Willamette Resources and Educational Network
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 931287717
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2012–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2011, Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Eugene, OR, USA
- Phone
- 5416034774
- Rating
- 90
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Water Resource, Wetlands Conservation and Management
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $105,752
- Expenses
- $124,596
- Assets
- $38,563
- Liabilities
- $4,320
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- RYAN COLLAY (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- RYAN COLLAY (PRESIDENT)
- ERIC NILL (TREASURER)
- ERIC ROYER (SECRETARY)
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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To promote conservation and stewardship of the critical willamette valley habitats through educational programs for learners of all ages. Our work is bolstered by our strong network of environmentally conscious nonprofit and government partners. We strongly believe that the work of conserving our native habitats cannot be done without a community of like-minded professionals and engaged neighbors. We pride ourselves in giving community members and students opportunities to learn, teach, research, create, dream, explore, speak out, and thereby make a difference.
What it reported doing in 2025
Education, stewardship, restoration and research activities involving the natural environment. Increasing the public awareness of the natural world. Classroom outreach programs and field trips for grades k-12. Community programs for all ages including wetland wanders and family exploration days.
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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 90
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 21
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 96%; rating input score 96
- Program expense ratio: 81.5%; rating input score 81
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -17.8%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.31; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.11; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 9.4% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 4.9% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -15% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 96% of revenue deployed · 81.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $102K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2012 to 2025
- 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 8/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 27/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 20/100.