Straightway Services

Analysis

Straightway Services is a registered charity in United States, based in Portland, OR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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, Straightway Services reported income of $273k and spending of $284k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income fell from $354k to $273k (-23%), an average of -8.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 53%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Straightway Services sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile, and in the 59th percentile within OR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Starkey Foundation Inc ($273k), Inn Along the Way ($273k) and Vogel Alcove Foundation ($273k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $57k. At year end it held assets of $28k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $28k.