Rural Organizing Project

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
931159856
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Cottage Grove, OR, USA
Phone
5035438417
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Intergroup, Race Relations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,547,825
Expenses
$1,532,546
Assets
$2,622,442
Liabilities
$38,081

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • HANNAH HARROD (CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • EMMA RONAI-DURNING (CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • JESSICA CAMPBELL (FORMER EXEC. DIR. (THROUGH 10/2024)): $147,079 total reported compensation
  • HANNAH HARROD (CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $119,321 total reported compensation
  • EMMA RONAI-DURNING (CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $89,935 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Our mission is to strengthen the skills, resources and vision of primary leadership in local autonomous human dignity groups with a goal of keeping such groups a vibrant source for a just democracy.

What it reported doing in 2024

Community resource centers as a hub for advancing democracy: rop, in partnership with the hood river latino network, opened its newest field office in the columbia river gorge in 2024 and in the 24-25 fiscal year, rop increased the capacity of our two community centers, the immigrant help center in the columbia river gorge region, and the community building center serving south lane county communities. Our community centers are part of a broader strategy to mobilize effective responses to threats against immigrants and other targeted communities, and to build a people-centered movement for justice. The spaces serve as cultural resources, training and event hubs, and vehicles for fostering community leadership development. (continued on schedule o) we connect with local leaders who come together to problem-solve and identify community solutions that defend the rights of latinos and immigrants and advance social justice for all. Center-hosted community events include the annual hood river latino fest, which brought over 1000 attendees together in last august. The community building center in south lane county specifically serves as a regional community center and the home for our statewide rural movement, rop's administrative and financial functions, and most of our translation work. Rop's commitment to language justice ensures that our written and recorded resources are available in english, spanish, and mam (an indigenous guatemalan language).

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 93% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 98% 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 some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 63
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 86
  • Sustainability: 45
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 66.7%; rating input score 67
  • Program expense ratio: 66.2%; rating input score 66
  • Fundraising efficiency: $8.03 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 31; 31st 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; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • 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: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • 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: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 1%; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.71; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 23.3%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8.8% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.2% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 11.1% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 66.7% of revenue deployed · 66.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 6 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $147K · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2019 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 2 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: Fundraising efficiency scored 31/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 39/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 11/100.