Open Source Election Technology Institute

Analysis

Open Source Election Technology Institute is a registered charity in United States, based in Portland, OR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Open Source Election Technology Institute reported income of $218k and spending of $243k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $222k to $218k (-1.8%), an average of -0.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 463%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Open Source Election Technology Institute sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile, and in the 55th percentile within OR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Pathways Preschool ($218k), Manteno Show Choir Boosters ($218k) and RV Athletic Booster Club ($218k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $53k against liabilities of $149k, net assets of -$96k.