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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by HAPPY CANYON FOUNDATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$680,681
Total expenses
$89,704
Contributions and grants received
$580,170
Grants paid
$31,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$79,393
Other revenue
$21,118
Total assets, end of year
$4,980,215
Total liabilities, end of year
$333
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$4,979,882
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$89,342
Management and general expenses
$362
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$89,342

Program services were 99.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $580,170

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $49,651 · excluded $49,651

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $21,118

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $21,118

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $21,118 · excluded $21,118

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $360,252 · other assets $2,364

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $332,874

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $27,378 · other assets $2,364

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $29,742 · related or exempt $27,378 · excluded $2,364

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $31,000 · program services $31,000

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $14,285 · program services $14,285

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $36 · program services $36

  • 24a · Other expenses: DONATIONS

    total $25,000 · program services $25,000

  • 24b · Other expenses: GOLDEN CIRCLE EXPENSES

    total $18,561 · program services $18,561

  • 24c · Other expenses: PO BOX RENT

    total $460 · program services $460

  • 24d · Other expenses: LICENSES & FEES

    total $316 · management and general $316

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $46 · management and general $46

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $20,170 · end of year $96,950

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,138,355 · end of year $1,552,988

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $3,330,277

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $3,230,713 · end of year $3,330,277

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $333 · end of year $333

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,362,052 · end of year $4,832,970

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $26,853 · end of year $146,912

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

TO PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS TO THE LOCAL YOUTH, DONATIONS TO LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS AND SUPPORT THE HAPPY CANYON NIGHT SHOW TO HELP PRESERVE PENDLETON'S HISTORY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROVIDE PERPETUAL MEMORY OF THE OLD WEST AND THE PIONEERS WHO BROUGHT CVILIZATION TO OREGON AND UMATILLA COUNTY. TO PRESERVE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS THE MEMORY OF THE MANNER OF LIFE, PLEASURES, AND HARDSHIPS OF THE EMIGRANTS ON THE OREGON TRAIL; TO PRESERVE THE CUSTOMS AND LIFE OF THE INDIAN TRIBES WHO OCCUPIED THE OREGON COUNTRY; TO PRESERVE PROTECT AND HONOR THE MEMORY OF VETERANS; TO ENCOURAGE ANNUAL COMMUNITY CELEBRATION AND ENTERTAINMENT. THE FOUNDATION ANNUALLY AWARDS SCHOLARSHIPS TO LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES TO ASSIST WITH THE COST OF SECONDARY EDUCATION AND MAKES DONATIONS TO LOCAL CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL AND CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS.

  • PROVIDED 13 SCHOLARSHIPS TO LOCAL YOUTH.

    Expenses $75,057 · Grants $31,000

  • PROVIDED FUNDING FOR UPGRADES TO HAPPY CANYON COMPANY INC FACILITIES.

  • HAPPY CANYON FOUNDATION WILL KEEP ANNUAL OPERATING CASH ON HAND TOTALING ONE YEAR'S EXPENSES IN EITHER CASH OR CASH EQUIVALENT ACCOUNTS, OR ANOTHER AMOUNT APPROVED BY AN INVESTMENT COMMITTEE. THE FOUNDATION HAS BEEN ABLE TO INVEST FUNDS IN ORDER TO MEET ANTICIPATED NEEDS FOR CONTINUATION OF THE SHOW AND ABILITY TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR FUTURE SCHOLARS.

    Expenses $14,285

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Kelsey Garton

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Allen Waggoner

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Corey Neistadt

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Randy Perkins

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Chris Cockburn

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Jason Hill

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Michael Corey

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Cory Williams

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Tanner Hawkins

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Matt Duchek

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Jerrod Spriet

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Tim Hawkins

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

  • ROUND-UP HALL OF FAME ASSOCIATION

    501C3 · MUSEUM · OR

  • HAPPY CANYON COMPANY

    501C4 · PRODUCTION · OR

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
13 May 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.0
Source object
202601349349310025

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