Agri-business Council of Oregon

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
930556522
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2020
Forms available
Form 990 2020
Location
Salem, OR, USA
Phone
9716000466
Rating confidence
Limited

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$281,510
Expenses
$263,393
Assets
$136,972
Liabilities
$59,505

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

32 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MEGAN THOMPSON (PAST PRESIDENT)
  • MICHELLE MARKESTEYN (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • FRED GESCHWILL (PRESIDENT)
  • MALLORY PHELAN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • MALLORY PHELAN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $70,853 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Abc of Oregon strives to provide producers with educational opportunities that help them become more sustainable operations. We also take a three tiered approach to reach out and connect with our urban neighbors: grass roots, multimedia, and online communities. In a day and age in which people forget that milk comes from cows and fruits and vegetables don't grow at a grocery store, it's more important than ever to engage oregonians about where their food and fiber come from.

What it reported doing in 2020

The agri-business council of Oregon offers several programs for its members, including worker's compensation insurance discounts, and other marketing materials to help them promote Oregon agriculture. In addition to member benefits, the agri-business council of Oregon promotes agricultural education through the following public outreach and education programs.adopt-a-farmer- pairing middle school science programs with farms or ranches for the entire academic year gives students the chance to see, hear, touch, smell, and taste what life is like on the farm. The program includes field trips and classroom activities facilitated by the farmer/rancher throughout the academic year.road crop signs- signs help travelers identify what crop is growing or the breed that is being raised in fields along roadways. Safety education- committed to providing agriculture with the tools and resources to create a safe work environment. I am Oregon agriculture- a multimedia effort highlighting the fact that 98 percent of Oregon's producers are family farms. Safety education to provide our members with the tools and resources to create a safe work environment.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 84% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 84
  • Sustainability: 32
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 6.4%; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.52; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.43; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 22.2%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8.6% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.7% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 0.1% per year; rating input score 100; 29th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 32 of 32 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $71K · 32 people listed
  • Consistency: 10 of 10 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2010 to 2020
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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.

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  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 47/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 19/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 16/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 21/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.