Sahale Outdoors

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
881998115
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Fife, WA, USA
Rating
91
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Environmental Education and Outdoor Survival Programs

Reported finances

Revenue
$161,773
Expenses
$128,855
Assets
$32,918

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Taylor Burr (Board Chair)
  • Margaret Howell (Vice Chair and Secretary)
  • Yolanda Rucker (Member-at-Large)

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

Sahale Outdoors provides inclusive outdoor education and adventure programs that remove barriers to nature access foster belonging and support youth development through hands-on learning and leadership experiences.

What it reported doing in 2025

Sahale Outdoors provided outdoor education and afterschool programming in partnership with local schools including Tacoma Public Schools and Title I sites. Programs included hands-on environmental education nature-based STEM learning and leadership development through weekly sessions and school-day instruction. Approximately 300 youth participated with a focus on low-income and BIPOC students. Transportation meals and gear were provided to reduce barriers to participation.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 60% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filed totals do not add up and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 91
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 48
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 84.7%; rating input score 85
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 20.3%; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.26; rating input score 23; 23rd 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: 29.2% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -4.4% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 68.6% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 84.7% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $137K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 7 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 — Transparency & Controls: Part III program expenses within total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 23/100.