The Joseph B Vandervelden Foundation C/o George Vandehey President
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 201226604
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2016–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025
- Location
- Forest Grove, OR, USA
- Phone
- 5099568412
- Rating
- 73
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Corporate Foundations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $308,979
- Expenses
- $176,528
- Assets
- $4,870,001
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- CATHY KEATHLEY (VICE PRESIDENT)
- GEORGE VANDEHEY (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- CATHY KEATHLEY (VICE PRESIDENT): $3,000 total reported compensation
- CHARMAINE KROUT (TREASURER): $3,000 total reported compensation
- GEORGE VANDEHEY (PRESIDENT): $3,000 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Provide funds for student scholarships at pacific university in forest grove, or.
What it reported doing in 2025
Funded $139,799 for pacific university scholarships
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Investment-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from recurring investment income.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. 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: 53
- Transparency & Controls: 93
- Accountability: 72
- Sustainability: 82
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 48.1%; rating input score 48
- Program expense ratio: 79.2%; rating input score 79
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 3 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 33
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- 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: 42.9%; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 27.59; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 8.5%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 6.2% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 2.4% per year; rating input score 100; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 2.2% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 48.1% of revenue deployed · 79.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 3 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $140K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $3K · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 14 of 14 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes grants
- Filing history: 10 filing years from 2016 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 6 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- 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 48/100.
- Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 8 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 28/100.