Oregon State Public Interest Research Group Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 930855897
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Portland, OR, USA
- Phone
- 5032314181
- Rating
- 71
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $2,046,167
- Expenses
- $983,607
- Assets
- $16,415,198
- Liabilities
- $302,720
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- CHARLIE FISHER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- TARA CELESTE MEIFFREN-SWANGO (TREASURER): $92,626 total reported compensation
- CHARLIE FISHER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $74,859 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The purpose or purposes for which the corporation is organized are: (1) to engage in non-partisan analysis, study or research of such issues of general public interest as environmental preservation and consumer protection; (2) to make available to the public a full and fair exposition of the pertinent facts and independent conclusions; (3) to promote beneficial social change in the state of Oregon.
What it reported doing in 2024
Public education and outreach services: recruiting volunteers, distributing educational literature, conducting surveys and discussing the following issues with the public:-consumer protection-reining in the high cost of health care-advocating for zero waste policies in Oregon
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Membership-supported. 70% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 97% 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
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 fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 46
- Transparency & Controls: 94
- Accountability: 76
- Sustainability: 85
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 36.3%; rating input score 36
- Program expense ratio: 65.6%; rating input score 66
- Fundraising efficiency: $8.43 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 32; 32nd 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: 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: 66.7%; rating input score 67; 11th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
- 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: Fail
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 51.9%; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 16.69; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 9.2%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 2.5% per year; rating input score 100; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3.2% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 7% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 36.3% of revenue deployed · 65.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 2 of 3 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $646K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $93K · 5 people listed
- Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $740K reported
- Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 31 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 36/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 32/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Audit committee oversight not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 33/100.