Pinchot Partners
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
PINCHOT PARTNERS SEEKS TO BREAK DOWN THE WALLS BETWEEN THE FOREST SERVICE AND THE COMMUNITY. WORK WITH COMMUNITY MEMEBERS AND THE FOREST SERVICE TO EDUCATE AND INTEGRATE PEOPLE.
- Income
- $123,614
- Spending
- $73,453
- Reserves
- 10.9 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 100%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (2)
- $70,133 spent. RECONCILIATION OF UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE AND THE LOCAL COMMUNITY- THERE IS A DECADE'S LONG ANIMOSITY BETWEEN BETWEEN THE FOREST SERVICE AND THE PERMANENT RESIDENTS OF THE COWLITZ VALLEY. THE FOREST SERVICE ROUTINELY ROTATES PERSONNEL THROUGH DISTRICTS FOR THEY DO NOT ASSIMILATE INTO THE COMMUNITY. THIS IS BY DESIGN. THE LOCAL COMMUNITY REGARDS THE FOREST SERVICE AS AN "OCCUPYING ARMY" LOCATED IN THEIR COMMUNITY. FOREST SERVICE COMMUNICATION WITH THE LOCAL COMMUNITY HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN ABSENT OR MINIMAL. THERE IS TRULY AN "US AND THEM" ATTITUDE. THIS MENTALITY DOES NOT SERVE THE COMMUNITY, THE FOREST SERVICE, OR THE NATIONAL FOREST WELL. FROM ITS INCEPTION, PINCHOT PARTNERS HAS SOUGHT TO BREAK DOWN THE WALLS BETWEEN THE FOREST SERVICE AND THE COMMUNITY. WE HOLD MONTHLY AND ANNUAL MEETINGS WHERE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND FOREST SERVICE STAFF ALIKE ARE INVITED TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK. JOINT MEETINGS HAVE NOW BECOME THE NORM WITH PINCHOT PARTNERS ATTENDING FOREST SERVICE INTEGRATED TEAM MEETINGS (IDT). WE HOLD FIELD TRIPS FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS WITH THE FOREST SERVICE TO EDUCATE AND INTEGRATE PEOPLE.
- RETAINED RECEIPTS DISTRIBUTION-WHEN FOREST SERVICE SALES GENERATE MORE MONEY THAN PLANNED THE EXCESS FUNDS ARE DISTRIBUTED TO VARIOUS ON-THE- GROUND PROJECTS IN THE FOREST WHERE THE FUNDS WERE GENERATED. PINCHOT PARTNERS DIRECTLY PARTICIPATES BY PRIORITIZING THE PROJECT TYPES WE WOULD MOST LIKE TO SEE THOSE FUNDS BEING USED FOR. THIS IS A VERY PROSCRIBED PROCESS. SIMILARLY, PINCHOT PARTNERS IS DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT (NEPA) PROCESS WHERE COMMUNITY INPUT IS REQUIRED.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Worth knowing.
Status was revoked on November 15, 2021 for not filing returns for three years. The IRS now lists it as tax-exempt again.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 30, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 10, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending June 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since June 2023.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 7, 2026.
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