East Cascades Bird Alliance

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237287219
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2015–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2009
Location
Bend, OR, USA
Phone
9077485728
Rating
56
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Natural Resources Conservation and Protection

Reported finances

Revenue
$28,860
Expenses
$34,351
Assets
$203,894
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Wendy Andrick (Board Member, President)

People named in this filing

  • Wendy Andrick (Board Member, President)
  • Gordon Wetzel (Board Member, Treasurer)
  • Brian MacDonald (Board Member)

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

Education about, conservation of, and scientific study of birds and their habitat, particularly in Oregon.

What it reported doing in 2025

Science: ECBA sponsors and or conducts through its volunteers a number of scientific projects: (1) The Winter Raptor Survey is a regional program partially funded by ECBA which collects and shares data about winter raptor populations along fixed routes throughout the state of Oregon and parts of Idaho, Washington, and California. The program is carried on by approximately 350 volunteers and scientists dedicated to studying raptors. (2) Volunteers collect and publish on the ECBA website data on nesting birds (including Lewis Woodpeckers, Kestrels, and Mountain and Western Bluebirds) and migratory birds (Green Ridge Raptor Migration Survey, Vaux Swift Survey, Camp Polk Meadow Survey, Summer Lake Shore and Water Bird Survey and Lake Abert Survey). (3) Volunteers carry out banding programs for Western Bluebirds, Kestrels and Pinon Jays (4) ECBA makes bird study grants, including support of a woodpecker nest cavity monitoring program through Oregon State University.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 81% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 37
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 50
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 39.9%; rating input score 40
  • Program expense ratio: 33.5%; rating input score 33

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -19%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.94; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -4% per year; rating input score 0; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.6% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -0.5% per year; rating input score 0; 36th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 39.9% of revenue deployed · 33.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $12K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 9 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2015 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 40/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 33/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 22/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.