Friends of Fords Pond

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
465538887
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2020
Location
Sutherlin, OR, USA
Phone
5416802841
Rating
55
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Parks and Playgrounds

Reported finances

Revenue
$22,511
Expenses
$9,887
Assets
$102,610

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JIM HOUSEMAN (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • JIM HOUSEMAN (PRESIDENT)
  • BETH HOUSEMAN (SECRETARY)
  • BRIAN MENEFEE (TREASURER)

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

Our primary purpose shall be to work in a mutual relationship with the city of sutherlin (city) to assist in the coordination of development and maintenance of the ford's pond property for recreational benefit to the city; and to educate the public concerning the health benefits of outdoor recreation and to increase environmental awareness.

What it reported doing in 2025

Friends of fords pond volunteers donated 1,783.5 hours conducting the business of the nonprofit, fundraising, grant reporting, producing a quarterly e-newsletter, creating social media posts and website content, and presenting project updates to the public and media. The friends donated over 185 hours on the continued restoration of 50 acres of oak savanna and assisted on projects to establish a new federally endangered rough popcornflower population and support monarch butterfly and othe pollinators. Volunteers donated over 825 hours maintaining park facilities including paths, trails, landscaping, and litter/trash removal. In september 2024, the friends of ford's pond celebrated the grand opening of the 202-acre ford's pond community park, with the completion of the inclusive playground, restrooms, picnic pavilions, 2-mile paved pond loop path, eleven interpretive panels, and the custom bird viewing plaza to conclude their 10-year goal of fundraising and grant-writing for park improvements. The park opening received extensive media coverage and public use has exceeded expectations.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% 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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. 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: 77
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 24.8%; rating input score 25
  • Program expense ratio: 56.4%; rating input score 56

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 56.1%; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 10.38; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -191.1% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -41.4% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -15.5% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 24.8% of revenue deployed · 56.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $6K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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 25/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 56/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.