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WILLAMETTE FALLS HERITAGE FOUNDATION

WILLAMETTE FALLS HERITAGE FOUNDATION (Oregon) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $21,450 to it, the largest being THE KINSMAN FOUNDATION ($15,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2021
$8k
Funders on record
3
Grants received
$21k
Net assets
$21k
1/3 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 2%
01What it does

What Willamette Falls Heritage Foundation does

Mission

Raise funds for historic preservation

As stated on its FY2021 Form 990-EZ.

Program

Acting as stewards and advocates of the culture and heritage at willamette falls. Preserve and promote awareness of the magnificence and history at willamette falls

The first program described on its most recent Form 990-EZ.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($36k) Expenses 100 ($39k) Net assets 100 ($14k)2019 Revenue 337 ($121k) Expenses 290 ($114k) Net assets 130 ($18k)2020 Revenue 26 ($10k) Expenses 22 ($9k) Net assets 134 ($19k)2021 Revenue 22 ($8k) Expenses 15 ($6k) Net assets 151 ($21k)
2017201920202021
Revenue (22)Expenses (15)Net assets (151)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $24k to $27k (+14%).

$33k
$24k
$24k
$27k
2017201920202021
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2019
2020
2021
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

100% of WILLAMETTE FALLS HERITAGE FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (78% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 18,808 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.

−$3k
’17
$7k
’19
$676
’20
$2k
’21
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $450 → $15k.

Funder
'17
'18
'19
'23
total
funders
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of WILLAMETTE FALLS HERITAGE 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

WILLAMETTE FALLS HERITAGE FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 70% 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

70%
largest funder
100%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 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

100% of WILLAMETTE FALLS HERITAGE FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Oregon funders.

OR

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’18
’19
’23
Oregon out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

WILLAMETTE FALLS HERITAGE FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 14,119 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin28% · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−31% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 14,119 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2021

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Public support

99%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for WILLAMETTE FALLS HERITAGE 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 WILLAMETTE FALLS HERITAGE FOUNDATION?
WILLAMETTE FALLS HERITAGE FOUNDATION (Oregon) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $21,450 to it, the largest being THE KINSMAN FOUNDATION ($15,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does WILLAMETTE FALLS HERITAGE FOUNDATION have?
IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $21,450 in grants to WILLAMETTE FALLS HERITAGE FOUNDATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of WILLAMETTE FALLS HERITAGE FOUNDATION?
THE KINSMAN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $15,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like WILLAMETTE FALLS HERITAGE FOUNDATION 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.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2021 (financials across 2017–2021), 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