Happy Canyon Foundation Inc
To provide scholarships to the local youth, donations to local organizations and support the happy canyon night show to help preserve pendleton's history.
Happy Canyon Foundation Inc at a glance
- Total assets
- $4,980,215
- +13.5% vs 2024
- Revenue (2025)
- $680,681
- +346.0% vs 2024
- Net investment income (2025)
- $79,393
- +36.0% vs 2024
- Expenses (2025)
- $89,704
- +31.7% vs 2024
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
How to apply to Happy Canyon Foundation Inc
Open Grants
1 open opportunity from Happy Canyon Foundation Inc
Who Happy Canyon Foundation Inc funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Grant Size Distribution
8 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 7 grants of 8 (88%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
States
Cities
How Happy Canyon Foundation Inc gives
- Giving fell 80% from 2020 to 2023. Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2023, annual grant giving ranged from $700 (2019) to $329K (2021). In 2023 it made 1 grant totaling $36K.
Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Happy Canyon Company Inc Pendleton, OR | — | $36,000 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $4,980,215 | $680,681 | $89,704 | — | — | $79,393 |
| 2024 | $4,389,238 | $152,618 | $68,103 | — | — | $58,371 |
| 2023 | $4,304,390 | $404,514 | $69,959 | $36,000 | 1 | $31,128 |
| 2022 | $3,969,835 | $648,529 | $26,863 | $15,000 | 1 | $9,527 |
| 2021 | $3,348,169 | $375,675 | $393,634 | $329,270 | 6 | $23 |
| 2020 | $3,366,128 | $414,507 | $383,464 | $176,984 | 13 | $2,101 |
| 2019 | $3,335,085 | $258,488 | $21,997 | $700 | Total only | $1,623 |
"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
About Happy Canyon Foundation Inc
Based on IRS filings
Happy Canyon Foundation Inc is a public charity focused on Education, based in Pendleton, OR. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $5.0M in total assets. Net investment income was $79K.
Focus Areas
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Happy Canyon Foundation Inc is led by Kelsey Garton, President since 2024 (on filings since 2020); none of the 12 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Kelsey Garton
President
Director → Vice President, 2022
Vice President → President, 2024
On filings since 2020
No compensation reported
Jason Hill
Director
Secretary → Director, 2020
On filings since 2019
No compensation reported
Matt Duchek
Director
On filings since 2019
No compensation reported
Michael Corey
Director
President → Director, 2020
On filings since 2019
No compensation reported
Randy Perkins
Director
Vice President → President, 2020
President → Director, 2022
On filings since 2019
No compensation reported
Chris Cockburn
Director
On filings since 2020
No compensation reported
Cory Williams
Director
On filings since 2022
No compensation reported
Tanner Hawkins
Director
On filings since 2022
No compensation reported
Tim Hawkins
Director
On filings since 2022
No compensation reported
Allen Waggoner
Secretary
Director → Secretary, 2020
On filings since 2019
No compensation reported
Corey Neistadt
Treasurer
On filings since 2020
No compensation reported
Jerrod Spriet
Vice President
Director → Vice President, 2024
On filings since 2022
No compensation reported
Former officers (7)
- Former: Ryan Degrofft (2020–2023) — President
- Former: Dennis Hunt (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Robert Blanc (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Steve Corey (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Christopher Cockburn (2019) — Treasurer
- Former: Fritz Hill (2019) — Director
- Former: Kevin Hale (2019) — Director
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Frequently asked questions about Happy Canyon Foundation Inc
How large is Happy Canyon Foundation Inc?
Happy Canyon Foundation Inc reported $5.0M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $681K.
What is Happy Canyon Foundation Inc?
Happy Canyon Foundation Inc is a public charity focused on Education, based in Pendleton, OR. It holds $5.0M in total assets as of 2025.
Where does Happy Canyon Foundation Inc operate?
Happy Canyon Foundation Inc has awarded grants in Oregon.
What is Happy Canyon Foundation Inc's EIN?
Happy Canyon Foundation Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 93-6042747. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(3)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS April 29, 2020)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 14, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
Live grants for the work Happy Canyon Foundation Inc funds
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