Oregon Fallen Badge Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
320361565
IRS 990 coverage
2015–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2012, Form 990-N 2014
Location
Wilsonville, OR, USA
Rating
62
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Support N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue
$369,582
Expenses
$64,486
Assets
$893,846
Liabilities
$46,263

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

Leadership & pay

15 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SHANE STRANGFIELD (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • DANESHIA BARRETT (DIRECTOR)
  • ERIC BUNDAY (VICE PRESIDE)
  • KIRSTEN CURTIS (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. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The past, present and future activities of the Oregon fallen badge foundation will include the following: the foundation will provide support for the planning and execution of law enforcement memorial services throughout the state of Oregon to ensure that fallen officers are given the full honors to which they are entitled, responding to any Oregon law enforcement agency's request for assistance in planning and coordinating law enforcement memorial services, maintaining the highest order of honor, tradition and ceremony within the greater law enforcement community, providing the highest level of tribute and honor to fallen officers, establishing protocol that fits within established military and law enforcement ceremonial standards for memorial services, answering questions about the history of honor guard units and their roles in policing, educating the public about traditions and decorum of law enforcement professionals, and providing assistance to the survivors and families of law e

What it reported doing in 2024

Golf tournament: this will be an annual fundraising and educational event. We intend to raise funds with admission fees, food, beverage sales, hole sponsorships, silent auction and donations. This event will encourage and foster the goals of the foundation of honor, tradition and ceremony within the Oregon law enforcement community during the event. Direct solicitation: the board members will directly solicit businesses, organizations and individuals directly associated with law enforcement within the state of Oregon. The businesses that directly benefit from relationships with Oregon law enforcement agencies and individuals will be targeted. Local, state and national organizations that have relationships with Oregon law enforcement will be targeted. All local, state and federal law enforcement personnel past, present and future will be targeted for donations. Banquet/auction: this will be an annual fund raising and education event, as practical. We intend to raise funds with seat sales, table sponsorships and auction sales. This event will encourage and foster the goals of the foundation of honor, tradition and ceremony within the Oregon law enforcement community during the event. Mess dinner & honor guard training: these events are held occassionaly as an additional way of encouragng the goals of the foundation of honor, tradition and ceremony within the Oregon law enforcement community during the event.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 96% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 40
  • Transparency & Controls: 86
  • Accountability: 64
  • Sustainability: 85
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 18.6%; rating input score 19
  • Program expense ratio: 87.2%; rating input score 87
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
    • 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: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 82.6%; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 13.86; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.05; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -16.4% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 12.6% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 19.6% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 18.6% of revenue deployed · 87.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 16 of 16 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $56K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 15 people listed
  • Consistency: 21 of 22 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2015 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 19/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 32/100.