Citizens4community

What it reported doing in 2025

C4c designs and produces local events, and programs that bring folks together, build trust, enable cooperation, cultivate local pride, and help everyone get engaged in the powerful act of community building. Key 2025 accomplishments included: civilitywe expanded our bi-annual community forums, adding complementary workshops, film screenings, and resource guides for attendees. In spring 2025 we hosted a 2-part series on wildfire preparedness and related insurance challenges, and in the fall we facilitated a retrospective discussion on lessons learned from the flat fire. We also served in a de facto community coordination role during and following the flat fire, helping to share factual information, connect victims with resources, raising funds for victims and first responders, and helping to maintain a positive community spirit during a time of major stress and uncertainty. Collaborationwe held twelve monthly community builders meetings at locations across sisters country, including the open door, seed to table farm, and pine meadow ranch. These meetings are a great way for local leaders and volunteers to share organizational updates and explore opportunities for collaboration. We also hosted 6 skill-building workshops for local leaders and launched a community volunteer dashboard (volunteerinsisters.org). We continue to serve as facilitators for the sisters country vision implementation team (vit), and led the development of a new website for the vision (sistersvision.org).in july 2025 we opened the hub - a new community space in downtown sisters offeringdonation-based coworking, bookable meeting areas, event rentals, supplies and resources fornonprofits, rotating showcases from local artists, and more.civic engagement12 additional residents graduated from the 2025 sisters civic leadership academy a crash course in local government operations and leadership skills. Several have already taken on new public service roles. Our 2025 momentum grants invested $10,000 in grassroots community projects, and the banner project once again cultivated hometown pride while celebrating the academic achievements of local youth.social connectionour let's get together event series brought together thousands of community members for contra dancing, caroling, outdoor movies, a pop-up children's museum, and more. And sisters 4th fest once again drew 1,000+ people to village green park for a "good ol' fashioned independence day." in total, we hosted over 35 events in 2025 that brought together over 4,000 community members.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 51%; rating input score 51
• Program expense ratio: 71.3%; rating input score 71
• Fundraising efficiency: $34.56 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
  • Whistleblower policy: Fail
  • Document-retention policy: Fail
  • CEO compensation review process: Fail
  • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Missing
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 29.3%; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.43; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 46.4%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 16.1% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 24.4% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 23.5% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings