Washington County Farm Bureau

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
930515824
IRS 990 coverage
2017–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2016
Location
Hillsboro, OR, USA
Phone
5037933924
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$96,267
Expenses
$95,303
Assets
$642,361
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BEN STADELMAN (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • ED BARTHOLEMY (BOARD OF DIR)
  • TJ BERNARDS (BOARD OF DIR)
  • LARRY DUYCK (BOARD OF DIR)

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

To advance and improve the economic, educational, social and cultural interests of agriculture including family and community development. Cooperate with other agencies such as Oregon farm bureau, usda and osu. To encourage and foster development of commodity marketing and purchase of services on a coop basis and to serve the economic needs of the membership.

What it reported doing in 2024

To assist the young farmers and ranchers program in cultivating strong leaders within the farm bureau organization. This program includes both men and women between the ages 18-35.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 57% for direct work, and 43% for grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 88
  • Transparency & Controls: 93
  • Accountability: 75
  • Sustainability: 58
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 94.1%; rating input score 94
  • Program expense ratio: 93.5%; rating input score 93
  • Fundraising efficiency: $7.22 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 46; 46th 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 98.5%; rating input score 98; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 1%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.74; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -6.3% per year; rating input score 0; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.8% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.2% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 94.1% of revenue deployed · 93.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 456 of 463 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 19 of 19 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes grants
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2017 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.

  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 46/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 57/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 55/100.