The gravel company and the water company complaints make monetary sense from their viewpoints.

1000 Friends seems more knee-jerk to me.  

Any 501(c)(3) organization who says that:

"The group's current work falls into three broad categories: advocating for vibrant, climate-friendly communities and neighborhoods, promoting Oregon's rural economy through policy and planning with the Healthy Rural Economies initiative, and an effort to foster future leadership in Oregon's land use community through the Land Use Leadership Initiative."

and who doesn't fight any expansion of an Urban Growth Boundary will get fewer donations.