Community Living Above

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
452648040
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2018
Location
West Linn, OR, USA
Phone
5037192057
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Alcohol, Drug Abuse, Prevention Only

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$155,530
Expenses
$178,250
Assets
$6,472
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Pam Pearce (Board Director and Executive Director)
  • Steve Burch (Board President)

People named in this filing

  • Pam Pearce (Board Director and Executive Director)
  • Anne Marie Lowe (Board Director and Operations Manager)
  • Steve Burch (Board President)

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

Community Living Above (CLA) is a prevention coalition that implements prevention efforts in the community. We are dedicated to preventing substance use among youth by collaborating with the community to raise awareness, modify social norms, educate youth and adults, and promote mental health wellness. We do this by engaging, educating, and empowering youth, families, and communities to make informed decisions by assessing the local conditions, developing a community coalition that establishes a framework that strengthens collaboration and supports the implementation of activities that prevent youth substance use/misuse, fosters resilience, provides education, resources, and support, and promotes healthy life choices. Our program is built on collaboration. We are creating a safe and nurturing environment for our youth through evidence-based programs, community engagement, and partnerships with families, schools, and other stakeholders. We believe that working together can empower you

What it reported doing in 2025

Program Service Accomplishment 2 - Community Assessment & Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF) In 2025, CLA continued implementing community assessment and strategic planning activities using the Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF) to guide prevention priorities and evidence-informed community strategies. Annual data is reviewed and monitored throughout the year, which continues to focus on DUI and traffic crash reports, Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission (OLCC) compliance data, overdose and emergency department trends from Oregon Health Authority and OHSU/EDDS sources, school attendance and dropout information, and Oregon Student Health Survey data collected from 6th, 8th, and 11th grade students. CLA additionally participated in the Oregon Tobacco and Alcohol Retail Assessment (TARA) kickoff training in January 2025, and staff and youth visited 12 stores in the West Linn Community. Information gathered through these assessment activities was shared with coalition members and community stakeholders to help identify changing trends, risk and protective factors, community readiness, and prevention gaps. CLA staff and coalition partners participated in numerous professional development and prevention capacity-building opportunities during the year, including CADCA National Coalition Academy activities, Capitol Hill Day, Strategic Prevention Framing training, Drug Free Communities and CARA Core Measures webinars, SAMHSA Power Sessions, and cultural competency trainings. CLA maintained collaboration with local and statewide prevention, behavioral health, and public health partners to support alignment with Oregon's evolving primary prevention framework following passage of statewide prevention legislation in 2025. Collaborative partners included the Alcohol & Drug Policy Commission (ADPC) Prevention Committee, Clackamas County Prevention Coalition, Mental Health and Addiction Council, Mid-Willamette Overdose Prevention Workgroup, Suicide Prevention Coalition of Clackamas County, Oregon Coalition of Prevention Professionals (ORCPP), New Drug Talk Oregon Advisory Council, and the Alliance to Prevent Suicide Lethal Means Safety Subcommittee, and the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area OR/ID), to name a few. Community engagement activities ranged from small focus groups and coalition meetings to larger town halls, presentations, and policy discussions involving local and regional stakeholders. CLA also participated in the ADPC Roadshow across multiple counties, contributed to prevention policy discussions and legislative meetings, educating leaders on the importance of primary prevention in the continuum of care, and presented at the Oregon Prevention, Addiction, and Treatment (OPAT) conference. CLA continued serving as a prevention resource for the community by responding to ongoing requests from parents and community members seeking prevention education, support, and referral information.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 96% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Expenses are high relative to revenue and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 78
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 16
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 82.3%; rating input score 82
  • Program expense ratio: 71.8%; rating input score 72

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -14.6%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.04; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 70.8%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -0.3% per year; rating input score 0; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.6% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -3.3% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 82.3% of revenue deployed · 71.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $128K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2019 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 10/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 7/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 1/100.