Corvallis Sustainability Coalition

What it reported doing in 2024

Community Outreach, Engaging Volunteers, and Creating an Inclusive Community: As a network of nearly 400 partner organizations (businesses, nonprofit organizations, faith communities, educational institutions, and local government units) and hundreds of individual volunteers, the Coalition provided grassroots leadership, inspiration, resources, and opportunities for collaboration in working on sustainability issues. The Coalition invited the community to its annual and quarterly meetings, where attendees had the opportunity to network and share information about sustainability issues, and numerous presenters among the partner organizations and 12 action teams presented their sustainability accomplishments. The monthly Sustainability Events Calendar also provided opportunities for community members to learn about our partners' activities. The Education Action Team supported educational initiatives to instill sustainability knowledge in students at local public schools; the programs focused on food waste composting in school cafeterias and education on the environmental impacts of plastics. In addition, a donation was made to the Corvallis Public Schools Foundation for the Green Apple Award to be given to school district staff who make contributions to sustainability education. In March 2024 the Coalition hosted its annual Sustainability Fair and Town Hall event, which attracted more than 500 attendees, to foster community involvement and awareness of sustainability. The Sustainability Fair featured locally sourced food, musicians, and over 60 interactive sustainability exhibits. The Town Hall focused on the connection between the arts and sustainability, and the featured speakers were representatives from The Arts Center, The Spring Creek Project, and Tarweed Folk School. Also, the Coalition co-sponsored the 8th annual Champinefu Series, designed to inspire the Corvallis community to acknowledge, understand, and collaborate with the Kalapuya culture. The three-session series included evenings of singing, dancing and webinars on camas and indigenous place-keeping. The Neighborhood Roots program completed its 3rd year of increasing shade equity by planting native trees in South Corvallis. The Coalition's Steering Committee continues to implement an Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Framework by requiring an Equity Impact Assessment for new projects and including discussion of EDI resources as part of their monthly meetings. In addition to $56,670 of cash expenditures for community outreach, engaging volunteers, and creating an inclusive community, a facility rental valued at $5,495 was donated for the Sustainability Fair and Town Hall event and technology services valued at $1,046 were donated for website development and maintenance.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 73.5%; rating input score 74
• Program expense ratio: 75.3%; rating input score 75
• Fundraising efficiency: $9.71 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 90%; rating input score 90; 9th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 87.4%; rating input score 87; 51st 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 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • 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: 4.2%; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.55; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: -1.9% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 9.3% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 15.9% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings