Oregon Recreation and Park Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237332834
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Lake Oswego, OR, USA
Phone
5035345673
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$636,589
Expenses
$600,915
Assets
$473,258
Liabilities
$120,634

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

Leadership & pay

27 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MEGAN BIG JOHN (BOARD PRESIDENT (BEG. 10/25))
  • JAMIE INGLIS (BOARD PRESIDENT (THRU 10/25))
  • JAMIE INGLIS (BOARD PAST PRESIDENT (BEG. 10/25))
  • SKYLER ARCHIBALD (BOARD PAST PRESIDENT (THRU 10/25))
  • SABRINA TAYLOR-SCHMITT (BOARD PRESIDENT-ELECT (BEG. 10/25))
  • MEGAN BIG JOHN (BOARD PRESIDENT-ELECT (THRU 10/25))

Highest reported compensation

  • AMANDA PARSONS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $95,189 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Oregon recreation and park association (opra) mission is to support the recreation and park profession in Oregon through leadership, education, advocacy and member services.

What it reported doing in 2025

Orpa educational programing: as a trade association dedicated to advancing the park and recreation profession, orpa's educational programming is central to its exempt purpose. The organization delivers a comprehensive portfolio of in-person and virtual learning opportunities designed to build professional competencies, support certification, and strengthen workforce capacity across Oregon.continued on schedule o. In 2025, orpa hosted nine in-person workshops serving 413 professionals, including the launch of three new programs: maintenance institute, parkcore: administrative leadership, and the aquatics professionals summit. These offerings provided targeted, role-specific training and hands-on learning experiences that addressed critical operational and leadership needs within the field.orpa also expanded its virtual learning opportunities, delivering 22 webinars and online educational sessions to 459 professionals. New content areas included a board development webinar series, supporting governance excellence and leadership effectiveness among agencies and organizations.additionally, orpa enhanced learning within its section meetings by integrating structured peer-to-peer education with networking opportunities, increasing accessibility to professional development and fostering stronger connections among practitioners.collectively, these programs provided measurable opportunities for skill development, knowledge exchange, and continuing education units (ceus), directly supporting professional growth and improving the quality of park and recreation services delivered to communities statewide.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 71
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 84
  • Sustainability: 38
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 75%; rating input score 75
  • Program expense ratio: 79.2%; rating input score 79
  • Fundraising efficiency: $8.95 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings

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: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • 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: 5.6%; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.79; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.25; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 15.8%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 11.3% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 11% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9.6% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 75% of revenue deployed · 79.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 16 of 16 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $476K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $95K · 27 people listed
  • Consistency: 27 of 27 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2019 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 31/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 46/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 36/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 22/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 23/100.