Environment Oregon Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
208786506
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2016
Forms available
Form 990 2016
Location
Portland, OR, USA
Phone
5032311986
Rating
70
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Alliance/Advocacy Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,503,151
Expenses
$1,073,797
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • TARA CELESTE MEIFFREN-SWANGO (PRESIDENT)
  • DAVID ROGERS (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • ERIKA SEGUIN (STATE DIRECT): $16,785 total reported compensation
  • CHARLIE FISHER (STATE DIRECT): $16,009 total reported compensation
  • ALYSSA ROMANE (ADMINISTRATO): $6,036 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Our core mission is to protect Oregon's clean air, clean water, and open space. In practice, our professional staff combines independent research, practical ideals, and tough-minded advocacy to preserve our state's natural beauty, protect oregonians from toxic pollution, build livable communities, and shift off dirty oil and coal and power-up with efficiency, solar, wind, and ocean power.

What it reported doing in 2016

Clean energy: 100% renewables last year, environment Oregon and our national network launched our voices for 100% renewable energy campaign. In it, we highlight a wide range of voices-- from everyday citizens to community, business and political leaders--who share our goal of shifting to 100 percent renewable energy. Senator jeff merkley introduced the "100 by '50 act" into the u.s. Senate, with a house companion bill following a few months later. The bill would put in place a comprehensive plan to ramp up renewable energy and energy efficiency while halting the development of fossil fuel infrastructure, putting the united states on a path to achieve 100 percent renewable energy by 2050. Continued on schedule o. Give bees a chance neonicotinoids (neonics) are the most widely used class of pesticide in the country, yet big agrichemical companies are using them more and more. That's why environment Oregon worked hard last year to educate the public on the need to ban these bee-killing pesticides. Over the summer, we held events like bee-friendly bbqs and picnics to drive home how much we count on bees for the food we eat every day. Environment Oregon and our allies gathered and delivered more than 164,000 public comments calling on the environmental protection agency to carefully review and declare a moratorium on four bee-killing neonics.

Operating model

Revenue model
Membership-supported. 97% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 51
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 48
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 48.1%; rating input score 48
  • Program expense ratio: 67.2%; rating input score 67
  • Fundraising efficiency: $4.47 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 28.6%; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.9%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -15.7% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.2% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -77% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 48.1% of revenue deployed · 67.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $721K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $17K · 8 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $1M reported
  • Consistency: 19 of 19 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2014 to 2016
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 8 filed related-organization links
  • 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 48/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 16/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.