOUNDATION, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WASHINGTON STATE POTATO FOUNDATION?
- POTATO GROWERS OF WASHINGTON is the largest funder on record, with $17,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WASHINGTON STATE POTATO FOUNDATION 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 3 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