EIN 93-1263288

Bark

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(3)
Num. employees
18
State
Year formed
1999
Most recent tax filings
2023-06-01
Description
Bark is a non-profit grassroots conservation group of nearly 5,000 members that works to preserve the forests, waters and wildlife of Mt. Hood National Forest. Currently there are approximately 40 timber sales in the Mt. Hood National Forest.
Total revenues
$775,644
2023
Total expenses
$811,093
2023
Total assets
$644,029
2023
Num. employees
18
2023

Program areas at Bark

Public education and advocacy - providing free, educational resource materials, guided learning experiences, and facilitated civic engagement activities to inform and support public participation in public lands law and policy by increasing public understanding of forest ecology, restoration science, and environmental justice through in-person and virtual spaces (guided hikes, wetland restoration, and ecological survey activities, virtual and in-person gatherings, web-based learning materials and recorded and in-person training and workshops) training and workshops held this past year included: beaver habitat survey training, groundtruthing 101 & 102, wetland mapping 101 & 102, intro to comment writing, intro to forest policy, grasshopper public comment writing workshop, gate creek insect and disease ce public comment writing workshop, forest first aid, using colonizer species: dandelions, and nature poetry. Staff led three ecological field survey training courses for students at portland state university and the portland state association of environmental science students. In total this program trained and educated 121 volunteers and participants.
Restoration - trained and guided 115 volunteers in seasonal beaver habitat surveys restoration plantings, and wetland hydrological capacity monitoring in mt. Hood national forest roughly 60 miles from portland, or. Conducted surveys of clackamas lake, little crater lake, black wolf meadow, timothy lake, anvil creek/lake, shell rock lake, buck lake, stone creek, and other sites across the oak grove fork sub watershed of the clackamas river basin-prioritizing forested sites that are difficult to map via aerial mapping to conduct field verification of habitat types. Once submitted and approved, the areas mapped will be available for the use of the public and federal agencies through the national wetland inventory. The updated boundaries and classifications of wetlands produced through our image interpretation and field-based verification will provide a current inventory of the locations and types of wetlands in our project area on mt. Hood.
Forest watch - trained and guided 54 volunteers in conducting on-site ecological surveys and monitoring proposed timber logging and road-building projects on the public lands of mt. Hood national forest, incorporates community-driven science data into public comments submitted organizationally and by thousands of members of the public, through the national environmental policy act and national forest management act, on 3 major proposed land management actions including commercial timber harvest, post-fire roadside tree removal post-fire salvage logging, insect and disease treatments, and fuels reduction and thinning. Bark staff and volunteers groundtruthed the proposed gate creek ce project area in the summer of 2022, providing site-specific data and analysis to guide the recommendations formed in the collaborative process to educate and inform the public despite the intentionally exclusive project development process. The gate creek ce proposed logging in 490 acres within designated riparian reserves, 162 in designated pine marten/pileated woodpecker habitat, 893 acres within fire-adapted pine-oak habitat, and 501 acres designated as scenic viewshed, in addition to 1,419 acres designated as timber emphasis by the critically outdated, 1990 mt. Hood forest management plan. In the fall of 2022, Bark filed a formal objection to the 5,000-acre grasshopper timber project on mt. Hood's barlow ranger district, is the culmination of three years of engagement with project planning under the national environmental policy act. In the summer of 2023 Bark volunteers groundtruthed the areas proposed for logging in the 27 road fuel break ce project throughout 6-day trips and volunteer campouts. This project would create a 1,000' fuel break along areas of the 27-road system (approximately 2,900 acres total).
Other programs include lobbying and edi.

Who funds Bark

Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
GrantmakerDescriptionAmount
Meyer Memorial Trust (MMT)For General Operating Support of This Organization That Works To Transform MT. Hood National Forest Into A Place Where Natural Processes Prevail, Wildlife Thrives and Local Communities Are Invested in Its Restoration and Preservation$40,000
Wilburforce FoundationEnvironmental$40,000
American Online Giving FoundationGeneral Support$19,659
...and 12 more grants received

Personnel at Bark

NameTitleCompensation
Julie FalkInterim Executive Director$0
Jessica MagpieInterim Executive Director of Operations$51,867
Courtney Romine-MannInterim Executive Director of Programs$54,682
Forest WatchDirector
Christine JervisOperations Manager
...and 9 more key personnel

Financials for Bark

RevenuesFYE 06/2023
Total grants, contributions, etc.$775,175
Program services$0
Investment income and dividends$526
Tax-exempt bond proceeds$0
Royalty revenue$0
Net rental income$0
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets$0
Net income from fundraising events$0
Net income from gaming activities$0
Net income from sales of inventory$-57
Miscellaneous revenues$0
Total revenues$775,644

Form 990s for Bark

Fiscal year endingDate received by IRSFormPDF link
2023-062024-03-20990View PDF
2022-062023-05-08990View PDF
2021-122022-12-14990View PDF
2020-122021-11-15990View PDF
2019-122021-03-31990View PDF
...and 8 more Form 990s

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Data update history
May 20, 2024
Updated personnel
Identified 1 new personnel
May 18, 2024
Received grants
Identified 9 new grant, including a grant for $40,000 from Wilburforce Foundation
October 23, 2023
Received grants
Identified 7 new grant, including a grant for $40,000 from Wilburforce Foundation
August 17, 2023
Updated personnel
Identified 4 new personnel
July 28, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2021
Nonprofit Types
Social advocacy organizationsEnvironmental organizationsCharities
Issues
EducationEnvironment
Characteristics
LobbyingGrassroots organizingReceives government fundingCommunity engagement / volunteeringTax deductible donationsAccepts online donations
General information
Address
PO Box 12065
Portland, OR 97212
Metro area
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
County
Multnomah County, OR
Website URL
bark-out.org/ 
Phone
(503) 331-0374
Facebook page
barkout 
Twitter profile
@barkformthood 
IRS details
EIN
93-1263288
Fiscal year end
June
Taxreturn type
Form 990
Year formed
1999
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
Yes
Categorization
NTEE code, primary
C60: Environmental Education
NAICS code, primary
813312: Environment, Conservation, and Wildlife Organizations
Parent/child status
Independent
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