Hood River County Christmas Project
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 262863654
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2021–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2019
- Location
- Hood River, OR, USA
- Phone
- 5039368422
- Rating
- 91
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Family Services
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $184,877
- Expenses
- $144,501
- Assets
- $155,125
- Liabilities
- $24
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Heather Walker (President)
- Lindsey Holmson (Vice-President)
People named in this filing
- Heather Walker (President)
- Lindsey Holmson (Vice-President)
- Tracey Tomashpol (Treasurer)
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
December is a stressful time for people alone or in need of food assistance. Our project alleviates some of that stress by providing extra holiday food that does not reduce benefits from other programs. Those we serve represent about 14% of the entire county's population. More than 93% of funds raised are spent directly on staples for food boxes, gift cards for purchasing fresh food, children's toys and gift cards, and toiletries. With our dual-language online form, more than 90% of our clients register successfully on their own. For language, literacy and access issues, we provide phone or in-person assistance. For clients without transportation, we arrange volunteer delivery to their homes, to the local shelter serving unhoused persons, and to a senior subsidized housing complex. Hispanic board members/volunteers advise regarding serving our latinx community, ensuring foods are culturally appropriate for the holidays.
What it reported doing in 2025
Provided food baskets, gift cards, and toys to more than 950 households in Hood River County.
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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Liabilities are high compared with assets.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 86
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 65
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 78.3%; rating input score 78
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 21.8%; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.07; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 15% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 9.8% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 5.1% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 78.3% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $145K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 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.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 48/100.