Evergreen Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
943112976
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2012–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Libby, MT, USA
Phone
4068711600
Rating
46
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$125,429
Expenses
$105,263
Assets
$133,770
Liabilities
$77,400

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JAMES PETERSEN (PRESIDENT)
  • JULIA PETERSEN (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • JAMES PETERSEN (PRESIDENT)
  • RICH STEM (DIRECTOR)
  • PHIL AUNE (DIRECTOR)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The primary exempt purpose of the organization is to advance public understanding and support for science-based forestry and forest policy. This is accomplished through the use of their website and the publication of the evergreen magazine, a periodic journal designed to keep their members, students, elected officials, grass roots groups and the news media abreast of issues and events that are impacting forestry, forest communities, and the forest products industry.

What it reported doing in 2024

Production and distribution of information and educational printed material, and website development designed to help restore public confidence in forestry, and to further public understanding and support for scientifically-based forest policies and practices.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. 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: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 53
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

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: 16.1%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.27; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.58; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 88.4%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -11.9% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.5% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 0.5% per year; rating input score 100; 29th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2012 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 9/100.