Hood River County Library District
Legal name: Hood River County Library Fdtn
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 931253154
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2011–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Nov 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2009
- Location
- Hood River, OR, United States
- Phone
- (541) 386-2535
- Rating
- 89
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Libraries
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $127,464
- Expenses
- $126,271
- Assets
- $29,062
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JEN BAYER (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- JEN BAYER (PRESIDENT)
- DAWN FITCHEN (VICE-PRESIDE)
- ANNE GEHRIG (SECRETARY)
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
The Hood River County Library Foundation supports the Hood River County Library District by raising funds and awareness to enhance library services and programs for the community.
What it reported doing in 2024
The hood river county library foundation continued to support literacy and access to library services for all county residents in 2024-2025. Thanks to the generous contributions of our donors, the foundation was able to: 1. Donate 3,000 to friends of library/hr reads 2. Donate 97,500 to the hood river library county library district, which enabled the district to: - collaborate with fish food bank to distribute free books to its food recipients - improve library services in the community of odell with a weekly pop-up library to provide - downloadable e-book and audiobook service library2go proivde movie licensing to show a variety of movies to teens and kids continue subscriptions for magazines and newspapers on topics for nearly any interest in both - english and spanish, for kids, teens, and adults - provide materials for the makerspace and items for the library of things
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 80% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 99
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 31
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 99.1%; rating input score 99
- 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: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 0.9%; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.23; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 2.2% per year; rating input score 100; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 5.9% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 7.4% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 8 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 3 operating locations identified
- Where the money goes: 99.1% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $126K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2011 to 2024
- 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: Operating margin scored 37/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 21/100.