Blue Mountain Community Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 911250104
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2018–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Walla Walla, WA, US
- Phone
- +1 (509) 529-4371
- Rating
- 76
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Community Foundations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $31,941,954
- Expenses
- $9,153,128
- Assets
- $112,619,064
- Liabilities
- $19,006,506
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
18 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- KOL MEDINA (CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- KOL MEDINA (CEO): $191,413 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The mission of blue mountain community foundation is to be the catalyst that transforms the blue mountain region by growing generosity and connecting people, charitable causes, and community needs.
What it reported doing in 2024
Provided grants to 289 organizations, primarily in the blue mountain area of southeastern Washington and umatilla county, Oregon, addressing a variety of charitable purposes including basic needs, health & wellness, education, vibrant economies, arts & culture, neighborhoods & communities, and the environment. Grants from scholarship funds supported 348 students in pursuing higher education. Worked with donors to create 22 new endowed funds and 10 new non-endowed funds, that will provide grants to support the community into the future.for more information visit our website at www.bluemountainfoundation.org
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 93% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 80% of its reported program spending out as grants.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of total spending goes to programs and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filed totals do not add up.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 60
- Transparency & Controls: 75
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 89
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 32.7%; rating input score 33
- Program expense ratio: 95.4%; rating input score 95
- Fundraising efficiency: $139.04 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 94.1%; rating input score 94; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Pass
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 90.2%; rating input score 90; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
- 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: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 71.3%; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 12.3; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.17; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 2.1%; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 13.5% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 25.8% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 13.4% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 4 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 32.7% of revenue deployed · 95.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 15 of 15 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $8.7M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $191K · 18 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 36 of 37 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 10 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 7 filing years from 2018 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 122 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 120 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.
- Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 33/100.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.