Gorge Ecology Outdoors

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
931187452
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2022
Forms available
Form 990 2022, Form 990-EZ 2020
Location
Hood River, OR, USA
Phone
5413872274
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
General Science

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$327,831
Expenses
$284,062
Assets
$165,106
Liabilities
$43,182

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DAN HARKENRIDER (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • ADRIENNE ACOSTA (BOARD MEMBER)
  • DAN HARKENRIDER (PRESIDENT)
  • CATHERINE LOKE (CURRENT VP)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Environmental education/research

What it reported doing in 2022

Education project: implemented 35 weeks of science-based education programs to 3rd through 12th grade school students in both Oregon and Washington. These programs served a total of 1,022 students in three different counties with each student receiving a minimum of eight contact hours. Out-of-school education programs, including after school and summer programming, were provided to 226 elementary-aged youth in addition to 4 high school students. Each elementary-aged youth in the summer program received 65 contact hours in 10 contact days. A total of 9 volunteers participated in educational programming. Ongoing activities in habitat assessment, wildlife monitoring, and restoration continued.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 84
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 70
  • Sustainability: 49
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 79.8%; rating input score 80
  • Program expense ratio: 92.1%; rating input score 92
  • Fundraising efficiency: $49.87 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings

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: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • 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: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 13.4%; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.58; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.26; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 6.7% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 12.1% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 79.8% of revenue deployed · 92.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $262K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 21 of 21 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2011 to 2022
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 26/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 19/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.