Friends of La Grande Mainstreet

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
930989722
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2013
Location
La Grande, OR, USA
Phone
5419631223
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$67,471
Expenses
$67,150
Assets
$46,621

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

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Carolyn Dooley (Co-President)
  • Keisha Anderson (Vice President)
  • Tori Gandy (Co-President)

People named in this filing

  • Carolyn Dooley (Co-President)
  • Joyce Coulson (Executive Dir.)
  • Keisha Anderson (Vice President)

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

To revitalize and develop La Grande Oregon's historic downtown core into an inviting, sustainable downtown rooted in La Grande's history and culture, providing a vital center for commercial and community activities using the National mainstreet program's four point approach.

What it reported doing in 2025

The organization plans and coordinates promotional activities, improvement projects, recruitment efforts, etc. promotion for historic downtown is provided through a program of festive events, promotion of downtown opportunities through education, downtown wide promotions, etc. aesthetic improvements are made through coordinated signage, storefront displays, community equipment such as benches, planters, lighting, etc. communication among downtown business owners is also facilitated.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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: 90
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 33
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 89.6%; rating input score 90
  • Program expense ratio: 90%; rating input score 90

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 0.5%; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.69; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 50.8%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.3% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.7% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.3% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 89.6% of revenue deployed · 90% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $60K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 14 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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 45/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 38/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 3/100.