Northwest Native Chamber

Analysis

Northwest Native Chamber is a registered charity in United States, based in Portland, OR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover community improvement and capacity building, which this site groups under community and economic development. 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 2021, Northwest Native Chamber reported income of $2.1m and spending of $1.6m, leaving 22% of income unspent that year. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2021, income grew from $229k to $2.1m (+810%), an average of +202% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 223%. Over the whole period it spent 80% of the income it received.

Among 19,475 United States charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Northwest Native Chamber sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile, and in the 87th percentile within OR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Austin Economic Development Cor ($2.1m), Spring Street Community Development ($2.1m) and Scott County Partnership Inc ($2.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2021, revenue came from contributions and grants 96% and program service revenue 3.8% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $271k. At year end it held assets of $637k against liabilities of $48k, net assets of $589k. It reported 10 employees.