350 DESCHUTES 350Deschutes
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 475198905
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2021–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2020
- Location
- Bend, OR, USA
- Phone
- 5037539407
- Rating
- 89
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Alliance/Advocacy
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $112,138
- Expenses
- $131,575
- Assets
- $183,297
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Amy Thomas (Executive Director)
People named in this filing
- Noel Nelson (Board Chair)
- Stephanie Dakine (Board Secretary)
- Jason Wey (Board Member)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
350 Deschutes is working to address the greatest threat to human lives, climate change, by engaging in climate advocacy, action, and education that serves all people. This year we helped a local food bank and High School get Solar Panels and EV charging infrastructure. We also are educating local High school Juniors are green career pathways.
What it reported doing in 2025
Launched the Green Career Pathways program at Madras High School: Empowering young people with education and mentorship in clean energy, this program builds pathways to living-wage careers, fostering self-sufficiency and prosperity in underserved communities through collaboration with educators, installers, and trainers. Hosted the first every Sun Day Solar Fest at Drake Park A community awareness event featuring local climate conscious organizations while teaching attendees how solar energy can power a more sustainable future. Hosted the 11th annual Go Clean Energy Conference at Central Oregon Community College, A dynamic forum that connects community members, businesses, and local government to collaborate on advancing clean energy solutions and fostering innovation, education, and resiliency for a sustainable future. 30+ Speakers, 2 conference rooms, community college auditorium. 350 Deschutes served as project coordinator for three Pacific Power community grants: The purchase and installation of a 15.2 kW solar system at Madras High School. This system will save the school money, supports renewable energy generation, and fosters community engagement and education in Jefferson County. The purchase and installation of Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure at Madras High School. The electric vehicle charging stations advance clean transportation, and provide EV charging access at the district's facilities. The Giving Plate-a Bend, Oregon nonprofit dedicated to fighting food insecurity and serving over 4,800 individuals monthly-installed a 14.4 kW solar system with 36 panels, designed to offset 100% of the organization's annual 26,000 kWh electricity usage. This grant empowers The Giving Plate to direct more resources toward their core programs, enhancing their ability to serve families in need with dignity and hope.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 94% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filed totals do not add up and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 100
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 33
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -17.3%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.39; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 74.2%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 100% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 10.4% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 23% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $138K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 9 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III program expenses within total did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 8/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 1/100.