Society of American Foresters
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
The Oregon Society of American Foresters has 708members in twelve professional chapters and three student chapters throughout Oregon. The Oregon Society of American Foresters is the largest state affiliate of the National Society of American Foresters. The mission of the Oregon Society of American Foresters is to advance the science, education, technology, and practice of forestry to enhance the competency of its members to establish professional excellence and to use the knowledge, skills, and conservation ethic of the profession to ensure the continued health and use of forest eco-systems and the present and future availability of forest resources to benefit society.
- Income
- $75,425
- Spending
- $64,886
- Reserves
- 32.8 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 38%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, 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 December 31, 2024, 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 December 31, 2024, 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 (1)
- $64,886 spent. The Oregon Society of American Foresters provides valuable professional, scientific, and technical forestry information to members and interested parties through an annual meeting and various conferences, workshops, and field tours. The Oregon SAF sponsors outreach programs for students. The fifteen chapters hold numerous meetings on technical subjects, forest policy, and developing trends in forestry. Its newsletter, The Western Forester, is distributed four times a year to all OSAF members throughout Oregon as well as to SAF members in Washington and Alaska. In 2022, Zoom technical meetings were held, and field trips were conducted in person. The 2022 Oregon SAF Annual Meeting had the theme:Seeing our Forest Beyond the Trees. It was a well attended virtual meeting with 2 in person field trips. The meeting was organized and sponsored by the OSAF Executive Committee. An electronic nesletter, Wooden Tales, keeps Oregon SAF members current with state-wide issues. OSAF competed a project funded by the SAF Foresters' Fund. The project consisted of placing custom-designed signs on fire protection, Firewise homes, and fire prevention at the base of historic fire watchtower at the Hoskin's Demonstration Forest near Portland, OR
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, 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 October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Worth knowing.
Not individually listed by the IRS as eligible, which is usual for local chapters covered by a parent organization's exemption. The master file records contributions to it as deductible.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2024.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since December 1971.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 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 21, 2026.
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