FRIENDS OF THE COLUMBIA GORGE

As filed

Subsection

03

Classification

1280

Street

123 NE 3RD AVE STE 108

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Other organizations at this address

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us

This address is a suite or unit (STE 108). Organizations that share one are often clients of the same office-services firm, accountant or registered agent rather than related to each other.

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

• FRIENDS OF THE COLUMBIA GORGE LAND TRUST

  EIN 56-2563880

Mission and programs · 2024

• PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT - A LARGE CROSS SECTION OF PUBLIC SUPPORT IS CRITICAL TO PRESERVE THE COLUMBIA GORGE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. TO MEET THIS CHALLENGE, FRIENDS SEEKS TO STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR KEY CONSERVATION INITIATIVES, EXPOSE LOCAL YOUTH TO THE GORGES WONDERS, AND ILLUSTRATE THE GORGES SIGNIFICANCE AS AN ICON OF THE PACIFIC NW AND NATIONAL TREASURE.

  Expenses $573,436

• CONSERVATION - FRIENDS WORKS TO PROTECT THE SCENIC AND NATURAL RESOURCES OF THE GORGE BY PROTECTING THE AIR QUALITY, LIMITING SPRAWL, AND PROTECTING FOREST AND FARMLANDS. AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT TO FRIENDS' SUCCESS HAS BEEN THE ABILITY TO EFFECTIVELY BUILD A DIVERSE NETWORK OF COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND MOBILIZE THOUSANDS OF DEDICATED FRIENDS ACTIVISTS AND ALLIES ACROSS THE REGION.

  Expenses $476,062

• MEMBER SERVICES - FRIENDS STAFF DEDICATES TIME, EXPERIENCE, AND KNOWLEDGE TO PROVIDE OUR MEMBERSHIP WITH A WELL-ROUNDED UNDERSTANDING IN THE HISTORY, LANDSCAPES, BIODIVERSITY, FLORA, FAUNA, AND TRAILS WITHIN THE COLUMBIA GORGE NATIONAL SCENIC AREA. SPENDING TIME WITH MEMBERS AND CREATING EXPERIENCES TO HELP THEM GRASP THE DEPTH AND BREADTH OF THE WORK THE ORGANIZATION DOES TO PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND STEWARD THE GORGE.

  Expenses $327,856

• LEGAL - WHEN GORGE RESOURCES ARE THREATENED BY UNLAWFUL DECISIONS AND VIOLATIONS, FRIENDS EXERCISES ITS RIGHT TO IMPLEMENT SOPHISTICATED LEGAL STRATEGIES AND CUTTING-EDGE PUBLIC EDUCATION TOOLS TO PROTECT GORGE RESOURCES AND KEEP WATCH ON RECKLESS LAND DEVELOPMENT.

  Expenses $313,898

• LOBBYING FRIENDS CONDUCTS LOBBY ACTIVITIES TO SUPPORT LAWS THAT PROTECT THE GORGES SCENIC, NATURAL, CULTURAL, AND RECREATIONAL RESOURCES.

  Expenses $50,052

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $1,662,604

  Expenses

  $2,164,349

  Contributions

  $1,484,175

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $827,745

  Expenses

  $1,947,781

  Contributions

  $625,678

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $2,277,082

  Expenses

  $2,005,324

  Contributions

  $1,442,319

  Grants paid

  $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $724,334

  Expenses

  $1,811,088

  Assets (EOY)

  $8,126,459

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,842,590

  Expenses

  $1,696,688

  Assets (EOY)

  $9,015,493

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,874,125

  Expenses

  $1,714,938

  Assets (EOY)

  $7,095,949

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,989,842

  Expenses

  $1,901,007

  Assets (EOY)

  $6,631,174

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,227,686

  Expenses

  $1,843,300

  Assets (EOY)

  $6,528,871

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,707,348

  Expenses

  $1,838,404

  Assets (EOY)

  $7,156,308

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,185,589

  Expenses

  $1,500,863

  Assets (EOY)

  $7,284,915

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,862,482

  Expenses

  $1,683,634

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,172,833

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,104,435

  Expenses

  $1,415,289

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,455,059

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $1,299,819

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,746,265

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

• OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $213,071

  2024 · Environment

• OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $213,048

  2023 · Environment

• OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $168,740

  2022 · Environment

• VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM

  $151,500

  2023 · FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE

• GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC

  $130,000

  2023 · COMMUNITY & HUMAN SERVICES

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $84,955

  2023 · ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $75,220

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $72,875

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $69,966

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $62,750

  2024 · ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

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