Pacific Coast Salmon Coalition

What it reported doing in 2025

Restoration of Salmon Habitat Sites: Morganroth Springs -- As part of the Salmonid Screening Habitat Enhancement and Restoration (SSHEAR) program, a wooden water control structure was installed in Morganroth springs in 1991 with a fishway at the outlet of an existing shallow wetland. The control structure is 1.5 meters in height, and about 9 meters wide, with a central, stepped fishway. The structure was greatly deteriorated and failing on the left bank. The Pacific Coast Salmon Coalition (PCSC) and US Forest Service removed the deteriorated structure and restored the natural conditions and processes by installing three beaver dam analog structures, 50 individual logs, dug a side channel and expanded the wetland vegetation. This restoration work will provide fish passage for all species and life-stages, while also maintaining or improving rearing habitat for juvenile coho without the need for regular maintenance. We completed construction on the project in October 2025.Assessment and Survey Projects: Off Channel Habitat Assessment and Design: In 2022, three field crew members were recruited, hired, & trained; gear & monitoring equipment was purchased and acquired; online maps & data forms were developed; and assessment protocols were established. Field crew training included: project & salmonid screen, habitat enhancement & restoration (SSHEAR) site orientation; Map & data from development, utilization & troubleshooting training using ArcGIS only (AGO), field maps and Survey123; eDNA samples collection w/ the Northwest Fisheries Indian Commission (NWFIC) and Quileute Natural Resources. Assessment components & protocols were developed in collaboration with project sponsors and advisors from Wild Salmon Center, WA Dept of Fish & Wildlife, QNR, NWFIC. PCSC field crew members completed habitat characterization surveys at 22 sites. In addition to characterizing stream and riparian habitats during the habitat surveys, field crews mapped the stream and constructed structures. Additionally, stream and air temperature data loggers were installed in June at six priority sites, loggers were monitored and downloaded monthly, and removed in October. This data will be used to determine the seven-day average daily maximum temperature (7DADMT). During the last two weeks of October, field crews measured water height drops at controls and fishways. Field crews completed trainings and practiced skills related to topographic surveying, Civil3D designs, ArcGIS Pro, chainsaw safety and maintenance, and low-tech restoration techniques and planning. Office and administrative work included: map and data form development and maintenance, presentations at PCSC board meetings and the annual meeting, data management, photo organization, reporting, brochure development, and monitoring planning. This project was completed in June 2025.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 71.5%; rating input score 72
• Program expense ratio: 72.5%; rating input score 73
• Fundraising efficiency: $62.98 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Fail
  • Document-retention policy: Fail
  • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Missing
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 1.4%; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.21; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.82; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 16.6%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: -5.3% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: -1.1% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 2.4% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings