Herland Forest

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
465126450
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Wahkiacus, WA, USA
Phone
5096306848
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Cemeteries

Reported finances

Revenue
$148,583
Expenses
$87,999
Assets
$330,342

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Walt Patrick (President)

People named in this filing

  • Walt Patrick (President)
  • Opalyn Brenger (Secretary / Treasurer)
  • Elizabeth Fournier (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Operating a natural burial cemetery.

What it reported doing in 2024

Providing natural burial services.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 88% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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

SUPPORTED - A large share of total spending goes to programs and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 71
  • Transparency & Controls: 74
  • Sustainability: 70
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 56.2%; rating input score 56
  • Program expense ratio: 96.6%; rating input score 97

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 40.8%; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.75; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 59.1%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.6% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 13% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 27.9% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 56.2% of revenue deployed · 96.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $85K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2022 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 8 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 56/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 3/100.