Bend Visitor & Convention Bureau Dba Visit Bend

Nonprofit profile at a glance

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

18 people listed

JEFFREY KNAPP (PRESIDENT/CEO): $213,696 total reported compensation
NATHANIEL WYETH (VP OF MARKETING AND COMMUN): $159,031 total reported compensation
VALERIE WILSON (FORMER VP OF OPERATIONS AND POLIC): $44,129 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Develop tourism industry in bend, Oregon

Promote and develop the tourism industry in bend, Oregon

Revenue model: Grant-funded. 98% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
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 available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Pass
Foreign activity oversight: Limited
Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
Major donor itemization: Limited
Related-party transparency: Limited

Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Governance controls: 4 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 44
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Operating margin: 10.2%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.67; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.17; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 9%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings

Program expense growth: Limited
Revenue growth: 9.4% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: 18.7% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings

Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 4 of 9 filing controls reported
Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
Leadership: top reported pay $214K · 18 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
Consistency: 12 of 12 current checks pass
Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes grants and executive pay
Filing history: 13 filing years from 2011 to 2024
Contacts: How to reach this organization
Money network: 23 filed money-flow records
Related organizations: 18 filed related-organization links
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.

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.