Washington · Nonprofit
WHITE PASS HISTORICAL SOCIETY
WHITE PASS HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Washington) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $26,500 to it, the largest being W SECOND GROWTH FOUNDATION ($26,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $267k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $27k
- Net assets
- $462k
What White Pass Historical Society does
Mission
The purpose of wpchs is to capture, preserve, & disseminate the history of the upper cowlitz valley through educational programs, interpretive discussions, and displays, so that furture generations will be able to view artifacts & information of importance to our ancestors.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Operation of a historical museum in the packwood elementary school building. We have collected various historical artifacts, photographs, and artworks that are preserved and placed on display, thereby enabling local residents and tourists to learn about the history of the area.
$194,211 spent71% of program spendingOperation of the packwood visitor center. Shares information about local attractions and assist visitors with any questions while visiting the area.
$70,000 spent26% of program spendingProvide rental space for community use and labor day flea market.
$10,000 spent4% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $274,211.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 $411k to $477k (+16%).
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: 2024 84% · 2025 79%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
80% of WHITE PASS HISTORICAL SOCIETY’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% 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
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
Mindy Brooks
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $3k → $10k.
From the IRS filings of WHITE PASS HISTORICAL SOCIETY’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.
Where its funders are
WHITE PASS HISTORICAL SOCIETY draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, across 1 state 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
WHITE PASS HISTORICAL SOCIETY has grown faster than three-quarters of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like WHITE PASS HISTORICAL SOCIETY
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
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
75%
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 WHITE PASS HISTORICAL SOCIETY: 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 WHITE PASS HISTORICAL SOCIETY?
- WHITE PASS HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Washington) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $26,500 to it, the largest being W SECOND GROWTH FOUNDATION ($26,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WHITE PASS HISTORICAL SOCIETY have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $26,500 in grants to WHITE PASS HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WHITE PASS HISTORICAL SOCIETY?
- W SECOND GROWTH FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $26,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WHITE PASS HISTORICAL SOCIETY 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 FY2025 (financials across 2022–2025), and the filings of 1 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