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THE STRONGHOLD FUND

EIN 20-5602442 PORTLAND, OR

Revenue 2024
$9,551,232
Expenses 2024
$4,710,942

Program services were 94.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
D33
Classification
1000
Street
PO BOX 10026

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

THE WILD SALMON CENTER (WSC) HAS CREATED THE STRONGHOLD FUND TO PROVIDE LONG-TERM FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO WSC AND ITS PARTNERS FOR EFFORTS IN KEY WATERSHEDS THROUGHOUT THE NORTH PACIFIC.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE STRONGHOLD FUND'S MISSION IS TO SUPPORT STRATEGIC CONSERVATION EFFORTS IN THE NORTH PACIFIC.

  • THE STRONGHOLD FUND PROVIDED GRANTS IN SUPPORT OF WATERSHED CONSERVATION EFFORTS IN REGIONS THROUGHOUT THE NORTH PACIFIC.

    Expenses $4,466,000 · Grants $4,466,000 · Revenue $11,982

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.

  • DAVID FINKEL

    PRESIDENT/EXEC DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $233,680
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $196,033
    Other
    $37,647
    Hours/week
    20 + 20 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $182,927 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $13,106 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $15,019 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $22,628 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $233,680 related

  • IVAN THOMPSON

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KATHERINE HOLLER

    TREASURER, SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $242,717
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $210,681
    Other
    $32,036
    Hours/week
    4 + 36 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $186,417 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $24,264 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $14,622 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $17,414 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $242,717 related

  • GUIDO R RAHR III

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $381,229
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $341,741
    Other
    $39,488
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $291,741 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $50,000 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $21,918 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $17,570 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $381,229 related

  • MARK TRENHOLM

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $234,576
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $197,434
    Other
    $37,142
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $179,795 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $17,639 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $14,521 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $22,621 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $234,576 related

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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $9,551,232
    Expenses
    $4,710,942
    Contributions
    $9,276,874
    Grants paid
    $4,466,000
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $6,855,227
    Expenses
    $2,048,831
    Contributions
    $6,642,313
    Grants paid
    $1,796,510
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,831,875
    Expenses
    $1,238,356
    Contributions
    $1,623,550
    Grants paid
    $1,004,000

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

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,322,112
    Expenses
    $1,094,834
    Assets (EOY)
    $13,237,612

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,714,545
    Expenses
    $621,080
    Assets (EOY)
    $12,350,638

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $829,783
    Expenses
    $530,627
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,015,953

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,232,668
    Expenses
    $633,604
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,181,698

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $271,341
    Expenses
    $424,188
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,899,185

  • 2012 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $0
    Expenses
    $179
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,963

  • 2011 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $1,989
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,142

  • 2010 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $1,988
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,321

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2015

Tax period
1 January 2015 to 31 December 2015
Principal officer
Guido Rahr
Mailing address
721 NW 9th AvenuePortland OR 97209
Website
www.wildsalmoncenter.org

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 26 October 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

  • WILD SALMON CENTER

    $4,027,000

    2024 PUBLIC EDUCATION AND OUTREACH TO GENERATE SUPPORT FOR WILDERNESS AND LAND PROTECTION.

  • Wild Salmon Center

    $1,479,000

    2023 Public education and outreach to generate support for wilderness and land protection.

  • Wild Salmon Center

    $954,000

    2022 Public education and outreach to generate support for wilderness and land protection.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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

Declared as related by

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 SO.

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 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.