Sandy River Basin Watershed Council

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
931294148
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2022
Forms available
Form 990 2020, Form 990-EZ 2022
Location
Portland, OR, USA
Phone
5038536647
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Alliance/Advocacy Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,207
Expenses
$76,583
Assets
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

People named in this filing

  • MARGARET FILARDO (CHAIR OF BOA)
  • GERALD MURPHY (VICE CHAIR)
  • JULIE DILEONE (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 2022. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The sandy river basin watershed council works to inform and bring together interested citizens and stakeholders to plan and implement project to improve watershed health and restore populations of salmon that are listed under the endangered species act. The watershed council is the local lead for implementing the Oregon plan for salmon and watersheds.

What it reported doing in 2022

Watershed planning and assessment: local and basin-wide planning efforts to identify and prioritize actions to improve and restore watershed health, fish & wildlife habitat, reduction of flood risk, improvement of stormwater facilities and outreach and education to landowners. The council partners with the us forrest service, bureau of land management, portland water bureau, city of portland, Oregon metro and a range of non-governmental organization.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 99% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 95
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 2
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 86%; rating input score 86

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -2,288%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 21.6%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -6.7% per year; rating input score 0; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 9.3% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -10.5% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 86% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $66K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2010 to 2022
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • 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 1/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 8/100.