Cascadia Wildlands

What it reported doing in 2024

1)halting massive mature and old-growth timber sales on public land in western Oregon proposed by the bureau of land management through grassroots organizing and litigation campaigns. 1)halting massive mature and old-growth timber sales on public land in western Oregon proposed by the bureau of land management through grassroots organizing and litigation campaigns. 2)advancing an amendment to the northwest forest plan that embraces tribal inclusion in forest planning and strengthens safeguards for mature and old-growth forests. 3)successfully urging the Oregon state land board to approve a forest management plan for the recently created elliott state research forest that prioritizes carbon storage, salmon and wildlife recovery, and tribal inclusion. 4)launching a lawsuit against the eugene water and electric board for ongoing violations of the endangered species act for failure to provide effective fish passage for bull trout and chinook salmon at trail bridge dam on the mckenzie river. 5)as a founding member of the pacific wolf coalition, successfully advocating for gray wolf recovery, which saw a 15% population increase over the past year in Oregon. 6)launching a lawsuit against the us fish and wildlife service for failure to list the north Oregon coast population of the red tree vole as a protected species under the endangered species act. 7)as a founding member of the Oregon wildlife coalition, achieving the passage of the beaver and water quality protection bill, which prohibits trapping and hunting in impaired water bodies on public lands in Oregon. 8)advancing strategies to aid the just transition off fossil fuels in buildings in eugene through our leadership role in the fossil free eugene coalition.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 75.3%; rating input score 75
• Program expense ratio: 87.1%; rating input score 87
• Fundraising efficiency: $11.56 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 19th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 91.1%; rating input score 91; 39th 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; 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: NotApplicable
  • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Missing
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 14.6%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.35; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 8.8%; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 17% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 13.6% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 23.3% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings