To enhance the quality of life in the willamette valley by invigorating community cohesiveness, fostering cultural and educational opportunities, creating a living history and increasing tourism.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
63¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$83K 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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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
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $29K a year · 6% of revenue · last 5 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 2 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
63%
of spending
Worth a look: 63% of spending went to programs; under 65%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$83K
to officers and key staff · 23% of spending
Worth a look: pay to officers and key staff is 23% of spending; over 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
3 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $115K in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Fine: 2.6 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $7K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$24K
6% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 6% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
9
of 9 voting members
Looks good: 9 of 9 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$354K
Spent
$361K
To programs
63%
Net assets
$356K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$354K
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$354K
FY2021$360K
FY2022$701K
FY2023$507K
FY2024$444K
Expenses
$361K
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$361K
FY2021$377K
FY2022$531K
FY2023$488K
FY2024$466K
Net assets
$356K
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$356K
FY2021$363K
FY2022$517K
FY2023$547K
FY2024$537K

From the FY2020 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Apr 1998.

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Where the money goes

63 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 63% · $227K Management & general 33% · $120K Fundraising 4% · $14K

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

9 people listed on the 990; $83K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$83,304Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Chairman
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Marie Bradford-Blevins’s $92K as Executive Dir. is at the 89th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1017 $100K–1M recreation & sports 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 · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Marie Bradford-Blevins$92,300$92,471$90,776$84,803$83,304

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

Strengthens community, culture, education, history, and tourism in the Willamette Valley.

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1 program · $227K · in their own filed words · FY2020
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Salem's riverfront carousel (the carousel) improved the quality of community life in oregon by operating a building which houses a beautiful handcarved wooden carousel that adults and children of all ages enjoy.

$227Kprogram 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
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$7K

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$354K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$320K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$67K
Investment incomeLn 3$682
Money outPt IX
$361K
Ln 25
Programscol B$227K
Managementcol C$120K
Fundraisingcol D$14K
Owns and owesPt X
$356K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$78K
Total assetsLn 16$380K
LiabilitiesLn 26$24K
PeoplePt VI, VII
9
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a9
IndependentVI 1b9
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$320K
Government grantsLn 1e$65K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$29K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$67K
Investment incomeLn 3$682
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$354K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$77K
SavingsLn 2$1K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$78K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$115K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$31K
Other assetsLn 15$39K
Total assetsLn 16$380K
LiabilitiesLn 26$24K
Net assetsLn 32$356K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 513
VolunteersI 6139
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$53K$78K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$164K$115K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$57K$31K
Total assetsLn 16$455K$380K
LiabilitiesLn 26$41K$24K
Net assetsLn 32$414K$356K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$83K$54K$25K$4K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$109K$71K$33K$5K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$5K$3K$2K$261
Other employee benefitsLn 9$11K$7K$3K$539
Payroll taxesLn 10$12K$8K$4K$623
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$21K$21K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$382$248$115$19
Advertising and promotionLn 12$4K$4K
Office expensesLn 13$0
Information technologyLn 14$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$10K$6K$3K$495
TravelLn 17$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0
InterestLn 20$476$309$143$24
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$27K$17K$8K$1K
InsuranceLn 23$23K$15K$7K$1K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$50K$35K$15K
All other expensesLn 24e$5K$5K$71$12
Total functional expensesLn 25$361K$227K$120K$14K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $444K$466K−$22K$537K 990 PDF
FY2023 $507K$488K$19K$547K 990 PDF
FY2022 $701K$531K$170K$517K 990 PDF
FY2021 $360K$377K−$17K$363K 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $354K$361K−$7K$356K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support M · Noncash O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $354,456 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $195,174$319,777
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $249,497$66,669
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $1,159$682
I-11 Other revenuePrior year −$15,708−$32,672
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $430,122$354,456
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $254,159$220,600
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $234,715$140,740
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $488,874$361,340
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$58,752−$6,884
Part VI · Governance 9 of 9 board members independent, 2 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body9
VI-1b Independent voting members9
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $354,456 across 11 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for −$38,200 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1e Government grants$65,332
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$254,445
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$28,956
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$319,777
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $66,669$66,669
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $682$682
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assets$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$5,528
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $66,669 · Unrelated business −$38,200 · Excluded from tax $682$354,456
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $361,340 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $54,148 · Management $24,991 · Fundraising $4,165$83,304
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $70,730 · Management $32,645 · Fundraising $5,441$108,816
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $3,400 · Management $1,569 · Fundraising $261$5,230
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $7,012 · Management $3,236 · Fundraising $539$10,787
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $8,101 · Management $3,739 · Fundraising $623$12,463
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $20,943$20,943
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $248 · Management $115 · Fundraising $19$382
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $4,298$4,298
IX-13 Office expenses$0
IX-14 Information technology$0
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $6,435 · Management $2,970 · Fundraising $495$9,900
IX-17 Travel$0
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$0
IX-20 InterestPrograms $309 · Management $143 · Fundraising $24$476
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $17,260 · Management $7,966 · Fundraising $1,328$26,554
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $14,974 · Management $6,911 · Fundraising $1,152$23,037
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $35,357 · Management $15,115$50,472
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $4,595 · Management $71 · Fundraising $12$4,678
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $226,867 · Management $120,414 · Fundraising $14,059$361,340
Part X · Balance sheet $380,232 assets, 20 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $33,504$76,972
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $19,969$1,035
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $76,720$53,917
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $809$30
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $65,840$60,484
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred charges$0
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $56,547$31,217
X-11 Publicly traded securities$0
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $164,004$115,262
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $4,167$2,167
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $33,379$39,148
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $454,939$380,232
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $20,052$6,802
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $17,669$17,390
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $40,713$24,192
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $215,658$207,251
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $198,568$148,789
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $414,226$356,040
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $454,939$380,232
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $356,040 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$354,456
XI-2 Total expenses$361,340
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$6,884
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$414,226
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$5,675
XI-7 Investment expenses−$1,107
XI-8 Prior period adjustments−$55,870
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$356,040

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