Klamath Co Economic Development Assn
The organization's mission is to promote new and existing business development in southern Oregon.
Klamath Co Economic Development Assn at a glance
In short: Klamath Co Economic Development Assn gave $1.6M across 2 grants in 2025 (avg $808K), mostly in Oregon. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $1,616,000
- +121.4% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 2
- +100.0% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $808,000
- +10.7% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $808,000
- Total assets
- $2,651,915
- -12.9% vs 2024
- Primary geography
- Oregon (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who Klamath Co Economic Development Assn funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 2 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Transformations Wellness Center ($916K). Together the top 2 received $1.6M.
Grant Size Distribution
6 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was in the $500K–1M range: 3 grants of 6 (50%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 2 itemized grants.
States
Cities
How Klamath Co Economic Development Assn gives
- Giving grew 259% from 2022 to 2025. 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 2022 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $225K (2023) to $1.6M (2025). In 2025 it made 2 grants totaling $1.6M.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Transformations Wellness Center Klamath Falls, OR | New Construction Project | $916,000 |
| Gilchrist Forest Products Gilchrist, OR | Education | $700,000 |
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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 | $2,651,915 | $1,799,365 | $2,205,703 | $1,616,000 | 2 | $41,641 |
| 2024 | $3,044,118 | $2,351,160 | $1,305,957 | $730,000 | 1 | $28,127 |
| 2023 | $1,999,693 | $788,865 | $1,004,096 | $225,000 | 1 | $8,362 |
| 2022 | $2,225,243 | $1,702,886 | $963,122 | $450,000 | 2 | $1,080 |
| 2021 | $743,629 | $552,635 | $456,878 | — | — | $863 |
| 2020 | $661,132 | $636,945 | $468,404 | — | — | $1,867 |
| 2019 | $505,572 | $543,488 | $393,810 | — | — | $60 |
About Klamath Co Economic Development Assn
Based on IRS filings
Klamath Co Economic Development Assn is a public charity focused on Community and economic development, based in Klamath Falls, OR. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $2.7M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 2 grants totaling $1.6M. Net investment income was $42K.
Focus Areas
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Klamath Co Economic Development Assn is led by Randy Shaw, President since 2020 (on filings since 2019); 1 of 40 officers listed in 2025 is compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Randy Shaw
President
Vice President → President, 2020
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Al Pranghofer
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Allison York
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Erik Steimle
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Lauren Jespersen
Director
President → Director, 2020
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mark Wendt
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Matt Hurley
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Roberto Gutierrez
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ron Stewart
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Steve Bocchi
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Steve Vincent
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Todd Andres
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Brienne Humphrey
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Charlie Blackburn
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Matt Bogatay
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Bill Gilmore
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Craig Huntsman
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Derrick Degroot
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jon Dressel
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Stacy Ellingston
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ashley Wendt
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Bill Lynch
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
David Cauble
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jill Russel
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jonathan Teichert
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kendall Alexander
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Chris O'Grady
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Daniel Tappan
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
John Mortiz
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Michael Delaney
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Sanjay Patel
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Cristy Rodriguez
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Daniel Tavel
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Michael Donarski
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Randy Show
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Rodney Wood
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Randy Cox
Manager & Officer
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$179K (2022) → $222K (2025)
Chad Olney
Vice President
Director → Vice President, 2020
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Terry Scroggin
Treasurer
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ken Fincher
Secretary
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (41)
- Former: Dan Morrison (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Tayo Akins (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Juan Maldonado (2022–2024) — Director
- Former: Chelsea Shearer (2024) — Director
- Former: Kelley Minty (2024) — Director
- Former: Ann Cavanaugh (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Cindy Schmeck (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Jared Hall (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Ryan Kliewer (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Sophia Homfeldt (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Stephanie Hirche (2019–2023) — Secretary
- Former: John Moritz (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: Bill Castle (2021–2023) — Director
- Former: Micah Lambert (2021–2023) — Director
- Former: John Harmon (2022–2023) — Director
- Former: Kimberly Price (2022–2023) — Director
- Former: Brian Fox (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Carol Valenzuela (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: George Rogers (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: John Bell (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Nathan Cherpeski (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Paul Stewart (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Stan Gilbert (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Bob Kingzett (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Chris Walker (2021) — Director
- Former: Gregory Dolezal (2021) — Director
- Former: Anna Hawkins (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Debra Gisriel (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Dennis Winn (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Jerry Meyers (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Joe Young (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Orville Shockey (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Christy Mullinex (2020) — Director
- Former: Amy Pickett (2019) — Director
- Former: Donnie Boyd (2019) — Director
- Former: Greg O'Sullivan (2019) — Manager & Officer
- Former: Joe Spendolini (2019) — Director
- Former: Justin Braswell (2019) — Director
- Former: Lance Leuseur (2019) — Director
- Former: Neal Eberlein (2019) — Director
- Former: Robert Kingzett (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.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $222K, to Randy Cox (Manager/Officer).
Frequently asked questions about Klamath Co Economic Development Assn
How much does Klamath Co Economic Development Assn give each year?
Klamath Co Economic Development Assn gave $1.6M across 2 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $730K across 1 grant.
How large is Klamath Co Economic Development Assn?
Klamath Co Economic Development Assn reported $2.7M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $1.8M.
What is Klamath Co Economic Development Assn?
Klamath Co Economic Development Assn is a public charity focused on Community and economic development, based in Klamath Falls, OR. It holds $2.7M in total assets as of 2025.
Where does Klamath Co Economic Development Assn operate?
Klamath Co Economic Development Assn has awarded grants in Oregon.
What is Klamath Co Economic Development Assn's EIN?
Klamath Co Economic Development Assn's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 93-0654603. 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
(6)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS February 14, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS March 21, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS February 28, 2025)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS February 13, 2026)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS July 29, 2021)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2019–2025
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