Friends of the Historic Columbia River H

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
205270198
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2017–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2014
Location
Bridal Veil, OR, USA
Phone
5032275638
Rating
39
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Historical Societies, Related Historical Activities

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$45,197
Expenses
$8,226
Assets
$417,255
Liabilities
$45

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Jeanette Kloos (President)

People named in this filing

  • Jeanette Kloos (President)
  • Dick Weber (Director)
  • Joel Huffman (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The Friends of the Historic Columbia River Highway support the restoration and reconnection of the historic highway through the Columbia River Gorge. Our vision is to educate the public about the historic highway (Remember), advocate for the restoration and preservation of the existing drivable portions to their splendid 1920s appearance (Restore), and using funds raised to Reconnect drivable portions with pedestrian and bicycle accessible trails creating a continuous route through the Columbia River Gorge while Reviving the economies of the local communities.

What it reported doing in 2025

1.Education of the public, including: Display at 25 Edgefield concerts. 2.Distribution of organization information at various events. 3.Gorge Ride (education and fundraiser) introducing participants to the Historic Columbia River Highway and Historic Columbia River Highway State Trail through a scenic bike ride was cancelled because of the Rowen Fire Highway closed. 4.Adopted the Historic Columbia River Highway State Trail through the Oregon Parks and Recreation Departments Adopt a Park program. Four parties were held. We donated an additional 84 hours for Gorge Ride planning, plus 40 hours of other including work parties and antique car tour.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 70% 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

REVIEW - 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: 1
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 85
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0.6%; rating input score 1
  • Program expense ratio: 2%; rating input score 2

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 81.8%; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 50.72; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -23.8% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -8.6% per year; rating input score 0; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.9% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0.6% of revenue deployed · 2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $168 in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2017 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 1/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 31/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.