Fort Kennedy

Analysis

Fort Kennedy is a registered charity in United States, based in Portland, OR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover housing and shelter, which this site groups under housing and shelter. 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 May 2024, Fort Kennedy reported income of $217k and spending of $233k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2020 to May 2024, income grew from $115k to $217k (+89%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2022, when income rose by 99%. Over the whole period it spent 77% of the income it received.

Among 15,864 United States charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, Fort Kennedy sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 39% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile, and in the 55th percentile within OR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lifetime Community Apartments Inc ($217k), Community Housing Resources Inc ($217k) and Minot Area Mens Winter Refuge ($217k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending May 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 86% of the total. At year end it held assets of $264k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $264k.