Northwest Requirements Utilities

Legal name: Northwest Energy Supply Cooperative

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
270231596
IRS 990 coverage
2016–2025
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Portland, OR, United States
Phone
(503) 233-5823
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Religious Media, Communications
Affiliation
Religious (unspecified)

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$0
Expenses
$5,975
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JIM WEBB (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • MAX BEACH (DIRECTOR)
  • JASEN BRONEC (DIRECTOR)
  • JEFF CROMIE (SECRETARY/TR)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

NRU advocates on behalf of its members for cost-effective and reliable wholesale power supply and transmission service (including transfer service). NRU educates and informs members and other stakeholders about BPA and other regional power supply and transmission issues. NIU logoPress Releases “Collaboration Over Litigation” Encouraged as February 6 U.S. District Court Date Looms for Future Columbia River System Operations A diverse coalition prepares to vigorously support the Northwest’s hydropower system in federal court, while renewing calls for regional leaders to join them in finding sustainable solutions that put collaboration over litigation. NIU logoPress Releases Northwest Requirements Utilities Files Strong Opposition to Columbia River System Operations Motions for Preliminary Injunction The Northwest Requirements Utilities joined fellow public power stakeholders today in...

What it reported doing in 2025

Provided support services and options for future supply of non-federal power to the organization's members.

Operating model

Revenue model
No positive adjusted resources. The filing reports no positive adjusted operating resources.
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

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 47
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 70
  • Sustainability: 8
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: 63.3%; rating input score 63
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

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: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Scored; rating input score 0

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 13.8% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 13.8% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9.1% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 63.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $4K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes related organizations
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2016 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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.

  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 3/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Related-party transparency scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 58/100.