Oregon Mycological Society
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 936022987
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2017–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2016
- Location
- Portland, OR, USA
- Rating
- 78
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $89,156
- Expenses
- $82,215
- Assets
- $243,126
- Liabilities
- $7,730
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- RACHEL ZIERDT (VICE PRESIDENT)
- ROGER FINGER (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- SHANA HIRST (DIRECTOR)
- RACHEL ZIERDT (VICE PRESIDENT)
- ERIKA JENSEN (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Mycology education
What it reported doing in 2025
Multiple fields trips throughout the year and two weekend long retreats revolving around mushroom identification and cultivation. 400 participants
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 73% for direct work, and 27% for grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Expenses are high relative to revenue and liabilities are high compared with assets.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 61
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 58
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 59.8%; rating input score 60
- Program expense ratio: 62.2%; rating input score 62
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 7.8%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.96; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 8.7% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3.6% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 12.2% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 59.8% of revenue deployed · 62.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $51K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 9 filing years from 2017 to 2025
- 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.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 57/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 20/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.