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OREGON AGRICULTURAL TRUST INC

EIN 84-3396259 SALEM, OR

Largest nonprofits in Oregon

Revenue 2025
$2,178,372
Expenses 2025
$1,678,717

Program services were 70.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
C34
Classification
1200
Street
PO BOX 7359

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).

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

OREGON AGRICULTURAL TRUST PARTNERS WITH FARMERS AND RANCHERS TO PROTECT AGRICULTURAL LANDS FOR THE BENEFIT OF OREGONS ECONOMY, COMMUNITIES, AND LANDSCAPES.

  • FARMLAND PROTECTION PROGRAM OATS LAND PROTECTION OUTCOMES ARE PRIMARILY THE RESULT OF WORKING LAND EASEMENTS. THESE VOLUNTARY AGREEMENTS WITH LANDOWNERS, FACILITATING THE PERMANENT CONSERVATION OF THEIR AGRICULTURAL LAND THROUGH OUR LAND TRUST. REMOVING DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS ALLOWS LANDOWNERS TO EARN CASH AND TAX BREAKS WITHOUT SELLING OR DEVELOPING PARCELS, AIDING BUSINESS EXPANSION OR SUCCESSION PLANNING IN THE NEAR TERM,AND MAKING LAND MORE AFFORDABLE FOR FUTURE FARMERS IN THE LONG TERM.AGRICULTURAL BUSINESS SUPPORT THROUGH EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, BUSINESS VITALITY SUPPORT, AND SUCCESSION COUNSELING, FARMERS AND RANCHERS GAIN GREATER AWARENESS OF THE RESOURCES AND TOOLS AVAILABLE TO THEM, BUILD THE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS NEEDED TO STRENGTHEN THE ECONOMIC VIABILITY OF THEIR OPERATIONS, AND PREPARE FOR SMOOTH BUSINESS TRANSITIONS TO THE NEXT GENERATION. ATTORNEYS, ACCOUNTANTS, AND OTHER SERVICE PROVIDERS ARE BETTER EQUIPPED TO SERVE THE AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITY, HELPING TO STRENGTHEN OREGONS AGRICULTURAL BUSINESS ECOSYSTEM.TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE THE TRUSTS GOAL IS TO INCREASE THE PROTECTION OF AGRICULTURAL LANDS IN THE STATE. THIS CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED BY THE TRUST HOLDING EASEMENTS, BUT ALSO THROUGH THE INCREASED CAPACITY OF FELLOW LAND TRUSTS AND OTHER EASEMENT HOLDERS. THE TRUST SUPPORTS OUR PEER ORGANIZATIONS AS THEY CONSERVE AGRICULTURAL LANDS IN THEIR REGIONS. THIS INCLUDES REFERRALS, RESEARCH AND REPORT WRITING, CUSTOM GIS MAPPING, STAKEHOLDER CONVENING, COALITION MANAGEMENT, COLLABORATIVE GRANT WRITING, AND PARTNERING ON PROJECTS THAT RESULT IN THE PROTECTION OF AGRICULTURAL LANDS.PUBLIC SUPPORT & POLICY OAT EDUCATES NON-PRODUCERS ABOUT ITS WORK, HIGHLIGHTING THE PUBLIC BENEFITS OF AGRICULTURAL LAND PROTECTION AND CREATING MEANINGFUL OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO BECOME DONORS AND ADVOCATES. THE TRUST ALSO ENGAGES WITH LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL DECISION-MAKERS TO STRENGTHEN SUPPORT FOR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS AND AGRICULTURAL LAND PROTECTION.

    Expenses $1,186,428 · Grants $276,239 · Revenue $128,106

As filed on the 2025 return.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Nellie McAdams

    Executive Dir.

    Total calculated
    $146,175
    From this org
    $116,754
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,421
    Hours/week
    40

  • Jocelyn Bridson

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Teresa Retzlaff

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Megan Thompson

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joe Fitts

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kimberlee Chambers

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tim Copeland

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Alice Williamson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nikita Vincent

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Maria Schmidlkofer

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ron Alvarado

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $2,178,372
    Expenses
    $1,678,717
    Contributions
    $2,004,047
    Grants paid
    $276,239
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,433,890
    Expenses
    $1,386,817
    Contributions
    $1,386,963
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,158,176
    Expenses
    $997,087
    Contributions
    $1,140,172
    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
    $948,499
    Expenses
    $692,023
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,120,660

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,121,888
    Expenses
    $340,896
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,792,149

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2019

Tax period
1 January 2019 to 31 December 2019
Principal officer
Nellie McAdams
Mailing address
338 Hawthorne Avenue NESalem OR 97301
Website
http://www.oregonagtrust.org

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 2 November 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

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Grants received

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

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.