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Columbia Industries

Enrich. Empower. Respect.

Kennewick, WA   |  www.columbiaindustries.com

Mission

Columbia Industries is committed to supporting and empowering individuals with disabilities and other challenges, in order to help them achieve personal success and community engagement. We champion the development of essential vocational and life skills, meaningful social involvement and access to critical resources.

Ruling year info

1965

President & CEO

Michael Novakovich

Main address

900 S Dayton St

Kennewick, WA 99336 USA

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EIN

91-0776525

NTEE code info

Employment Procurement Assistance and Job Training (J20)

IRS filing requirement

This organization is required to file an IRS Form 990 or 990-EZ.

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Communication

Programs and results

What we aim to solve

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Columbia Industries is committed to supporting and empowering individuals with disabilities and other challenges in order to help them achieve personal success and community engagement.

Our programs

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?

CI Employment Services

Staff in CI Employment Services work with people with disabilities and other challenges to provide vocational training and community job placement.

Population(s) Served
People with disabilities
People with intellectual disabilities

CI Community Center is a safe, creative, and supervised place for people with disabilities to find social connection, life enrichment, and community integration.

Population(s) Served
People with disabilities

Opportunity Kitchen is a 12-week food service training program which offers hands-on culinary instruction and soft skills development courses to those with disabilities as well as people facing other documented barriers. This program provides hands-on food service training for people who need extra support to overcome employment barriers. For some, they may be overcoming substance abuse, mental illness, homelessness, incarceration, or they may be living with an intellectual or physical disability.

Students spend 12 weeks alongside an Executive Chef instructor as they cover a comprehensive curriculum to prepare them for food service or hospitality employment. They learn skills such as safe food handling, cooking techniques, weighing and measuring ingredients, following recipes, catering and customer service, while also receiving program certification and a Food Handler Permit.

Population(s) Served
Economically disadvantaged people
People with learning disabilities

Where we work

Our results

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.

Total dollar amount of grants awarded

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Type of Metric

Other - describing something else

Direction of Success

Increasing

Our Sustainable Development Goals

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

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Goals & Strategy

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.

Charting impact

Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.

From employment services, specialized job and life skills training, career opportunities, a center for social enrichment, and connectivity to community resources, our services empower individuals with disabilities and other life barriers to achieve personal success.

Financials

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Operations

The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.

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Columbia Industries

Board of directors
as of 05/15/2023
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
Board chair

Joel Ockey

Cornerstone Wealth Strategies

Term: 2021 - 2024

Sandra Gladstone

Retired

Mark Brault

Retired

Eric Van Winkle

Past Chair

Theresa Buckendorf

Apollo Mechanical Contractors

Debbie Cox

Kadlec

Neal Taylor

Gravis Law

Steve Osborne

Benton County District Court (ret.)

Board leadership practices

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

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  • Board orientation and education
    Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes
  • CEO oversight
    Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Not applicable
  • Ethics and transparency
    Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Not applicable
  • Board composition
    Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes
  • Board performance
    Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? No

Organizational demographics

SOURCE: Self-reported; last updated 1/30/2023
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Leadership

The organization's leader identifies as:

Race & ethnicity
White/Caucasian/European
Gender identity
Male, Not transgender (cisgender)
Sexual orientation
Heterosexual or straight
Disability status
Person without a disability

Race & ethnicity

No data

Gender identity

 

Sexual orientation

Disability