Oregon Forest Industries Council
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 911776964
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Salem, OR, USA
- Phone
- 5033712942
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Business and Industry
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $4,687,612
- Expenses
- $4,188,459
- Assets
- $1,634,755
- Liabilities
- $230,209
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
35 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- CHRIS EDWARDS (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- CHRIS EDWARDS (PRESIDENT): $314,160 total reported compensation
- TYLER ERNST (GENERAL COUNSEL): $184,437 total reported compensation
- SETH BARNES (DIR FOREST POL): $143,000 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
See schedule oofic coordinates advocacy on behalf of its members to 1) maintain a positive, stable business operating environment for Oregon's forest products community and encourage long-term investments in healthy forests. 2) ensure a reliable supply from Oregon's public and private forestlands. 3) promote stewardship and sustainable management to maintain productivity and protect environmental values on all of Oregon's forestlands.
What it reported doing in 2024
Oregon forest industries council (ofic) provides the public and its members with current information on environmental issues impacting the forest products industry. Member interests are represented in the legislature and to regulatory agencies, boards and commissions.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 96% 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 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: NotEnoughData
- Transparency & Controls: 79
- Accountability: 86
- Sustainability: 42
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- 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: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 67
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 10.6%; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.39; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.14; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 18.7%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 9.9% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -0% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: 30 of 30 board members independent · 6 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $314K · 35 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 4 contractors listed · $2.4M reported
- Consistency: 13 of 13 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 11 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 5 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.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 9 not reported.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 13/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 14/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 52/100.