Forest Folk Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
371659003
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2015–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2014
Location
Idyllwild, CA, USA
Phone
9512882002
Rating
89
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Supportive Housing for Older Adults

Reported finances

Revenue
$106,569
Expenses
$106,567
Assets
$41,372
Liabilities
$992

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Angela Colson (President)

People named in this filing

  • Angela Colson (President)
  • Mary Rider (Secretary)
  • Reba Coulter (Treasurer/Project Manager)

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

Forest Folk, Inc. is a nonprofit comprised of primarily older participants. We focus upon the elderly, the disabled, and the low-income residents of the community and are patiently awaiting the completion of a new community center building where we can meet and continue our previous programs. The primary service provided is a free transportation service.

What it reported doing in 2024

Forest Folk, Inc. is a nonprofit concerned with providing educational and social opportunities for the elderly, disabled, and low-income residents of the mountain hamlet of Idyllwild, California. For the past nearly ten years, free grant-funded transportation services have also been provided for medical, governmental, and shopping trips off-the-hill.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 88% 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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 99
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 32
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 98.6%; rating input score 99
  • Program expense ratio: 98.6%; rating input score 99

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 0%; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.39; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 8.7%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 0.9% per year; rating input score 100; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.7% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9.6% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 98.6% of revenue deployed · 98.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $105K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2015 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.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 34/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 31/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 21/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 36/100.