Wallowa Avalanche Center

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
270629885
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2019
Location
Joseph, OR, USA
Phone
9194485963
Rating
67
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Safety Education

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$118,628
Expenses
$101,172
Assets
$101,268
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Victor McNeil (Director, Officer, Employee, Forecaster, Instructor)
  • Julian Pridmore-Brown (Deputy Director, Officer, Board Member)
  • Caitlin Rushlow (Treasurer, Officer)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Education

What it reported doing in 2024

Provided avalanche forecasting, observations and awareness presentations throughout the winter season. From Nov 12 to Apr 13 WAC provided 299 avalanche forecasts across four zones, 104 general advisories across four zones, 1 avalanche warning, 159 snowpack observations (48 from Forecasters; 15 from Pro Observers), and 4 avalanche awareness presentations to 120 people. Expenses include payment for Forecasters, Professional Observers, Awareness Presentations, and field instrumentation. Stipends are also provided for forecasting mileage.

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 - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. 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: 52
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 58
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 49.1%; rating input score 49
  • Program expense ratio: 57.6%; rating input score 58

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 14.7%; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 48.5%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 16.3% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 12.5% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 11.5% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 49.1% of revenue deployed · 57.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $58K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 14 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 7 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 49/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 58/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 59/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 5/100.