Totals
- Total revenue
- $1,002,765
- Total expenses
- $894,041
- Contributions and grants received
- $1,002,765
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $261,312
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $182,222
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $79,090
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $804,637
- Management and general expenses
- $89,404
- Fundraising expenses
- $0
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $804,637
Program services were 90.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
Line items
Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.
Revenue
Part VIII, the statement of revenue.
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$989,272
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$13,493
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3 · Investment income
total $0
-
4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
-
5 · Royalties
total $0
-
6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0
-
7d · Net gain or loss
total $0
-
8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0
-
9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
-
10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $0
-
11e · Other revenue, total
$0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $0
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0
-
3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0
-
4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
-
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $0
-
6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
-
7 · Other salaries and wages
total $795,324 · program services $715,792 · management and general $79,532
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0
-
9 · Other employee benefits
total $0
-
10 · Payroll taxes
total $0
-
11a · Fees: management
total $0
-
11b · Fees: legal
total $4,319 · program services $3,887 · management and general $432
-
11c · Fees: accounting
total $10,080 · program services $9,072 · management and general $1,008
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11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
-
11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0
-
11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
-
11g · Fees: other
total $76 · program services $68 · management and general $8
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $48 · program services $43 · management and general $5
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13 · Office expenses
total $3,502 · program services $3,152 · management and general $350
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14 · Information technology
total $5,186 · program services $4,667 · management and general $519
-
15 · Royalties
total $0
-
16 · Occupancy
total $18,000 · program services $16,200 · management and general $1,800
-
17 · Travel
total $3,630 · program services $3,267 · management and general $363
-
18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
-
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $0
-
20 · Interest
total $0
-
21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
-
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $0
-
23 · Insurance
total $4,201 · program services $3,781 · management and general $420
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24a · Other expenses: Field Supplies & Materials
total $28,181 · program services $25,363 · management and general $2,818
-
24b · Other expenses: Licenses & Fees
total $8,943 · program services $8,049 · management and general $894
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24c · Other expenses: Dues & subscriptions
total $5,277 · program services $4,749 · management and general $528
-
24d · Other expenses: Taxes
total $3,826 · program services $3,443 · management and general $383
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24e · All other expenses
total $3,448 · program services $3,104 · management and general $344
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $4,934 · end of year $28,998
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
end of year $0
-
3 · Pledges and grants receivable
end of year $0
-
4 · Accounts receivable
end of year $171,760
-
5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
end of year $0
-
6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
end of year $0
-
7 · Other notes and loans receivable
end of year $0
-
8 · Inventories for sale or use
end of year $0
-
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
end of year $0
-
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$60,554
-
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
end of year $60,554
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
end of year $0
-
12 · Investments: other securities
end of year $0
-
13 · Investments: program-related
end of year $0
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14 · Intangible assets
end of year $0
-
15 · Other assets
beginning of year $1 · end of year $0
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $34,569 · end of year $182,222
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year -$29,634 · end of year $79,090
Mission and programs · 2025
Mission
Ethos Environmental is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to helping rural communities and small family farms thrive. The organization provides practical, compassionate assistance to rural individuals and community groups facing environmental, economic, geographic, and physical challenges. Ethos Environmental supports responsible environmental stewardship, wildfire resilience, watershed protection, and community safety while also strengthening local grassroots organizations through fiscal sponsorship and project development assistance.
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The organizations largest program service accomplishment during the year was the Spyrock Safe Access Roadside Fuels Reduction project. Ethos Environmental worked with local residents, Fire Safe Councils, and partner agencies to reduce hazardous roadside vegetation along main trunk access roads in the Spy Rock community. These roads serve as the only access and evacuation routes for many rural households. Dense roadside vegetation, narrow travel corridors, and accumulated fuels had created substantial wildfire risk and threatened the ability of emergency responders to reach homes. Project activities included planning and implementing roadside vegetation reduction, developing long-term maintenance strategies, coordinating with local volunteer groups, and prioritizing roads serving elderly, disabled, and otherwise vulnerable residents. The project also supported maintenance of emergency access to fire-water tanks and improved the likelihood that firefighters and medical responders could safely reach homes during emergencies. The project produced significant public benefit by improving evacuation safety, reducing wildfire transmission risk, increasing access for emergency responders, and protecting the approximately 800 parcels and 2,000 residents who rely upon Spyrock Road and connected private roads as their principal route of access.
Expenses $804,637 · Grants $989,272 · Revenue $13,493
As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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Heidi Wordhouse
Executive Dir.
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 45
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Jennie Kay Banta
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Sarah Seville
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Brenda Kahler
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2025
- Filed
- 21 June 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2025v4.1
- Source object
- 202641739349301704
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