Oregon Robotics Tournament & Outreach Program

Analysis

Oregon Robotics Tournament & Outreach Program is a registered charity in United States, based in Portland, OR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover medical research, which this site groups under health and saving lives. 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 June 2023, Oregon Robotics Tournament & Outreach Program reported income of $564k and spending of $668k, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2023, income fell from $1.2m to $564k (-51%), an average of -21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income dropped by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Oregon Robotics Tournament & Outreach Program sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile, and in the 72nd percentile within OR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Karlsson Foundation for Psychoanalysis ($564k), Solus Christus Inc ($564k) and Upmc ($564k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 78% and program service revenue 22% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $78k (12% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $236k. At year end it held assets of $719k against liabilities of $130k, net assets of $589k. It reported 13 employees.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.