Chemeketans
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 936037446
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2017–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2010
- Location
- Salem, OR, USA
- Phone
- 5032694507
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Human Service Organizations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $67,415
- Expenses
- $80,106
- Assets
- $223,374
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- GEOFF BARSTOW (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- GEOFF BARSTOW (PRESIDENT)
- JEFF EASTER (VICE PRESIDE)
- MATTHEW HENDRICKS (MEMBERSHIP S)
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
Chemeketans mission is: the development of the physical and mental capacities of the corporation's members and others; the promotion of better acquaintance and closer association between those engaged in the corporation's activities; the exploration of Oregon; the collection of scientific knowledge and other data concerning the same; the encouragement, sponsoring, and conducting of expeditions with the above objects in view; the preservation of the forest and other features of mountain scenery as far as possible in their natural beauty; the dissemination of knowledge concerning the beauty and grandeur of mountain scenery of Oregon; to stimulate a love of the mountains and forests and a desire to visit them on foot; to awaken an interest in the beauty of mountains, glaciers, flowers, trees, birds and animals; to promote good fellowship among the corporation's members in order that these purposes may be better accomplished; to encourage and conduct mountain climbing, biking, skiing, snow
What it reported doing in 2025
Climb school: training was provided to members for safe participation in outdoor activities. 40 students and 50 volunteers participated in traing. 42 climb day activities with 321 participants including 11 multiday alpine climbs and 8 educational events.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 73% 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: 82
- Sustainability: 38
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -18.8%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.79; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 0.2% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 0.1% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 1 filed schedules
- Filing history: 9 filing years from 2017 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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.
Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 22/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.