Keep Oregon Green Association FY2021 filing

Tax-deductible

Salem, OR501(c)(3)Public Safety & DisasterEIN 93-0202833Revenue $932K in FY2021

On file with the IRSkeeporegongreen.org2600 State St, 97310-1336 · Salem, ORTax-exempt since Dec 1942Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Promote healthy landscapes and safe communities by educating the public of everyone's shared responsibility to prevent human-caused wildfires.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
96¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$98K 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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FY2021 · 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
5 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $206K a year · 17% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 5 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
96%
of spending
Looks good: 96% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$98K
to officers and key staff · 13% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 13% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
8 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 8.4 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $50K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$183K
19% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 19% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
28
of 28 voting members
Looks good: 28 of 28 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$932K
+22% vs prior year
Spent
$781K
To programs
96%
Net assets
$757K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$932K
FY2021▲ +22%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$766K
FY2021$932K
FY2022$1.4M
FY2023$1.2M
FY2024$1.3M
FY2025$1.6M
Expenses
$781K
FY2021▲ +54%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$507K
FY2021$781K
FY2022$1.0M
FY2023$1.2M
FY2024$1.2M
FY2025$1.2M
Net assets
$757K
FY2021▲ +37%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$553K
FY2021$757K
FY2022$1.1M
FY2023$1.1M
FY2024$1.2M
FY2025$1.6M

From the FY2021 Form 990 (year ending June 2021) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Dec 1942.

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

Where the money goes

96 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 96% · $754K Management & general 4% · $27K

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

29 people listed on the 990; $98K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2020); the FY2021 filing did not itemize Part VII
President /
$98,142Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice-Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Kristin Babbs’s $117K as President / is at the 62nd percentile of top reported officer pay among 433 $1–10M public safety & disaster 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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Kristin Babbs$117,364$111,774$108,174$95,202$98,142$94,374

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

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

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

Programs and updates

Educates the public on preventing human-caused wildfires for healthy landscapes and safe communities.

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1 program · $754K · in their own filed words · FY2020
01

Campfire Safety and Safe Debris Burning Tips

Billboards, radio and magazine ads.

$754Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$50K
Grants paid · 6 grants · $76K · 2022–2023
Tillamook County Dept of Solid WastFY2023$20,000
Oregon Corrections EnterprisesFY2023$10,710

By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$932K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$909K
Other incomeLn 4–11$16K
Investment incomeLn 3$8K
Money outPt IX
$781K
Ln 25
Programscol B$754K
Managementcol C$27K
Owns and owesPt X
$757K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$548K
Total assetsLn 16$940K
LiabilitiesLn 26$183K
PeoplePt VI, VII
29
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a28
IndependentVI 1b28
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$909K
Government grantsLn 1e$879K
Investment incomeLn 3$8K
Other incomeLn 4–11$16K
Total revenueLn 12$932K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$137K
SavingsLn 2$411K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$548K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$277K
Total assetsLn 16$940K
LiabilitiesLn 26$183K
Net assetsLn 32$757K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 52
VolunteersI 628
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
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 FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$386K$548K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$246K$277K
Total assetsLn 16$636K$940K
LiabilitiesLn 26$83K$183K
Net assetsLn 32$553K$757K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$109K$98K$11K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$1K$1K
Accounting feesLn 11c$6K$6K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$576K$576K
Office expensesLn 13$4K$3K$744
TravelLn 17$380$380
InsuranceLn 23$4K$4K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$81K$75K$6K
All other expensesLn 24e$250$250
Total functional expensesLn 25$781K$754K$27K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $1.6M$1.2M$329K$1.6M 990 PDF
FY2024 $1.3M$1.2M$142K$1.2M 990 PDF
FY2023 $1.2M$1.2M−$45K$1.1M 990 PDF
FY2022 $1.4M$1.0M$397K$1.1M 990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing $932K$781K$151K$757K 990 PDF
FY2020 $766K$507K$259K$553K 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 FY2021 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $931,854 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $760,985$908,547
I-9 Program service revenue$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $3,766$7,768
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $1,314$15,539
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $766,065$931,854
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $107,928$110,228
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $399,477$670,744
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $507,405$780,972
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $258,660$150,882
Part VI · Governance 28 of 28 board members independent, 3 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body28
VI-1b Independent voting members28
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $931,854 across 5 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $15,539 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1e Government grants$879,338
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$29,209
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$908,547
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $7,768$7,768
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $15,539 · Excluded from tax $7,768$931,854
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $780,972 across 9 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $98,142 · Management $10,905$109,047
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $1,181$1,181
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $5,840$5,840
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $576,086$576,086
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $2,815 · Management $744$3,559
IX-17 TravelPrograms $380$380
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $3,856$3,856
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $74,707 · Management $6,066$80,773
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $250$250
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $753,561 · Management $27,411 · Fundraising $0$780,972
Part X · Balance sheet $939,961 assets, 12 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $18,578$137,289
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $367,171$410,532
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$100,239
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $4,500$14,230
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $262$308
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $245,540$277,363
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $636,051$939,961
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $83,368$183,015
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $83,368$183,015
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $552,683$756,946
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $552,683$756,946
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $636,051$939,961
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $756,946 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$931,854
XI-2 Total expenses$780,972
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$150,882
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$552,683
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$53,381
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$756,946

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2021 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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