Wylde Wind & Water

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
880564803
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Hood River, OR, USA
Phone
3603852670
Rating
94
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Swimming & Other Water Recreation

Reported finances

Revenue
$193,017
Expenses
$222,130
Assets
$77,030
Liabilities
$650

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • FIONA WYLDE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • MATTHEW BARNETT (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • FIONA WYLDE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • MATTHEW BARNETT (PRESIDENT)
  • SVEA TRUAX (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

At wylde wind & water, we provide water sports education and opportunities to youth and adults with a focus on water safety and water quality awareness. As a 501(c)(3) non-profit, we aim to grow our local water sports community by championing humility, respect, and sportsmanship, both on and off the water.

What it reported doing in 2025

The goal of every program at wylde wind & water is to provide equitable access to outdoor physical activities that promote better health and emotional well being while creating a sense of community through joint experiences on the water.in 2025, our 4th season of operation, we conducted 17 programs with a total of 2,496 participants - 1,135 participants on the water for a total of 5,529 water hours, and 1,361 students in public school classrooms receiving presentations on our water safety awareness and water safety curriculum. Out of these total participants, our free weekly stand up paddle community programs had 309 participants, and our free weekly wing foil orientation had 302 participants. In addition our viento y agua program had 75 participants, and a women's free wing foil clinic had 81 participants over 3 days of programming. Various other individual programs and our fee based programs made up the rest of our participation numbers. We also had 1,300 volunteer hours and 92 students received free healthy and locally sourced lunch during the viento y agua program.

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

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: 99
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 20
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 96.7%; rating input score 97

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: -15.1%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.35; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 17.4%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 31.8% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.3% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -9.8% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 96.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $215K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 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.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 10/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 29/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 18/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 39/100.