Discover Your Northwest
“Connect people with the great outdoors in the Pacific Northwest.”
96 years on the ground, 72 cents of every dollar to the work.
The work
What they do
Cooperating association serving multiple federal agencies in the Pacific Northwest. Operates bookstores at national forests, parks, and refuges. Funds education and interpretation.
Every year they sign one sentence and file it with the federal government: “Discover Your Northwest promotes the discovery of northwest public lands, enriches the experience of visitors and builds community stewardship of these special places today and for generations to come.” as filed.
Where the money went, FY2024
The work, and what it cost
Educational Sales and Information Staffing
$2.0M, 49% of spendingProvided educational merchandise to visitors, through operation of 104 visitor center bookstores at federal, state and local public lands throughout the Pacific Northwest.
Read it as they filed it
Educational Sales and Information Staffing: Provided educational merchandise to visitors, through operation of 104 visitor center bookstores at federal, state and local public lands throughout the Pacific Northwest. Provided staff and volunteers to assist with visitor orientation, enhancing the visitor experience for approximately 10 million annual public lands visitors, and contributing to community stewardship of public lands.
IRS Form 990 Part III, fiscal year 2024, signed under penalty of perjury.
Educational Materials Publishing
$629K, 16% of spendingPublished books, brochures, maps and newspapers to support education and increased knowledge of Northwest public lands.
Read it as they filed it
Educational Materials Publishing: Published books, brochures, maps and newspapers to support education and increased knowledge of Northwest public lands.
IRS Form 990 Part III, fiscal year 2024, signed under penalty of perjury.
Interpretive Programs and Research (Aid to Agencies)
$296K, 7% of spendingProvided assistance to the National Park Service, USDA Forest Service, Army Corps of Engineers, Bureau of Reclamation, and City of Seattle in conducting interpretive programs and research.
Read it as they filed it
Interpretive Programs and Research (Aid to Agencies): Provided assistance to the National Park Service, USDA Forest Service, Army Corps of Engineers, Bureau of Reclamation, and City of Seattle in conducting interpretive programs and research.
IRS Form 990 Part III, fiscal year 2024, signed under penalty of perjury.
Follow the dollar
72 cents of every dollar goes to the work
Read it as a snapshot, not a scorecard. Splits move year to year with grants and campaigns, and healthy shops live all across this range.
$2,883,560 programs, $972,649 management, $125,089 fundraising. Form 990, FY2024.
The people
Who does the work
Honesty note: leadership comes from each year’s federal filing, so it can run a year behind. If it’s out of date, tell us. Work at Discover Your Northwest? Claim this page.
Those 388 volunteers are people who decided this ground was theirs to defend. If Discover Your Northwest is fighting for your place too, the matchmaker will find your way in.
Find your way inThe filings
14 years of filings
Total revenue by fiscal year, as filed. Point at or tap the line for any year.
| Year | Revenue |
|---|---|
| 2011 | $1,483,627 |
| 2012 | $1,492,655 |
| 2013 | $1,719,092 |
| 2014 | $2,035,992 |
| 2015 | $2,110,147 |
| 2016 | $2,189,184 |
| 2017 | $2,904,966 |
| 2018 | $2,659,315 |
| 2019 | $3,253,093 |
| 2020 | $1,299,223 |
| 2021 | $3,399,427 |
| 2022 | $3,606,580 |
| 2023 | $3,761,141 |
| 2024 | $4,112,087 |
From $1.5M in 2011 to $4.1M in FY24, with no missed filing in 14 years.
Their ground
Discover Your Northwest is not on our editors’ record for a threatened place yet. See every threatened place on one map, and who stands for each.
The Washington congressional delegation averages 79 of 100 on public lands. See the full scorecard
The Oregon congressional delegation averages 87 of 100 on public lands. See the full scorecard
Ways in
How to help
Straight to their own donation page. Your dollar never passes through us.
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