Siskiyou Outdoor Recreation Alliance
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 204805805
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2020–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2019
- Location
- Mt Shasta, CA, USA
- Phone
- 5309181180
- Rating
- 77
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Winter Sports
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,099,104
- Expenses
- $505,874
- Assets
- $1,536,495
- Liabilities
- $500,965
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DAVE TRICAMO (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- JUSTI HANSEN (EXECUTIVE DI): $58,650 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To create, enhance, and preserve outdoor recreation opportunities.
What it reported doing in 2024
Mt. Shasta nordic center - the organization operates the mt. Shasta nordic center, a cross country ski facility with 23.5 km of groomed nordic ski trails & 2 km of dedicated snowshoe trails. The facility is the only of its kind within a 200 mile radius and typically offers approximately 15 weeks of services during the winter season, providing an average of 5,000 user- days each winter. In addition to the trail network, the facility offers ski & snowshoe rental gear and ski instruction. Trail access is free to youth at all times and the organization provides a free 5-week learn-to-skate-ski series open to all ages. Educational programs offered through the nordic center include an annual youth ski program designed to progressively build skills for youth ages 6 and over, psia clinics for skiers looking to refine their classic and skate techniques, and multiple winter ecology events focused on learning about plant & wildlife strategies in the winter environment. The nordic center offers events free of charge to veterans and seniors and subsidized access to those in need. Each winter, the nordic center provides programs for regional schools, introducing 900 students annually to cross country skiing, snowshoeing, and winter ecology. To ensure access, the school program is provided at greatly reduced rates, and the organization subsidizes school transportation costs through grant funding.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 77% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 64
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 74
- Sustainability: 72
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 42.6%; rating input score 43
- Program expense ratio: 92.4%; rating input score 92
- Fundraising efficiency: $118.48 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 88; 88th 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: Limited
- 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: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 54%; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.04; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.33; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 11.6%; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 23% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 18.9% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 20.1% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 42.6% of revenue deployed · 92.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 3 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $467K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $59K · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 43/100.
- Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 7 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 23/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 32/100.