Oregon Coast Alliance
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
TO PROTECT OREGON COAST ENVIRONMENT AND COMMUNITIES
- Income
- $62,669
- Spending
- $73,185
- Reserves
- 2.2 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 100%
- Highest pay
- $20,600, secretary & executive director
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Weak: 43 out of 100. Higher than 9% of charities in its peer group (environment, under $250k).
Reserves
10 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 2.2 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 0% of what it owns.
Living within its means
0 of 15Spending exceeded income by 17% of income.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 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 December 31, 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 (1)
- $63,823 spent. ORCA's work in 2025 included 5 important projects. First, ORCA opposed the proposed 43-unit Mistybrook Estates subdivision in the small town of Bay City because the city does not have adequate infrastructure to support so large a subdivision. We testified before City Council and also presented the case to the Land Use Board of Appeals. Second, we continued our work on our Invisible Land Use Project. Under this project ORCA staff and volunteers upload information and data related to proposed land use actions in all five coastal counties on ORCA's website. This project works to provide the public access to information about administrative land use projects where government agencies are not providing notice, opportunities for public comment and/or rights of appeal after administrative decisions. Third, ORCA opposed the New River Golf Course proposed just south of Bandon by a Michael Keiser company. We appealed three water rights decisions by the Water Resources Department relating to transfer of water rights and storage. Fourth, ORCA provided testimony to legislative committees during the 2025 session on several agricultural protection issues as the coastal affiliate of 1000 Friends of Oregon, and also on the importance of finding a stable source of funding for the Parks and Recreation Department. Fifth, ORCA worked with local residents in Gearhart to advocate for two public accesses in the city that have cut off longstanding public paths to the beach. ORCA researched related questions of beach meadows ownership affecting both public access and allowed activities west the of buildings but east of the statutory vegetation line.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 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 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 November 6, 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 October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
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 February 2011.
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 November 4, 2026.
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