Oregon · Nonprofit
UPPER DESCHUTES RIVER COALITION
UPPER DESCHUTES RIVER COALITION (Oregon) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $330,069 to it, the largest being MAYBELLE CLARK MACDONALD FUND ($260,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $19k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $330k
- Net assets
- $36k
What Upper Deschutes River Coalition does
Mission
The UDRC's goal is to help create a healthy ecosystem within the neighborhoods bordering the Upper Deschutes River with South Deschutes County, Oregon. The organization has concentrated over the last few years in encouraging property owners to create wildfire Defensible Space by reducing wildfire fuels on their properties. The UDRC cooperates with the USFS, BLM and Oregon State Forestry to improve the fire resistance of the forests surrounding our neighborhoods.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Defensible Space Fuels Reduction: $28,338 was reimbursed to 59 property owners (up to $500) for hiring a licensed contractor or renting equipment to reduce wildfire fuels on their property in 2025. $1,883 for operations were Paid from grant expenses.
$1,883 spentof which $28,338 as grants86% of program spendingLow Income Senior (or Disabled) Assistance Program: $17,125 was paid to licensed contractors to provide 18 low income seniors with wildfire defensible space around their homes. Funds for this project came from a 2024 grant from Deschutes County ( May 1,2024 - Oct 1, 2025) $7,000 from Deschutes County; $7,900 left from older MCM grant and $2,225 from a 1 year grant from the Roundhouse Foundation awarded October of 2025. $313 in overhead expenses were spent from the 3 grants.
$313 spentof which $17,125 as grants14% of program spending2025 River Forest Acres Sponsorship Fund. The UDRC served as a "Fiscal Sponsor" for the unincorporated River Forest Acres Firewise community, allowing them to receive a Firewise Grant from Deschutes County, Oregon. The purpose of this grant was to mitigate Wildfire by biomass removal . The Grant was for $1,250. All the budget was spent on Bin Rental and dumping fees for brush and limb clearing deposited in the by homeowners (sweat equity).
$0 spentof which $1,250 as grants0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $2,196.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $136k to $83k (−39%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
100% of UPPER DESCHUTES RIVER COALITION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (92% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $8k → $47k.
From the IRS filings of UPPER DESCHUTES RIVER COALITION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
UPPER DESCHUTES RIVER COALITION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 79% of grant income and the top three 94%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 67% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 63% · 2021 77% · 2022 100% · 2023 64% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
90% of UPPER DESCHUTES RIVER COALITION's grant income comes from Oregon funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
UPPER DESCHUTES RIVER COALITION has grown faster than three-quarters of the 2,195 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,195 environment nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Government funding UPPER DESCHUTES RIVER COALITION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $13k on record — $3k federal, $10k state.
- Department of Agriculture$3k
- OTHER SPECIAL PAYMENTS$10k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like UPPER DESCHUTES RIVER COALITION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Oregon
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for UPPER DESCHUTES RIVER COALITION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds UPPER DESCHUTES RIVER COALITION?
- UPPER DESCHUTES RIVER COALITION (Oregon) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $330,069 to it, the largest being MAYBELLE CLARK MACDONALD FUND ($260,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does UPPER DESCHUTES RIVER COALITION have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $330,069 in grants to UPPER DESCHUTES RIVER COALITION, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UPPER DESCHUTES RIVER COALITION?
- MAYBELLE CLARK MACDONALD FUND is the largest funder on record, with $260,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UPPER DESCHUTES RIVER COALITION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Oregon. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2020–2025), and the filings of 6 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing