Friends of Netarts Bay Watershed Estuary Beach and Sea

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
562624972
IRS 990 coverage
2024–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2023, Form 990-N 2015
Location
Netarts, OR, USA
Phone
5412318041
Rating
58
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Water Resource, Wetlands Conservation and Management

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$634,760
Expenses
$205,446
Assets
$598,015
Liabilities
$6,835

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Michael Krall (President)
  • Roger Miller (Vice President)

Highest reported compensation

  • Chrissy Smith (Executive Dir.): $78,443 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Working to sustain the netarts bay area through education and stewardship.

What it reported doing in 2024

2024 youth education field trips and programs: in 2024, webs provided educational programs to 2,951 youth ranging from kindergarten through high school. Programming included 51 in-class presentations and 11 field trip events, reaching students and teachers from three public schools, two private schools, and several homeschool groups. Webs also co-hosted two volunteer training events related to youth education.nature-based community workshops, science, and stewardship projects: webs offered 51 community and stewardship events in 2024, including 28 free community education programs. These events featured presentations and field excursions led by researchers focused on topics such as kelp, fish populations, and shellfish in netarts bay.in recognition of native american heritage month, webs hosted a series of cultural events, including a presentation on the lifeways of the tillamook, the first annual native american marketplace, and a basket-making workshop in partnership with kalapuya weaving & consulting and agency creek expressions.webs conducted 23 stewardship events in 2024, including habitat restoration projects and ongoing community science efforts. Activities included native plantings at cape lookout, invasive ivy removal on state park property, and monthly marine debris monitoring.volunteer and partner engagement: webs held six training events in 2024 to prepare volunteers and partners to support school programs, community education, and science initiatives. In total, volunteers and partners contributed approximately 1,600 hours in support of the organization's mission.

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 some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 31
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 58
  • Sustainability: 75
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 20.1%; rating input score 20
  • Program expense ratio: 59.5%; rating input score 59
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: 0 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 67.6%; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.91; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 38.2%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 54.9% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 53.1% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 20.1% of revenue deployed · 59.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 0 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $122K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $78K · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 25 of 25 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 20/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 6 not reported.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 59/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 4/100.