Outdoors for All Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
911085999
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Bellevue, WA, USA
Phone
2068386030
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Camps

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,978,113
Expenses
$4,220,806
Assets
$8,890,194
Liabilities
$1,181,584

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

Leadership & pay

22 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • AMY EFROYMSON (BOARD VICE PRESIDENT)
  • COLIN BRANDT (BOARD PRESIDENT)
  • ROGER REYNOLDS (IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT)
  • CLARK HALVORSON (PREVIOUS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • CONNOR INSLEE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • CLARK HALVORSON (PREVIOUS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $221,568 total reported compensation
  • CONNOR INSLEE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $163,834 total reported compensation
  • WENDY MOORE (FINANCE DIRECTOR): $56,185 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To enrich the quality of life for children and adults with disabilities through outdoor recreation. The outdoors for all foundation is a national leader and one of the largest nonprofit organizations providing year-round instruction in outdoor adaptive and therapeutic recreation for children and adults with disabilities since 1979.

What it reported doing in 2024

Cycling programs: outdoors for all has one of the largest fleets of adaptive cycles in the world, and served over 340 individuals this year with over 1100 experiences. These adaptive cycles are used in schools (through adaptive pe programs) and with many community partners (parks departments, hospitals, other nonprofits). The adaptive cycling center, based at magnuson park in seattle, operates seven days a week may through september, providing opportunities for people with disabilities to decrease social isolation and increase physical and mental well-being.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 75% 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 a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 60
  • Transparency & Controls: 95
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 37
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 67.5%; rating input score 68
  • Program expense ratio: 62.2%; rating input score 62
  • Fundraising efficiency: $4.24 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 5 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 83
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • 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: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • 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: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -6.1%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.11; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.13; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 10.5%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 7.4% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 8.1% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 17.1% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 67.5% of revenue deployed · 62.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 16 of 16 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $2.6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $222K · 22 people listed · 5 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 34 of 34 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • 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: Fundraising efficiency scored 14/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 18/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 28/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 53/100.