RRV Forum Group Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 200571312
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2014–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Penngrove, CA, USA
- Phone
- 7074330955
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Boards of Trade
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $165,000
- Expenses
- $170,983
- Assets
- $13,685
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
People named in this filing
- Greg Morthole (Treasurer)
- Gabe Brezic (co-event chair)
- keith hammond (co-event chair)
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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The specific purpose of this corporation is to act as a business league of bonded winery members for the purpose of educating the public and wine professionals about the qualities, history and products of the region known as the Russian river valley American viticultural area, as defined by 27 cfr part 9.
What it reported doing in 2025
Russian river valley (RRV) pinot forum: One of the organizations means of implementing its goals is through the holding of annual meeting and seminar for invited influential wine professionals. This activity, which is an outgrowth of a similar educational event pioneered by a group of RRV American viticultural area (AVA); pinot noir. The annual pinot forum was held in august. Influential wine directors and sommeliers from around the county were invited to participate. In a three day period, several educational events were held that included explanation of the unique climate, geology and growing conditions of the RRV, including the nature of its subregions, tours of vineyards in the subregions of the rrv ava, tasting of wines from the subregions, and food and wine pairings that accentuated the value of pinot noir to the food industry. A compendium of data about the rrv ava was prepared and given to the attendees as a study guide. This educational seminar benefits the attendees, the consumers that patronize their establishments and, indirectly, the wineries that produce wine from the rrv ava, as well as the many grape growers in the region.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
The verdict
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 21
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -3.6%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.08; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 3.5% per year; rating input score 100; 36th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 9.8% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 1 filed schedules
- Filing history: 11 filing years from 2014 to 2025
- 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.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 22/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 10/100.