Friends of the Oregon Caves and Chateau

Analysis

Friends of the Oregon Caves and Chateau is a registered charity in United States, based in Grants Pass, OR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts, culture and humanities, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. 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, Friends of the Oregon Caves and Chateau reported income of $69k and spending of $117k, spending 168% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income fell from $836k to $69k (-92%), an average of -71% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 82%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Friends of the Oregon Caves and Chateau sits at the 31st percentile: it is larger than about 30% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 27th percentile, and in the 26th percentile within OR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Community Preservation Committee ($69k), Center Players Incorporated ($69k) and Ethiopian American Muslim Association of Nashville Eaman ($69k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. At year end it held assets of $169k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $169k.