Friends of the Children-Portland Foundation

Analysis

Friends of the Children-Portland Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Portland, OR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover youth development, which this site groups under children and youth development. The IRS classifies it as a supporting organisation (type ii) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending August 2023, Friends of the Children-Portland Foundation reported income of $181k and spending of $277k, spending 153% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2019 to August 2023, income fell from $239k to $181k (-24%), an average of -6.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2020, when income dropped by 116%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 14,332 United States charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Friends of the Children-Portland Foundation sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile, and in the 52nd percentile within OR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Benefiting the Boys and Girls of America Incorporated ($181k), Mytexaskids ($181k) and Sparrows Nest Inc ($181k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending August 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 29% of the total. At year end it held assets of $6.7m against liabilities of $126k, net assets of $6.5m.