Columbia Gorge Earth Center
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 710886618
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2011–2019
- Forms available
- Form 990 2010, Form 990-EZ 2019
- Location
- Hood River, OR, USA
- Phone
- 5413996813
- Rating
- 84
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Recycling Programs
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $43,817
- Expenses
- $49,861
- Assets
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2019. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- BETHANY KEELEY (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- BETHANY KEELEY (PRESIDENT)
- JODIE GATES (TREASURER)
- LAUREN KOLOJEJCHICK-KOTCH (SECRETARY)
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 2019. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Education: sustainable community building
What it reported doing in 2019
Vibrant communities: the sense of place lecture series fosters a deeper understanding of connections to our landscape and to each other. This annual series continues to deliver interesting, meaningful lectures that bring us closer to the human and natural history of the columbia river gorge. Each lecture draws, on average, over 100 people looking to build a greater connection with the place they call home. Hear in the gorge is a series of radio-documentary styled podcasts that tell compelling and under-recognized stories of the cultural history and life in the columbia river gorge region, home to a landscape that inspires and a community that shares a deep connection to the region and to each other. These podcasts are audio companions to the acclaimed sense of place lecture series. They highlight archival audio, as well as storytelling from locals and experts, creating gripping and moving nonfiction narratives about the columbia river gorge and its heritage. Bridging the gorge is a coversation series designed to bring people together for facilitated coversations exploring these local dynamics and ways to connect more deeply with our neighbors across difference and distance.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 100
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 20
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -13.8%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd 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: -7.4% per year; rating input score 0; 34th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -11.8% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -25.8% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $50K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 9 filing years from 2011 to 2019
- 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.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 27/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.