Oregon · Nonprofit
WILD SALMON CENTER
WILD SALMON CENTER (Oregon) receives grants from 177 organizations whose IRS filings report $30,377,901 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($3,911,725). 121 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $17M
- Funders on record
- 177
- Grants received
- $30M
- Net assets
- $9.1M
What Wild Salmon Center does
Mission
The mission of Wild Salmon Center is to promote the conservation and sustainable use of wild salmon ecosystems across the pacific rim. We identify science-based solutions to sustain wild salmonids and the human communities and livelihoods that depend on them.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
North america programalaska -worked with an alaska-based coalition of fishermen, business owners and community organizations on the conservation of the west susitna watersheds.oregon -partnering with more than a dozen conservation and fishing organizations, wsc continues to lead a process to modernize forest management and the conservation of salmon habitat on state and private lands.washington -on the olympic peninsula, wsc worked with local tribes, land owners, agencies and conservation partners on culvert replacement efforts and other salmon habitat restoration projects.
$9,319,031 spentof which $3,081,457 as grants$126,740 earned by the program71% of program spendingScience in collaboration with more than two dozen academic institutions, government agencies and local partners from california to alaska, wsc scientists built new knowledge and data to support cutting edge fisheries management and resilience building at the regional and watershed level.
$749,846 spentof which $15,547 as grants$86,140 earned by the program6% of program spendingWestern pacific programworked with scientists, local officials, and tourism operators to study siberian taimen and develop conservation strategies for this charismatic species in mongolia.
$491,528 spentof which $8,000 as grants4% of program spendingCommunications and other programs - teamed with scientists and program directors to explain the importance of keeping salmon habitat intact and protecting life history and genetic diversity in wild salmon fisheries. The communications staff also developed media to highlight the unique character of salmon strongholds around the north pacific.
$2,630,580 spent20% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $13,190,985.
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 $8.8M to $12M (+34%).
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 6% · 2018 9% · 2019 15% · 2020 16% · 2021 19% · 2022 18% · 2023 16% · 2024 30%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
97% of WILD SALMON CENTER’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (67% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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
Guido R Rahr Iii
President & CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 29 funders to 82 funders, grant income rose $914k → $4.6M.
33 of 177 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 44% 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: $8.9M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest The Stronghold Fund). These are real filings, and they are not money WILD SALMON CENTER raised.
From the IRS filings of WILD SALMON CENTER’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 177 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
WILD SALMON CENTER has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 13% of grant income, and it takes 9 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 9 funders to its left
50% 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 WILD SALMON CENTER.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 22% · 2018 26% · 2019 12% · 2020 12% · 2021 15% · 2022 15% · 2023 14% — 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
51% of WILD SALMON CENTER's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 68% 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
WILD SALMON CENTER draws 96% of its grant income from funders outside Oregon, across 36 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $13M arriving through sponsors registered in 19 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
WILD SALMON CENTER has grown faster than three-quarters of the 235 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 235 animals nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding WILD SALMON CENTER receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $31.4M on record — $31.0M federal, $349k state.
- Department of Commerce$28.7M
- Department of Agriculture$1.3M
- Department of the Interior$992k
- DISTRIBUTION TO NON-GOVERNMENTS$258k
- PROFESSIONAL SERVICES NON-IT$91k
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 WILD SALMON CENTER
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
94%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 21 states
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- The Stronghold Fund · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for WILD SALMON CENTER: 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 WILD SALMON CENTER?
- WILD SALMON CENTER (Oregon) receives grants from 177 organizations whose IRS filings report $30,377,901 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($3,911,725). 121 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WILD SALMON CENTER have?
- IRS filings report 177 organizations giving $30,377,901 in grants to WILD SALMON CENTER, 121 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WILD SALMON CENTER?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $3,911,725 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WILD SALMON CENTER 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 177 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