- Revenue 2024
- $4,268,864
- Expenses 2024
- $2,401,946
Program services were 77.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- B124
- Classification
- 1000
- Street
- 1600 MAPLE ST
These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
LOWER COLUMBIA COLLEGE FOUNDATION'S MISSION IS TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL SUPPORT WHERE PUBLIC FUNDS ARE NOT SUFFICIENT, AND TO GATHER PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR THE ENHANCEMENT OF EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AT LOWER COLUMBIA COLLEGE.
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LOWER COLUMBIA FOUNDATION OPERATES A SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM TO ASSIST STUDENTS WITH THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH HIGHER EDUCATION; INCLUDING TUITION, FEES, TEXT BOOKS, SUPPLIES AND RELATED EDUCATIONAL EXPENSES. SCHOLARSHIP CRITERIA ARE DETERMINED BY SCHOLARSHIP DONORS IN KEEPING WITH THE POLICIES OF THE FOUNDATION AND LOWER COLUMBIA COLLEGE.
Expenses $716,909 · Grants $716,909
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LOWER COLUMBIA COLLEGE FOUNDATION FOSTERS EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING AND LEARNING AND PROMOTES THE CONTINUAL DEVELOPMENT OF CHALLENGING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS ACROSS THE CURRICULUM THROUGH THE PROVISION OF GRANTS TO FACULTY AND STAFF. EXAMPLES OF GRANT-FUNDED INITIATIVES INCLUDES: RESEARCH PROJECTS; CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT AND EXPANSION OF COURSE OFFERINGS; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTES AND CONFERENCES; LECTURES; EVENTS AND AWARDS.
Expenses $127,978 · Grants $123,886
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LOWER COLUMBIA COLLEGE FOUNDATION PROVIDES SUPPORT FOR AN ARRAY OF INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM AND COLLEGE DEPARTMENTS. FOUNDATION DONORS MAY DIRECT THEIR DONATIONS TO SUPPORT SPECIFIC PROGRAMS. FOUNDATION FUNDING SUPPORT SERVICES TO STUDENTS, INSTRUCTIONAL ACTIVITIES, AND THE PROVISION OF A PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT THAT BEST SUPPORTS THE EDUCTIONAL, SAFETY, AESTHETIC, AND SERVICE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS, STAFF AND COMMUNITY.
Expenses $1,022,055 · Grants $4,092
As filed on the 2024 return.
Officers and directors · 2024
As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.
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Dr Matt SeimearsDR MATT SEIMEARS
LCC PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $301,649
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $260,160
- Other
- $41,489
- Hours/week
- 2 + 38 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $0 + $260,160 related
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0 + $41,489 related
- Filer's total
- $0 + $301,649 related
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Kendra SpragueKENDRA SPRAGUE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $196,308
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $166,235
- Other
- $30,073
- Hours/week
- 16 + 24 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $0 + $166,235 related
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0 + $30,073 related
- Filer's total
- $0 + $196,308 related
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Rick ArkellRICK ARKELL
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.62
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Joanna AsplundJOANNA ASPLUND
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.36
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Liz CattinLIZ CATTIN
TRUSTEE LIASON
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.14
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Mike ClaxtonMIKE CLAXTON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.32
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Stephen FullerSTEPHEN FULLER
BOARD CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.51
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Emily GardnerEMILY GARDNER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
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Jim HendricksonJIM HENDRICKSON
SECRETARY FINANCE CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.22
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Margaret HickeyMARGARET HICKEY
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.02
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Mary HoweMARY HOWE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.29
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Michelle TrekasMICHELLE TREKAS
BOARD VICE CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.59
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Dixie KolditzDIXIE KOLDITZ
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.38
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John MelinkJOHN MELINK
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.22
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Chris SearingCHRIS SEARING
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.22
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Rosemary SiipolaROSEMARY SIIPOLA
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.51
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Andy HamiltonANDY HAMILTON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.41
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Charise BrenesCHARISE BRENES
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.26
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Cam WilsonCAM WILSON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.02
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Jimmie StanleyJIMMIE STANLEY
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.
Filings
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2024
- Revenue
- $4,268,864
- Expenses
- $2,401,946
- Contributions
- $2,836,464
- Grants paid
- $844,887
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2023
- Revenue
- $12,059,592
- Expenses
- $2,229,562
- Contributions
- $7,528,609
- Grants paid
- $740,036
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2022
- Revenue
- $3,282,808
- Expenses
- $1,763,407
- Contributions
- $2,575,960
- Grants paid
- $766,414
The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.
Other returns filed
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2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $3,040,190
- Expenses
- $1,445,855
- Assets (EOY)
- $22,467,892
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,493,383
- Expenses
- $1,266,636
- Assets (EOY)
- $24,789,266
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,759,212
- Expenses
- $1,386,181
- Assets (EOY)
- $19,841,112
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $3,660,687
- Expenses
- $1,477,066
- Assets (EOY)
- $18,350,275
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2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,200,368
- Expenses
- $1,535,924
- Assets (EOY)
- $15,710,887
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2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,752,208
- Expenses
- $1,265,994
- Assets (EOY)
- $15,686,163
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2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,247,714
- Expenses
- $1,380,977
- Assets (EOY)
- $13,992,570
Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.
Grants made
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LOWER COLUMBIA COLLEGE
$716,909
2024 SCHOLARSHIPS - FINANCIAL AID
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LOWER COLUMBIA COLLEGE
$547,041
2023 SCHOLARSHIPS - FINANCIAL AID
-
LOWER COLUMBIA COLLEGE
$76,863
2024 GRANTS - SUPPORT STAFF
-
LOWER COLUMBIA COLLEGE
$63,122
2023 GRANTS - SUPPORT STAFF
-
LOWER COLUMBIA COLLEGE
$47,023
2024 GRANTS
-
LOWER COLUMBIA COLLEGE
$45,072
2023 GRANTS - FINANCIAL AID
-
LOWER COLUMBIA COLLEGE
$0
2023 EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS - SUPPORT FOR PROGRAMS
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LOWER COLUMBIA COLLEGE
$0
2022 EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS - SUPPORT FOR PROGRAMS
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LOWER COLUMBIA COLLEGE
$0
2022 GRANTS - FINANCIAL AID
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LOWER COLUMBIA COLLEGE
$0
2022 GRANTS - SUPPORT STAFF
The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.
Grants received
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2023 FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
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$53,044
2023 SEASONAL SUPPORT/OUTREACH
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2023 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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$5,500
2024 EDUCATION
Related organizations
From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.
Declared on its 2024 return
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LOWER COLUMBIA COLLEGE
170C · EDUCATION · WA
Other IRS files
Auto-Revocation List
Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.
Publication 78
Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.
These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.
What this page reflects
The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.