Tedx Portland

Analysis

Tedx Portland is a registered charity in United States, based in Portland, OR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Tedx Portland reported income of $1.2m and spending of $1.2m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $1.4m to $1.2m (-19%), an average of -5.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 348%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Tedx Portland sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile, and in the 82nd percentile within OR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Support in Abusive Family Emergencies Inc ($1.2m), Wyoming 211 ($1.2m) and Fair Food Standards Council Inc ($1.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 71% and program service revenue 18% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $6,250. It paid $55k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $121k against liabilities of $35k, net assets of $86k. It reported 1 employees.