Shady Pines Radio

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
884221105
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Portland, OR, USA
Phone
3106126129
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts, Culture, and Humanities

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$161,531
Expenses
$141,305
Assets
$4,919
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Brian Bauer (President, Director, Station Manager)
  • Callie Bauer (Vice President, Director, Assistant Station Manager)

People named in this filing

  • Brian Bauer (President, Director, Station Manager)
  • Callie Bauer (Vice President, Director, Assistant Station Manager)
  • Sara Fischer (Secretary, Treasurer, Director)

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

Shady Pines Radio is an internet community radio station and live event production group, teaching members of the community how to do radio broadcasting and show production. We aim to lift up local talent, and build up and energize the local arts culture.

What it reported doing in 2025

Shady Pines Festival was our largest program service accomplishment of 2025 as measured by expense. The festival's objective was to bolster the local music culture by spotlighting excellent local artists, and provide a unique opportunity for the Shady Pines Radio community to gather in person and celebrate local music, art, and community radio. We measure this event's success in the amount of community involvement we saw. Of the 844 people in attendance, nearly three quarters were involved in the production of the festival as a volunteer, performer, vendor, or staff member.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and assets have declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 79
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 40
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 74.8%; rating input score 75
  • Program expense ratio: 85.5%; rating input score 85

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 12.5%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.03; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 33.1%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 44.4% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 20% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -28.2% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 74.8% of revenue deployed · 85.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $121K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 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: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 7/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 11/100.