Southwest Washington Center for the Arts
Southwest Washington Center for the Arts is a private foundation, based in Vancouver, WA. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. Net investment income was $1.
Southwest Washington Center for the Arts at a glance
- Revenue (2025)
- $30
- -100.0% vs 2024
- Net investment income (2025)
- $1
- -80.0% vs 2024
- Expenses (2025)
- $31,800
- -55.4% vs 2024
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990-PF, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990-PF, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who Southwest Washington Center for the Arts funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Grant Size Distribution
3 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 3 grants of 3 (100%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
States
Cities
How Southwest Washington Center for the Arts gives
- Giving fell 44% 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 $1K (2021) to $3K (2022). In 2023 it made 1 grant totaling $1K.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Vancouver Symphony Orchestra Vancouver, WA | To Support the Local Arts. | $1,000 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Qualifying Distributions | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | $30 | $31,800 | — | — | — | $1 |
| 2024 | $31,770 | $65,660 | $71,269 | — | — | $71,269 | $5 |
| 2023 | $37,379 | $193,764 | $209,796 | $1,000 | 1 | $209,796 | $9 |
| 2022 | $53,411 | $238,148 | $230,222 | $2,800 | 1 | $230,272 | $18 |
| 2021 | $45,485 | $224,427 | $213,678 | $1,000 | 1 | $213,678 | $13 |
| 2020 | $34,736 | $145,140 | $211,702 | $1,779 | 1 | — | $47 |
| 2019 | $101,298 | $330,042 | $234,938 | $1,100 | Total only | — | $42 |
"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Southwest Washington Center for the Arts is led by Kathryn McDonald, Executive Director & Secretary since 2024 (on filings since 2019); none of the 5 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Kathryn McDonald
Executive Director & Secretary
Executive Director → Executive Director & Secretary, 2024
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$110K (2019) → $0 (2025)
Richard Gress
Chair
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Paul Christensen
Director
Chair → Director, 2020
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Dru Holley
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Brandy Davidson
Treasurer
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (13)
- Former: Ann Donnelly (2019–2023) — Secretary
- Former: Maggie Jessup (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: Jan Fergusen (2021–2023) — Director
- Former: Amey Laud (2023) — Chair
- Former: John Deeder (2023) — Director
- Former: Johnathan Thomson (2023) — Treasurer
- Former: Rahim Abbasi (2023) — Director
- Former: Stephen Shepherd (2023) — Vice Chair
- Former: Elson Strahan (2019–2022) — Vice Chair
- Former: Jeannie Hix (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Amy Laud (2021–2022) — Director
- Former: Craig Pridemore (2019–2021) — Chair
- Former: Robin Bradford (2019–2020) — 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 2024 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2024 filing was $31K, to Kathryn McDonald (Executive Director/Secretary).
Frequently asked questions about Southwest Washington Center for the Arts
Where does Southwest Washington Center for the Arts operate?
Southwest Washington Center for the Arts has awarded grants in Washington.
What is Southwest Washington Center for the Arts's EIN?
Southwest Washington Center for the Arts's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 20-0598676. 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 June 12, 2020)
- Added Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS July 15, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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