Pacific Northwest Logging Museum

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
364644543
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2008
Location
Salem, OR, USA
Phone
5039318810
Rating
69
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
History Museums

Reported finances

Revenue
$37,034
Expenses
$12,528
Assets
$443,601

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

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KURTIS RENTZ (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • WALT SHIELDS (DIRECTOR)
  • SCOTT HAYES (DIRECTOR)
  • KEVIN SMITH (TREASURER)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To promote the interest and education of the public through the preservation, collection, display, and interpretation of historic operational logging equipment, tools, memorabilia and other pertinent materials. A further purpose is to recognize the role of the logging industry in the social and economic development of the pacific northwest and to illustrate the evolution of logging technologies and practices from the past and into the future.

What it reported doing in 2024

The museum obtains equipment donations and provides logging skill demonstrations to promote the interest and education of the public, and the preservation of pacific northwest logging artifacts and history. In addition, the museum hosted the 2024 Oregon future natural resources leaders convention.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 66% 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.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 58
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 80
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 34.1%; rating input score 34
  • Program expense ratio: 99.4%; rating input score 99

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 66.2%; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 35.41; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 12.3% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -6.8% per year; rating input score 0; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.4% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 34.1% of revenue deployed · 99.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $12K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 34/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.