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Deschutes River Alliance

Portland, Oregon · EIN 46-3538750 · Environment · tax-exempt since 2014

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Charity Clarity grade A (score 81.1 of 100), based on the Form 990 for the year ended December 2024.

Graded against 14,690 environment nonprofits with revenue $500K–$2M filing the same form. A = top 10%, B = next 20%, C = middle 40%, D = next 20%, F = bottom 10%.

What goes into the grade

MeasureThis charityScore (0–100)
ReservesMonths of spending covered by unrestricted net assets.7.5 months97
GovernanceBoard independence, key policies and audit, per the 990.65% of practices65
Margin stabilityHow steady the surplus or deficit is year to year.81
Revenue spreadHow much revenue rests on one type of income.63% from one source71
Filing recordOn-time, complete filings, year after year.100%100
Program spendingSelf-reported by the filer.68.1%not scored
Management costsShare of spending.0.7%not scored
Cost to raise $1Fundraising cost per dollar given.$0.54not scored

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Year by year

20172018201920202021202220232024grey: revenue · green: spending
Year endedFormRevenueSpendingSurplusNet assetsMonths of spendingStaffGrade
Dec 2024Form 990$506K$580K−$74K$360K7.56A
Dec 2023Form 990$437K$484K−$46K$434K10.86C
Dec 2022Form 990$395K$328K$68K$479K17.57C
Dec 2021Form 990$322K$298K$24K$411K16.54B
Dec 2020Form 990$327K$306K$21K$387K15.24B
Dec 2019Form 990$301K$315K−$14K$375K14.34C
Dec 2018Form 990$388K$285K$103K$389K16.42B
Dec 2017Form 990$323K$217K$106K$286K15.82B

From the organisation’s own IRS filings. “Months of spending” is total net assets divided by a month of that year’s spending. A blank grade means that year was not rated.

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Every figure here comes from the returns this charity filed with the IRS. These sites show the full returns and more about the organisation:

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