Go Alliance FY2023 filing

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Portland, OR501(c)(3)Since 2020EnvironmentEIN 85-4329332

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PUBLIC EDUCATION ON FIRE SAFETY, FORESTS, WATER, CLIMATE AND SCIENCE. Green Oregon Alliance advances evidence-based solutions that help people, communities, and policymakers better understand wildfire, prepare homes and neighborhoods for fire, protect forests and watersheds, and communicate complex science in ways that inspire informed action.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
90¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$127K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2023 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 4
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $71K a year · 24% of revenue · last 4 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 2 of the last 4 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 4 filings
Spent on programs
90%
of spending
Looks good: 90% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$127K
to officers and key staff · 52% of spending
Concern: pay to officers and key staff is 52% of spending; over 30%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
11 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 11.4 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
4
named funders · $115K
Looks good: 4 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$9K
3% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 3% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
1
of 3 voting members
Worth a look: 1 of 3 voting members are independent, under half.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$237K
-37% vs prior year
Spent
$243K
To programs
90%
Net assets
$240K
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$237K
FY2023▼ -37%
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$15K
FY2022$379K
FY2023$237K
FY2024$70K
FY2025$497K
Expenses
$243K
FY2023▲ +77%
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021Not on file
FY2022$137K
FY2023$243K
FY2024$199K
FY2025$322K
Net assets
$240K
FY2023▼ -2%
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$3K
FY2022$245K
FY2023$240K
FY2024$111K
FY2025$286K

From the FY2023 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jan 2022.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

90 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 90% · $218K Management & general 4% · $10K Fundraising 6% · $15K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

3 people listed on the 990; $127K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Director, President, Executive Director
$67,000Pt VII · Sec A
Director, Secretary, Employee
$60,000Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Ralph O Bloemers’s $67K as Director, Treasurer, Executive Director is at the 94th percentile of top reported officer pay among 135 <$100K environment nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Ralph O Bloemers$67,000$67,000$67,000$33,500
Pearl Jennings—$60,000$60,000$25,000

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Educates the public about fire safety, forests, water, climate, and science.

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1 program · $218K · in their own filed words · FY2023
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Go Alliance reached tens of thousands of people in Oregon and throughout the nation through its online presence and communications on forests, water, climate, wildfire safety and science. Go Alliance worked with expert scientists to help them communicate their published work on forests, carbon, wildfire & community safety to the general…

$218Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
Environment NowFY2024$20K
Total grants receivedfrom 4 funders$115K
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By the numbers

The FY2023 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$237K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$209K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$27K
Other incomeLn 4–11$1K
Money outPt IX
$243K
Ln 25
Programscol B$218K
Managementcol C$10K
Fundraisingcol D$15K
Owns and owesPt X
$240K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$230K
Total assetsLn 16$248K
LiabilitiesLn 26$9K
PeoplePt VI, VII
3
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a3
IndependentVI 1b1
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$209K
Government grantsLn 1e$1K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$0
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Fees for servicesLn 2g$27K
Investment incomeLn 3$79
Other incomeLn 4–11$1K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$237K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$228K
SavingsLn 2$2K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$230K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$248K
LiabilitiesLn 26$9K
Net assetsLn 32$240K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 52
VolunteersI 67
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY23End FY23
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$245K$230K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0$0
Total assetsLn 16$245K$248K
LiabilitiesLn 26$96$9K
Net assetsLn 32$245K$240K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$76K$61K$4K$11K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0$0$0$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$60K$57K$3K$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0$0$0$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$9K$8K$448$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$12K$11K$120$1K
Management feesLn 11a$0$0$0$0
Legal feesLn 11b$2K$2K$0$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$2K$0$2K$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0$0$0$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0$0$0$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$34K$34K$0$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$5K$5K$0$0
Office expensesLn 13$24K$22K$243$2K
Information technologyLn 14$0$0$0$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0$0$0$0
OccupancyLn 16$0$0$0$0
TravelLn 17$10K$10K$0$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0$0$0$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0$0$0$0
InterestLn 20$0$0$0$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0$0$0$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0$0$0$0
InsuranceLn 23$217$195$2$20
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$8K$8K$0$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$243K$218K$10K$15K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $497K$322K$176K$286K 990 PDF
FY2024 $70K$199K−$129K$111K 990 PDF
FY2023 Viewing $237K$243K−$5K$240K 990 PDF
FY2022 $379K$137K$242K$245K 990 PDF
FY2021 $15K$3K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2023 990 (5 parts)
Part I · Summary $237,488 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $365,647$209,074
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $13,287$27,180
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $45$79
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$1,155
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $378,979$237,488
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $70,806$156,916
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $66,050$85,859
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $136,856$242,775
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $242,123−$5,287
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $237,488 across 15 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $1,155 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$0
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$1,340
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$207,734
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$0
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$209,074
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $27,180 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$27,180
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $79$79
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $28,335 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $79$237,488
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $242,775 across 30 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $0$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $0$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $0$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for membersPrograms $0$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $60,752 · Management $3,797 · Fundraising $11,391$75,940
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $57,000 · Management $3,000 · Fundraising $0$60,000
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $8,493 · Management $448 · Fundraising $0$8,941
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $10,832 · Management $120 · Fundraising $1,083$12,035
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $2,003 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$2,003
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $2,139 · Fundraising $0$2,139
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $0$0
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $34,145 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$34,145
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $5,087 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$5,087
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $21,753 · Management $243 · Fundraising $2,175$24,171
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-17 TravelPrograms $10,319 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$10,319
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officialsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-20 InterestPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliatesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $195 · Management $2 · Fundraising $20$217
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $7,778 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$7,778
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $218,357 · Management $9,749 · Fundraising $14,669$242,775
Part X · Balance sheet $248,126 assets, 22 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $242,900$228,035
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $2,001$2,002
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $0$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $0$18,089
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $0$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $0$0
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $0$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $0$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $244,901$248,126
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $96$8,608
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $0$0
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $0$0
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $0$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $96$8,608
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $143,179$209,802
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $101,626$29,716
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $244,805$239,518
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $244,901$248,126
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $239,518 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$237,488
XI-2 Total expenses$242,775
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$5,287
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$244,805
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$0
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$0
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$239,518

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