Thurston Life Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
274155723
IRS 990 coverage
2023–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Springfield, OR, USA
Phone
5417296726
Rating
55
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Family Services

Reported finances

Revenue
$903,136
Expenses
$10,773
Assets
$1,526,903
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Ron Sauer (Chair)
  • Kurtis Bonar (Vice Chair)
  • Jim Christian (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. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Helping Youth and Families navigate life through experiencing hospitality, healing and health. Engaging in intentional relationships and collaborative partnerships to serve and celebrate our community.

What it reported doing in 2024

Build, develop and/or purchase a faith based resource center for kids to gather and grow in the greater Thurston/Springfield Community.Provide integrated and accessible mental health support services for youth and families through the development of strategic partnerships with industry professionals.Develop a sustainable business model to financially support the ongoing operations of the center.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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

MIXED - 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 a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 11
  • Transparency & Controls: 85
  • Accountability: 76
  • Sustainability: 96
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0.4%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 33%; rating input score 33
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 8th 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 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 98.8%; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 141.73; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 200% per year; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 35.3% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 82.6% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0.4% of revenue deployed · 33% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $4K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $116K reported
  • Consistency: 15 of 16 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 33/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.