Washington · Nonprofit
WHATCOM COUNCIL ON AGING
WHATCOM COUNCIL ON AGING (Washington) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,783,957 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($4,510,550). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 80% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $5.9M
- Funders on record
- 25
- Grants received
- $7.8M
- Net assets
- $12M
What Whatcom Council on Aging does
Mission
Whatcom Council on Aging provides nutritional, social, recreational, and educational programs that promote wellness of mind and body for community members as they age.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The senior nutrition program's goal is to ensure that seniors especially those with low to very low incomes are eating well and have the nutritional and social support they need for healthy, active aging and independent living in addition to delivering meals on wheels to homebound seniors, the council on aging serves hot lunches in senior centers throughout whatcom and san juan counties and public housing for low income seniors in bellingham.
$2,156,509 spentof which $5,000 as grants71% of program spendingThe bellingham senior activity center is the only whatcom county center directly managed by wcoa. The center offers a wide range of classes, activities and services for persons 50 years of age and over, all of which are designed to encourage emotional, mental and physical wellness for a healthy, active and independent lifestyle. A member can participate in weight training in the gym, take a line dancing class, play cards or pool, learn how to use computers or read in our library as well as enjoy a variety of presentations. All of these activities promote physical, mental and emotional health.
$846,968 spentof which $76,500 as grants$63,835 earned by the program28% of program spendingBellingham at home to empower seniors to stay active and engaged while continuing to live in their own homes and neighborhoods.
$15,053 spent0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,018,530.
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 $8.7M to $13M (+44%).
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 45% · 2018 46% · 2019 64% · 2020 54% · 2021 26% · 2022 32% · 2023 35% · 2024 39% · 2025 21%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of WHATCOM COUNCIL ON AGING’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (81% 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
Chris Orr
Executive director
Board chair
Georgiann Dustin
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 12 funders, grant income rose $220k → $1.4M.
5 of 25 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 80% 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 WHATCOM COUNCIL ON AGING’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 24 of 25 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
WHATCOM COUNCIL ON AGING leans on a few funders — its largest provides 58% of grant income and the top three 83%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
90% 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 WHATCOM COUNCIL ON AGING.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 64% · 2018 65% · 2019 72% · 2020 35% · 2021 78% · 2022 70% · 2023 74% — growing more concentrated.
“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
43% of WHATCOM COUNCIL ON AGING's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% 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
80% of WHATCOM COUNCIL ON AGING's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $1.5M that is directly attributable, 69% of it comes from Washington funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $6.2M arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
WHATCOM COUNCIL ON AGING runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 7,349 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,349 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like WHATCOM COUNCIL ON AGING
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
74% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
69%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds WHATCOM COUNCIL ON AGING?
- WHATCOM COUNCIL ON AGING (Washington) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,783,957 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($4,510,550). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 80% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does WHATCOM COUNCIL ON AGING have?
- IRS filings report 25 organizations giving $7,783,957 in grants to WHATCOM COUNCIL ON AGING, 15 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WHATCOM COUNCIL ON AGING?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $4,510,550 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WHATCOM COUNCIL ON AGING 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 25 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