Oregon Trail Community Foundation

Analysis

Oregon Trail Community Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Scottsbluff, NE. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1977, 49 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. 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, Oregon Trail Community Foundation reported income of $2.6m and spending of $2.0m, leaving 24% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $2.9m to $2.6m (-10%), an average of -2.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 76% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Oregon Trail Community Foundation sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile, and in the 87th percentile within NE. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Must ($2.6m), Housing TR Fund of Santa Barbara County Inc ($2.6m) and United Way of Northwest Arkansas Inc ($2.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 67% and program service revenue 3.4% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $63k (3.2% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $305k. At year end it held assets of $12.6m against liabilities of $77k, net assets of $12.5m. It reported 3 employees.