Orcas Power & Light Cooperative

Nonprofit profile at a glance

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

16 people listed

J FOSTER HILDRETH (GENERAL MANAGER): $791,700 total reported compensation
NANCY LOOMIS (MANAGER OF FINANCE & MEMBER SERVICES): $328,174 total reported compensation
RUSSELL GUERRY (MANAGER OF ENGINEERING & OPERATIONS): $320,531 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

To provide safe, reliable, and affordable electric service to our members while promoting energy efficiency and community well-being.

Sale of electrical service to members which includes an energy conservation program.

Revenue model: Earned-program. 97% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model: Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

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

Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Pass
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
Foreign activity oversight: Limited
Grant itemization coverage: Limited
Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Operating margin: 0.2%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.64; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.62; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 6.7%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings

Program expense growth: Limited
Revenue growth: 5.7% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: 7.1% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings

What they do: 4 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
Leadership: top reported pay $792K · 16 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $17.1M reported
Consistency: 11 of 11 current checks pass
Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors, executive pay, and related organizations
Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
Contacts: How to reach this organization
Money network: 16 filed money-flow records
Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
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.

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