Oregon · Nonprofit
WOODEN FISH PARENTS FIRST
WOODEN FISH PARENTS FIRST (Oregon) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $71,000 to it, the largest being THE COLLINS FOUNDATION ($71,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $341k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $71k
- Net assets
- $197k
What Wooden Fish Parents First does
Mission
Our mission is to provide exceptional care and resources for children and families, while fostering each child's intellectual, social, physical, and moral development in a safe and nurturing environment. Wooden Fish Parents First provides resources, guidance, and training for single parents and children in high-risk areas. Parents first offers a welcoming space where families can learn social, emotional, physical, and intellectual parenting skills, while receiving additional assistance from our grant programs. We provide safe, stable care for families who want to encourage their childrens development in a setting that honors diversity and respects the environment in collaboration with families and the greater community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
In 2025, Wooden Fish Parents First continued to grow its community-based family support, youth development, and violence prevention work. Through the big fish program, we focused on supporting youth and families in high- risk communities by creating safe spaces, mentorship opportunities, positive adult relationships, and practical life-skill programming. We served families through parent engagement, youth mentoring, tutoring support, community outreach, and resource connection.we also continued building programs that help families beyond the classroom, including parent coaching, youth development activities, food support, and community engagement events. Meals were provided during programming and outreach efforts to reduce barriers for families and encourage participation. In total, we served approximately thousandfamilies and provided approximately 3,000 meals during the year.one major achievement was continuing to strengthen our program model around prevention, mentorship, and family stability. We also began developing new project ideas, including the 3m project mentoring men in motors which is designed to reach older youth and young adults through automotive mentorship,…
$160,574 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $160,574.
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 2022 to 2023, from $4k to $215k (+6038%).
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: 2023 76% · 2025 88%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
88% of WOODEN FISH PARENTS FIRST’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than 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 3 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.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of WOODEN FISH PARENTS FIRST’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
100% of WOODEN FISH PARENTS FIRST's grant income comes from Oregon funders.
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
WOODEN FISH PARENTS FIRST runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding WOODEN FISH PARENTS FIRST receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $644k on record.
- DISTRIBUTION TO NON-GOVERNMENTS$544k
- OTHER SPECIAL PAYMENTS$100k
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 WOODEN FISH PARENTS FIRST
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
95% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 WOODEN FISH PARENTS FIRST: 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 WOODEN FISH PARENTS FIRST?
- WOODEN FISH PARENTS FIRST (Oregon) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $71,000 to it, the largest being THE COLLINS FOUNDATION ($71,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WOODEN FISH PARENTS FIRST have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $71,000 in grants to WOODEN FISH PARENTS FIRST, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WOODEN FISH PARENTS FIRST?
- THE COLLINS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $71,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WOODEN FISH PARENTS FIRST 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 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